Wine-Staging 11.18 Adds New Patches To Further Improve WoW64
Building off yesterday’s Wine 11.18 bi-weekly development release is now Wine-Staging 11.18. This experimental flavor of Wine is presently carrying 273 extra patches over that upstream Git state, including some new patches for helping enhance the WoW64 support… ⌘ Read more
GNOME OS Turns To Zswap To Deal With OOM Issues, Progress On Geary Email Client Fork
In addition to this week’s GNOME 51 release were several other exciting developments in the GNOME desktop space… ⌘ Read more
KDE Plasma 6.8 Seeing More Polishing & Fixes, Plasma 6.9 Begins Seeing More Activity
Following last week’s Plasma 6.8 beta release, KDE desktop developers have spent this week mostly working on bug fixes as well as some early changes toward Plasma 6.9… ⌘ Read more
Ubuntu 26.10 Switches To The Linux 7.3 Kernel
As a very pleasant surprise, the upcoming Ubuntu 26.10 release will now be powered by the Linux 7.3 kernel rather than their original plans and switch over to the Linux 7.2 kernel… ⌘ Read more
Wine 11.18 Continues Building Out Its NTOSKRNL Implementation
Wine 11.18 is out today as the newest bi-weekly development release of this open-source software for running Windows games and apps on Linux, macOS, and other platforms… ⌘ Read more
AMD Strix Halo Enjoys Some Performance Gains On Ubuntu 26.10, Especially With amd64v3
Ahead of next week’s Ubuntu 26.10 beta release I have been testing the “Stonking Stingray” on a variety of systems. Ubuntu 26.10 is performing well overall with some nice upgrades over Ubuntu 26.04 LTS, especially if opting to use the new snapshot/daily ISOs of Ubuntu 26.10 in amd64v3 form for x86_64-v3 packages. In today’s tests are a look at the performance benefits of Ubuntu 26.10 on an AMD Ryzen AI Max+ “Strix Halo”. ⌘ Read more
Dune: Awakening v1.5 brings a full single-player mode and much more customization
A big day for what was previously an MMO, Dune: Awakening version 1.5 has been released expanding the game to let you play however you want.
Read the full article on [GamingOnLinux](https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/09/dune-awakening-v1-5-brings-a-full-single-player-mode-and- … ⌘ Read more
Nuke your neighbours in the massively multiplayer RTS game ‘OpenFront’ now on Steam
OpenFront has jumped over from being a browser game to a Steam release, and I can see it easily sucking away lots of my time firing off nukes at my neighbours.
Read the full article on [GamingOnLinux](https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/09/nuke-your-neighbours-in-the-massive … ⌘ Read more
SteamOS 0.3.0 for Steam Frame released
Valve are now beginning to announce SteamOS updates for the Steam Frame, with the first public notification being SteamOS 0.3.0 for Steam Frame.
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OpenCL 3.1.2 Released With cl_khr_command_buffer Promoted
The Khronos Group today released the newest revision of the OpenCL specification with a handful of changes… ⌘ Read more
Jemalloc 5.4 Released With Portability Improvements, Code Cleanups
Earlier this year Meta announced a renewed investment into the jemalloc memory allocator that’s been popular for server and HPC use among various desktop use-cases too. After stagnating a bit in recent years, Jemalloc has been off to seeing new developments since Meta’s announcement and out today is Jemalloc 5.4 as the latest step forward… ⌘ Read more
Mojo 1.1 Released, Now Accepting Community Contributions To The Compiler
Last month Modular’s Mojo language was open-sourced following the acquisition of Modular by Qualcomm. Modular was the AI startup founded by Chris Lattner of LLVM and Swift fame. Released today was Mojo 1.1 and also marks the project recently now beginning code contributions from the community to its compiler… ⌘ Read more
Intel Compute Stack Enables LEO For Nova Lake, Introduces Intel Portable ISA “PISA”
Released today was the Intel Compute Runtime 26.35.39758.10 update for Windows and Linux systems. With this updated OpenCL and Level Zero GPU compute driver stack comes some exciting updates for this monthly feature update… ⌘ Read more
Rust Coreutils 0.12 Released With Fixes Sought By Ubuntu
Days after the recent release of GNU Coreutils 9.12, Rust Coreutils 0.12 was released overnight for advancing this alternative Rust-based implementation of these core utilities… ⌘ Read more
Dragonfly 2.0 Delivers More Performance For This Modern Replacement To Redis & Memcached
Released on Wednesday was a new version of the Dragonfly database that continues to promote itself as “the world’s most efficient in-memory data store” and a modern replacement to the likes of Redis and Memcached while being fully compatible with their APIs… ⌘ Read more
libinput 1.32 Released With Circular Scrolling Support For Circular Touchpads
Leading Linux input expert Peter Hutterer announced the release today of libinput 1.32 for improving input handling on Wayland and X.Org based environments… ⌘ Read more
Minecraft Java Edition 26.3 ‘Wilderness Bound’ update released
The latest content drop is out now with Minecraft Java Edition 26.3 ‘Wilderness Bound’ update released.
