Budgie 11 Desktop Being Developed With The Qt6 Toolkit
([Desktop] 12 January 05:47 AM EST
Budgie 11)
With Budgie 10.10 released this weekend, Budgie desktop developers have provided an update around Budgie 11 desktop development.
Linux 6.19-rc5 Brings Fix For Newer NVIDIA GPUs, Logitech HID++ For Anywhere 3S & Fixes
([Linux Kernel] 12 January 01:31 AM EST
Linux 6.19)
In addition to Linus Torvalds doing some vibe coding and more with his new "AudioNoise" project this week, Linux 6.19 kernel development ticked back up with the holidays having passed. A variety of fixes made it into today's Linux 6.19-rc5 release in working toward v6.19 stable in early February.
Latest Linux 6.19 Code Fixes Rust Binder Driver, Adds Intel Nova Lake Point S To MEI
([Linux Kernel] 11 January 06:10 PM EST
char/misc)
Ahead of the imminent Linux 6.19-rc5 release, the char/misc pull request was merged earlier today with a notable fix to the Rust Binder driver as well as adding the Intel Nova Lake Point S device ID to the MEI driver.
Linux Consulting Firm Linutronix Recently Began A New Chapter
([Linux Kernel] 11 January 03:21 PM EST
Linutronix)
Some news that slipped under the radar prior to the holidays... Linutronix as the Linux consulting firm that has led the real-time "PREEMPT_RT" work and more within the Linux kernel -- and Linutronix was acquired by Intel back in 2022 as an independent subsidiary -- is beginning a "new chapter".
Linux Lands Safeguard For RISC-V Against Another Microarchitectural Attack Vector
([RISC-V] 11 January 06:34 AM EST
RISC-V Side Channel)
Increasingly complex RISC-V cores aren't magically immune to the speculative execution / side-channel vulnerabilities that have rattled the x86_64 and ARM64 landscape for years. Following recent work on Spectre V1 handling for RISC-V in the Linux kernel, merged this weekend for Linux 6.19-rc5 is another RISC-V attack vector safeguard.
GYESME: A New Design-Led Downstream Of GNOME Being Explored
([GNOME] 11 January 06:18 AM EST
GYESME)
A new project trying to get off the ground and currently in an "exploratory phase" is GYESME that describes itself as a "design-led" downstream of GNOME with plans ot only fork when needed that is "minimal by default."
Linus Torvalds' Latest Open-Source Project Is AudioNoise - Made With The Help Of Vibe Coding
([AI] 11 January 06:00 AM EST
Linus Torvalds Vibe Coding)
In addition to Linus Torvalds' recent comments around AI tooling documentation, it turns out in fact that Linus Torvalds has been using vibe coding himself. Over the holidays Linus Torvalds has been working on a new open-source project called AudioNoise that was started with the help of AI vibe coding.
Budgie 10.10 Released: Officially Migrated From X11 To Wayland
([Desktop] 10 January 03:04 PM EST
Budgie 10.10)
The Budgie 10.10 desktop has been officially released in marking the open-source project's transition from X11 to Wayland.
Mageia 10 Alpha Released - 32-bit ISOs Still Available
([Operating Systems] 10 January 10:30 AM EST
Mageia 10)
The first alpha release of Mageia 10 is now available for this Linux distribution who's lineage traces back to Mandriva and before that the legendary Mandrake Linux.
Linux Working Around Audio Problems On The ASUS ROG Xbox Ally X
([Hardware] 10 January 09:40 AM EST
ASUS ROG Xbox Ally X)
For those loading Linux on the ASUS ROG Xbox Ally X gaming handheld, there is currently audio quality issues, including gaps/dropouts in audio playback. A workaround is in the process of making its way to the Linux kernel until a proper solution can be sorted out.
Debian 13.3 Released With Many Security & Bug Fixes
([Debian] 10 January 09:46 AM EST
Debian 13.3)
Debian 13.3 is out today as the newest stable point release for Debian Trixie.
