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Valve Hires Veteran AMD Mesa Developer Marek Olšák
Marek Olšák, one of Mesa's most prolific contributors and a longtime AMD developer behind the modern RadeonSI driver, has joined Valve's growing Linux graphics team.
Debian 13.5 Lands With Sweeping Security Fixes for Trixie
Debian 13.5 ships with roughly 100 package updates, headlined by massive FreeRDP and Apache CVE batches plus a StarFive RISC-V USB boot fix.
KDE Plasma 6.7 Beta Debuts Union Theming System for Public Testing
KDE Plasma 6.7 beta ships the first public preview of Union, a new theming system that takes over styling for every QML and Kirigami app once installed.
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Valve Developer Brings DRM Format Modifiers to Aging AMD GCN GPUs on Linux
Valve's Timur Kristóf has posted patches adding DRM format modifier support to AMD GCN 1.0 through GFX8 GPUs, the last AMDGPU-supported cards that lacked it.
Sovereign Tech Fund Backs KDE to Strengthen Linux Desktop Infrastructure
Germany's Sovereign Tech Fund is funding KDE to harden testing, security, and communications across the Plasma desktop and its broader free software stack.
OpenZFS 2.4.2 Lands With Linux 7.1 Compatibility and dRAID Corruption Fixes
OpenZFS 2.4.2 adds Linux 7.1 support, fixes multiple dRAID corruption and rebuild bugs, and finishes porting Linux mount handling to the modern fs_context API.
KDE Plasma 6.6.5 Arrives With a Month of Bug Fixes and Translations
KDE has released Plasma 6.6.5, a maintenance update that bundles a month of bug fixes and translation work on top of the 6.6 desktop environment.
OpenZFS 2.3.7 Lands With dRAID Stability Fixes and Linux 7.0 Support
OpenZFS 2.3.7 lands with stability fixes for dRAID rebuilds, block cloning corruption, and Linux kernel 7.0 compatibility spanning kernels 4.18 through 7.0.
UBports Releases Ubuntu Touch 24.04-1.3 With Better Desktop App Support
Ubuntu Touch 24.04-1.3 brings improved X11 desktop app support to Linux phones, letting users run traditional Linux applications outside the Lomiri shell.
Bazzite 44.20260511 Ships Custom Kernel and Steam Controller Wake Fixes
Bazzite's latest stable image swaps in a custom ogc2.1 kernel, fixes Steam Controller wake from sleep, and updates Mesa, Gamescope, and Nvidia drivers across all images.
KDE Frameworks 6.26.0 Brings Revamped Kirigami Forms, New Python Bindings, and KDE Connect Integration
Kirigami gets a completely rewritten FormLayout, KCalendarCore adds Python bindings, and Solid gains KDE Connect device integration in this packed monthly release.
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Linux 7.1-rc2 Fixes Two-Year-Old Steam Deck OLED Audio Bug
Linux 7.1-rc2 finally fixes a two-year-old audio bug on the Steam Deck OLED and brings AMD GPU fixes, NTFS improvements, and AI-driven sched_ext patches.
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Steam Deck OLED Finally Gets Audio Fix in Mainline Linux Kernel After Two Years
A DMI quirk finally restores audio on the Steam Deck OLED in mainline Linux, fixing a regression that has persisted since the 6.8 kernel cycle.
Volla Phone Plinius Ships With Ubuntu Touch or De-Googled Android
Volla's new IP68 Android handset ships with a user-replaceable 5,300 mAh battery and a choice of Ubuntu Touch or de-Googled Volla OS at checkout.
Proxmox Backup Server 4.2 Adds S3 Storage, Encrypted Sync, and Parallel Transfers
Proxmox Backup Server 4.2 brings server-side encryption for sync jobs, parallel group transfers, and official S3 storage backend support on a Debian 13.4 base with kernel 7.0 and ZFS 2.4.
Proxmox Adds StorPool as Official Solution Provider for High-Performance Block Storage
StorPool brings sub-0.1 ms latency block storage to Proxmox VE with native integration, targeting enterprises running demanding workloads on open-source infrastructure.
Pi-hole Patches Two Security Vulnerabilities in Latest Release
Pi-hole's latest update fixes two security vulnerabilities and resolves thread-safety crashes under concurrent API load.
Bazzite 43.20260420 Fixes Steam Window Rules and Updates Mesa, GNOME Extensions
Bazzite's latest stable image fixes Steam window behavior under GNOME Wayland and refreshes Mesa, container tooling, and several bundled shell extensions.
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Valve Engineer Finally Brings Linux Support to AMD Radeon HD 7870 XT After Nearly 14 Years
A Valve engineer's patch series finally enables the Radeon HD 7870 XT to work under Linux, fixing a 14-year-old bug caused by the GPU's unusual harvested silicon configuration.
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Valve Engineers Merge RDNA 4m Driver Support Into Mesa Ahead of AMD's Unannounced APUs
Valve's Linux graphics team merges RDNA 4m (GFX 11.7) Vulkan driver support into Mesa, revealing next-gen floating point features headed to unannounced AMD APUs.