📰 It Took 6+ Years For Linux's "New" Mount API To Be Properly Documented In Man Pages
In demonstrating one of the gaps of man pages in modern times and likely having hindered the adoption of the Linux kernel's new mount API, it took more than six years for those system calls to be properly documented within man pages. The Linux "new" mount API was introduced back in mid-2019 with Linux 5.2 and since supported by key file-systems after several years but not until weeks ago was this file descriptor based mount API scoped out within...
🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/New-Mount-API-Man-Pages
In demonstrating one of the gaps of man pages in modern times and likely having hindered the adoption of the Linux kernel's new mount API, it took more than six years for those system calls to be properly documented within man pages. The Linux "new" mount API was introduced back in mid-2019 with Linux 5.2 and since supported by key file-systems after several years but not until weeks ago was this file descriptor based mount API scoped out within...
🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/New-Mount-API-Man-Pages
Phoronix
It Took 6+ Years For Linux's "New" Mount API To Be Properly Documented In Man Pages
In demonstrating one of the gaps of man pages in modern times and likely having hindered the adoption of the Linux kernel's new mount API, it took more than six years for those system calls to be properly documented within man pages
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📰 NTFSPlus Becomes "NTFS" as Driver Moves Closer to Kernel Integration
The v3 patch series brings improved performance and new features while dropping the "Plus" moniker.
🔗 Source: https://itsfoss.com/news/ntfsplus-becomes-ntfs-linux/
The v3 patch series brings improved performance and new features while dropping the "Plus" moniker.
🔗 Source: https://itsfoss.com/news/ntfsplus-becomes-ntfs-linux/
It's FOSS
NTFSPlus Becomes "NTFS" as Driver Moves Closer to Kernel Integration
The v3 patch series brings improved performance and new features while dropping the "Plus" moniker.
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📰 The Open-Source OpenGL & Vulkan Drivers Enjoyed A Rather Remarkable 2025
The open-source OpenGL and Vulkan drivers making up Mesa had another very successful year. Even with all the years being invested into Mesa largely by Intel, AMD, Valve, Red Hat, and others, the upward trajectory continues for Mesa on expanding the hardware support, punctually adding new Vulkan extensions, and racking up other wins...
🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Mesa-2025-Highlights
The open-source OpenGL and Vulkan drivers making up Mesa had another very successful year. Even with all the years being invested into Mesa largely by Intel, AMD, Valve, Red Hat, and others, the upward trajectory continues for Mesa on expanding the hardware support, punctually adding new Vulkan extensions, and racking up other wins...
🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Mesa-2025-Highlights
Phoronix
The Open-Source OpenGL & Vulkan Drivers Enjoyed A Rather Remarkable 2025
The open-source OpenGL and Vulkan drivers making up Mesa had another very successful year
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📰 Haruna 1.7 Media Player Brings Smarter Playlists
KDE’s Haruna 1.7 media player improves playlist management, audio replay gain support, and overall stability.
🔗 Source: https://linuxiac.com/haruna-1-7-media-player-brings-smarter-playlists/
KDE’s Haruna 1.7 media player improves playlist management, audio replay gain support, and overall stability.
🔗 Source: https://linuxiac.com/haruna-1-7-media-player-brings-smarter-playlists/
Linuxiac
Haruna 1.7 Media Player Brings Smarter Playlists
KDE’s Haruna 1.7 media player improves playlist management, audio replay gain support, and overall stability.
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📰 Linux 6.19 Kernel Benchmarks With X86_NATIVE_CPU Optimization
Added to the Linux kernel earlier this year was the new X86_NATIVE_CPU Kconfig option to enable compiler optimizations for the local/native CPU in use when building the Linux kernel. In effect about ensuring that the "-march=native" compiler flag is set for the kernel build for optimizing the Linux kernel build for your processor being used. Back with Linux 6.
🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-6.19-X86_NATIVE_CPU
Added to the Linux kernel earlier this year was the new X86_NATIVE_CPU Kconfig option to enable compiler optimizations for the local/native CPU in use when building the Linux kernel. In effect about ensuring that the "-march=native" compiler flag is set for the kernel build for optimizing the Linux kernel build for your processor being used. Back with Linux 6.
🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-6.19-X86_NATIVE_CPU
Phoronix
Linux 6.19 Kernel Benchmarks With X86_NATIVE_CPU Optimization
Added to the Linux kernel earlier this year was the new X86_NATIVE_CPU Kconfig option to enable compiler optimizations for the local/native CPU in use when building the Linux kernel
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📰 LLVM 22 Lands NVIDIA Olympus CPU Scheduling Model
NVIDIA's Olympus are the ARM64 cores found within the upcoming Vera CPU that will be paired with Rubin. Olympus cores are claimed to be twice as fast as NVIDIA's current CPU cores found in Grace and based on Neoverse-V2. Earlier this year the open-source compilers landed initial support for Olympus while now a proper CPU scheduling model has been upstreamed into LLVM 22...
🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/NVIDIA-Olympus-Sched-Model
NVIDIA's Olympus are the ARM64 cores found within the upcoming Vera CPU that will be paired with Rubin. Olympus cores are claimed to be twice as fast as NVIDIA's current CPU cores found in Grace and based on Neoverse-V2. Earlier this year the open-source compilers landed initial support for Olympus while now a proper CPU scheduling model has been upstreamed into LLVM 22...
🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/NVIDIA-Olympus-Sched-Model
Phoronix
LLVM 22 Lands NVIDIA Olympus CPU Scheduling Model
NVIDIA's Olympus are the ARM64 cores found within the upcoming Vera CPU that will be paired with Rubin
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📰 Some Meaningful Performance Benefits For Clang + LTO Built Linux Kernels
Over the past few years building the Linux kernel with Clang has matured a lot thanks to upstream improvements to both LLVM/Clang and the Linux kernel. As it's been a while since our last comparison for GCC vs. Clang built kernels on the resulting system performance, our latest year-end 2025 benchmarking is providing a fresh look at the Linux 6.19 upstream Git kernel built under the latest stable GCC 15 and LLVM Clang 21 compilers.
🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/review/linux-kernel-llvm-clang-lto
Over the past few years building the Linux kernel with Clang has matured a lot thanks to upstream improvements to both LLVM/Clang and the Linux kernel. As it's been a while since our last comparison for GCC vs. Clang built kernels on the resulting system performance, our latest year-end 2025 benchmarking is providing a fresh look at the Linux 6.19 upstream Git kernel built under the latest stable GCC 15 and LLVM Clang 21 compilers.
🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/review/linux-kernel-llvm-clang-lto
Phoronix
Some Meaningful Performance Benefits For Clang + LTO Built Linux Kernels
Over the past few years building the Linux kernel with Clang has matured a lot thanks to upstream improvements to both LLVM/Clang and the Linux kernel.
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📰 GNU Wget 2.2.1 Released with New Options, Improvements, and Bug Fixes
GNU Wget 2.2.1 open-source program for retrieving content from web servers is now available for download with various improvements and fixes. Here's what's new!
🔗 Source: https://9to5linux.com/gnu-wget-2-2-1-released-with-new-options-improvements-and-bug-fixes
GNU Wget 2.2.1 open-source program for retrieving content from web servers is now available for download with various improvements and fixes. Here's what's new!
🔗 Source: https://9to5linux.com/gnu-wget-2-2-1-released-with-new-options-improvements-and-bug-fixes
9to5Linux
GNU Wget 2.2.1 Released with New Options, Improvements, and Bug Fixes
GNU Wget 2.2.1 open-source program for retrieving content from web servers is now available for download with various improvements and fixes.
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📰 Shotcut 25.12 Adds Full 10-Bit Video Editing Support
Open source video editor Shotcut 25.12 adds 10-bit CPU pipeline support, linear color processing, and better hardware encoding on Linux.You're reading Shotcut 25.12 Adds Full 10-Bit Video Editing Support, a blog post from OMG! Ubuntu. Do not reproduce elsewhere without permission.
🔗 Source: https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/12/shotcut-25-12-released-cpu-pipeline-improvements
Open source video editor Shotcut 25.12 adds 10-bit CPU pipeline support, linear color processing, and better hardware encoding on Linux.You're reading Shotcut 25.12 Adds Full 10-Bit Video Editing Support, a blog post from OMG! Ubuntu. Do not reproduce elsewhere without permission.
🔗 Source: https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/12/shotcut-25-12-released-cpu-pipeline-improvements
OMG! Ubuntu
Shotcut 25.12 Adds Full 10-Bit Video Editing Support
Open source video editor Shotcut 25.12 adds 10-bit CPU pipeline support, linear color processing, and better hardware encoding on Linux.
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📰 These are the Linux Apps I Couldn't Live Without in 2025
These open source gems have helped me refine my workflow.
🔗 Source: https://itsfoss.com/news/my-choice-linux-apps-2025/
These open source gems have helped me refine my workflow.
🔗 Source: https://itsfoss.com/news/my-choice-linux-apps-2025/
It's FOSS
These are the Linux Apps I Couldn't Live Without in 2025
These open source gems have helped me refine my workflow.
