Germany’s Sovereign Tech Agency (nee Sovereign Tech Fund) is out with their latest newsletter where they outlined some new investments in various key open-source projects…

A new NTFSPlus driver has been proposed to replace NTFS3, aiming for faster, cleaner, and more stable NTFS support in Linux.

DebugFS is the kernel’s anything-goes, no-rules interface: whenever a kernel
developer needs quick access to internal details of the kernel to debug a
problem, or to implement an experimental control interface,
they can expose them via DebugFS. This is possible because DebugFS is not subject
to the normal rules for user-space-interface stability, nor to the rules about
exposing sensitive kernel information. Supporting DebugFS in Rust drivers is an
important step toward being able to debug real drivers on real hardware. Matthew
Maurer spoke at

Kangrejos 2025 about his recently merged

DebugFS bindings for Rust.

OpenBSD 7.8 has been
released. As usual, this release includes a long list of changes; see
the changelog for
all of the details.

Merged today to the LLVM/Clang compiler codebase are some long overdue adjustments to the AMD Zen 4 “znver4” CPU model for more accurately assessing various latency timings and micro-ops. These values were initially copied over from the Zen 3 (znver3) target but never adjusted properly for Zen 4 until now when an independent contributor took to sorting it out…

For those that happen to have the Dell G15 5530 laptop or considering this Intel Core i7 13650HX + NVIDIA GeForce RTX high-end laptop, the upcoming Linux 6.18 kernel is set to have AWCC platform profile support for this model as a nice enhancement. In turn this patch should also be back-ported to future stable Linux kernel point releases…

KDE Plasma 6.5 desktop is out now, adds automatic light-dark theme switching, rounded window corners, pinned clipboard items with permanent access, and more.

Discover the latest features of Gnoppix KDE 25.10, built on the Debian Trixie base. Explore enhanced performance and user-friendly tools for your desktop.

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In our previous articles, we’ve covered MySQL interview questions for beginners and intermediate users, and the response has been overwhelming. Today, we’re taking a different approach – focusing specifically on MySQL Database Interview Questions tailored for Linux users.

Now, some of you might be wondering why we’re separating Linux users from the rest. Well, the reason is simple. In most production environments, MySQL runs on Linux servers, and interviewers expect you to know more than just SQL queries.

They want to see if you understand how MySQL interacts with the Linux operating system, how to troubleshoot performance issues at the OS level, and how to manage databases through the command line.

We received several emails from our readers asking for questions that combine both MySQL and Linux knowledge. One reader specifically mentioned, “Your questions are good, but they don’t cover the system administration side of MySQL which is crucial for DBA roles.” Fair point. That’s exactly what we’re addressing today.

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Earlier this month Intel Linux software engineers began posting patches for enabling Xe3P kernel graphics driver support with initial usage by Nova Lake processors and later the expected Celestial discrete GPUs. That initial Xe3P iGPU support is going into Linux 6.19 but expect more feature additions and optimizations in follow-on kernel cycles in 2026. Similarly the patches have now begun coming out for enabling the display engine capabilities for “Xe3P_LPD” for actually being able to drive displays (monitors) with Xe3P on Nova Lake…

Following last week LLVM/Clang 22 adding Intel Nova Lake with “-march=novalake” support, the GNU Compiler Collection (GCC) has now received similar treatment for the promising next-generation desktop processors…

For those that have been considering the ASUS ROG STRIX X870E-H GAMING WIFI7 motherboard for a high-end AMD Ryzen 9000 series desktop, sensor monitoring support will soon be working under Linux…

Theo de Raadt released OpenBSD 7.8 today as the newest feature release to this popular BSD operating system…

Oracle released today VirtualBox 7.2.4 as the second maintenance update to the latest VirtualBox 7.2 series for this open-source, free, and cross-platform virtualization solution from Oracle.

Learn how to install and configure Polybar to create a Linux status bar that gives you complete control over what it displays.

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24,500 devs polled, two blog posts, one confusionJetBrains has released its State of the Developer Ecosystem survey, with more than 24,500 responses, revealing AI’s impact on developer tools and programming language trends – including the claim that PHP and Ruby are in “long term decline.”…

Clonezilla Live developer Steven Shiau released Clonezilla Live 3.3.0-33 as a new version of this Debian-based, free, and open-source bootable live system for cloning disk drives and partitions.

Earlier today the AlmaLinux project announced their plans for supporting the Btrfs file-system contrary to the stance by Red Hat with upstream Red Hat Enterprise Linux. They have capped off the day now by releasing the AlmaLinux 10.1 beta complete with this new Btrfs support…

The upcoming AlmaLinux 10.1 will introduce native Btrfs support, bringing snapshotting, compression, and advanced data protection features.

Upstreamed for the current Linux 6.18 cycle was finally having mainline support for the ESWIN EIC770 SoC with its four SiFive P550 cores plus having the DeviceTree support for the SiFive HiFive Premier P550 RISC-V development board using that SoC. Sadly not making it though for Linux 6.18 was the Ethernet controller support for the EIC7700 SoC but that is now destined to arrive in Linux 6.19…