Linux News3 cool Linux apps to try this weekend (December 12 - 14)
Want proper genres assigned to your music files? One of these apps can make it so.
New Patches Lay Out Linux Kernel Adjustments For RISC-V RVA23 Hardware
With the first of RISC-V RVA23-compatible hardware expected to be released in 2026, we are beginning to see more Linux developers prepare for this RVA23 profile and the now-mandated extensions. Sent out this week was an initial "request for comments" patch series on RVA23 adjustments for the Linux kernel...
Take The 2026 Open Source Professionals Job Survey!
Let employers know what matters to you! Open Source JobHub and Linux Professional Institute (LPI) have teamed up again to launch the third episode of the Open Source Professionals Job Survey, designed to understand what matters most to professionals in ... Read more The post Take The 2026 Open Source Professionals Job Survey! appeared first on Linux Professional Institute (LPI).
Cinnamon 6.6 Release Sets the Tone for the Next Linux Mint Release
The update also introduces notification badges and theme categorization.
SeaGL 2025: A Community-Driven Linux Weekend
The Seattle GNU/Linux Conference returned to the University of Washington from November 7 to 8 for its thirteenth edition. SeaGL has always been a proudly community-driven, completely free event — as in the freedom to not need to register or ... Read more The post SeaGL 2025: A Community-Driven Linux Weekend appeared first on Linux Professional Institute (LPI).
Kali Linux 2025.4 Released With GNOME 49, KDE Plasma 6.5
Kali Linux 2025.4 ships with GNOME 49, KDE Plasma 6.5, full Wayland support, updated tools, kernel 6.16, and desktop-wide refinements.
Is System Administration Still a Good Career Choice in 2026?
Insights from an Interview with Hirdaypal Singh Lamba, Salesforce Consultant.
Linux 6.19 Improves User-Space I/O "UIO" With Shared Virtual Addressing
Merged a few days ago for the ongoing Linux 6.19 merge window were all of the "char/misc" updates. A lot of random changes throughout this time from the Industrial I/O "IIO" drivers to an interesting new feature for User-Space I/O "UIO" for PCI/PCIe devices...
KDE Surpasses 2025 Fundraiser Goal With Record Community Support
KDE has exceeded its €100K goal by reaching 276% funding, marking one of the strongest community support drives in the project’s history.
Cache Aware Scheduling Raises Performance For Intel Xeon 6 Granite Rapids
Over the past year Intel engineers have worked a lot on Cache Aware Scheduling for the Linux kernel. The yet-to-be-merged functionality allows for the Linux kernel to better aggregate tasks sharing data to the same last level cache (LLC) domain to reduce cache misses and cache bouncing. The Cache Aware Scheduling development was led by Intel but helps other CPU vendors too for processors with multiple cache domains. Back in October I showed some nice performance wins for AMD EPYC Turin with Cache Aware Scheduling while today's article are some benchmarks of the newest CAS code and looking at the performance benefit on Xeon 6 "Granite Rapids" processors.
Blender Working On KosmicKrisp Support For Vulkan On macOS
The Blender 3D modeling software could enjoy better macOS support with better cross-platform code paths thanks to in-development work for leveraging KosmicKrisp for Vulkan API usage on macOS via Metal...
AMD ROCm 7.10 Released - Strix Point APUs Now Officially Supported
Sure enough, yesterday's inaugural TheRock 7.10 release tag ended up being a precursor to ROCm 7.10 as predicted in the earlier article. Overnight ROCm 7.10 was released as a new developer preview and with it comes expanded hardware support -- including for Ryzen AI 300 Strix Point APUs finally being officially mentioned...
pearOS Is Back, Now Based on Arch Linux and Featuring the KDE Plasma Desktop
pearOS NiceC0re 25.12 is now available for download based on Arch Linux and featuring a highly customized KDE Plasma desktop environment to mimic the macOS look and feel.
4 cool new projects to try in Copr for December 2025
This article series takes a closer look at interesting projects that recently landed in Copr. Copr is a build-system for anyone in the Fedora community. It hosts thousands of projects with a wide variety of purposes, targeting diverse groups of users. Some of them should never be installed by anyone, some are already transitioning into the […]
Framework Raises DDR5 Memory Prices By 50% For DIY Laptops
Framework Computer had worked to keep their memory prices lower than other laptop vendors amid the ongoing memory shortages throughput the industry worldwide. But today they've finally had to cave in and increase their DDR5 memory modules for the Framework Laptop DIY Editions by 50%...