📰 Mojo Programming Language Goes Fully Open Source

Just days after Mojo 1.0 arrived, Modular has opened the language’s compiler and toolchain source code under the Apache 2.0 license with LLVM exceptions.

🔗 Source: https://linuxiac.com/mojo-programming-language-goes-fully-open-source/

#opensource

📰 Linux Driver Posted For The PreSonus Quantum 2626: A ~$700 Thunderbolt Audio Interface

The PreSonus Quantum 2626 is a high-end, Thunderbolt 3 based audio interface. PreSonus just maintains Windows and macOS drivers for this high-end audio interface while now an open-source Linux driver has been posted after being independently developed via reverse engineering...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/PreSonus-Quantum-2626-Linux

#linux #opensource

📰 Linux Driver Posted For The PreSonus Quantum 2626: A ~$700 Thunderbolt Audio Interface

The PreSonus Quantum 2626 is a high-end, Thunderbolt 3 based audio interface. PreSonus just maintains Windows and macOS drivers for this high-end audio interface while now an open-source Linux driver has been posted after being independently developed via reverse engineering...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/PreSonus-Quantum-2626-Linux

#linux #opensource

📰 Meloville Is a New Open-Source Music Player for Linux

Meloville is a new Qt-based open-source music player for Linux with synced lyrics, Bluetooth controls, playlists, and metadata editing.

🔗 Source: https://linuxiac.com/meloville-is-a-new-open-source-music-player-for-linux/

#linux #opensource

📰 Intel Mesa Linux Drivers Now Treating Nova Lake S / U / H / HX As Stable

Intel's open-source Mesa drivers for Iris Gallium3D (OpenGL) and ANV (Vulkan) on Linux are no longer treating next-gen Nova Lake processors with integrated graphics as experimental and off-by-default. With today's Mesa 26.3-devel code, the Intel driver code across Nova Lake's S, U, H, and HX product families are considered stable and enabled by default...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Intel-Mesa-Nova-Lake-Stable

#intel #linux #opensource

📰 Linus Torvalds Endures A Debug Session From Hell, "Enormously Helped" By AI

It's pretty rare to see Linus Torvalds author patches himself pertaining to the open-source Linux graphics drivers, but waking up this morning I was surprised to see he authored and committed an Intel Xe kernel graphics driver change himself. It ended up being after he encountered a "debug session from hell" but was ultimately helped by AI in fixing a bug that had been irking him...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linus-Torvalds-Debug-AI

#intel #kernel #linux #opensource

📰 Open-Source Etnaviv Driver Now Able To Run YOLOX

The open-source, reverse-engineered Etnaviv driver stack that began for providing accelerated graphics support on Vivante GPU IP and since expanded to handle Vivante NPUs as well is now able to handle YOLOX object detection...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Etnaviv-YOLOX

#opensource

📰 Godot 4.7.2 Open-Source Game Engine Released with 57 Bug Fixes

Godot 4.7.2 is now available with 57 fixes covering the editor, rendering, Wayland, multiplayer, input handling, and more.

🔗 Source: https://linuxiac.com/godot-4-7-2-open-source-game-engine-released-with-57-bug-fixes/

#opensource #wayland

📰 Linux Kernel 7.2 Officially Released with Cache-Aware Scheduling, USB4STREAM, and Major AMD Improvements

by George WhittakerLinux creator Linus Torvalds has officially released Linux Kernel 7.2, opening another chapter in the development of the world's most widely deployed open-source kernel. The final release arrived on August 16, 2026, following seven release candidates and roughly two months of development. Kernel.org now lists Linux 7.2 as the latest mainline release.Linux 7.

🔗 Source: https://www.linuxjournal.com/content/linux-kernel-72-officially-released-cache-aware-scheduling-usb4stream-and-major-amd

#amd #kernel #linux #opensource

📰 This Tiny USB Device Turns Your Phone Into a Keyboard, Mouse, and SSH Terminal

The $42 open source dongle gives you BIOS-level keyboard and mouse control plus SSH access. No software installation is needed on the target machine.