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Harbour Masters release ‘PaperBoat’ their Paper Mario 64 PC port
Another Nintendo game has a new unofficial PC port with PaperBoat from Harbour Masters for Paper Mario 64.
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Xbox classic Lost Odyssey has a experimental PC build - now with a Linux version
Recently we had the Blue Dragon unofficial open source native PC release, and we also have one for another Xbox classic with Lost Odyssey.
Read the full article on [GamingOnLinux](https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/09/xbox-classic-lost-odyssey-has-a-experimental-pc-build-now-wit … ⌘ Read more
GNOME 51 released with performance improvements, various app upgrades
GNOME 51 has officially arrived, and with it - plenty of fancy new features for the popular Linux desktop environment.
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Tonight, my son and I attended a screening of the original Highlander (1986) at my local indie cinema, the Independent Picture House in North Charlotte (about 35 minutes away by car). Very cool place with a great atmosphere, and I thoroughly enjoyed seeing one of my favorite films in an actual cinema, even if it was 40 years after its release.
We already have tickets for Psycho (1960) and Chopping Mall (1986), both playing next month. 😎
Adafruit’s New CircuitPython ‘Turbo’ Brings Native Code To Tiny Boards
Targeting students and beginners, Adafruit released “CircuitPython” in 2017 (as a derivative of the MicroPython microcontroller-optimized programming language).
Now Adafruit managing director Phillip Torrone (also long-time Slashdot reader ptorrone) brings this update:
Adafruit has published CircuitPython Turbo, a workflow that compile … ⌘ Read more
Mir/Wayland-Powered Miracle-WM 0.11 Released With New Overview Mode, Window Urgency
Canonical engineer Matthew Kosarek rolled out Miracle-WM 0.11 today as an end-of-summer update to this Wayland compositor built atop the Mir library… ⌘ Read more
Mesa 26.2.3 Released With AMD GFX1171 Support, Other Fixes
Mesa 26.2.3 is out today as the newest stable point release in this quarter’s Mesa 26.2 series… ⌘ Read more
Ubuntu 26.10 amd64v3 Can Provide A Nice Boost For Low-End/Budget Hardware
Canonical recently began producing Ubuntu 26.10 amd64v3 daily ISOs to complement their experimental amd64v3 package archive that they have been trialing the past few release cycles. While we still don’t know what any official plans are for amd64v3 with Ubuntu 26.10, the performance gains can be very worthwhile over the generic amd64 binaries even for low-end/budget hardware. ⌘ Read more
GNOME 51 Released With Improved Frame Scheduling, Many App Improvements
Right on schedule and in time for appearing in the likes of Ubuntu 26.10 and Fedora Workstation 45, the GNOME 51 desktop is officially released… ⌘ Read more
Firefox Touts Lower CPU Use for Large JPEGs, Faster PDF Viewer Startup (and AI Controls)
Firefox 156 is the second release since Mozilla moved to a twice-monthly release schedule, and the blog OMG Ubuntu notes it has faster start-up times for its built-in PDF viewer and also lower CPU usage when viewing large JPEG images:
In Firefox 156, the browser now uses libjpeg-turbo’s IDCT scaling t … ⌘ Read more
Ubuntu’s ‘Rust-ification’ Hits New Milestone: Coreutils Migration is Complete
“Ubuntu has managed to do away with GNU Core Utilities in its default stack,” reports the blog It’s FOSS.
The last three utilities — cp, mv and rm — have been moved to versions from the uutils project (which reimplements utilities in Rust).
Everything else, from ls and cat to chmod and du, made that jump in earlier release … ⌘ Read more
Ubuntu 26.10 Set To Deliver Better Performance For Intel Core 3 Wildcat Lake
While Ubuntu 26.04 LTS is working fine out-of-the-box on new Intel Core 3 “Wildcat Lake” laptops like the CHUWI UniBook, next month’s release of Ubuntu 26.10 will help deliver better performance out of these low-cost laptop options. ⌘ Read more
Fedora 45 Beta Released With KMSCON Console, GNOME 51 & Other Updates
The beta release of Fedora 45 is out today and right on schedule for this wonderful Linux distribution… ⌘ Read more
Java 27 Reaches GA With The G1 Garbage Collector By Default Everywhere
Oracle christened Java 27 today with the OpenJDK 27 release reaching general availability (GA) status… ⌘ Read more
Sound Open Firmware 2.15 Released With AMD ACP 7.x Support, Intel UAOL
Sound Open Firmware as the open-source, vendor-independent audio DSP firmware stack and driver framework is out today with a new feature update… ⌘ Read more
Firefox 157 Beta Released With Latest Enhancements
The Firefox release train keeps on rolling. With Firefox 156 released, Firefox 157 is now in beta ahead of the planned release coming up at the end of September… ⌘ Read more
OpenAPV Sees Big Update For Advancing The Advanced Professional Video Codec
OpenAPV as the open-source reference implementation of the Advanced Professional Video (APV) codec today saw its v1.1.1 release, succeeding v0.3.0 as the prior release… ⌘ Read more
Heroic Games Launcher v2.22.2 brings fixes for Rockstar, Ubisoft and more
Heroic Games Launcher continues being an essential tool in the box for SteamOS / Linux gamers, with a fresh hotfix release out now.
