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Exclusive Preview Of System76's Completely Redesigned Thelio Desktop:
https://www.phoronix.com/review/system76-new-thelio

MSI PRO B850-P WiFi: A Special AMD Ryzen AM5 Motherboard For Linux / Open-Source Enthusiasts:
https://www.phoronix.com/review/msi-pro-b850p-wifi

Proton Experimental brings fixes for REDLauncher, HELLDIVERS 2, Atelier Yumia, KILLER INN and more:
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/03/proton-experimental-brings-fixes-for-redlauncher-helldivers-2-atelier-yumia-killer-inn-and-more/

D7VK 1.5 Released With Direct3D 3 Now Implemented Over Vulkan:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/D7VK-1.5-Released

NVIDIA 580.142 Production-Ready Linux Graphics Driver Released with Bug Fixes:
https://9to5linux.com/nvidia-580-142-production-ready-linux-graphics-driver-released-with-bug-fixes

NVIDIA 595.44.03 Linux Driver Released With VK_KHR_device_address_commands:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/NVIDIA-595.44.03-Linux

NVIDIA Adds Official Support For RHEL-Compatible Distributions Like AlmaLinux With CUDA 13.2:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/NVIDIA-Official-RHEL-Compat

Open-Source "GreenBoost" Driver Aims To Augment NVIDIA GPUs vRAM With System RAM & NVMe To Handle Larger LLMs:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Open-Source-GreenBoost-NVIDIA

Mesa 26.0.2 arrives with more bug-fixes for Linux graphics drivers:
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/03/mesa-26-0-2-arrives-with-more-bug-fixes-for-linux-graphics-drivers/

Mesa driver developers discuss expanding profiles and driver tuning for specific apps and games:
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/03/mesa-driver-developers-discuss-expanding-profiles-and-driver-tuning-for-specific-apps-and-games/

OpenRazer 3.12 Released With Support For Newer Razer Products On Linux:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/OpenRazer-3.12

Intel NPU Driver 1.30 Released For Linux:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Intel-NPU-Driver-Linux-1.30

New Rust Driver Aims To Improve Upstream Linux On Synology NAS Devices:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Synology-Microp-Linux-Driver

Rust Coreutils 0.7 Released With Many Performance Optimizations:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Rust-Coreutils-uutils-0.7

Ubuntu's AppArmor Hit By Several Security Issues - Can Yield Local Privilege Escalation:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Ubuntu-AppArmor-Security-Issues

systemd 260-rc3 Released With AI Agents Documentation Added:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/systemd-260-rc3

Fwupd 2.1.1 Linux Firmware Updater Released as a Massive Update:
https://9to5linux.com/fwupd-2-1-1-linux-firmware-updater-released-as-a-massive-update

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Linux 7.1 Will Power Off The System By Default If A Fatal ACPI Error Occurs:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-7.1-ACPI-Error-Power-Off
(Why the heck is that necessary? I get ACPI error all the time when booting up the system, but it works just fine. Does it make any hardware damage or something? Or is it just a nonsensical standard? Idk tbh, I'm not a hardware guy.)

Wayland 1.25 RC1 Released With Improved Documentation, Minor Changes:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Wayland-1.25-RC1

NVIDIA 595 Linux Graphics Driver Promises Wayland 1.20 Support, Beta Out Now:
https://9to5linux.com/nvidia-595-linux-graphics-driver-promises-wayland-1-20-support-beta-out-now

GTK 4.22 Released With Improved SVG Support, Reduced Motion Option:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/GTK-4.22-Released

TUXEDO InfinityBook Max 16 Linux Laptop Now Available with AMD Ryzen AI 300:
https://9to5linux.com/tuxedo-infinitybook-max-16-linux-laptop-now-available-with-amd-ryzen-ai-300

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Valve put up a release candidate for Proton 10.0-4 with lots more Linux / SteamOS gaming fixes:
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/12/valve-put-up-a-release-candidate-for-proton-10-0-4-with-lots-more-linux-steamos-gaming-fixes/