🔗 Source: https://feed.itsfoss.com/link/24361/17428059/openterface-keymod-crowdfunding-campaign

#opensource

📰 OpenSSL 4.0.2 Released with Important Security and Bug Fixes

OpenSSL 4.0.2 open-source TLS/SSL and crypto library is now available for download with fixes for several security vulnerabilities and bugs.

🔗 Source: https://9to5linux.com/openssl-4-0-2-released-with-important-security-and-bug-fixes

#opensource

📰 Ardour 9.8 Open-Source DAW Is Now Available with Initial Scales Support

Ardour 9.8 open-source digital audio workstation (DAW) software is now available for download with initial scales support, session recovery and clip recording improvements, and other changes.

🔗 Source: https://9to5linux.com/ardour-9-8-open-source-daw-is-now-available-with-initial-scales-support

#opensource

📰 AI/LLM Usage Becoming A "Denial of Service Attack" On Open-Source Project Maintainers

The latest criticism of the increased burden placed on open-source software project maintainers caused by AI / LLM agents is around too many bug reports effectively causing a "denial of service" attack on project maintainers...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/AI-DoS-Attack-Maintainers

#opensource

📰 Thunderbird 154 Released with System Tray Mode, Microsoft Graph Support, and Major Mail Fixes

by George WhittakerThe Thunderbird team has officially released Thunderbird 154, delivering several useful new features alongside a substantial collection of fixes for email, calendars, address books, authentication, and stability. Released on August 18, 2026, Thunderbird 154 is now the latest monthly release of the popular open-source email client.

🔗 Source: https://www.linuxjournal.com/content/thunderbird-154-released-system-tray-mode-microsoft-graph-support-and-major-mail-fixes

#opensource

📰 LLVM/Clang 23.1 Released With AMD Zen 6 & NVIDIA Rigel Support, Partial C++26 Support

LLVM 23.1 was released today on-schedule as the first stable release of the LLVM 23 series as the H2'2026 update to this open-source compiler stack...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/LLVM-23.1-Released

#amd #opensource

📰 This 20-year-old open-source Adobe alternative makes modern PDF readers feel bloated

This open-source Adobe Acrobat alternative brings back the joy of simple software.

🔗 Source: https://www.xda-developers.com/old-open-source-adobe-alternative-makes-modern-pdf-readers-feel-bloated/

#opensource

📰 LibreOffice 26.8 Open-Source Office Suite Officially Released, This Is What’s New

LibreOffice 26.8 open-source office suite is now available for download with numerous new features, improvements, and bug fixes. Here’s what’s new!

🔗 Source: https://9to5linux.com/libreoffice-26-8-open-source-office-suite-officially-released-this-is-whats-new

#opensource

📰 This 20-year-old open-source Adobe alternative makes modern PDF readers feel bloated

This open-source Adobe Acrobat alternative brings back the joy of simple software.

🔗 Source: https://www.xda-developers.com/old-open-source-adobe-alternative-makes-modern-pdf-readers-feel-bloated/

#opensource

📰 Darktable 5.6.1 RAW Image Editor Improves UI Performance and Fixes More Bugs

Darktable 5.6.1 open-source RAW image editor is now available for download with UI performance improvements and various bug fixes.

🔗 Source: https://9to5linux.com/darktable-5-6-1-raw-image-editor-improves-ui-performance-and-fixes-more-bugs

#opensource

📰 AMD Preparing To Enable HDMI 2.1 FRL Support By Default For Linux

It was back in May that the surprising event happened of AMD posting HDMI 2.1 FRL patches for their open-source AMDGPU Linux driver as part of their broader HDMI 2.1 bring-up. For years the open-source HDMI 2.1 support in AMDGPU was blocked by the HDMI Forum but whether it was due to Valve or some other event, the code was finally unblocked. While it's been part of the kernel since Linux 7.

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/AMDGPU-HDMI-2.1-FRL-Default

#amd #kernel #linux #opensource