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📰 New York’s incoming mayor bans Raspberry Pi at his inauguration party
Zohran Mamdani appears not to understand that smartphones can be used for evil New York’s mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani has invited the city’s residents to join him at a block party to celebrate his inauguration but told attendees not to bring a Raspberry Pi single-board computer to the event.…
🔗 Source: https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2025/12/31/zohran_mamdani_raspberry_pi_ban/
Zohran Mamdani appears not to understand that smartphones can be used for evil New York’s mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani has invited the city’s residents to join him at a block party to celebrate his inauguration but told attendees not to bring a Raspberry Pi single-board computer to the event.…
🔗 Source: https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2025/12/31/zohran_mamdani_raspberry_pi_ban/
The Register
New York’s incoming mayor bans Raspberry Pi at his inauguration party
: Zohran Mamdani appears not to understand that smartphones can be used for evil
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📰 Pinta 3.1 is Out with Axonometric Grids, Marching Ants + More
Pinta 3.1 is available for download. The open source image editor adds axonometric grids, polygon selection tool, lower memory usage – and lots more!You're reading Pinta 3.1 is Out with Axonometric Grids, Marching Ants + More, a blog post from OMG! Ubuntu. Do not reproduce elsewhere without permission.
🔗 Source: https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/12/pinta-3-1-released-new-axonometric-grids
Pinta 3.1 is available for download. The open source image editor adds axonometric grids, polygon selection tool, lower memory usage – and lots more!You're reading Pinta 3.1 is Out with Axonometric Grids, Marching Ants + More, a blog post from OMG! Ubuntu. Do not reproduce elsewhere without permission.
🔗 Source: https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/12/pinta-3-1-released-new-axonometric-grids
OMG! Ubuntu
Pinta 3.1 is Out with Axonometric Grids, Marching Ants + More
Pinta 3.1 is available for download. The open source image editor adds axonometric grids, polygon selection tool, lower memory usage – and lots more!
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📰 Open-Source Crown Game Engine v0.60 Released
While the Godot Engine receives a lot of attention as a prominent open-source game engine, it's far from the only one in this space. Another open-source game engine capping out 2025 with a new release is the Crown Engine...
🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Crown-Engine-0.60
While the Godot Engine receives a lot of attention as a prominent open-source game engine, it's far from the only one in this space. Another open-source game engine capping out 2025 with a new release is the Crown Engine...
🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Crown-Engine-0.60
Phoronix
Open-Source Crown Game Engine v0.60 Released
While the Godot Engine receives a lot of attention as a prominent open-source game engine, it's far from the only one in this space
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📰 Arch Linux Installer Adds CUPS, rEFInd Boot, IWD, COSMIC & Power Management Options
Ahead of the January 2026 ISO refresh for Arch Linux, Archinstall 3.0.15 released today as the newest update to this convenient text-based OS installer...
🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Arch-Linux-Archinstall-3.0.15
Ahead of the January 2026 ISO refresh for Arch Linux, Archinstall 3.0.15 released today as the newest update to this convenient text-based OS installer...
🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Arch-Linux-Archinstall-3.0.15
Phoronix
Arch Linux Installer Adds CUPS, rEFInd Boot, IWD, COSMIC & Power Management Options
Ahead of the January 2026 ISO refresh for Arch Linux, Archinstall 3.0.15 released today as the newest update to this convenient text-based OS installer.
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📰 Intel Meteor Lake On Linux Two Years Post-Launch: 93% The Original Performance
As part of the various end-of-year annual benchmarking comparisons and the like on Phoronix, today is a look at how the Intel Core Ultra 7 155H "Meteor Lake" performance has evolved under Ubuntu Linux in the two years since launching. Plus with next-gen Intel Panther Lake laptops expected to be showcased next week at CES, it's a good time for revisiting the Meteor Lake performance to see the difference two years have made for Intel Meteor Lake...
🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/review/intel-meteor-lake-2025
As part of the various end-of-year annual benchmarking comparisons and the like on Phoronix, today is a look at how the Intel Core Ultra 7 155H "Meteor Lake" performance has evolved under Ubuntu Linux in the two years since launching. Plus with next-gen Intel Panther Lake laptops expected to be showcased next week at CES, it's a good time for revisiting the Meteor Lake performance to see the difference two years have made for Intel Meteor Lake...
🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/review/intel-meteor-lake-2025
Phoronix
Intel Meteor Lake On Linux Two Years Post-Launch: 93% The Original Performance
As part of the various end-of-year annual benchmarking comparisons and the like on Phoronix, today is a look at how the Intel Core Ultra 7 155H 'Meteor Lake' performance has evolved under Ubuntu Linux in the two years since launching.
