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NixOS 25.11 Released With 7,002 New Packages Added

([Operating Systems] 30 November 03:41 PM EST NixOS 25.11)

It's been an exciting weekend for Linux distribution released with new versions of Endeavour OS, CachyOS, Solus and now a new NixOS release.



Features Expected For Linux 6.19: ASUS Armoury, Many Intel Bits, AMD GCN 1.0/1.1 Enhanced

([Linux Kernel] 30 November 11:32 AM EST Linux 6.19 Features Early Look)

With the Linux 6.18 kernel likely being released later today, here is a look at some of the features on the table for the next kernel cycle, Linux 6.19. The list is based on changes queued in various "-next" branches ahead of the Linux 6.19 merge window. There's always the possibility of last minute change of plans or objections raised by Linus Torvalds, but this should provide an early look at some of the features more than likely to be merged for Linux 6.19.



Sylve Maturing As A FreeBSD Unified Web Management Interface

([BSD] 30 November 07:07 AM EST FreeBSD 2025-Q3 Highlights)

Ahead of the FreeBSD 15.0 stable release expected to be announced next week, the FreeBSD project today published their Q3-2025 status report to outline their various development accomplishments from July through September.



Linux 6.19 Will Allow You To Write I2C Drivers In Rust

([Linux Kernel] 30 November 06:32 AM EST Rust I2C Drivers)

With the upcoming Linux 6.19 kernel cycle there are yet more Rust kernel bindings being introduced and other additions to make it possible to write more Linux kernel drivers within the Rust programming language. Among the new Rust additions expected for Linux 6.19 are making it possible to write Inter-Integrated Circuit (I2C) bus drivers in Rust.



Broadcom "BNG_RE" Next-Generation RoCE Driver Slated For Linux 6.19

([Linux Networking] 30 November 06:20 AM EST BNG_RE)

Queued up via the Linux kernel's RDMA development Git tree is "BNG_RE" as the next-generation RoCE driver from Broadcom.



Black Sesame SoC Support To Be Merged For Linux 6.19

([Hardware] 30 November 06:05 AM EST Black Sesame Technologies)

A new SoC vendor and in turn new SoC/platform support is set to premiere in the Linux 6.19 kernel with the initial Black Sesame Technologies C1200 support.



Genode OS Framework 25.11 Adds Intel Alder Lake Graphics Support

([Operating Systems] 30 November 05:46 AM EST Genode OS 25.11)

The Genode OS Framework 25.11 release was issued this weekend as the newest update to this original open-source operating system effort built around a micro-kernel design and various novel design approaches.



Algol 68 Programming Language Front-End Merged Into GCC 16

([GNU] 29 November 08:47 PM EST Algol 68)

Making for an exciting holiday weekend night is the Algol 68 programming language front-end "ga68" being merged into the GNU Compiler Collection (GCC) codebase. After COBOL language support landed in GCC 15 earlier this year, next year's GCC 16 release is adding support for the half-century old Algol 68 programming language.



Solus Linux 4.8 Released With Python 2 Finally Removed, Abandons Solus Software Center

([Operating Systems] 29 November 03:41 PM EST Solus 4.8)

In addition to the releases today of updated Endeavour OS and CachyOS, Solus 4.8 is out as the latest version of another desktop Linux distribution popular with enthusiasts.



CachyOS Improves Intel Video Acceleration Experience

([Arch Linux] 29 November 01:55 PM EST CachyOS November 2025)

In addition to the release today of a big refresh to Endeavour OS, CachyOS is out with their latest ISO refresh for this additional Arch Linux powered desktop OS. CachyOS for its November 2025 refresh brings installer improvements, now installs additional packages for media acceleration when capable Intel graphics are detected, handling for Bcachefs with its DKMS module, and other improvements.



Linux 6.18 Features From Apple M2 To Sheaves, DM-PCACHE & More Intel + AMD Hardware

([Linux Kernel] 29 November 12:25 PM EST Linux 6.18 Features)

With the Linux 6.18 stable kernel release expected to take place tomorrow on 30 November, here is a reminder about some of the new hardware support and other interesting features coming in this next stable version of the Linux kernel.