Wine 11.0-rc3 Released With Another Week Of Bug Fixing:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Wine-11.0-rc3-Released

Chrome/Chromium Add Support For Printing Via XDG Portal:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/XDG-Portal-Chrome-Printing

NVIDIA 590.48.01 Linux Driver Brings R590 Series To Stable:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/NVIDIA-590.48.01-Linux

Xorgproto 2025.1 Released To Recognize Newer Keyboard Keys:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/xorgproto-2025.1

Mesa 25.3.2 brings more bug fixes for open source Linux graphics drivers:
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/12/mesa-25-3-2-brings-more-bug-fixes-for-open-source-linux-graphics-drivers/

Mesa 26.0 NVK Driver Lands Improvement For NVIDIA GeForce RTX 20 "Turing" GPUs:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Mesa-26-NVK-Compute-Warp-Size

Systemd 259 Released With Experimental Musl libc Support, More Features:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/systemd-259

Wayland Protocols 1.47 Released With Updated Color Management Protocol:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Wayland-Protocols-1.47

OpenZFS 2.4 Released With Faster Encryption Performance, Many Other Improvements:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/OpenZFS-2.4-Released

GNU Debugger 17.1 Released With CET Shadow Stack Support, New DAP Features:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/GNU-Debugger-GDB-17.1

Linux Exposing Support For Lenovo ThinkPads Being Able To Detect Hardware Damage
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Opus-1.6-Released

Rust Coreutils 0.5 Released - Inching Toward Full GNU Compatibility:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Rust-Coreutils-0.5

Intel Quietly Discontinues Its Open-Source User-Space Gaudi Driver Code:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Intel-SynapseAI-Stops

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Unfortunately this section is too long this time, because I included some longer personal comments to some of the news, I'd have to split it into too many posts, so I link the Odysee post here instead:
https://odysee.com/@fossery-tech:4/linux-foss-news-87:3

P.S.: Merry Christmas, everyone! 🎄🎁

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Tuxedo unveils Gemini 17 Gen4 Linux laptop for high performance workloads:
https://betanews.com/2025/12/05/tuxedo-unveils-gemini-17-gen4-linux-laptop-for-high-performance-workloads/

Reddit Strangers Built an Open Source Linux Handheld, And They Want Your Help:
https://itsfoss.com/news/linux-platform-kit/

Steam On Linux Use Easily Hits An All-Time High In November:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Steam-Linux-November-2025

Linux kernel 6.18 released with BPF security, SLUB, and networking upgrades:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2025/12/linux-kernel-6-18-released-with-bpf-security-slub-and-networking-upgrades/

It’s Official: Linux Kernel 6.18 Will Be LTS, Supported Until December 2027:
https://9to5linux.com/its-official-linux-kernel-6-18-will-be-lts-supported-until-december-2027

Linux Kernel 5.4 Reaches End of Life After More Than Six Years of Maintenance:
https://9to5linux.com/linux-kernel-5-4-reaches-end-of-life-after-more-than-six-years-of-maintenance

GNU Linux-libre 6.18 Neuters More Functionality Due To Blobs With Intel Xe, NVIDIA Nova:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/GNU-Linux-Libre-6.18

Wine 10.20 released with upgraded vkd3d:
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/12/wine-10-20-released-with-upgraded-vkd3d/

Wine 11.0-rc1 Released With TWAINDSM 64-bit Module For Scanners:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Wine-11.0-rc1-Released

Mesa 25.2.8 and Mesa 25.3.1 released for open source Linux graphics drivers:
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/12/mesa-25-2-8-and-mesa-25-3-1-released-for-open-source-linux-graphics-drivers/

Fwupd 2.0.18 Enables Linux Firmware Updating For More Hardware:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Fwupd-2.0.18-Released

X.Org Server's xkbcomp Updated For Four Security Issues Dating Back Years:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/xkbcomp-1.5-Released

