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Planet News Roundup
This is a roundup of articles from the openSUSE community listed on planet.opensuse.org. The below featured highlights listed on the community’s blog feed aggregator from July 21 to 27. Some of the most recent blogs openSUSE Conference 2025, updates ...
2025-07-28 09:00
Intel QAT Accelerators Being Demoted On Linux By FSCRYPT: Bug Prone & Slow
Intel's accelerator efforts in recent generations of Xeon processors have been challenging to say the least. From limited software support and configuration obstacles to some current-generation accelerators not being safe for VM use due to security iss...
2025-07-28 07:12
Rockchip NPU Driver "Rocket" Expected By Linux 6.18, Mesa 25.3 Brings User-Space Code
The open-source, reverse-engineered Rockchip NPU driver "Rocket" developed by Tomeu Vizoso will soon be in the mainline kernel. The Rocket Gallium3D driver was also merged today for Mesa 25.3 in the user-space code for their AI accelerator support...
2025-07-28 06:40
Linux 6.17 Power Management Refines Async Suspend/Resume, Adds More Intel Hardware
Among the number of early pull requests submitted in advance for the Linux 6.17 merge window were all the power management updates as well as to related areas like ACPI and thermal control drivers...
2025-07-28 06:24
Ubuntu 25.10 TPM-Backed Full Disk Encryption Will Be Considered Experimental
For the past two years Ubuntu developers have been talking about adding TPM-based full disk encryption to the installer for those wanting to leverage their system's Trusted Platform Module 2.0 capabilities to enhance security. It looks like for Ubuntu ...
2025-07-28 06:07
Intel Panther Lake Perf Integration Ready For Linux 6.17
The Linux support for Intel's next-generation Panther Lake SoCs appears to be largely set with Linux 6.16 ahead of the Core Ultra Series 3 laptops debuting in the coming months. There are though a few stragglers of Panther Lake support such as the perf...
2025-07-28 05:55
GNU Linux-libre 6.16 Fights Firmware In Nouveau, NOVA, Ath12k & Other Drivers
Following the Linux 6.16 kernel release from Sunday evening, GNU Linux-libre 6.16-gnu is now available for that kernel downstream that strips out driver/kernel code dependent upon non-free-software microcode/firmware, the ability to load proprietary ke...
2025-07-28 05:40
Linux 6.16 Released with OpenVPN Speed Boost, 5-Level Paging + More
Linux 6.16 improves OpenVPN speeds, expands 5-level paging, and delivers a 'stupendous' Ext4 performance boost - and a fair bit more. Highlights inside. You're reading Linux 6.16 Released with OpenVPN Speed Boost, 5-Level Paging + More, a blog post fro...
2025-07-28 02:12
Kapitano (Linux Antivirus Scanner) Developer Abandons Ship
Kapitano, a Linux virus scanning app using ClamAV has been discontinued by its developer due to all-too-common factor in open source development: bad faith. You're reading Kapitano (Linux Antivirus Scanner) Developer Abandons Ship, a blog post from OMG...
2025-07-27 18:31
Linux 6.16 Released - Better Performance, NVIDIA Blackwell Open-Source & Intel APX
As anticipated the Linux 6.16 kernel was promoted to stable. Linux 6.16 now greets the world with various performance improvements, NVIDIA Hopper and Blackwell open-source GPU driver support in Nouveau, Intel Advanced Performance Extensions (APX) prepa...
2025-07-27 17:31
KDE Plasma 6.5 Adds Low Ink Notifications to Avoid Duff Printing
I don't remember the last time I used a printer, let alone owned one, but I do remember printer ink running out mid-print being a major frustration. You're reading KDE Plasma 6.5 Adds Low Ink Notifications to Avoid Duff Printing, a blog post from OMG...
2025-07-27 16:37
KDE Plasma 6.5 Adds Low Printer Ink Notifications
I don't remember the last time I used a printer, let alone owned one, but I do remember printer ink running out mid-print being a major frustration. You're reading KDE Plasma 6.5 Adds Low Printer Ink Notifications, a blog post from OMG! Ubuntu. Do no...
2025-07-27 16:37
AMD Kernel Graphics Driver Exceeds 5.9 Million Lines In Linux 6.16
The modern AMD Kernel graphics driver consisting of AMDGPU, the AMDKFD compute code, and associated infrastructure continues to easily be the largest mainline open-source driver. With the Linux 6.16 kernel debuting as stable as soon as later today, the...
2025-07-27 11:26
Linux 6.17 Introducing Support For The NVIDIA Tegra T264/Thor, New RISC-V SoCs
In advance of the Linux 6.17 merge window expected to open soon following the Linux 6.16 release, all of the SoC updates have been submitted to Linus Torvalds for this next kernel version...
2025-07-27 09:55
New Ubuntu Concept Snapdragon X Laptop ISOs Published - Your Mileage May Vary
A few days back I wrote about Canonical releasing new Ubuntu 25.04 "Concept" ISOs for the Snapdragon X laptops with the new install images being re-based to the Linux 6.16 kernel and expanding the device support. But as I found out from my own testing,...
2025-07-27 08:37
Shotcut 25.07 Video Editor Introduces Speech to Text Model Downloader
Shotcut 25.07 open-source video editor is now available for download with new Speech to Text model downloader and other changes. Here's what's new! The post Shotcut 25.07 Video Editor Introduces Speech to Text Model Downloader appeared first on 9to5Li...
2025-07-27 07:41
GNU Binutils 2.45 Released With Continued Work Around SFrame Stack Tracing
GNU Binutils 2.45 was released on Sunday morning as the newest version of this set of open-source binary tools...
2025-07-27 06:43
AMD SEV Optimizations Ready For Linux 6.17 Plus A 10x Improvement For Intel TDX
There are a few AMD Secure Encrypted Virtualization improvements on the way for the Linux 6.17 kernel worth noting...
2025-07-27 06:29
Shotcut 25.07 Video Editor Brings Numerous Improvements
Shotcut 25.07 is out today as the newest feature release for this prominent open-source and cross-platform video editing solution...
2025-07-27 06:04
DebConf25 closes in Brest and DebConf26 announced
On Saturday 19 July 2025, the annual Debian Developers and Contributors Conference came to a close. Over 443 attendees representing 50 countries from around the world came together for a combined 169 events (including some which took place during the ...
2025-07-26 23:50