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Panther Lake Powered Framework Laptop 13 Pro Sees Linux Microphone Fix

([Hardware] 17 May 05:10 AM EDT Framework Laptop 13)

Ahead of the new Framework Laptop 13 Pro laptops beginning to ship in June, an audio microphone fix was merged this weekend to the mainline Linux kernel for these new Intel Panther Lake powered devices.



FluidX3D Lands A Big Speed-Up For This OpenCL CFD Software

([Free Software] 17 May 04:09 AM EDT FluidX3D 3.7)

Released this week was FluidX3D 3.7, the latest feature update to this computational fluid dynamics (CFD) software that is CPU/GPU accelerated by way of OpenCL.



FreeBSD 15.1 Beta 3 Updates OpenZFS, Ensures Cloud Images Up-To-Date On First Boot

([BSD] 17 May 12:00 AM EDT FreeBSD 15.1)

In working toward the stable FreeBSD 15.1 release in early June, FreeBSD 15.1 Beta 3 is out this weekend as the latest weekly test candidate.



GNOME 51 Could End Up Replacing System Tools With "Resources" App

([GNOME] 16 May 04:09 PM EDT GNOME 51)

The current GNOME System Monitor is on track to be replaced by the GNOME Resources app for as soon as the GNOME 51 desktop release.



Memtest86+ 8.10 Improves Support For Newer Hardware

([Free Software] 16 May 02:37 PM EDT memtest86+)

Memtest86+ 8.10 is out today as a significant update to this legendary open-source RAM testing software.



Debian 13.5 Released To Ship The Latest Linux Security Fixes

([Debian] 16 May 12:36 PM EDT Debian 13.5)

Debian 13.5 is out today as the newest point release to Debian Trixie for incorporating all of the latest security fixes affecting the Linux kernel and dozens of user-space packages.



Longtime Leading AMD Linux GPU Driver Developer Now Working For Valve

([Valve] 16 May 07:03 AM EDT Marek)

It seems that Valve isn't done expanding their open-source Linux graphics driver team and securing top talent for enhancing the Linux GPU drivers for a better gaming experience. One of the foremost leading Mesa developers has left AMD to join Valve.



Linux 7.1-rc4 Seeing The Latest Laptop Quirks

([Hardware] 16 May 06:42 AM EDT x86 Platform Drivers)

Ahead of the Linux 7.1-rc4 kernel test release due out on Sunday, a new round of x86 platform driver fixes were submitted for the week.



Plasma 6.7 Improves Its Built-In Remote Desktop Server, Enhances Plasma Notifications

([KDE] 16 May 06:13 AM EDT Plasma 6.7)

This week marked the release of the KDE Plasma 6.7 beta and even so there were some last-minute features being squeezed into this popular Linux desktop option. Plasma's built-in remote desktop server enhancements and improved Plasma notification effects are among the changes topping out this week.



Steam Controller Mapping Merged To SDL Library

([Valve] 16 May 05:59 AM EDT Steam Controller 2026)

A few days ago the widely-used SDL library added support for the new Steam Controller without depending upon the Steam client. Now another improvement for the new Steam Controller has been merged to this widely-used library for cross-platform games/apps with software/hardware abstractions.



AMD ROCm 7.13 Released With Instinct MI350P Support, More Ryzen AI APUs

([AMD] 15 May 09:55 PM EDT ROCm 7.13)

ROCm 7.13 was released today as the newest ROCm Core SDK Preview in working toward what will presumably be called ROCm 8.0 later in the year.



Wine 11.9 Released With Wayland Pointer Warp, Initial Support For System Threads

([WINE] 15 May 06:52 PM EDT Wine 11.9)

Wine 11.9 is out today as the newest bi-weekly development release and nearing the half-way point of the development cycle toward Wine 12.0.



Linux Kernel Adds Documentation For What Qualifies As A Security Bug, Responsible AI Use

([Linux Kernel] 15 May 04:30 PM EDT Linux Kernel)

Merged today for the Linux 7.1 kernel is some new documentation surrounding what qualifies as a security bug as well as around responsible use of AI for finding kernel bugs.



Linux Patch Introduces Panther Lake R: Ruggedized Version Of Panther Lake

([Intel] 15 May 02:55 PM EDT Panther Lake R)

A new patch for the Linux kernel posted today by Intel has outed "Panther Lake R" as a ruggedized variant of Panther Lake intended for harsh environments.



Linux 7.0.8 Released & LTS Kernels Updated For ssh-keysign-pwn

([Linux Kernel] 15 May 10:10 AM EDT Linux 7.0.8)

Following yesterday's disclosure of the ssh-keysign-pwn vulnerability that allows unprivileged users to read root-owned files, a slew of new stable kernel releases are out today to address this latest Linux security issue.



ZimaCube 2 Makes For A Nice Personal Cloud/NAS With Power Of Linux + Intel CPU

([Computers] 15 May 09:15 AM EDT 9 Comments)

Earlier this year we reviewed the ZimaBoard 2 for building a Linux home storage server. That was a nifty little device but for those looking for a more polished product than assembling your storage devices in cardboard cut-outs and the like, IceWhale has launched the ZimaCube 2. The ZimaCube 2 is a nice and polished, literal cube, to serve as your personal cloud / network attached storage (NAS) device.



Rocky Linux Launches Optional Security Repository To Get Important Fixes Sooner

([Operating Systems] 15 May 08:15 AM EDT Rocky Linux Security Repo)

In response to the likes of the Dirty Frag and Fragnesia vulnerabilities, Rocky Linux is introducing an optional security repository for shipping important security updates sooner.



Coreboot + AMD openSIL Powered Firmware Published For The Gigabyte MZ33-AR1

([AMD] 15 May 07:17 AM EDT Open Firmware)

3mdeb announced on Thursday their release of Dasharo v0.9 for the Gigabyte MZ33-AR1 EPYC server motherboard. This is the first time seeing AMD openSIL and Coreboot available for a readily-available AMD EPYC server motherboard!



Cloud Hypervisor 52 Now Supports Launching AMD SEV-SNP Confidential VMs With KVM

([Virtualization] 15 May 06:30 AM EDT Cloud Hypervisor 52)

For what originally began as an open-source Intel software project, Cloud Hypervisor continues seeing robust development outside the confines of Intel Corp these days with ongoing improvements driven by Microsoft, Cyberus Tech, Ant, and other organizations for this Rust-based VMM for cloud workloads.



Linux 7.1 Supports Newer Logitech Bluetooth Keyboards, Malicious Input Hardware Sanitization

([Hardware] 15 May 06:18 AM EDT Linux 7.1 HID)

Ahead of the Linux 7.1-rc4 release due out on Sunday, a variety of HID subsystem patches were merged overnight to Linux Git.



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