#Linux 6.17-rc7 is out, final expected in a week from now.

https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/CAHk-=whZvXYrdE3J2dUcO=V1Wywf7EJv77TyBQr836+jjTXmFQ@mail.gmail.com/

""Normal week, and unless something oidd happens this is the last rc before 6.17.

Mixed random small changes all over with nothing really jumping out. It's all fairly spread out, with no obvious big concentration of fixes anywhere.

[…]

Let's keep the testing going, and we'll have the final 6.17 in a week,

Linus""

#LinuxKernel #Kernel

#Linux 6.17-rc7 is now available for public testing at https://kernel.org and Linus Torvalds says that "unless something oidd happens this is the last rc before 6.17." Happy testing!

#LinuxKernel #OpenSource

This week's Linux and FOSS news:

LINUX NEWS

GNOME 49 released with X11 disabled by default, Accessibility menu on login screen, media controller and suspend option on lock screen, Do Not Disturb mode moved to Quick Settings menu, etc.:
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/09/gnome-49-officially-released

GNOME’s Tetris Clone Quadrapassel Drops a Huge Update:
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/09/gnome-tetris-clone-gets-major-update

KDE Plasma 6.5 Beta Released With KNightTime, Rounded Bottom Window Corners:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/KDE-Plasma-6.5-Beta-Released

Debian's APT Gaining Built-In History Command:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Debian-APT-History-Command

Zorin OS 18 Beta Brings a ‘Redesigned’ Desktop:
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/09/zorin-os-18-beta-released-new-look

LMDE 7 “Gigi” – BETA Release:
https://linuxmint.com/rel_gigi.php

Fedora 43 Beta ISOs Released For Testing This Leading-Edge Linux OS:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Fedora-43-Beta-Released

Ubuntu 25.10 Questing Quokka Beta Is Officially Released, With GNOME X11 Session Removed, Initramfs Replaced with Dracut, Experimental TPM-Backed Full Disk Encryption (FDE), Rust Core Utils, etc.:
https://ostechnix.com/ubuntu-25-10-questing-quokka-beta-released/

(5 beta releases, what a week!)

Unhappy Ending! Kubuntu Creator Jonathan Riddell Departs After 25 Years with KDE:
https://news.itsfoss.com/jonathan-riddell-farewell/

Downloads Live for Ubuntu’s Daily ‘Dangerous’ Desktop Builds:
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/09/ubuntu-daily-dangerous-desktop-builds-available-download

Canonical to support and distribute NVIDIA CUDA natively in Ubuntu:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2025/9/canonical-to-support-and-distribute-nvidia-cuda-natively-in-ubuntu/

Tails 7.0 arrives with Debian 13 base and GNOME 48:
https://betanews.com/2025/09/18/tails-7-0-the-privacy-focused-linux-os-arrives-with-debian-13-and-gnome-48/

SparkyLinux 2025.09 “Tiamat” launches with Debian “Forky” base and Linux 6.16 kernel:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2025/9/sparkylinux-2025-09-tiamat-launches-with-debian-forky-base-and-linux-6-16-kernel/

Linux Kernel 6.17 RC6: A Smooth And Calm Release So Far:
https://ostechnix.com/linux-kernel-6-17-rc6-released/

systemd 258 Released With systemd-factory-reset & Other New Tools:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/systemd-258

Wine 10.15 has been released with Unicode 17, Zip64 support, and numerous bug fixes:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2025/9/wine-10-15-has-been-released-with-unicode-17-zip64-support-and-numerous-bug-fixes/

DKMS Packages For Bcachefs Are Now Available On Debian & Ubuntu:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Bcachefs-Debian-Ubuntu-DKMS

(FOSS news in comments)

#WeeklyNews #News #Linux #LinuxNews #LinuxKernel #GNOME #KDE #LinuxMint #Fedora #Ubuntu #Kubuntu #Tails #LMDE #Systemd #ZorinOS #Sparky_Linux #GNOME49 #Bcachefs #APT #FosseryTech

"An explanation of how #Linux handles system calls on x86-64 and why they show up as expensive operations in performance profiles

https://blog.codingconfessions.com/p/what-makes-system-calls-expensive – from Abhinav Upadhyay

#LinuxKernel #Kernel #syscalls

Linux Weekly Releases (Week 38 – 9/20/2025)

Every week, new Linux versions that are under a supported version series get released to incorporate bug fixes and other general improvements that are pushed to the servicing branches. This ensures that your Linux user experience gets better when latest versions fix some of the bugs.

This week, the below Linux kernel versions are released:

Please note that the downloads are in the source code form, so this means that you may have to compile from source in order to use one of the Linux versions shown above. Your distribution might not include the above Linux versions.

#Kernel #Linux #LinuxKernel #news #Tech #Technology #update

Linux Kernel releases as of Week 38, September 20th, 2025.

#Linux #Kernel #LinuxKernel #Computers #Laptops #TechNews #TechUpdates

https://officialaptivi.wordpress.com/2025/09/21/linux-weekly-releases-week-38-9-20-2025/

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Oh, bloody hell... wonderful ....

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#linuxkernel #lwn

Il kernel Linux guarda al futuro con il progetto Multikernel: un’architettura modulare e parallela per sistemi scalabili. #LinuxKernel #Multikernel #OpenSource #Linux #Architettura

https://www.linuxeasy.org/linux-multikernel-progetto-rivoluziona-kernel/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=jetpack_social

While sipping a Chilled Tropical drink 🍹 and some mundane activity ...

#life #linuxkernel #opensourcedevelopment #operatingsystem