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📰 Asahi Linux Has Experimental Code For DisplayPort, Apple M3/M4/M5 Bring-Up Still Ongoing
Prominent Asahi Linux developer Sven Peter spoke at this week's 39th Chaos Communication Congress "39C3" in Hamburg, Germany. He provided an update around the still-in-the-works Apple M3 / M4 / M5 SoC and device support as well as other outstanding features like getting DisplayPort working on Apple Macs under Linux...
🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Asahi-Linux-EOY-2025-CCC
Prominent Asahi Linux developer Sven Peter spoke at this week's 39th Chaos Communication Congress "39C3" in Hamburg, Germany. He provided an update around the still-in-the-works Apple M3 / M4 / M5 SoC and device support as well as other outstanding features like getting DisplayPort working on Apple Macs under Linux...
🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Asahi-Linux-EOY-2025-CCC
Phoronix
Asahi Linux Has Experimental Code For DisplayPort, Apple M3/M4/M5 Bring-Up Still Ongoing
Prominent Asahi Linux developer Sven Peter spoke at this week's 39th Chaos Communication Congress '39C3' in Hamburg, Germany
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📰 NYC mayoral inauguration bans Flipper Zero, Raspberry Pi devices
New York City's 2026 mayoral inauguration of Zohran Mamdani has published a list of banned items for the event, specifically prohibiting the Flipper Zero and Raspberry Pi devices.
🔗 Source: https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/nyc-mayoral-inauguration-bans-flipper-zero-raspberry-pi-devices/
New York City's 2026 mayoral inauguration of Zohran Mamdani has published a list of banned items for the event, specifically prohibiting the Flipper Zero and Raspberry Pi devices.
🔗 Source: https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/nyc-mayoral-inauguration-bans-flipper-zero-raspberry-pi-devices/
BleepingComputer
NYC mayoral inauguration bans Flipper Zero, Raspberry Pi devices
New York City's 2026 mayoral inauguration of Zohran Mamdani has published a list of banned items for the event, specifically prohibiting the Flipper Zero and Raspberry Pi devices.
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📰 VLC 3.0.23 Media Player Improves Dark Palette in the Qt GUI, Codec Information
VLC 3.0.23 open-source media player is now available for download with support for exposing additional audio codec information for FLAC 24-bit, improvements to the dark palette in the Qt interface, and more.
🔗 Source: https://9to5linux.com/vlc-3-0-23-media-player-improves-dark-palette-in-the-qt-gui-codec-information
VLC 3.0.23 open-source media player is now available for download with support for exposing additional audio codec information for FLAC 24-bit, improvements to the dark palette in the Qt interface, and more.
🔗 Source: https://9to5linux.com/vlc-3-0-23-media-player-improves-dark-palette-in-the-qt-gui-codec-information
9to5Linux
VLC 3.0.23 Media Player Improves Dark Palette in the Qt GUI, Codec Information
VLC 3.0.23 open-source media player is now available for download with support for exposing additional audio codec information for FLAC 24bit.
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📰 SDL 3.4 Released With Many New APIs, Better Emscripten & Native PNG Support
Kicking off the new year for Linux gaming and cross-platform gaming at large is the release of the SDL 3.4 library. SDL is part of the Steam runtime and continues to be widely-used for abstracting software/hardware for creating more portable games and other applications...
🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/SDL-3.4-Released
Kicking off the new year for Linux gaming and cross-platform gaming at large is the release of the SDL 3.4 library. SDL is part of the Steam runtime and continues to be widely-used for abstracting software/hardware for creating more portable games and other applications...
🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/SDL-3.4-Released
Phoronix
SDL 3.4 Released With Many New APIs, Better Emscripten & Native PNG Support
Kicking off the new year for Linux gaming and cross-platform gaming at large is the release of the SDL 3.4 library
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📰 ReactOS Starts 2026 With Another "Major Step" Toward Windows NT6 Compatibility
The ReactOS free software project is turning 30 this year and its "open-source Windows" OS ambitions remain. They are starting out this year with another "major step" towards Windows NT 6.0 compatibility...
🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/ReactOS-Starts-2026
The ReactOS free software project is turning 30 this year and its "open-source Windows" OS ambitions remain. They are starting out this year with another "major step" towards Windows NT 6.0 compatibility...
🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/ReactOS-Starts-2026
Phoronix
ReactOS Starts 2026 With Another "Major Step" Toward Windows NT6 Compatibility
The ReactOS free software project is turning 30 this year and its 'open-source Windows' OS ambitions remain
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