Linux NewsIntel NPU Linux Driver Adding Command-Queue Priority ioctl For Linux 7.4
Sent out today was the latest weekly drm-misc-next pull request of new Direct Rendering Manager (DRM) material ready for the upcoming Linux 7.4 merge window...
Rust Coreutils 0.12 Released With Fixes Sought By Ubuntu
Days after the recent release of GNU Coreutils 9.12, Rust Coreutils 0.12 was released overnight for advancing this alternative Rust-based implementation of these core utilities...
Dragonfly 2.0 Delivers More Performance For This Modern Replacement To Redis & Memcached
Released on Wednesday was a new version of the Dragonfly database that continues to promote itself as "the world's most efficient in-memory data store" and a modern replacement to the likes of Redis and Memcached while being fully compatible with their APIs...
libinput 1.32 Released With Circular Scrolling Support For Circular Touchpads
Leading Linux input expert Peter Hutterer announced the release today of libinput 1.32 for improving input handling on Wayland and X.Org based environments...
[$] LWN.net Weekly Edition for September 17, 2026
Inside this week's LWN.net Weekly Edition: Front: Server-data encryption; PostgreSQL scary patches; Faster kernel builds; BPF for blk-iocost; Lessons learned as DPL. Briefs: Brief news items from throughout the community. Announcements: Newsletters, conferences, security updates, patches, and more.
You don't need a powerful PC for these 8 surprisingly useful Linux projects
That ancient PC under your desk still has a few tricks left!
Mir/Wayland-Powered Miracle-WM 0.11 Released With New Overview Mode, Window Urgency
Canonical engineer Matthew Kosarek rolled out Miracle-WM 0.11 today as an end-of-summer update to this Wayland compositor built atop the Mir library...
Unicode 18.0 Released with 13,007 New Characters
Unicode 18.0 is now available with 13,007 new characters, three new scripts, new currency symbols, nine emojis, and updated text-processing rules.
Local AI Weekly #2: Agents Everywhere
Debuggers, memory, and a browser for your agents. And a tool that finally tells you what your hardware can run.
My favorite Linux distro has been overlooked for years—here's why I use it instead of Mint or Ubuntu
A desktop environment can make a huge difference.
Fedora CoreOS 45’s ‘Test Week’ Starts Monday
Fedora CoreOS 45 Test Week begins Monday, giving Linux users a straightforward way to help test the container-focused distro. The post Fedora CoreOS 45’s ‘Test Week’ Starts Monday appeared first on FOSS Force.
Mesa 26.2.3 Released With AMD GFX1171 Support, Other Fixes
Mesa 26.2.3 is out today as the newest stable point release in this quarter's Mesa 26.2 series...
Fedora 45 beta drags the Linux console into the 21st century (Register)
The Register looks forward to the upcoming Fedora 45 release. The biggest surprise is that Linux's legacy in-kernel console – the text-mode interface normally hidden beneath the GUI – has been replaced with a software-controlled alternative. The replacement is kmscon, a userspace terminal emulator that has been in development for more than a decade.
GNOME 51 released, this is what’s new
GNOME 51 is out, bringing FIDO2 passkey login, a Reduced Motion option and frame scheduling changes that make UI animations and scrolling feel smoother. Core apps pick up improvements too. The desktop Maps app gains offline area downloads and live transit data, Papers now lets you add visual signatures and Nautilus speeds up the loading of large folders. While this is a more modest release than we’ve become accustomed to – some planned changes, like a GTK4 port of Disks and a slider to change touchpad scroll speed didn’t make it in – there is still plenty to look out […]
GNOME 51 “A Coruña” Released with Offline Maps, Faster Desktop Performance
GNOME 51 is now available with smoother frame scheduling, offline maps, improved Settings, a revamped file previewer, and many desktop refinements.