Linux NewsThis Could Be The Linux Phone We All Have Been Waiting For
The Jolla Phone returns over a decade after the original 2013 launch.
Firefox 146 Now Available With Native Fractional Scaling On Wayland
The Mozilla Firefox 146.0 release binaries are now available with a very exciting improvement for Linux users relying on Wayland...
Hurray! This German State Decides to Save €15 Million Each Year By Kicking Out Microsoft for Open Source
Schleswig-Holstein's migration to LibreOffice reaches 80% completion, with a one-time €9 million investment on cards for 2026.
Intel Arc B580 vs. AMD Radeon RX 9000 vs. NVIDIA RTX 50 Series For Llama.cpp Vulkan Performance
Recently there were Phoronix benchmarks looking at the Intel Battlemage GPU compute performance since last year when the Arc B580 graphics card launched as well as the OpenGL and Vulkan graphics performance for the B580 on Linux since launch. There was much progress on the open-source Intel Linux graphics drivers at large this year but especially for Battlemage. Following that a Phoronix Premium reader asked about seeing some fresh Llama.cpp AI benchmarks with its Vulkan back-end now for the Arc B580 compared to competing AMD and NVIDIA graphics cards. Here are those benchmarks as requested.
Early Benchmarks Of Linux 6.19 Git Raising Some Concerns
While just half-way through the Linux 6.19 merge window, over the weekend I began running some benchmarks of the current Linux 6.19 Git state compared to Linux 6.18 LTS stable. There are some minor performance improvements to note in a few of the tests on the first system I tested but also some regressions at this very early pre-RC1 state of the Linux 6.19 kernel...
AMD Working On Push-Based Load Balancing For Linux To Further Enhance Performance
One of the new Linux engineering initiatives out of AMD is working to further enhance Linux performance on today's large core count systems by introducing push-based load balancing...
Easily Install Binaries in Linux Terminal With This Tool
Easy way to get binaries from GitHub repositories and install the applications. Learn more about eget.
How Vivaldi Workspaces Turn Tabs Into Organized Projects
Instead of one long row of tiny tabs, Workspaces in Vivaldi let you keep related tabs together as projects, and sync those setups across your devices when you need them. The post How Vivaldi Workspaces Turn Tabs Into Organized Projects appeared first on FOSS Force.
[$] An open seat on the TAB
As has been recently announced, nominations are open for the 2025 Linux Foundation Technical Advisory Board (TAB) elections. I am one of the TAB members whose term is coming to an end, but I have decided that, after 18 years on the board, I will not be seeking re-election; instead, I will step aside and make room for a fresh voice. My time on the TAB has been rewarding, and I will be sad to leave; the TAB has an important role to play in the functioning of the kernel community.
Several Logitech Devices Seeing New/Improved Support With Linux 6.19
All of the Human Interface Devices (HID) subsystem updates were merged a few days ago for the ongoing Linux 6.19 kernel merge window. Standing out this cycle on the HID side are seeing new/improved support for several Logitech devices...
Linux I3C Gains "HDR" Support For Faster Data Transfers
I2C in Linux 6.19 brought support for Rust-written I2C drivers. The newer I3C "Improved Inter-Integrated Circuit" interface changes have now been merged and the big feature there is HDR support. Not to be confused with the more common High Dynamic Range acronym usage for HDR, HDR in the I3C context is for the "High Data Rate" mode for facilitating faster data transfers...
Arm MPAM Driver Upstreamed To The Linux 6.19 Kernwl
The ARM64 code changes were merged last week into the in-development Linux 6.19 kernel. The most notable of the ARM64 architecture changes this cycle is landing the Arm MPAM driver for Arm's Memory System Resource Partitioning and Monitoring...
A Simple Way to Fake Blurred Windows on GNOME
The 2 Wallpapers GNOME extension changes wallpaper when apps open, letting you fake blurred window look in apps that support transparency – clever!
9to5Linux Weekly Roundup: December 7th, 2025
9to5Linux Weekly Roundup for December 7th, 2025, brings news about Linux 6.18 LTS, VLC 3.0.22, Jolla Phone, Linux 5.4 EOL, GNU Linux-libre 6.18 kernel, Ubuntu Touch OTA-1.1, Raspberry Pi 5 1GB, Alpine Linux 3.23, Wireshark 4.6.2, NVIDIA 590 beta, Linux Mint 22.3 codename and release date, Audacity 3.7.6, Calibre 8.16, PeaZip 10.8, and more.
Linuxiac Weekly Wrap-Up: Week 49 (Dec 1 – 7, 2025)
Catch up on the latest Linux news: Kernel 6.18, Alpine 3.23, NVIDIA Display Driver v590 Beta, VLC 3.0.22, When Linus met Linus, Linux Mint 22.3 nears release, Jolla Linux phone, and more.