Features Expected For Linux 6.19: ASUS Armoury, Many Intel Bits, AMD GCN 1.0/1.1 Enhanced:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-6.19-Features-Expected

NVIDIA 590.44.01 Beta Linux Driver Released With Wayland Improvements:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/NVIDIA-590.44.01-Linux-Beta

NVIDIA Improves Block Layer Peer-To-Peer DMA In Linux 6.19:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-6.19-IO-uring-Block

Btrfs In Linux 6.19 Adds Experimental Features, Continues Preparations For FSCRYPT:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-6.19-Btrfs

Bcachefs Ready With Its Reconcile Feature As Biggest Change In Two Years:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Bcachefs-Reconcile-Ready

An Intel Fellow & Prominent Linux Performance Engineer Resigns From Intel:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Brendan-Gregg-Leaves-Intel

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Updated Steam Runtime Switches To Debian 13 Libraries, SDL2 Using Compatibility Layer:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Steam-Runtime-November-2025

Proton Experimental for SteamOS / Linux gets fixes for Marvel Rivals, BlazBlue Centralfiction and more:
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/11/proton-experimental-for-steamos-linux-gets-fixes-for-marvel-rivals-blazblue-centralfiction-and-more/

VKD3D-Proton 3.0 brings FSR4 support, shader backend rewrite, lots of bug fixes and performance upgrades:
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/11/vkd3d-proton-3-0-brings-fsr4-support-shader-backend-rewrite-lots-of-bug-fixes-and-performance-upgrades/

Mesa 25.3.0 released with lots of Linux graphics driver improvements:
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/11/mesa-25-3-0-released-with-lots-of-linux-graphics-driver-improvements/

Linux Kernel 6.18 RC6 Released: Linus Says It is Larger than Usual:
https://ostechnix.com/linux-kernel-6-18-rc6-released/

RISC-V Testing Lapse Resulted In Wrong MIPS RISC-V Vendor ID Landing In Linux 6.18:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/MIPS-RISC-V-Vendor-ID-Linux-618

Red Hat Losing Another Longtime & Prominent Linux Kernel Engineer:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Red-Hat-David-H-Leaving

systemd 259-rc1 Released With Musl libc Support, New run0 "Empower" Mode:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/systemd-259-rc1

NVIDIA 580.94.11 Linux Driver Brings HDR Metadata Support:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/NVIDIA-580.94.11-Linux-Driver

NVK's Cooperative Matrix Support Proving Competitive With Official NVIDIA Driver:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/NVK-Cooperative-Matrix-Perf

OpenZFS 2.4 Squeezes In Some Last Minute Improvements:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/OpenZFS-2.4-rc4-Released

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Wine 10.19 released as we head towards Wine 11:
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/11/wine-10-19-released-as-we-head-towards-wine-11/

Proton 10.0-3 released bringing lots of improvements for gaming on Linux, SteamOS, Steam Machine:
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/11/proton-10-0-3-released-bringing-lots-of-improvements-for-gaming-on-linux-steamos-steam-machine/

You Can Play Classic D3D7 Games on Linux With This New Project, But Don’t Expect Perfection:
https://itsfoss.com/news/play-d3d7-games-on-linux/

Fish 4.2 adds multi-line autosuggestions, default UTF-8, and tab title control:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2025/11/fish-4-2-adds-multi-line-autosuggestions-default-utf-8-and-tab-title-control/

Linux Kernel 6.18 RC5 Released: Linus Says It is Small and Boring!:
https://ostechnix.com/linux-kernel-6-18-rc5-released/

Possible Setback For Linux x86_64 Laptops: Prominent Developer Joins Qualcomm:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Hans-Joins-Qualcomm

GNU Coreutils 9.9 Brings Numerous Fixes:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/GNU-Coreutils-9.9

Rust Coreutils 0.4 Released With Better GNU Compatibility & Faster Performance:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Rust-Coreutils-0.4

Linux open source graphics drivers Mesa 25.2.7 released:
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/11/linux-open-source-graphics-drivers-mesa-25-2-7-released/

