Linux NewsNVIDIA 615.71.09 Linux Driver Released With Vulkan Improvements
NVIDIA today debuted the 615.71.09 Linux driver that comes with a number of improvements, especially from the Vulkan API perspective...
openSUSE Launches osdiff Package Comparison Tool
openSUSE introduces osdiff, a new tool for comparing package versions across Tumbleweed, Leap 16.1, and Leap 16.0 from a single page.
A Nice Improvement Coming For Faster Btrfs Zstd Decompression
In addition to the still-pending kernel work for improving the in-kernel Zstd code, sepaarately the Btrfs file-system driver has an improvement on the way in its decompression code path for the Zstd transparent file-system compression...
Meet LibreDB Studio, a New Open-Source Self-Hosted SQL IDE
LibreDB Studio is a new browser-based SQL IDE for managing multiple database engines through a self-hosted interface.
From Livestream To Library: Publishing Flock To Fedora’s Session Recordings
Intro After months of good old fashioned struggle with Google Drive and YouTube Studio, we were finally able to prepare the video sessions from the 2025 and 2026 Flock To Fedora event livestreams. These are now released to our YouTube and PeerTube communities. This article describes the details of the entire process that got us from the raw footage to the […]
AMD Posts New GCC Compiler Patch For Extended Load Optimization
It's nice seeing a new GNU Compiler Collection (GCC) patch out of AMD today that is a general optimization for the x86_64 compiler code and not exclusively tied to their Zen processors. It's an Extended Load Optimization to benefit code where there is a narrower type and then an arithmetic type with a wider type...
Experimental Patches Get Nouveau+NVK Working On NVIDIA DGX Spark GB10
Red Hat's David Airlie has managed another open-source graphics engineering feat... Getting the Nouveau reverse-engineered kernel graphics driver and Mesa NVK Vulkan driver running on the GB10 Grace Blackwell Superchip with the DGX Spark system...
YSERVER 1.5 Released With Reverse PRIME Support & Other New Features
Announced a few months back was YSERVER as a modern X11 server written in the Rust programming language. In getting the project off the ground quickly and given the size of X11, it was largely vibe coded with Claude Code. The project continues and is attracting contributions from more users with today marking the YSERVER 1.5 release...
OpenPaper L Launches as a 13.3-Inch Open-Source Color E-Ink Frame
OpenPaper L is a 13.3-inch color E-Ink picture frame with open-source hardware and software, Wi-Fi 6, Bluetooth, and offline operation.
FreeCORE is What Your TrueNAS CORE Box Should Have
This independent fork carries FreeBSD, OpenZFS, and jails forward for users who never wanted Linux.
The $200 Firefox mechanical keyboard sold out
Love Firefox enough to drop $200 on a branded keyboard? Tough, it’s sold it. It’s a full-sized, 108-key mechanical keyboard with Cherry MX keys/switches, and has a unique keycap colour scheme and branding: a Firefox logo on the super/meta key and new Firefox mascot Kit on Esc. It works wired, via Bluetooth or 2.4g wireless. “Clean, clicky and finished in Firefox colors”, reads the Mozilla Store description, “this is a keyboard that looks good, feels better and sneaks in a little personality where you least expect it” (unaware the personality is exactly where one would expect it: on the keys). […]
MocaccinoOS 26.09 Adds x86-64-v3 Optimized Builds for Improved Performance
MocaccinoOS 26.09 distribution is now available for download with optional x86-64-v3 optimized builds for improved performance on supported modern CPUs, improved Intel CPU/platform support, and other changes.
AI Made A Lot Of "Hideous" Code But Found Major Bottlenecks For Faster Linux Compilation
An ARM Linux engineer leveraged AI/LLMs to help uncover some improvements to "significant speed up" the Linux kernel build times. In the process the LLM used generated "a lot of code, much of it hideous" but in the end was used to find some very significant time savings for faster kernel builds via more task parallelization in different areas of the kernel build process...
This one Linux setting is capping your Wi-Fi speed far below your router's rating
The setting is easy to check and even easier to overlook!
Advanced Video Coding Still Under Patent
Brazilian patent BRPI0109962B1 has expired, which means that DivX and Xvid are no longer problematic for Linux, but it doesn’t mean that video is all of a sudden fully unleashed.