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I install these 11 apps on every new Linux system, and you should, too - here's why | ZDNET
https://www.zdnet.com/article/i-install-these-11-apps-on-every-new-linux-system-and-you-should-too-heres-why/
📰 NVIDIA driver 580.95.05 released as the latest recommended for Linux
NVIDIA have launched their latest recommended driver for Linux users with driver version 580.95.05 now available..Read the full article on GamingOnLinux.
🔗 Source: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/09/nvidia-driver-580-95-05-released-as-the-latest-recommended-for-linux/
📰 Pop! System76's 24.04 beta is here – complete with a beta of polarizing COSMIC
Twice the betas and twice the crashes means twice the fun, right? It's September 2025 and the beta of the April 2024 release of Pop!_OS is here. It's fast, fluid – and fallible.…
🔗 Source: https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2025/09/30/pop_os_2404_beta_released/
📰 CISA warns of critical Linux Sudo flaw exploited in attacks
Hackers are actively exploiting a critical vulnerability (CVE-2025-32463) in the sudo package that enables the execution of commands with root-level privileges on Linux operating systems.
🔗 Source: https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/cisa-warns-of-critical-linux-sudo-flaw-exploited-in-attacks/
Wine 11.0 On Track For January Release With NTSYNC & New WoW64 Mode
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Wine-11.0-January-2026
📰 Intel Linux Setbacks, Linux Kernel Drama & Other Q3 Highlights
So far on this last day of Q3'2025 we are at just over 800 original Linux news articles for the quarter on Linux hardware and open-source software. Here is a look back at what proved to be most popular for the quarter...
🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Q3-2025-Linux-News
📰 Linus Torvalds Removes The Bcachefs Code From The Linux Kernel
With Linux 6.17 was the decision by Linus Torvalds to mark Bcachefs as "externally maintained" and not accept any new Bcachefs code into the mainline kernel but keeping the existing code within the tree. That was useful for those relying on Bcachefs to still boot a mainline kernel at least. Now for Linux 6.18, the Bcachefs code was removed from the mainline kernel...
🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Bcachefs-Removed-Linux-6.18
Qualcomm’s 18-core Snapdragon X2 Elite Extreme dominates in first benchmarks – 18 cores and 48GB of on-package memory on a 192-bit bus look tough to beat
https://www.tomshardware.com/laptops/qualcomms-18-core-snapdragon-x2-elite-extreme-dominates-in-first-benchmarks-18-cores-and-48gb-of-on-package-memory-on-a-192-bit-bus-look-tough-to-beat
📰 Brave launches 'Ask Brave' feature to fuse AI with traditional search
Brave Software, the creator of the privacy-focused web browser and search engine, has introduced a new subsystem called Ask Brave that unifies search and AI chat into a single interface.
🔗 Source: https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/artificial-intelligence/brave-launches-ask-brave-feature-to-fuse-ai-with-traditional-search/
📰 RISC-V With Linux 6.18 Brings Support For MIPS Vendor Extensions
Back during the Linux 6.17 merge window the RISC-V changes were rejected as "garbage" for being submitted too late in the merge window and with some code choices that upset Linus Torvalds. With lessons learned, the RISC-V changes for Linux 6.18 were submitted today during the first official day of this new kernel cycle...
🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-6.18-RISC-V
📰 GNU Linux-libre 6.17 Deblobs The New Intel IPU7 Driver, Adjusts Existing Drivers
Building off yesterday's release of Linux 6.17, the GNU Linux-libre 6.17-gnu kernel is now available for this downstream kernel variant that strips away support for loading non-free microcode and other elements not aligned with the Free Software Foundation principles. This ultimately ends up limiting the hardware support available with most of today's modern hardware requiring microcode/firmware but alas here is the latest release with a fresh...
🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/GNU-Linux-libre-6.17
📰 Cronos: The New Dawn gets performance improvements and a Linux HDR fix
Cronos: The New Dawn is the latest horror game from Bloober Team, and with the latest update it should work a lot better for everyone..
🔗 Source: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/09/cronos-the-new-dawn-gets-performance-improvements-and-a-linux-hdr-fix/
Onyx BOOX Palma color eReader supports 4G LTE, but doesn't make phone calls
https://liliputing.com/onyx-boox-palma-color-ereader-supports-4g-lte-but-doesnt-make-phone-calls/
Tomb Raider Definitive Survivor Trilogy now available on GOG
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/09/tomb-raider-definitive-survivor-trilogy-now-available-on-gog/
9 Linux certifications to boost your career | Network World
https://www.networkworld.com/article/4060215/9-linux-certifications-to-boost-your-career.html
📰 Qualcomm Posts Initial Open-Source GPU Driver Patches For Adreno 800 Series
Qualcomm engineers have posted the initial patches for bringing up the newest Adreno 800 series graphics IP within the open-source MSM Linux kernel Direct Rendering Manager (DRM) driver...
🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-Kernel-Adreno-800-Patches
📰 Ubuntu Touch 24.04-1.0 Released Based on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS
UBports releases Ubuntu Touch 24.04-1.0 with new features, fresh logos, and support for additional mobile devices.
🔗 Source: https://linuxiac.com/ubuntu-touch-24-04-1-0-released-based-on-ubuntu-24-04-lts/
📰 Apple HFS/HFS+ File-System Drivers See More Fixes With Linux 6.18
In addition to the IEEE-1394 Firewire support still being maintained within the Linux kernel, another Apple tech still seeing code churn within the Linux kernel years later are the HFS and HFS+ file-systems. For the Linux 6.18 kernel are more fixes to the HFS/HFS+ support...
🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Apple-HFS-Linux-6.18
📰 I tested local LLMs on the Snapdragon X Elite's NPU, and they're surprisingly good and power efficient
NPUs haven't been getting a lot of use so far, but the latest Nexa SDK finally makes it possible to run popular LLMs on the Snapdragon X Elite.
🔗 Source: https://www.xda-developers.com/these-llms-run-locally-snapdragon-x-elite-npu-surprisingly-good/
📰 5 tasks a Raspberry Pi can be good for as a home server
Turn your Raspberry Pi into a home server for media, files, ad blocking, websites, and smart home monitoring.
🔗 Source: https://www.xda-developers.com/tasks-raspberry-pi-good-for-home-server/
3 Terminal Tricks You'll Wish You Knew Earlier
https://www.howtogeek.com/terminal-tricks-youll-wish-you-knew-earlier/
📰 NVIDIA Has Been Supplying NDA'ed Docs To Red Hat For Helping NVK Driver
Following AMD announcing the end of the AMDVLK Vulkan driver development in favor of focusing on the Mesa RADV driver for Linux systems, Red Hat engineer David Airlie who was one of the co-lead developers of the RADV driver shared some interesting insight on NVK as the open-source NVIDIA Vulkan driver being developed within Mesa...
🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/NVK-Vulkan-Red-Hat-NDA-Docs
📰 Linux 6.18 Updating The Baseline For Marking Intel CPU Microcode As Outdated
Introduced this year with the Linux 6.16 kernel was the new functionality for reporting to users when running on outdated Intel CPU microcode since it can pose security vulnerability issues and/or functionality problems. The Linux kernel support for propagating this "old_microcode" reporting via sysfs relies on a static list of microcode versions corresponding to different Intel CPU generations. For the Linux 6.
🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Intel-Old-Microcode-Linux-6.18
📰 Fork yeah: Valkey 9 sharpens edge against Redis
Open source database adds multi-tenant clustering, safer shutdowns, and eyes life beyond caching Open source key-value database Valkey is set for its ninth iteration next month, promising improved resource optimization and availability.…
🔗 Source: https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2025/09/29/valkey_9/
📰 OpenTofu Introduces Ephemeral Support for Safer Secrets Management
OpenTofu nightly builds add Ephemeral and Write-Only features, arriving soon in 1.11 for better secret and state management.
🔗 Source: https://linuxiac.com/opentofu-introduces-ephemeral-support-for-safer-secrets-management/
Blender 5.0 Vulkan Render Tests Passing On AMD & NVIDIA But Failing For Intel - Phoronix
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Blender-5.0-Vulkan-Intel-Fail
📰 This SBC isn't a Raspberry Pi, but it massively surprised me
The ZimaBoard 2 is a neat SBC for home server projects.
🔗 Source: https://www.xda-developers.com/this-sbc-isnt-a-raspberry-pi-but-it-massively-surprised-me/
A Lot Of Rust Code Lining Up For The Linux 6.18 Kernel - Phoronix
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Rust-Linux-6.18
Linux Kernel ksmbd Vulnerability Allows Remote Attackers to Execute Arbitrary Code
https://cybersecuritynews.com/linux-kernel-ksmbd-vulnerability/
📰 Linux Kernel 6.17 Officially Released, This Is What’s New
Linux kernel 6.17 is now available for download with new features, enhanced hardware support through new and updated drivers, improvements to filesystems and networking, and much more. Here’s what’s new!
🔗 Source: https://9to5linux.com/linux-kernel-6-17-officially-released-this-is-whats-new