Mesa 25.3 Released With Many Open-Source Vulkan Driver Improvements:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Mesa-25.3-Released

Nouveau Driver To Support Larger Pages & Compression Support With Linux 6.19:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-6.19-Nouveau-Larger-Pages

Linux Proposal Aims To Overcome Kernel Limitation Affecting Various Gaming Peripherals:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-Multi-Battery-HID-Devices

The Linux Kernel Looks To "Bite The Bullet" In Enabling Microsoft C Extensions:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-6.19-Patch-Would-MS-Ext

Linux Looks To Remove SHA1 Support For Signing Kernel Modules:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-Patch-Drop-SHA1-Mod-Sign

Lenovo IdeaPad Linux Driver Adding Support For Rapid Charge Mode:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Lenovo-IdeaPad-Rapid-Charge

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GE-Proton 10-25 brings fixes for Nioh 2, WoW, Rockstar Launcher and more:
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/11/ge-proton-10-25-brings-fixes-for-nioh-2-wow-rockstar-launcher-and-more/

Proton Experimental gets fixes for multiple Xbox Game Studios titles, ARC Raiders and various other games:
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/11/proton-experimental-gets-fixes-for-multiple-xbox-game-studios-titles-arc-raiders-and-various-other-games/

Flatpak 1.17.0 Released with Direct OCI Image Installation Support:
https://ostechnix.com/flatpak-1-17-0-oci-direct-install-sideloading/

NVIDIA 580.105.08 Linux Graphics Driver Released with a New Environment Variable:
https://9to5linux.com/nvidia-580-105-08-linux-graphics-driver-released-with-a-new-environment-variable

Linux Kernel 6.18 RC4 is Released: Linus Torvalds Calls it ‘Very Normal’:
https://ostechnix.com/linux-kernel-6-18-rc4-released/

Linux 6.19 To Support Microsoft's ACPI Fan Extensions:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-6.18-MS-ACPI-Fan-Ext

Fwupd 2.0.17 Released with Support for Lexar and Maxio NVMe SSDs:
https://9to5linux.com/fwupd-2-0-17-released-with-support-for-lexar-and-maxio-nvme-ssds

FreeDesktop.org Adopts The Filesystem Hierarchy Standard:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/FreeDesktop-Adopts-FHS

GTK Adds "Reduced Motion" Accessibility Option To Follow macOS, Windows & Others:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/GTK-Reduced-Motion

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Wine 10.17 Now Defaults To EGL Renderer For OpenGL On X11:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Wine-10.17-Released

GE-Proton 10-18 brings fixes for Wayland, Company of Heroes 2 & 3, Blue Protocol: Star Resonance:
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/10/ge-proton-10-18-brings-fixes-for-wayland-company-of-heroes-2-3-blue-protocol-star-resonance/

Proton Experimental brings fixes for Assassin's Creed Shadows, Age of Empires: Definitive Edition and more:
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/10/proton-experimental-for-oct-17-brings-fixes-for-assassins-creed-shadows-age-of-empires-definitive-edition/

Linux Kernel 6.18 RC1 Released! Linus Says It is “One of the Good Merge Windows”:
https://ostechnix.com/linux-kernel-6-18-rc1-released/

Mesa 25.2.5 released with major bug fix for Intel graphics on Linux:
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/10/mesa-25-2-5-released-with-major-bug-fix-for-intel-graphics-on-linux/

NVIDIA DLSS support in progress for NVK, the open source Vulkan driver for NVIDIA GPUs:
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/10/nvidia-dlss-support-in-progress-for-nvk-the-open-source-vulkan-driver-for-nvidia-gpus/

Valve Developer Contributes Open-Source Driver Fixes For 12 Year Old Hawaii GPUs:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Valve-Fixes-2025-Hawaii-GPUs

Yet Another Longtime Linux Driver Maintainer At Intel Has Left:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Jarkko-Leaving-Intel-Linux

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