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VKD3D 1.18 Released With Numerous Improvements For Direct3D 12 On Vulkan
VKD3D 1.18 is now available for this Direct3D 12 implementation that is part of the upstream Wine project. The VKD3D 1.18 release also comes just ahead of next month’s feature freeze for the upcoming Wine 11.0 stable release…
Screw it, I’m installing Linux
I don’t like where Windows is going. Gaming on Linux has never been more approachable. Time to give it a shot.
Firefox 147 Will Support The XDG Base Directory Specification
A 21 year old bug report requesting support of the XDG Base Directory specification is finally being addressed by Firefox. The Firefox 147 release should respect this XDG specification around where files should be positioned within Linux users’ home directory…
Firefox 145: A Major Release with 32-Bit Linux Support Dropped
bMozilla has rolled out Firefox 145, a significant update that brings a range of usability, security and privacy enhancements, while marking a clear turning point by discontinuing official support for 32-bit Linux systems. For users on older hardware or legacy distros, this change means it’s time to consider moving to a 64-bit environment or opting for a supported version. Here’s a detailed look at what’s new, what’s changed, and what you need to know.
Slimbook and KDE Celebrate 8th Anniversary with KDE Slimbook VII Linux Laptop
Linux hardware vendor Slimbook announced today the launch of the KDE Slimbook VII laptop to celebrate 8 years of collaboration with the KDE project in creating the best Plasma-powered Linux notebooks.
Xen 4.21 Hypervisor Arrives With New PDX Compression
Xen 4.21 open-source type-1 hypervisor adds a new PDX compression algorithm, updated toolchain requirements, and improvements across x86, Arm, and RISC-V.
Fake News Sites Made by LLMs Are Lying With Confidence (IBM and Red Hat Layoffs)
Slop just doesn’t work, but it is made to simply appear credible because of the grammar.
MEMINSPECT Proposed For The Linux Kernel To Help In Memory Analysis / Debugging
A patch series sent out today on the Linux kernel mailing list proposes “MEMINSPECT” as a new mechanism for helping with memory analysis…
Cloudflare Outage 2025 Explained: What Caused the HTTP 500 Errors?
Cloudflare Outage November 18, 2025: Database Error Causes Widespread Internet 5xx Failures
[$] LWN.net Weekly Edition for November 20, 2025
Inside this week’s LWN.net Weekly Edition:
- Front: Hardware architectures; Fedora Flatpaks; Debian hardware support; sockaddr structure; NUMA nodes; Homebrew.
- Briefs: LightDM security; Debian Libre Live; Xubuntu postmortem; Blender 5.0; Git 2.52.0; Rust in Android; Thunderbird 145; Quotes; …
- Announcements: Newsletters, conferences, security updates, patches, and more.
Rust-Based Arm GPU Kernel Driver “Tyr” Begins Running GNOME & Basic Games
Initially upstreamed into the Linux 6.18 kernel is Tyr as a Rust-based GPU kernel driver for Arm Mali hardware. This is in effect a Rust alternative to the Panthor DRM kernel driver for newer Arm Mali GPUs with the Command Stream Firmware (CSF). With the latest development code for Tyr, it’s moved onto running the GNOME desktop and basic games like SuperTuxKart…
Xubuntu Discloses October Download Site Compromise
Xubuntu confirms a malicious ZIP was served in October and is switching to the Hugo static site generator to prevent similar attacks.
Linux Career Opportunities in 2025: Skills in High Demand
The Linux job market has reached unprecedented heights in 2025, with demand for professionals who possess Linux expertise continuing to surge across multiple technology sectors. Organizations worldwide are prioritizing candidates who can leverage Linux systems in cloud-native environments, AI operations, and DevOps workflows.
How to Add a Directory to the $PATH Variable in Linux
To avoid jumping into the directory to execute your local program or script, you can add their paths to the $PATH variable to access them from anywhere.
Red Hat Project Hummingbird For CVE-Free, Ready-to-Deploy Container Images
Project Hummingbird aims to remove the worry and streamline the deployment of secure container images for cloud-native teams.
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CPython may go Rusty, but older platforms risk getting iced out
Preliminary proposal is already provoking debateThe Python community is chewing over a new idea: allowing the C-based reference implementation, CPython, to incorporate Rust. It’s only at the “pre-PEP” stage, but it’s already sparked lively debate.…
Xen 4.21 Released With AMD CPPC & Resizable BAR Support
Xen 4.21 is out today as the newest feature release for this open-source hypervisor backed by AMD, Arm, AWS, and other organizations. Plus with Xen’s use within automotive environments, Ford and Honda too…
KDE Plasma 6.5.3 Improves Visual Smoothness on Multi-Monitor VRR Setups
The KDE Project released today KDE Plasma 6.5.3 as the third maintenance update to the latest KDE Plasma 6.5 desktop environment series with more improvements and bug fixes.
AMD Threadripper 7980X Performance On Linux Two Years After Release
This week marks two years since the debut of the Ryzen Threadripper 7000 series processors. Given the occasion, I decided to revisit the Linux performance of the Threadripper 7980X compared to original benchmarks from November 2023 to see how the latest Linux software stack performs for these Zen 4 HEDT processors.