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One Of Intel's Xe Open-Source Linux Graphics Driver Maintainers Is Departing
It's been two months since there were any notable Intel Linux engineering departures to note following various layoffs and voluntary departures this year that have unfortunately impacted their Linux/open-source talent. Sadly this US Thanksgiving is a new departure to note: one of Intel's maintainers for the Xe open-source Linux kernel graphics driver is leaving the company. This is for the modern Xe driver used by default since Lunar Lake and playing a pivotal role for Intel Linux graphics moving forward...
Oracle Linux 9.7 Debuts with PQC Security, Updated UEK/RHCK Kernels
Oracle Linux 9.7 introduces hybrid post-quantum cryptography, QUIC support in OpenSSL, and refreshed UEK 8.1 and RHCK kernels for x86_64 and Arm systems.
Valve just fixed several broken games on Linux with a Proton Experimental update
A hotfix completes a massive week for Proton Experimental.
Pebble Watch Software Goes 100% Open Source
Pebble watch software is now 100% open source, including the new mobile app and tools, securing long-term support for all Pebble devices.
KDE Plasma 6.8 to Drop X11 Support, Goes All-In on Wayland
Long transition nears completion as developers address remaining concerns.
Ubuntu is replacing some legacy tools in 26.04 LTS
Canonical is retiring Totem and System Monitor for a modern look.
How to get Linux on your Apple silicon Mac: A dual-boot guide
Here I share two ways to get Linux running on your Mac.
GCC 16 Switches To Using C++20 Standard By Default
Following up on the discussion from earlier this month among GCC developers over switching to C++20 by default for the GCC compiler as the default C++ standard when not otherwise set, that change has indeed happened. Merged now is the change defaulting to C++20 (well, the GNU++20 dialect) rather than C++17/GNU++17 when not otherwise specified when compiling C++ code...
Security updates for Thursday
Security updates have been issued by Debian (kdeconnect, libssh, and samba), Fedora (7zip, docker-buildkit, and docker-buildx), Oracle (bind, buildah, cups, delve and golang, expat, firefox, gimp, go-rpm-macros, haproxy, kernel, lasso, libsoup, libtiff, mingw-expat, openssl, podman, python-kdcproxy, qt5-qt3d, runc, squid, thunderbird, tigervnc, valkey, webkit2gtk3, xorg-x11-server, and xorg-x11-server-Xwayland), SUSE (buildah, cloudflared, containerd, expat, firefox, gnutls, helm, kernel, libxslt, mysql-connector-java, ongres-scram, openbao, openexr, openssh, podman, python311, python312, ruby2.5, rubygem-rack, runc, samba, sssd, tiff, unbound, and yelp), and Ubuntu (edk2, ffmpeg, h2o, python3.13, rust-openssl, and valkey).
Google Just Made Its Sleek New Font Open Source
Everything you need to know about Google Sans Flex.
Intel Battlemage Graphics Enjoyed Nice GPU Compute Performance Gains In 2025
In addition to Intel Arrow Lake desktop performance evolving nicely on Linux over the course of 2025, the Intel Arc B-Series graphics that launched last December with the Arc B580 have evolved quite nicely too with their open-source driver stack. With it coming up on one year since the Arc B580 launch, here is a look at how the GPU compute performance has evolved since that point. Similar Intel Arc B580 Linux graphics comparisons are also coming up in a follow-up comparison on Phoronix.
This search tool will make Windows folks feel at home on Linux
Unleash the potential of your Linux system with a Windows-inspired search utility.
I ditched Google Drive and OneDrive for this free open-source syncing app
Syncthing keeps my files synced across devices without subscriptions or cloud lock-in. Here’s how it works and who should be using it
Zlib-ng 2.3.1 Released With More CPU Performance Optimizations
Zlib-ng 2.3.1 is out today as the first stable release in the v2.3 series for this Zlib replacement that carries a variety of performance optimizations for speedier compression/decompression...