One day after Steam on Linux set a recent high with the Steam Survey, a new Steam client beta is out today to fix an excruciating annoyance affecting some Linux gamers…

As a Python developer you work hard to ensure code works correctly across different Python versions. You have to test against Python 3.11, 3.12, 3.13 and beyond, it can be tedious. But what if your continuous integration (CI) pipeline could handle it automatically? This is where GitHub Actions and tox come in – a powerful […]

Intel’s Linux graphics driver engineers continue working on enabling support for the Xe3 integrated graphics premiering with next-gen Core Ultra “Panther Lake” SoCs. Today a number of additional PCI device IDs have been merged to the Mesa 25.2 code to reflect the growing family…

Fix slow Linux boot issues using the systemd-analyze command. Learn how to find and disable slow services to speed up your Linux startup.

Kexec HandOver “KHO” was merged for the in-development Linux 6.16 kernel as part of all the memory management “MM” changes. Kexec HandOver is providing the basis for some nifty low-level features moving forward…

Given the current political climate in the US and parts of Europe, it’s not surprising that the haters have been targeting one of open source’s most beloved projects.

Version
3.22.0 of the Alpine Linux distribution has been released. Notable
changes in this release include the removal of the X11 session for KDE
Plasma, a switch to systemd-efistub, and experimental support
for user
services with the OpenRC
init system. See the release
notes for a detailed list of changes.

Java 21 is the Java platform’s Long-Term Support (LTS) release. As a high-level, object-oriented, class-based programming language used for developing mobile and desktop applications, it can run on all major operating systems. Java is designed with the philosophy of:

Kees Cook’s “hardening
fixes” pull request for the 6.16 merge window looked like a
straightforward exercise; it only contained four commits. So just about
everybody was surprised when it resulted in Cook being temporarily blocked
from his kernel.org account among fears of malicious activity. When the
dust settled, though, the red alert was canceled. It turns out,
surprisingly, that Git is a tool with which one can inflict substantial
self-harm in a moment of inattention.

Researchers from the Technical University of Munich (TUM) have announced TPDE as a fast and adaptable compiler back-end framework. The code is now open-source and they are talking up some very wild compile time improvements… Compiling code for x86_64 and AArch64 with TPDE can be ten to twenty times faster than using the LLVM Clang compiler…

Software patents and workarounds for them are, once again,
causing headaches for open-source projects and users. This time
around, Fedora users have been vulnerable to a serious flaw in the OpenH264 library for
months—not for want of a fix, but because of the Rube
Goldberg machine methodology of distributing the library to Fedora
users. The software is open source under a two-clause BSD license; the RPMs are built and
signed by Fedora, but the final product is distributed by Cisco, so
the company can pick up the tab for license fees. Unfortunately, a
breakdown in the process of handing RPMs to Cisco for distribution has
left Fedora users vulnerable, and inaction on Fedora’s part has left
users unaware that they are at risk.

BorgBackup (Borg) is a highly acclaimed deduplicating backup program. We recommend the best GUI, TUI, and CLI front-ends for Borg.

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The 242nd installment of the 9to5Linux Weekly Roundup is here for the week ending on June 1st, 2025, keeping you updated with the most important things happening in the Linux world.

The ESP32-P4 Smart 86 Box is a compact development board with a 4-inch capacitive touchscreen, designed for HMI, smart control panels, and edge processing. Its 86 mm form factor allows it to be easily installed in wall-mounted enclosures for use in embedded automation and smart terminal applications. As the name implies, this board is built […]

Could Washington’s ban on US tech exports to China spark greater technological independence in Europe — and beyond?

The post As EDA Ban Hits China Will Europe Step Up on Open Hardware? appeared first on FOSS Force.

They say that the only way to reliably keep a secret is to reduce the number of people “in the know” to one.

Catch up on the latest Linux news: Kernel 6.15, AlmaLinux 10, CachyOS, Alpine 3.22, Firefox 139, NVIDIA Driver 575, Wine 10.9, MinIO steering users toward paid subscriptions, ChatGPT’s o3 model found a bug in the Linux kernel, and more.

Valve just published the Steam Survey results for May 2025 with a nice increase for the Linux gaming marketshare…

Wine 10.9 fell slightly off its bi-weekly Friday release rhythm with only debuting today, but in any event it’s now available for testing with the latest features for enjoying Windows games/applications on Linux and other platforms…

Merged today for the Linux 6.16 kernel were all of the Watchdog subsystem updates for monitoring system health and taking action such as rebooting if the system state goes bad. With the Linux 6.16 is the introduction of the Intel Overclocking Watchdog “OC WDT” driver…