GNU Wget 2.3 Released With --progress=dot, OS/2 Improvements

([GNU] 21 September 07:26 AM EDT wget2)

GNU Wget2 is up to version 2.3 today with the first new release of 2026 for this popular command-line tool for non-interactive file downloading and being able to easily fetch website contents.

AMD BC-250 Continues Being Improved Under Linux With Patches Now Enabling The PSP

([AMD] 21 September 06:22 AM EDT AMD BC-250)

The AMD BC-250 as the product designed at the time for cryptocurrency mining and based on a cut-down Sony PlayStation 5 APU continues having an interesting second-life being re-tasked for Linux use from general purpose workloads to AI. Sent out this weekend were the latest Linux kernel patches for continuing to enable more of the BC-250.

Igalia Celebrates 25 Years Of Advancing Linux & Open-Source

([Linux Kernel] 21 September 06:07 AM EDT Igalia)

The Igalia Linux/open-source consulting firm based out of A Coruña, Spain is celebrating twenty five years of contributions to upstream open-soure projects.

Linux's Perf Script Command Much Faster With Overhaul As Python Module

([Programming] 21 September 05:57 AM EDT Perf Command)

A big patch series sent out this weekend for the Linux kernel's perf subsystem removes the embedded Python and Perl scripting in favor of standalone Python scripts with a new Python perf module. This perf module for Python written in C is much faster than the status quo.

Linux 7.3-rc4 Released: More Fixes Caught By LLMs, But Nothing Too Scary

([Linux Kernel] 20 September 05:25 PM EDT Linux 7.3)

Linus Torvalds announced the release today of Linux 7.3-rc4. As usual for recent months, the fixes continue to be quite heavy and scattered all over the place driven in large part by AI/LLMs spotting various code defects. Overall though Linus Torvalds isn't too worried about Linux 7.3-rc4.

Important x86 Fixes Merged Ahead Of Linux 7.3-rc4

([Linux Kernel] 20 September 02:19 PM EDT x86 Fixes)

Ahead of the Linux 7.3-rc4 kernel release due out in the coming hours, an important batch of x86/x86_64 fixes have been merged to address a few outstanding issues.

Gzip 1.15 Released With Many Bug Fixes For Issues Present Since Its Inception

([GNU] 20 September 10:32 AM EDT Gzip 1.15)

Gzip 1.15 is out today for succeeding the Gzip 1.14 release from April 2025. With this release comes a number of fixes for bugs present since the beginning of Gzip.

KDE To Focus On Next-Gen Styling, Better Documentation & KDE For Enterprise

([KDE] 20 September 08:32 AM EDT KDE Goals)

At the KDE Akademy 2026 conference going on right now in Graz, Austria the three KDE goals for the next two years were unveiled.

AI-Assisted Starling Desktop Introduces 3D View With "Walkable 3D Waterfront City"

([Desktop] 20 September 06:49 AM EDT Starling 3D Desktop)

From a few months ago you may recall Starling as the new Linux desktop written with its own Wayland compositor, using the Swift programming language, and written in large part via AI with Claude Code. Out today is Starling 0.5 with this desktop now gaining an optional 3D desktop mode.

Vulkan 1.4.363 Released With New VK_INTEL_device_info Extension

([Vulkan] 20 September 06:33 AM EDT VK_INTEL_device_info)

Vulkan 1.4.363 is out as the latest routine update to the Vulkan API specification and also introduces a new Intel vendor extension.

Linux 7.3 Adds Support For Victrix Pro BFG & Azeron Controllers

([Linux Gaming] 20 September 06:21 AM EDT Linux 7.3-rc4 Input Changes)

Sent out this morning were a big batch of input subsystem fixes ahead of the Linux 7.3-rc4 kernel releasing later today. Alongside many bug fixes to different drivers is also expanding the range of supported gaming controllers by the XPad driver.

Linux 7.3-rc4 To Address Two Unfortunate Bugs With Btrfs

([Linux Storage] 19 September 08:26 PM EDT Two Major Btrfs Fixes)

Merged today were this week's set of Btrfs file-system fixes for the Linux 7.3-rc4 kernel, which include two notable bug fixes.

Simple Optimization For Linux 7.4 Can Open Files For Reading ~39% Faster

([Linux Storage] 19 September 12:28 PM EDT do_open)

More than two years in the making, Linux 7.4 is poised to introduce a patch that amounts to a rather simple optimization to avoid unnecessary/duplicative work that can net some nice gains when opening files for reading.

Wine-Staging 11.18 Adds New Patches To Further Improve WoW64

([WINE] 19 September 09:22 AM EDT Wine-Staging 11.18)

Building off yesterday's Wine 11.18 bi-weekly development release is now Wine-Staging 11.18. This experimental flavor of Wine is presently carrying 273 extra patches over that upstream Git state, including some new patches for helping enhance the WoW64 support.

GNOME OS Turns To Zswap To Deal With OOM Issues, Progress On Geary Email Client Fork

([GNOME] 19 September 06:38 AM EDT GNOME OS + Zswap)

In addition to this week's GNOME 51 release were several other exciting developments in the GNOME desktop space.

Intel Xe Driver For Linux 7.4 Adds vRAM Health Check, Degraded Memory Handling

([Intel] 19 September 06:24 AM EDT Intel Xe)

Sent out this week were more Intel Xe kernel graphics driver changes targeting the upcoming Linux 7.4 kernel cycle. The theme this week was around dealing with video memory health and also being able to better deal with hardware degraded video RAM.

KDE Plasma 6.8 Seeing More Polishing & Fixes, Plasma 6.9 Begins Seeing More Activity

([KDE] 19 September 06:10 AM EDT Plasma This Week)

Following last week's Plasma 6.8 beta release, KDE desktop developers have spent this week mostly working on bug fixes as well as some early changes toward Plasma 6.9.

Ubuntu 26.10 Switches To The Linux 7.3 Kernel

([Ubuntu] 18 September 08:50 PM EDT Ubuntu 26.10)

As a very pleasant surprise, the upcoming Ubuntu 26.10 release will now be powered by the Linux 7.3 kernel rather than their original plans and switch over to the Linux 7.2 kernel.

Wine 11.18 Continues Building Out Its NTOSKRNL Implementation

([WINE] 18 September 05:24 PM EDT Wine 11.18)

Wine 11.18 is out today as the newest bi-weekly development release of this open-source software for running Windows games and apps on Linux, macOS, and other platforms.

Steam Frame Making Use Of Zink For OpenGL On Vulkan

([Valve] 18 September 04:13 PM EDT Steam Frame + Zink)

Valve's Steam Frame VR headset that makes use of a Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 SoC with Adreno graphics is using the open-source "Turnip" Vulkan driver from Mesa as reported last year. For OpenGL it turns out that the Mesa Zink driver is being used on the Steam Frame for OpenGL atop the Vulkan API.