Given the recent release of FreeBSD 15, I started off my testing in looking at how FreeBSD 15.0 improves performance versus FreeBSD 14.3. Now it’s onto the next important question: how is FreeBSD 15.0 performing relative to Linux on servers? Here are some benchmarks exploring that topic today.

Generative AI systems are changing the way people interact with computers. MCP (model context protocol) is a way that enables generate AI systems to run commands and use tools to enable live, conversational interaction with systems. Using the new linux-mcp-server, let’s walk through how you can talk with your Fedora system for understanding your system […]

AMD FSR SDK 2.1 is now available that includes their “FSR Redstone” machine learning based upscaling tech for gaming..

The AerynOS team released AerynOS 2025.12 today as the latest development ISO snapshot of this independent distribution created by ex-Solus maker Ikey Doherty.

Trixie may have gone 64-bit for installs, but WMLive still ships an i686-bootable buildWindow Maker Live 13.2 is stubbornly keeping 32-bit PCs alive on Debian 13 “Trixie,” shipping a new release that boots on i686 hardware.…

Turbostat is the Linux command-line utility for reporting CPU frequency / power / C-states and related performance / power management items namely for modern AMD and Intel processors. This CLI utility lives within the Linux kernel source tree and for Linux 6.19 has picked up a few new features…

This week’s App of the Week takes a fresh look at VLC 3.0.22, from dark mode on Plasma and Cosmic to niche perks like proper playback of classic Doom and Hexen music files.

The post VLC 3.0.22: Dark Mode, Game Music, and Smoother Playback appeared first on FOSS Force.

In addition to approving Fedora Cloud switching /boot to a Btrfs subvolume, another change approved this week by the Fedora Engineering and Steering Committee (FESCo) is for shipping the Budgie 10.10 desktop packages in Fedora 44…

The past several months Intel software engineers have been quite busy with LLM-Scaler as part of Project Battlematrix. LLM-Scaler is a Docker-based solution for AI workloads on Intel graphics hardware to ship an optimized vLLM stack and other AI frameworks. Out today is a new LLM-Scaler-Omni release to help enhance ComfyUI performance on Intel hardware…

A performance fix has been submitted to the Linux kernel for dealing with a regression in the Slab memory allocation code…

While the Linux kernel has inclusive terminology guidelines for the past five years to replace phrases like master/slave and blacklist/whitelist, there has surprisingly been a “genocide” function within the kernel that was questioned when it was first submitted for inclusion but now removed in Linux 6.19…

Pebble Index 01 is an open source smart ring that captures quick voice notes instantly and privately with on-device processing and years of battery life.

Today, Ubuntu maker Canonical announced that it will package and distribute the AMD ROCm software stack within Ubuntu’s repositories for AMD GPU users.

Over 3,200 backers secure the future of Jolla’s upcoming Linux phone, pushing the project beyond its initial funding milestone.

The topic of the Rust experiment was just discussed at the annual
Maintainers Summit. The consensus among the assembled developers is that
Rust in the kernel is no longer experimental — it is now a core part of the
kernel and is here to stay. So the “experimental” tag will be coming off.
Congratulations are in order for all of the Rust-for-Linux team.

(Stay tuned for details in our Maintainers Summit coverage.)

The developers of the ParrotOS ethical hacking and penetration testing distribution announced today the general availability of the beta version of the upcoming Parrot 7.0 release with major changes.

The Fedora Engineering and Steering Committee “FESCo” today signed off on a new feature for Fedora Cloud 44 to switch /boot to being as a Btrfs sub-volume rather than a separate partition…

The RISC-V CPU architecture changes have been merged for the in-development Linux 6.19 kernel…

Actiona is a Linux GUI automation tool that automates mouse clicks, keyboard actions, and file tasks to automate your Linux desktop.

The Free Software Foundation has announced
the recipients of its 2024 (even though 2025 is almost over) Free Software
Awards. Andy Wingo won the award for the advancement of free software, Alx
Sa is the outstanding new free-software contributor, and Govdirectory takes
the award for projects of social benefit.