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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.



New Linux Patches Enhance Single-Threaded Performance On Many-Core CPUs

([Linux Kernel] 28 November 10:13 AM EST Better Single-Threaded Perf)

In addition to the proposed Hierarchical Queued NUMA-aware spinlocks for better performance, another interesting performance-enhancing patch series posted in the past 24 hours for the Linux kernel is for improving the performance of single-threaded tasks running on high core count CPU desktops / workstations / servers.



AMD ISP4 Linux Webcam Driver Updated For HP ZBook Ultra G1a & Future Ryzen Laptops

([AMD] 28 November 07:03 AM EST AMD ISP4 Driver)

We eagerly await to see if the AMD ISP4 driver will be ready for mainlining in the imminent Linux v6.19 merge window but it's getting down to the wire and thus looking less likely it will make it unless action is taken in the coming days. Today though a sixth version of this AMD ISP4 image signal processor driver was posted for this last piece of the puzzle in enabling the web camera on the HP ZBook Ultra G1a Strix Halo laptop as well as future Ryzen high-end laptops.



NTFSPLUS Now Supports $MFT File Extension, FITRIM, More Mount Options

([Linux Storage] 28 November 06:48 AM EST NTFSPLUS)

The NTFSPLUS Linux kernel driver as a modern NTFS file-system driver implementation continues quickly taking shape as it aims to become the most performant and feature-rich NTFS read/write driver for Linux systems.



HQspinlock Proposal For Linux Shows Very Nice Performance Benefits For Large Servers

([Linux Kernel] 28 November 06:31 AM EST HQ Spinlock)

A Huawei engineer has sent out patches proposing HQspinlock as a Hierarchical Queued NUMA-aware spinlock for the Linux kernel. HQspinlock aims to addresss inefficiencies within the Linux kernel's spinlock on modern NUMA-systems due to frequent and costly cross-NUMA cache-line transfers.



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