GNOME Gains New Clipboard Manager Option With "Copyous"

([GNOME] 29 November 09:32 AM EST GNOME Copyous)

For those looking to improve their clipboard management experience on the GNOME desktop, Copyous is a new GNOME Shell extension serving as a new clipboard manager.



Arch Linux Based Endeavour OS Updated After ISO Refresh Hiatus

([Arch Linux] 29 November 06:52 AM EST Endeavour OS 2025.11.24)

Endeavour OS is one of the popular desktop Linux distributions built around Arch Linux providing a nice out-of-the-box experience. Since their last ISO refresh back in March there hadn't been much news from the project nor any new ISO releases for this rolling-release distro. But thankfully today they are back in the saddle with a new ISO release, Endeavour OS 2025.11.24 "Ganymede".



Framework Computer Now Sponsoring LVFS / Fwupd Development

([Hardware] 29 November 06:43 AM EST Framework + LVFS)

With the Linux Vendor Firmware Service serving more than 135 million downloads for Linux users updating their system and device firmware, LVFS has been working to get more hardware vendors to contribute either engineering resources or directly contributing annual dues as sponsors. Framework Computer is now the first one to have executed an agreement under these new sponsorship efforts.



Intel Hiring Two More Experienced Linux Kernel Engineers

([Intel] 29 November 06:27 AM EST Intel Hiring For Linux)

While there have been a number of Intel Linux engineers laid off over roughly the past year, other Linux kernel engineers opting to pursue employment opportunities elsewhere amid the ongoing challenges and restructuring at the company, and shifts in their open-source strategy, there's some good news as we work toward the 2025 holidays. Intel is currently hiring for two more experienced Linux kernel software engineers.



Niri 25.11 Rust-Written Wayland Compositor Adds Alt-Tab Switcher, New Animations

([Wayland] 29 November 05:49 AM EST Niri 25.11)

Niri 25.11 is now available as the latest feature release for this Rust-written, scrollable-tiling Wayland compositor.



KDE Plasma 6.6's KWin Implements RandR Emulation For Better XWayland Experience

([KDE] 29 November 05:52 AM EST KWin RandR Emulation)

KDE developers have been busy ending out the month of November with a number of new features and fixes queued up for next year's Plasma 6.6 desktop release.



Wine 10.20 Released With VKD3D 1.18 Upgrade For Direct3D 12

([WINE] 28 November 04:22 PM EST Wine 10.20)

Wine 10.20 is out as the newest bi-weekly development release of this open-source software enabling Windows applications and games to run on Linux. This is also with Wine 11.0 stable quickly approaching.



New Patches Work To Optimize Code Generation For Linux Context Switching

([Linux Kernel] 28 November 02:17 PM EST Faster Context Switching)

As some additional enticing Linux kernel patches posted this week for review, an updated patch series is working to optimize code generation during context switching.



Open-Source Nouveau+NVK vs. NVIDIA 580 Linux Gaming/Graphics & Compute Driver Performance

([Display Drivers] 28 November 10:44 AM EST 39 Comments)

This Black Friday is an in-depth look at the current performance of the open-source NVIDIA Linux driver stack with the Nouveau kernel driver (the Nova driver not yet being ready for end-users) paired with the latest Mesa NVK driver for open-source Vulkan API support. With that NVK Vulkan driver is also looking at the OpenGL performance using the Zink OpenGL-on-Vulkan driver used now for OpenGL on modern NVIDIA GPUs rather than maintaining the Nouveau Gallium3D driver. Plus the Rusticl driver for OpenCL compute atop the NVK driver. This fully open-source and latest NVIDIA Linux driver support was compared to NVIDIA's official 580 series Linux driver. Both RTX 40 Ada and RTX 50 Blackwell graphics cards were tested for this thorough GPU driver comparison.



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