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SteamOS 3.8.27 Beta and SteamOS 3.9.1 Preview released - Valve continue working on NVIDIA support
Valve released two new testing builds with SteamOS 3.8.27 Beta and the much bigger SteamOS 3.9.1 Preview.
Read the full article on [GamingOnLinux](https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/09/steamos-3-8-27-beta-and-steamos-3-9-1-preview … ⌘ Read more
GNU Coreutils 9.12 Released With Performance Optimizations, New uname Option
GNU Coreutils 9.12 released today with a mix of fixes, some new options, and various performance improvements to these widely-used set of core system utilities… ⌘ Read more
Steam Frame pricing and release date revealed by Valve - it’s a lottery again
Valve today finally announced the price of their new VR kit the Steam Frame with SteamOS Linux, and it’s actually not as bad as I expected.
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Rustls 0.23.45 Released To Fix Two Year Old Security Issue
While the Rustls modern TLS library is written in the Rust programming language with a focus on memory safety, as we’ve seen out of other Rust project re-implementations in the past, the new implementations can lead to other security bugs of their own. Out today is Rustls 0.23.45 to fix a security issue introduced back in 2024 with Rustls while the likes of OpenSSL, BoringSSL, and others are unaffected… ⌘ Read more
Firefox 156 Available With Its Built-In PDF Viewer Starting Up To 45% Faster
Mozilla today published their Firefox 156.0 release binaries ahead of the official Tuesday announcement… ⌘ Read more
OpenRGB 1.0 released to help you control all your fancy gamer lights
A PC is never truly a gamer PC unless it has some fancy RGB lighting right? Now easier to control than ever with OpenRGB 1.0 released.
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Linux Patched For Silent User-Space Data Loss Bug That’s Existed Since 2023
Being merged after yesterday’s Linux 7.3-rc3 release was an important fix for addressing a silent, user-space data loss bug that has existed in the kernel the past three years… ⌘ Read more
Transport Fever 3 gets a brand new gameplay overview
Transport Fever 3 from Urban Games and Paradox Interactive has a new gameplay overview to check out ahead of the release this month.
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NASA and IBM Open Source Lunar Mapping Tools
NASA and IBM have released an open-source AI model trained on a large collection of lunar observations to help scientists analyze the Moon at scale. “The NASA-IBM Lunar Foundation Model gives scientists a foundation to explore the Moon at scale, connecting observations across instruments, revealing patterns that are difficult to see in isolation, and providing an open platform the gl … ⌘ Read more
Linux 7.3-rc3 Released: “Another Fairly Large RC”
Out today is the third weekly release candidate of Linux 7.3 as this next kernel version works its way toward a stable release in the second half of October… ⌘ Read more
ARCTIC’s Fan Controller Driver For Linux Being Dual-Licensed With BSD-2-Clause
Earlier this year ARCTIC published a fan controller driver for Linux. Besides being rare for an enthusiast-oriented company to publish a Linux driver themselves where typically it’s left up to the open-source community for driver support for such peripherals, it was all the more interesting as they published the Linux driver and got it mainlined before the product was even released. In the end the ARTCIC Fan Controller is the best des … ⌘ Read more
GNOME Shotwell 33 Photo Manager Released With GTK4 Port
It’s been quite some time since hearing any news out of the Shotwell photo manager project for GNOME, but out today is Shotwell 33 with the long-awaited GTK4 port… ⌘ Read more
Debian 13.7 Released With Many Bug Fixes
For those wanting the freshest Debian 13 “Trixie” install media, Debian 13.7 is out today in bundling up all the latest bug and security fixes… ⌘ Read more
GTK 4.24 Released With Better Fractional Scaling, More Precise GDK Frame-Clock
GTK 4.24 released on Friday as the newest stable feature release to the GTK4 toolkit. It’s quite a nice update to GTK4 for pairing with next week’s GNOME 51 desktop release… ⌘ Read more
Intel Linux NPU Driver Only Now Officially Supports Ubuntu 26.04 LTS
Releasing on Friday was the Intel Linux NPU Driver 1.38 as the user-space open-source driver components for leveraging the Core Ultra Neural Processing Unit (NPU) under Linux in conjunction with the upstream IVPU kernel accelerator driver… ⌘ Read more