Linux NewsBottles 61 Turns Into an Analysis Tool With the New Eagle Feature
Bottles 61 introduces Eagle, a new analysis tool that deeply inspects Windows executables to improve Wine and Proton compatibility on Linux.
DAXFS Proposed as a Zero-Copy Shared Memory Filesystem for Linux
A new Linux proposal introduces DAXFS, a read-only filesystem that bypasses page cache for direct access to shared memory.
Linux Kernel Continuity Document Added: What Happens If Torvalds' Git Repo Goes Away?
Following discussions from the 2025 Linux Maintainer Summit, merged overnight for the Linux 6.19 kernel is documentation concerning the Linux kernel project's continuity in the event that Linus Torvalds' official Git repository were to disappear or otherwise be inaccessible for continuing the upstream development of the Linux kernel...
Focusrite Forte USB Audio Interface To Be Supported By Linux 7.0
The Focusrite Forte 2-in, 4-out USB audio interface as a portable audio recording solution will be supported by the mainline Linux 7.0 kernel. The patches are queued in the Linux kernel's sound subsystem development tree. While a convenient little device, the Focusrite Forte is no longer manufactured but can still be found used online...
Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 Display Support & Old Adreno 225 Enablement For Linux 7.0
Rob Clark this week sent out the latest MSM DRM kernel driver updates for the latest Qualcomm display/graphics enhancements ahead of next month's Linux 7.0 merge window...
SVT-AV1 4.0 Released With More Performance Optimizations
SVT-AV1 4.0 is out as the newest major feature release for this open-source AV1 video encoder that was originally started by Intel as an open-source project and now continuining on thanks to the Alliance For Open Media...
GIMP 3.0.8 Image Editor Released with Wayland and Font Handling Improvements
GIMP 3.0.8 open-source image editor is now available for download with better Wayland support, font handling improvements, and bug fixes.
loss32 is a Linux Distro Nobody Asked For (But Still Has Its Usage)
This sure sounds like a meme project, but there's more to it!
Glibc 2.43 Released With ISO C23 Features and Performance Improvements
GNU C Library 2.43 introduces ISO C23 features, new memory APIs, math optimizations, Unicode 17 updates, and multiple security fixes.
AerynOS Blocks LLM Use, Citing Ethical Training Data and Environmental Costs
AerynOS has revised its Contributing guidelines to reject AI-generated submissions, including code, docs, issues, and artwork.
GIMP 3.0.8 Released In Advance Of GIMP 3.2
While the GIMP 3.2 release is expected out soon, GIMP 3.0.8 is available tonight as what could end up being the last set of bug fixes for GIMP 3.0...
GIMP 3.0.8 Delivers Bug Fixes Across Core, Tools, and Plugins
GIMP 3.0.8 image editor rolls out bug fixes, faster font loading, improved CLI behavior, and stability improvements across Linux, Windows, and macOS.
Wine-Staging 11.1 Adds Patches For Enabling Recent Adobe Photoshop Versions On Linux
Following yesterday's release of Wine 11.1 for kicking off the new post-11.0 development cycle, Wine-Staging 11.1 is now available for this experimental/testing version of Wine that present is around 254 patches over the upstream Wine state...
CachyOS January 2026 Release Brings Installer Rework and Wayland by Default
Arch-based CachyOS's January 2026 update lands with a reworked installer, Wayland Live ISO, Plasma Login Manager, and gaming and hardware improvements.
CachyOS ISO Release for January 2026 Brings KDE’s New Plasma Login Manager
The CachyOS ISO snapshot for January 2026 is now available for download with the Plasma Login Manager by default, Linux 6.18 LTS, and more. Here's what's new!