In addition to Intel recently upstreaming Linux support for new QAT "Gen 6" hardware as their next-generation QuickAssist Technology IP, Intel today began posting Linux kernel driver patches for a new version of their Data Streaming Accelerator (DSA). It looks like upcoming Xeon processors will be rolling out a lot of new accelerator IP...

A new Rust-based library is included by default in Ubuntu 25.10 ‘Questing Quokka’, designed to bolster Canonical’s hardware story for Ubuntu Pro. The rust-hwlib package is described as “part of the hardware-api project, owned and developed by Canonical Hardware Certification team. It will be used by Ubuntu pro-client to retrieve information about the machine and check its certification status.” (sic). With no similar or comparable package in main—the primary Ubuntu repository for packages which are part of default installations and for which Canonical commits to ongoing support—this library is being added in Ubuntu 25.10. But a bug-report tracking the addition […]

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LibreOffice 25.8 beta is now available for this popular open-source office suite. LibreOffice 25.8 has been baking many improvements for this popular Microsoft Office alternative and leading office suite option for the Linux desktop...

Denmark is making 'digital sovereignty' a priority, replacing Microsoft and other US big tech products with Linux and open source.

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Lingmo OS is a Debian-based Linux distribution featuring a custom-built LingmoUI desktop environment. The project's main goal is to provide users with a unified and practical desktop, software that is compatible with the desktop environment, and a smooth experience, even on low-performance hardware.

Valve's rating system for Steam Deck and SteamOS seems to have sped up recently, with 20,000 games now rated at least playable.

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FBC: Firebreak from Remedy Entertainment arrives June 17 and it has been Steam Deck Verified ready to play on the go.

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The Alters is a brand new sci-fi game with a blend of survival, adventure, and base-building elements from 11 bit studios.

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Back in April at Google Cloud Next was the introduction of the new C4D family of VMs powered by AMD EPYC 9005 "Turin" processors. Back on launch day I looked at the C3D vs. C4D performance at some of the smaller, more common VM sizes. In today's article is a look at the top-end performance of the C4D family with 384 vCPUs. For those wondering about the compute potential of the c4d-standard-384, here are some benchmarks of this 192-core / 384-thread EPYC Turin configuration compared to the prior C3D AMD EPYC Genoa based instance that topped out at 360 vCPUs.

Just one week past the notable Vulkan 1.4.317 release, Vulkan 1.4.318 is out with some documentation clarifications plus two new extensions...

Wayland Protocols 1.45 was released today with new staging and experimental protocols for Wayland compositors to begin rolling out...

The Case & Consequence Collection Humble Bundle is out with another 7 great games. Here's your round-up of how they'll run on Linux, SteamOS / Steam Deck.

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Introduced last week with Vulkan 1.4.317 was Vulkan Video support for VP9 video decoding. Following that the open-source Radeon "RADV" Vulkan driver landed its VK_KHR_video_decode_vp9 support and now similarly the open-source Intel Vulkan driver has too...

Kali Linux (formerly known as BackTrack) is a Debian-based distribution with a collection of security and forensics tools. It features timely security updates, support for the ARM architecture, a choice of four popular desktop environments, and seamless upgrades to newer versions.

Stardeus is a colony building sim set in space, where you build up your own spaceship to go off exploring and survive.

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Another one with a good demo during Steam Next Fest is Paris Transylvania, a pachinko roguelike deckbuilder.

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If you remember the days of Desert Strike or enjoy other more modern helicopter shooters, the demo for Cleared Hot is one for you.

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Two years ago DreamWorks Animation open-sourced their MoonRay renderer that is an award-winning, state-of-the-art production MCRT renderer used for a number of feature films. Since then they have continued advancing this open-source code as OpenMoonRay and adding more features. The newest feature release of OpenMoonRay is now available with yet more capabilities for this impressive renderer...

Sound Open Firmware 2.13 debuted today as the newest feature update to this open-source audio DSP stack started by Intel. With Sound Open Firmware 2.13 comes support for new Intel platforms and other enhancements...

3DMark just released a version for macOS and they are actually planning a Linux version.

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Valve have updated the Steam Beta for all platforms with bug fixes, and a controller support info tweak for SteamOS.

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Obarun is an Arch Linux based distribution featuring the S6 init software in place of systemd. Obarun provides a live disc featuring the JWM graphical interface. Utilities, such as pacopts, are included for working with Arch's repositories, including the Arch User Repository (AUR).

Kapitano is a ClamAV frontend for Linux that scans files for malware, ideal if you want to check Windows files safely on the Ubuntu desktop.

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Securonis Linux is a privacy- and security-focused Linux distribution based on Debian's "Testing" branch. It includes a preconfigured tool that forces all incoming and outgoing connections through the Tor network. The system comes preloaded with various privacy and security tools, along with some custom-developed utilities. Securonis Linux uses the MATE and GNOME desktop environments. It can be run in live mode or installed permanently using the Calamares installer. The goal of Securonis is to provide a secure system suitable for everyday use.

Rocky Linux 10 distribution is now available for download based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10. Here's what's new!

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Ubuntu 24.04 LTS now shows energy usage warnings when disabling auto-suspend to comply with new EU ecodesign regulations.

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On top of announcing today the AMD Instinct MI350 series, ROCm 7.0, and introducing the AMD Developer Cloud, AMD also teased the next-generation Instinct MI400 / Instinct MI450 series coming in 2026...

What will likely be one of the most under-reported announcements from AMD AI Day 2025 is the AMD Developer Cloud... It's set to play a big role moving forward but today isn't as exciting itself as the likes of the Instinct MI350 series and ROCm 7.0 software...

Following the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10.0 release going GA in May, Rocky Linux 10.0 is now available as this free alternative to RHEL 10...

With visuals closer to the original Fortnite than grittier games like Call of Duty or Battlefield, the new Heroes of Valor is a fresh third-person shooter.

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As Valve announced back in April, they've now added accessibility feature support to game pages on Steam pages and filters for searching.

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Alongside announcing the AMD Instinct MI350 series at their AI day, ROCm 7.0 was also introduced and will be available today in preview form...

While OpenZFS 2.3 has been stable for several months, for those still relying on the OpenZFS 2.2 series there is a new stable point release...

AMD at its Advancing AI Day event in San Jose announced the Instinct MI350X and MI355X accelerators. Exciting open-source fans will be that the Instinct MI350 series features fully open-source driver support and that is already mainline within the Linux kernel...

Merged yesterday for Mesa 25.2 is an exciting change for those still making use of vintage Radeon GPUs... OpenGL 4.6 support is now exposed for the Radeon R600g Gallium3D driver...

We're getting a full modern POSTAL 2 remake with POSTAL 2 Redux being announced today.

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During the recent KONAMI Press Start event, they confirmed that the original Silent Hill is now getting a remake too.

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Ludeon Studios just announced the RimWorld - Odyssey expansion and it's huge.

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Theropods is an upcoming point and click adventure that combines puzzles with a cinematic story. The demo in Steam Next Fest is quite impressive.

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While the AMD Ryzen AI Max+ PRO 395 and Ryzen AI Max+ 395 are very similar processors just as the Ryzen PRO processors are to other non-PRO parts, one of the differences with the AMD PRO Technologies come down to AMD Memory Guard providing full system memory encryption. From the HP BIOS with the ZBook Ultra G1a there is a convenient toggle for this full memory encryption support and thus I decided to carry out some benchmarks to measure the performance cost to this memory encryption feature on this AMD Strix Halo SoC.