Flatpak 1.17 Adds Support For Sideloading From OCI Images, flatpak+HTTPS URIs Flatpak 1.17 is out today as the newest feature release for this Linux app sandboxing/distribution tech. Flatpak 1.17 brings a number of exciting new features...

Flatpak 1.17 Adds Support For Sideloading From OCI Images, flatpak+HTTPS URIs - Phoronix

Flatpak 1.17 is out today as the newest feature release for this Linux app sandboxing/distribution tech

GCC 16 Lands Improved Memmove Behavior For x86/x86_64 CPUs H.J. Lu, a long-time compiler expert at Intel, merged today improved memmove() behavior for the GNU Compiler Collection ahead of the upcoming GCC 16 release...

GCC 16 Lands Improved Memmove Behavior For x86/x86_64 CPUs - Phoronix

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NASM 3.00 Assembler Is Ready With Intel APX & AVX10 Support Slipping under my radar in October was the release of NASM 3.00 and the follow-up NASM 3.01 release shortly there after. This widely-used open-source assembler is now ready with support for Intel's Advanced Performance Extensions (APX) and AVX10...

NASM 3.00 Assembler Is Ready With Intel APX & AVX10 Support - Phoronix

Slipping under my radar in October was the release of NASM 3.00 and the follow-up NASM 3.01 release shortly there after

Perforator 0.0.7 Released With New Features For Continuous Performance Profiling Open-sourced at the start of the calendar year was Perforator as a continuous profiling tool to find code inefficiencies. Yandex who open-sourced it claimed that it could lead businesses to saving "billions of dollars a year on server infrastructure." It's been a few months since the last feature release but out this weekend is Perforator 0.0.7...

Perforator 0.0.7 Released With New Features For Continuous Performance Profiling - Phoronix

Open-sourced at the start of the calendar year was Perforator as a continuous profiling tool to find code inefficiencies

Steam On Linux Gaming Finally Cracks 3% For October 2025 Steam on Linux use has hit an all-time high! With the Steam Survey results for October 2025 coming out this evening, Steam on Linux has finally cracked the 3% threshold! A few months back Steam on Linux was close to 3% before stumbling a bit but now it's above that elusive threshold. The only time Steam on Linux use was close to the 3% mark was when Steam on Linux initially debu…

Steam On Linux Gaming Finally Cracks 3% For October 2025 - Phoronix

Steam on Linux use has hit an all-time high! With the Steam Survey results for October 2025 coming out this evening, Steam on Linux has finally cra...

Debian's APT Will Soon Begin Requiring Rust: Debian Ports Need To Adapt Or Be Sunset Debian developer Julian Andres Klode sent out a message on Halloween that may give some Debian Linux users and developers a spook: the APT packaging tool next year will begin requiring a Rust compiler. This will place a hard requirement by Debian Linux on Rust support for all architectures. Debian CPU architectures with ports currently but lacking Rust…

Debian's APT Will Soon Begin Requiring Rust: Debian Ports Need To Adapt Or Be Sunset - Phoronix

Debian developer Julian Andres Klode sent out a message on Halloween that may give some Debian Linux users and developers a spook: the APT packagin...

Archinstall 3.0.12 & Pacman 7.1 Released For Arch Linux Users Kicking off November for Arch Linux users happen to be the releases of Pacman 7.1 as well as Archinstall 3.0.12...

Archinstall 3.0.12 & Pacman 7.1 Released For Arch Linux Users - Phoronix

Kicking off November for Arch Linux users happen to be the releases of Pacman 7.1 as well as Archinstall 3.0.12.

KDE Plasma 6.6 To Support Intel's Adaptive Sharpness Feature KDE Plasma developers continue to be busy landing more fixes for the recently introduced Plasma 6.5 while also lining up more new features for Plasma 6.6...

KDE Plasma 6.6 To Support Intel's Adaptive Sharpness Feature - Phoronix

KDE Plasma developers continue to be busy landing more fixes for the recently introduced Plasma 6.5 while also lining up more new features for Plas...

GNOME Gains A New macOS-Inspired Quick Menu Option For GNOME desktop users desiring a more macOS-like experience, a new GNOME extension provides a macOS-inspired quick menu option...

GNOME Gains A New macOS-Inspired Quick Menu Option - Phoronix

For GNOME desktop users desiring a more macOS-like experience, a new GNOME extension provides a macOS-inspired quick menu option.

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...

Krita Lands Basic HDR Support On Wayland - Phoronix

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