Linux News5 reasons dual booting is better than choosing between Windows and Linux
Dual booting Linux and Windows is one of the rare setups where you don’t have to compromise—you get the best of both worlds.
AMD ISP4 Linux Driver Patches Update Again For HP ZBook Ultra G1a, Future Ryzen Laptops
One of the features that sadly didn't make it into the recent Linux 6.19 merge window was the long-awaited AMD ISP4 driver for supporting the web camera found with the high-end HP ZBook Ultra G1a and also expected to be used by future flagship AMD Ryzen laptops...
Linux Apps Without Distro Lock-In? Explore This Lesser Known Snap and Flatpak Alternative
Meet PkgForge: A Distro-Independent Portable Apps 'Foundry' for Linux Users
Why I Wouldn’t Want John Solomon’s New CMO Job at Mozilla
Firefox’s market share has cratered while Mozilla’s dependence on Google and executive pay have soared. We look at what John Solomon is really walking into. The post Why I Wouldn’t Want John Solomon’s New CMO Job at Mozilla appeared first on FOSS Force.
Darktable 5.4 Open-Source RAW Image Editor Improves Camera Support
Darktable 5.4 open-source RAW image editor is now available for download with support for new cameras, new noise profiles, and bug fixes. Here’s what’s new!
jdSystemMonitor: More Than Your Regular System Monitor on Linux
Bringing system resources and internal details together in one place, jdSystemMonitor is a solid and lightweight option for desktop Linux users.
Chimera Linux Releases New Images With Kernel 6.18
Chimera Linux has published new December 2025 images based on kernel 6.18, delivering updated desktops and refreshed system components.
Intel Prepares For KVM Guest VMs To Support Advanced Performance Extensions (APX)
Since Linux 6.16 the Intel APX support has been ready for the kernel infrastructure and goes along with the compiler toolchain support for Advanced Performance Extensions with the likes of GCC and LLVM/Clang. The latest element being worked on for APX enablement in the open-source/Linux world is for allowing KVM guest virtual machines (VMs) to make use of APX...
Linux 6.19-rc2 Adding Support For CRKD Guitar Controllers
Most notable with the input subsystem updates sent out today ahead of the Linux 6.19-rc2 release is some new hardware support. New this week is adding support for CRKD Guitars for those into musical gaming/apps...
WMI Marshalling Support For Linux Aims To Match Windows' ACPI/WMI Handling
Open-source developer Armin Wolf has been working most recently on marshalling support for the Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) platform code within the Linux kernel. This WMI marshalling support is to better match the behavior of Microsoft Windows' WMI ACPI driver and ultimately to allow for better compatibility with some ACPI firmware and enhancing some WMI drivers...
Linux 6.19 Lands Fix For Seagate Barracuda HDD Taking Down The SATA Bus
It's not often getting to talk about hard drives on Phoronix these days, but there's an important fix merged to the Linux 6.19 kernel today ahead of Linux 6.19-rc2. If you happen to be using a Seagate ST2000DM008 Barracuda 2TB HDD, an important fix was merged to avoid it taking down the systems' SATA bus and/or potentially other issues...
Darktable 5.4 RAW Photography Software Reaches Parity Between X11 & Wayland
Darktable 5.4 is out today as the newest feature release to this open-source RAW photography software. Besides improving camera support, UI enhancements, and more the Wayland support has been improved with Darktable. With today's Darktable 5.4 release, the Wayland support should be on par with the X11 support...
MIT and Apache 2.0 Lead Open Source Licensing in 2025
According to the Open Source Initiative, MIT and Apache 2.0 remain the most widely used open source licenses in 2025.
GotaTun Open-Source Rust WireGuard Implementation Announced By Mullvad
The Swedish VPN service Mullvad announced this week GotaTun, an open-source Rust-based WireGuard implementation that is forked from Cloudflare's BoringTun...
Linux Mint 22.3 Beta Released, This is What’s New
A new look app menu, expanded search abilities in the file manager and a modern on-screen keyboard are among new features in Linux Mint 22.3, which just hit beta. Linux Mint 22.3 “Zena” is the fourth and final update in the Linux Mint 22 branch, building on the many changes the Linux Mint 22.2 “Zara” delivered in early autumn. Linux Mint 22.3 is based on Ubuntu 24.04.3 LTS, so inherits all of the foundational goodies from its upstream kin, including Linux 6.14 kernel (with access to the Ubuntu HWE updates – Linux kernel 6.17 and Mesa 25.2 are due in the coming weeks). […]