Linux 7.0 Readying Improvement For Rust + LTO Kernel Builds
([Linux Kernel] 10 January 07:08 AM EST
Rust + LTO Kernel Builds)
Alice Ryhl of Google has been working on an improvement to the Linux kernel code for inlining C helpers into Rust when making use of a Link-Time Optimized (LTO) kernel build. At least some of the patches are queued up for merging in the upcoming Linux 6.20~7.0 cycle for helping those enabling the Rust kernel support and also making use of the LLVM/Clang compiler's LTO capabilities for greater performance.
ollama 0.14 Can Make Use Of Bash For Letting AI/LLMs Run Commands On Your System
([AI] 10 January 07:17 AM EST
ollama 0.14)
The ollama 0.14-rc2 release is available today and it introduces new functionality with ollama run --experimental for in this experimental mode to run an agent loop so that LLMs can use tools like bash and web searching on your system. It's opt-in for letting ollama/LLMs make use of bash on your local system and there are at least some safeguards in place.
ZLUDA Adds CUDA 13.1 Compatibility For Running CUDA Apps On Non-NVIDIA Hardware
([AI] 10 January 05:55 AM EST
ZLUDA + CUDA 13.1)
The current incarnation of ZLUDA continues moving along for running unmodified CUDA apps on non-NVIDIA GPUs. Released on Friday was ZLUDA 6-preview.48 with now boasting CUDA 13.1 compatibility.
KDE Plasma 6.6 Adds oo7 Secret Service Provider Support, Save As New Global Theme
([KDE] 10 January 06:24 AM EST
KDE Plasma)
With new volunteers stepping up for This Week in Plasma, there is a new issue out this week to highlight more development activities going into the upcoming KDE Plasma 6.6 desktop release.
AI Assistant App For GNOME Adds MCP Server Support To Integrate With Much More Software
([GNOME] 9 January 08:30 PM EST
GNOME AI Assistant App)
Hitting the "1.0" milestone last summer was the GNOME AI virtual assistant app called Newelle. This third-party GNOME app has continued evolving as an AI-focused assistant on the GNOME desktop and has now rolled out MCP server support to integrate with "thousands" of other apps.
TrueNAS WebShare: ZFS-Backed, Enterprise-Grade File Sharing From The Web Browser
([Linux Storage] 9 January 06:04 PM EST
TrueNAS WebShare)
For situations where Samba (SMB) or NFS usage aren't appropriate or desiring the convenience of accessing files from a web browser on any device, TrueNAS is introducing TrueNAS WebShare as an easy-to-use solution for enterprise-grade file sharing in the web browser.
Wine 11.0-rc5 Brings 32 Bug Fixes
([WINE] 9 January 04:11 PM EST
Wine 11.0-rc5)
With no Wine 11.0 release candidate last Friday due to the New Year festivities, Wine 11.0-rc5 is out today and it comes packing 32 bug fixes for the past two weeks.
AMD Enabling New GFX12.1 & More RDNA 3.5 Hardware Blocks With Linux 6.20~7.0
([Radeon] 9 January 11:16 AM EST
AMDGPU Next)
AMD today sent out their latest pull request to DRM-Next of new AMDGPU/AMDKFD kernel driver changes they are looking to get into the next kernel cycle, which will either be known as Linux 6.20 or more than likely be called Linux 7.0. Notable with this week's pull request is enabling a lot of new GPU hardware IP blocks, including GC/GFX 12.1 as a new addition past the current GFX12.0 / RDNA4.
Mesa 26.0 RADV Lands Dedicated Transfer-Only Queue Using SDMA
([Radeon] 9 January 06:28 AM EST
RADV Transfer Queue Via SDMA)
There is another open-source Radeon Vulkan driver (RADV) improvement to look forward to in the upcoming Mesa 26.0 release that was worked on by one of Valve's Linux graphics driver developers.