New story! AerynOS 2025.10 Released with GNOME 49.1, KDE Plasma 6.5, and GNU libstdc++

The AerynOS team released AerynOS 2025.10 today as the latest development ISO snapshot of this independent distribution created by ex-Solus maker Ikey Doherty.

New story! Vulkan 1.4.331 Brings Two New Extensions

  • Phoronix (Posted by bob on Oct 31, 2025 5:15 PM EDT)
  • Story Type: News Story
Just one week after Vulkan 1.4.330 brought five new extensions, Vulkan 1.4.331 is now available with another two new extensions for this high performance graphics and compute API...

New story! AerynOS 2025.10 ISO Brings GNOME 49, Plasma 6.5, and COSMIC Beta

AerynOS rolls out its 2025.10 ISO, bringing GNOME 49.1, KDE Plasma 6.5.1, COSMIC Beta, and fresh system updates.

New story! Krita Lands Basic HDR Support On Wayland

The KDE/Qt-aligned Krita digital painting application is the latest creative app now supporting high dynamic range (HDR) on Linux when using Wayland...

New story! The clock's ticking for MySQL 8.0 as end of life looms

  • The Register (Posted by bob on Oct 31, 2025 12:41 PM EDT)
  • Groups: MySQL; Story Type: News Story
Percona says more than half of installs remain on version set to lose support in 2026 Users have six months to migrate from MySQL 8.0 if they are to stay on a supported version of the open source database, or face security and reliability risks.…

New story! Steam Deck 2 Rumors Ignite a New Era for Linux Gaming

The speculation around a successor to the Steam Deck has stirred renewed excitement, not just for a new handheld, but for what it signals in Linux-based gaming. With whispers of next-gen specs, deeper integration of SteamOS, and an evolving handheld PC ecosystem, these rumors are fueling broader hopes that Linux gaming is entering a more mature age. In this article we look at the existing rumors, how they tie into the Linux gaming landscape, why this matters, and what to watch.

New story! Qt Creator 18 Released With Experimental Support For Development Containers

  • Phoronix (Posted by bob on Oct 31, 2025 9:38 AM EDT)
  • Story Type: News Story
Qt Creator 18 is now available as the latest version of this Qt/C++-focused integrated development environment...

New story! LibreOffice 25.2.7 Rolls Out with 43 Bug Fixes

  • Linuxiac.com; By Bobby Borisov (Posted by bobolin on Oct 31, 2025 8:06 AM EDT)
  • Story Type: News Story
LibreOffice 25.2.7 open-source office suite wraps up the 25.2 branch with stability, crash, and compatibility fixes across Writer, Calc, and Impress.

New story! Purpose of utmp, wtmp, and btmp files in Linux (with an Example)

In this article, you will learn what utmp, wtmp, and btmp log files are, their purpose, and how to read them using the built-in command tool in Linux.

New story! Rust 1.91 Promotes Windows On 64-bit ARM To Tier-1 Status

  • Phoronix (Posted by bob on Oct 31, 2025 5:03 AM EDT)
  • Groups: ARM; Story Type: News Story
The Rust project announced today the release of Rust 1.91 as the latest update to this popular programming language priding itself on memory safety capabilities...

New story! Unraid 7.2 Lands with Responsive WebGUI, ZFS RAIDZ Expansion

  • Linuxiac.com; By Bobby Borisov (Posted by bobolin on Oct 31, 2025 3:32 AM EDT)
  • Story Type: News Story
Unraid 7.2 self-hosted NAS adds a fully responsive WebGUI, RAIDZ pool expansion, and extends compatibility to ext4, NTFS, and exFAT drives.

New story! Genode-Powered Sculpt OS 25.10 Brings Performance Improvements & Better Drivers

  • Phoronix (Posted by bob on Oct 31, 2025 2:00 AM EDT)
  • Story Type: News Story
The Genode operating system framework continues innovating over a decade and a half later on this original open-source OS creation and with that Sculpt OS as its general purpose OS. Out today is Sculpt OS 25.10 to incorporate the latest enhancements to the platform...

New story! Gitea 1.25 Released with 3D File Previews, Faster Archives

  • Linuxiac.com; By Bobby Borisov (Posted by bobolin on Oct 31, 2025 12:29 AM EDT)
  • Story Type: News Story
Gitea 1.25 self-hosted Git service debuts 3D model previews, CI/CD email notifications, and major performance improvements for large projects.

New story! LILYGO T-Echo Plus Integrates LoRa, GNSS, and IMU in Rugged Wireless Smart Tag

  • LinuxGizmos.com (Posted by bob on Oct 30, 2025 10:57 PM EDT)
  • Groups: Mobile; Story Type: News Story
LILYGO’s T-Echo Plus is a compact, battery-powered smart tag designed for wireless telemetry, motion tracking, and geolocation. It combines LoRa communication, GNSS positioning, Bluetooth Mesh, and a 6-axis IMU in an enclosure with both vibration and visual feedback, aiming to support mobile, field-deployed, or remote monitoring applications. The device uses the nRF52840 SoC from Nordic […]

New story! TrueNAS 25.10 Open-Source NAS Released with NVMe-oF, ZFS Enhancements

  • Linuxiac.com; By Bobby Borisov (Posted by bobolin on Oct 30, 2025 9:26 PM EDT)
  • Story Type: News Story
TrueNAS 25.10 “Goldeye” open-source NAS is out with NVMe over Fabric, 400GbE, open GPU driver support, major ZFS improvements, and more.

