AerynOS 2025.12 Released with GNOME 49.2, Mesa 25.3, and KDE Plasma 6.5.4

https://9to5linux.com/aerynos-2025-12-released-with-gnome-49-2-mesa-25-3-and-kde-plasma-6-5-4

📰 Oracles Releases Updated "bpftune" For BPF-Based Auto-Tuning Of Linux Systems

The past few years Oracle has been working on bpftune as a solution for BPF-based, automatic tuning of Linux systems. Bpftune has been available via Oracle Linux and GitHub while finally their open-source GitHub code has seen the first new tagged release in a while...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Oracle-bpftune-0.4-1

📰 Diptyx is an open source, dual-screen eReader (crowdfunding)

There’s no shortage of eReaders featuring E Ink displays. But the Diptyx eReader stands out in a few ways: it has two E Ink displays and a hinge in the middle that lets you open and close the device like a book. And it’s designed as an open source project: the firmware and hardware designs will both .

🔗 Source: https://liliputing.com/diptyx-is-an-open-source-dual-screen-ereader-crowdfunding/

NetworkManager 1.54.3 Improves Certificate Access Checks
https://linuxiac.com/networkmanager-1-54-3-improves-certificate-access-checks/

📰 GNOME Will Reject Shell Extensions With AI-Generated Code

GNOME is tightening its extension review process after a surge in AI-generated submissions filled with unnecessary code and bad practices.

🔗 Source: https://linuxiac.com/gnome-will-reject-shell-extensions-with-ai-generated-code/

📰 TrixiePup64 11.2 Released For Debian-Based Puppy Linux With Wayland & X11 Options

For those with fond memories of the original Puppy Linux as a lightweight Linux distribution that used to run well back in the day on systems with less than 1GB of RAM, TrixiePup64 is out with a new release of this Puppy Linux based distribution with Debian GNU/Linux components. The new TrixiePup64 11.2 release is based on the latest Debian Trixie sources while continuing to offer separate builds for either X11 or Wayland usage...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/TrixiePup64-11.2

📰 FFmpeg Lands Initial Support For JPEG-XS

The widely-used FFmpeg open-source multimedia library has merged initial support for JPEG-XS...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/FFmpeg-Merges-JPEG-XS

📰 CyberVolk’s ransomware debut stumbles on cryptography weakness

The pro-Russia hacktivist group CyberVolk launched a ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) called VolkLocker that suffered from serious implementation flaws, allowing victims to potentially decrypt files for free.

🔗 Source: https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/cybervolks-ransomware-debut-stumbles-on-cryptography-weakness/

📰 Linus Torvalds Announces First Linux Kernel 6.19 Release Candidate

Linus Torvalds announced the general availability of the first Release Candidate version of the upcoming Linux 6.19 kernel series for public testing. Here’s what to expect!

🔗 Source: https://9to5linux.com/linus-torvalds-announces-first-linux-kernel-6-19-release-candidate

📰 These 6 Vim plugins make it compete with VS Code

With the right plugins, Vim can give VS Code a run for its money.

🔗 Source: https://www.xda-developers.com/these-vim-plugins-make-it-compete-with-vs-code/

📰 New Website Lets You Security‑Check Snap Packages

Ever wondered how secure the apps you install from the Snap Store are? A new website from Ubuntu alumnus Alan Pope makes it easy for you to find out. Called Snapscope, the website uses Grype, an open‑source vulnerability scanner, to check packages on the Snap Store to find out if any known security vulnerabilities (critical, high, medium, low, actively exploited) may affect them.

🔗 Source: https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/12/snapscope-snap-security-vulnerability-checker

📰 Early Linux 6.19 Benchmarks On AMD EPYC 9965 2P Excelling For AI & HPC Performance

As the Linux 6.19 merge window winded down this weekend, I began running this development kernel on more systems. While there are some scheduler regressions currently with Linux 6.19 Git, for HPC workloads especially I am seeing some encouraging results using a flagship AMD EPYC 9965 2P server configuration.

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/review/amd-epyc-9965-linux-619

📰 15 Signs Linux Is Not For You

If you recognized yourself in a few of these points, that doesn’t mean Linux isn’t for you. In fact, you can count it as an invitation. It just means you’ve spent a long time in an ecosystem that treats you more like a product than a participant.

🔗 Source: https://itsfoss.com/signs-linux-is-not-for-you/

📰 CentOS Kmods SIG Providing NVIDIA Linux Open GPU Kernel Modules For RHEL/CentOS Users

The CentOS kernel modules "Kmods" special interest group (SIG) is now providing NVIDIA Linux Open GPU Kernel Modules for users of Red Hat Enterprise Linux and its downstreams as well as for CentOS Stream...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/CentOS-Kmods-SIG-NVIDIA

📰 Pangolin 1.13 Released With Private Resources and User Device Access

Pangolin 1.13, an open-source, zero-trust VPN, introduces Private Resources, user devices, and a new WireGuard-based networking model.

🔗 Source: https://linuxiac.com/pangolin-1-13-released-with-private-resources-and-user-device-access/

📰 Scribus 1.6.5 Open-Source Desktop Publishing App Released with Various Changes

Scribus 1.6.5 free and open-source desktop publishing software is now available for download with various updates and bug fixes. Here’s what’s changed!

🔗 Source: https://9to5linux.com/scribus-1-6-5-open-source-desktop-publishing-app-released-with-various-changes

📰 Denmark takes a Viking swing at VPN-enabled piracy

Minister insists 'modest' bill is not an assault on privacy-preserving tech The Danish government wants the public to weigh in on its proposed laws restricting use of VPNs to access certain corners of the internet.…

🔗 Source: https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2025/12/15/denmark_vpn_ban/

📰 Kernel Graphics Driver Changes Already Begin Lining Up For Linux 6.20~7.0

Even before the Linux 6.19 merge window wrapped up this weekend with the Linux 6.19-rc1 release, there was already the first pull request to DRM-Next of the first batch of new material to be queued for Linux 6.19's successor...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-DRM-Misc-Next-Post-6.19

📰 7 Projects Killed by Ubuntu (But I Still Miss Them)

Over the span of the past 15 years, Ubuntu started several projects. Not all of them are active today. And yet, they live in our memory.

🔗 Source: https://itsfoss.com/projects-ditched-by-ubuntu/

📰 Fresh Launches as a New Terminal-First Text Editor

Fresh is a newly released open-source terminal text editor combining modern UI elements, mouse support, plugins, and strong performance.

🔗 Source: https://linuxiac.com/fresh-launches-as-a-new-terminal-first-text-editor/

📰 Intel Quietly Discontinues Its Open-Source User-Space Gaudi Driver Code

There's another setback to the open-source driver code around Intel's Gaudi accelerator support on Linux...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Intel-SynapseAI-Stops