Linux NewsKDE Plasma 6.7 Prepares Smarter Window List and Window Management Improvements
Plasma 6.7 is shaping up to include an improved Window List widget with sorting and clearer grouping for easier window navigation.
KDE Linux Reaches 62% Toward Beta Release, Developers Say
KDE Linux developers report the project is 62% complete on its path toward a public beta release.
PeaZip 10.9 Open-Source Archive Manager Released with Improved User Experience
PeaZip 10.9 open-source archive manager is now available for download with an improved user experience and other enhancements. Here's what's new!
KDE Linux Gears Up for Beta Release with Plasma Login Manager, KDE Initial Setup
KDE Linux distribution is gearing up for a beta release with Plasma login manager, KDE initial setup, and better hardware support. Here's what to expect!
NetBSD 11.0-RC1 Available For Testing With Enhanced Linux Emulation
The first release candidate of the big NetBSD 11.0 release is now available for testing...
PeaZip 10.9 Released With File Manager and Viewer Improvements
PeaZip 10.9 improves file manager performance, updates viewers, adds new shortcuts, and reduces memory usage when handling large archives.
Wine 11.2 Released With Faster PDB Loading and 32 Bug Fixes
Wine 11.2 is out with faster PDB loading, improved MSVC runtime support, and 32 bug fixes affecting games, tools, and audio.
Initial AMD Zen 6 "znver6" Support Merged For LLVM/Clang
Merged overnight to the LLVM/Clang compiler's codebase was initial targeting for next-generation AMD Zen 6 processors using the znver6 target...
KDE Linux To Provide Better Hardware Support & Better Performance
Following the September release of the KDE LInux reference distribution for the KDE desktop in alpha form, KDE Linux developers have been working toward the beta release with more improvements to this open-source desktop distro...
KMS Recovery Mechanism Being Worked On For Linux Display Drivers
A Linux kernel engineer at Microsoft is working on a useful Linux desktop improvement. Hamza Mahfooz who previously worked for AMD on their AMDGPU Linux display driver code has been spearheading work on a KMS recovery mechanism to help kernel mode-setting display drivers recover in case of problems...
GNOME's Glycin 2.1 Beta Enables JPEG 2000 Support By Default
GNOME's Rust-based and sandboxed Glycin image loading library focused on safety now supports JPEG 2000 images by default...
Linux 6.19 Sees Last Minute Scheduler Regression Fixes
Ahead of the planned Linux 6.19 stable kernel release tomorrow, there have been some last-minute fixes submitted for the scheduler code, including for performance regressions...
An in-kernel machine-learning library
For those wanting more machine learning in the kernel, Viacheslav Dubeyko has posted a new in-kernel library for that purpose. What is the goal of using ML models in Linux kernel? The main goal is to employ ML models for elaboration of a logic of particular Linux kernel subsystem based on processing data or/and an efficient subsystem configuration based on internal state of subsystem. As a result, it needs: (1) collect data for training, (2) execute ML model training phase, (3) test trained ML model, (4) use ML model for executing the inference phase. The ML model inference can be used for recommendation of Linux kernel subsystem configuration or/and for injecting a synthesized subsystem logic into kernel space (for example, eBPF logic). It is rigorously undocumented and there are no real users, so it's not entirely clear what the purpose is, but there are undoubtedly interesting things that could be done with it.
Microsoft Introduces LiteBox, a New Security-Focused Library OS
LiteBox is a new open-source sandboxing library OS from Microsoft, designed to run code with a minimal, security-focused OS surface.
Mesa 25.3.5 Brings Vulkan Driver Fixes & Other Minor Changes -- Even For Old The R600g
While Mesa 26.0 stable will be out soon, the belated Mesa 25.3.5 point release is now available for serving as the current latest stable point release...