New story! DietPi October 2025 Update Adds Support for NanoPi R3S, R76S, and Reworked Dashboard

  • LinuxGizmos.com (Posted by bob on Oct 30, 2025 7:54 PM EDT)
  • Groups: Debian; Story Type: News Story
The October 18th release of DietPi v9.18 introduces support for new FriendlyELEC single-board computers, a redesigned DietPi-Dashboard with improved security, and the addition of the LazyLibrarian eBook and audiobook manager. The update also includes bug fixes, filesystem improvements, and expanded compatibility for virtual devices   DietPi: DietPi is a lightweight, Debian-based operating system optimized for […]

New story! LibreOffice 25.2.7 Is Out as the Last Update in the Series, Upgrade to LibreOffice 25.8

  • 9to5linux.com; By Marius Nestor (Posted by hanuca on Oct 30, 2025 6:23 PM EDT)
  • Story Type: News Story; Groups: Linux
The Document Foundation announced today the general availability of LibreOffice 25.2.7 as the seventh and last maintenance update in the LibreOffice 25.2 office suite series.

New story! TypeScript Overtakes Python to Become GitHub’s #1 Programming Language in 2025

TypeScript now ranks #1 on GitHub, while Python and JavaScript continue to grow strongly across AI and web projects.

New story! What is Shell? | CLI vs GUI | Shell Scripting Explained

The shell is nothing more than a program that carries the user typed commands or instructions from the terminal to the kernel.

New story! Safely Manage Linux Config Files with Drop-In (.d) Directories

Learn what drop-in (.d) directories are in Linux and how they help manage configuration files safely.

New story! Qt Creator 18 Open-Source IDE Released with Experimental Container Support

  • 9to5linux.com; By Marius Nestor (Posted by hanuca on Oct 30, 2025 12:17 PM EDT)
  • Story Type: News Story; Groups: Linux
The Qt Project released today Qt Creator 18 as the latest stable version of this open-source, free, and cross-platform integrated development environment (IDE) software for GNU/Linux, macOS, and Windows.

New story! Zorin 0S 18: 100,000+ Windows 10 Users Can’t Be Wrong

With performance boosts and seamless cloud connections, Zorin OS 18 is quickly becoming the top gateway for Windows refugees.

New story! AMD Radeon AI PRO R9700 Performance For OpenCL Workloads

  • Phoronix (Posted by bob on Oct 30, 2025 7:50 AM EDT)
  • Story Type: News Story
On Monday the AMD Radeon AI PRO R9700 officially arrived at Internet retailers and is successfully selling at the $1299 price point. Some models have sine sold out but as of writing two days later some Radeon AI PRO R9700 graphics cards remain available at that competitive price point. On Monday I provided some initial benchmarks of the AMD Radeon AI PRO R9700 for vLLM AI inferencing with more AI benchmarks on the way... While the craze is all about AI in 2025, the Radeon AI PRO R9700 does work for other non-AI workloads too and in this article is a look at its competitive OpenCL performance with great value compared to the NVIDIA RTX competition.

New story! How to Fix Bright Appearance After Updating To KDE Plasma 6.5

After updating KDE Plasma to version 6.5, I noticed that the overall appearance of the desktop became much brighter than before. Initially, I thought it was just a visual change, but the real cause turned out to be the blur effect. The default blur was causing this brighter look

New story! Mesa 25.2.6 Released With Many Driver Fixes

  • Phoronix (Posted by bob on Oct 30, 2025 4:47 AM EDT)
  • Groups: Linux; Story Type: News Story
Eric Engestrom just released Mesa 25.2.6 as the newest bi-weekly stable update to this collection of open-source OpenGL and Vulkan drivers widely used on Linux systems for 3D support...

New story! Ubuntu Unity hanging by a thread as wunderkind maintainer gets busy with life

Team begs for help as teenage dev who revived Canonical’s old Unity desktop prioritizes studies The Ubuntu Unity project is in trouble because its maintainer, a Linux whiz kid, has had less time to work on it due to his studies. Now other team members are appealing to the wider Ubuntu community for help. …

New story! Pop!_OS 24.04 LTS & COSMIC Desktop Aim For December Stable Release

  • Phoronix (Posted by bob on Oct 30, 2025 1:44 AM EDT)
  • Groups: Linux; Story Type: News Story
Following last month's Pop!_OS 24.04 LTS beta and COSMIC desktop beta, System76 has now shared their stable release plans for this long-awaited LInux distribution release with their Rust-written custom desktop...

New story! 'Keep Android Open' movement fights back against Google sideloading restrictions

Petition seeks to rally community opposition and alert regulators Starting next year, Google plans to require all apps installed on certified Android devices, including sideloading, to come from developers it has verified. Many Android developers see the move as a power grab and have started a movement to "Keep Android Open."…

New story! Ubuntu 25.04 Users Can Now Upgrade to Ubuntu 25.10, Here’s How

  • 9to5linux.com; By Marius Nestor (Posted by hanuca on Oct 29, 2025 10:41 PM EDT)
  • Story Type: Tutorial; Groups: Linux, Ubuntu
This is your friendly reminder that, as of today, October 29th, 2025, Canonical has opened the upgrade path for Ubuntu 25.04 (Plucky Puffin) users to the latest release, Ubuntu 25.10 (Questing Quokka).

New story! Disaggregated Routing with SONiC and VPP: Lab Demo and Performance Insights – Part Two

  • Linux.com (Posted by bob on Oct 29, 2025 9:09 PM EDT)
  • Groups: Linux; Story Type: News Story
In Part One of this series, we examined how the SONiC control plane and the VPP data plane form a cohesive, software-defined routing stack through the Switch Abstraction Interface.  We outlined how SONiC’s Redis-based orchestration and VPP’s user-space packet engine come together to create a high-performance, open router architecture. In this second part, we’ll turn […] The post Disaggregated Routing with SONiC and VPP: Lab Demo and Performance Insights – Part Two appeared first on Linux.com.

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