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📰 Nouveau vs. NVIDIA R595 Linux Driver For Workstation Graphics Performance When having the HP Z6 G5 A workstation in the lab for benchmarking, one of the curiosity-driven tests was seeing how well the latest open-source and upstream Nouveau driver stack is competing against the latest official NVIDIA R595 driver for workstations. The official NVIDIA Linux driver stack remains the best positioned software solution for RTX (PRO) hardware but Nouveau continues evolving while awaiting the Nova kernel driver to reach the... 🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/review/nvidia-nouveau-nvk-may2026 #kernel#linux#opensource

📰 Intel's Vulkan Linux Driver Now Supports Device Generated Commands "DGC" Exciting yesterday in the land of Intel's open-source Vulkan driver "ANV" for Linux systems was introducing experimental support for descriptor heaps with the VK_EXT_descriptor_heap extension. Today there is another separate exciting development for this open-source Intel driver: Vulkan device generated commands are finally merged!... 🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Intel-ANV-Vulkan-DGC #intel#linux#opensource

📰 Dell & Lenovo Now Sponsoring The Linux Vendor Firmware Service Dell and Lenovo have stepped up to become premier sponsors for the Linux Vendor Firmware Service (LVFS) that provides for seamless system firmware and device/component firmware updating under Linux with the Fwupd client... 🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Dell-Lenovo-Sponsoring-LVFS #linux

📰 VKD3D-Proton 3.0.1 Brings More Improvements For Direct3D 12 On Vulkan Hans-Kristian Arntzen of Valve's Linux graphics driver team announced the release today of VKD3D-Proton 3.0.1 for Direct3D 12 over the Vulkan API... 🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/VKD3D-Proton-3.0.1 #linux#proton

📰 AMD Geode CPU Support Being Orphaned By Linux For those with fond memories of the AMD Geode x86 embedded processors, the Linux kernel is set to orphan these since discontinued and obsolete CPUs... 🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/AMD-Geode-Orphaned-By-Linux #amd#kernel#linux

📰 Flatpak 1.17.7 To Track The Age Of Configurations For Providing Much Better Performance Flatpak 1.17.7 is now available for continuing to advance open-source app sandboxing and distribution on the Linux desktop. Some interesting new features are in tow with this Flatpak update plus there is also an updated XDG-Desktop-Portal release too... 🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Flatpak-1.17.7-Released #flatpak#linux#opensource

📰 New stealthy Quasar Linux malware targets software developers A previously undocumented Linux implant named Quasar Linux (QLNX) is targeting developers' systems with a mix of rootkit, backdoor, and credential-stealing capabilities. 🔗 Source: https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/new-stealthy-quasar-linux-malware-targets-software-developers/ #linux

📰 Orion for Linux adds a content blocker and download manager A new beta build of Orion for Linux is available, with the v0.3 update ready for ‘broader, real-world use and feedback’, according to Kagi, the company behind it. Orion for Linux is a native GTK4/libadwaita web browser powered by WebKitGTK, aiming for feature parity with established macOS version (platform-specific features notwithstanding). It launched an alpha in early 2026 and an initial beta in March. 🔗 Source: https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/05/orion-for-linux-public-beta #linux

📰 KDE’s New CSS-Based Style Engine Union Is Coming to KDE Plasma 6.7 The upcoming KDE Plasma 6.7 desktop environment will finally introduce KDE's new CSS-based style engine called Union as a technical preview. 🔗 Source: https://9to5linux.com/kdes-new-css-based-style-engine-union-is-coming-to-kde-plasma-6-7 #kde#plasma

📰 Orion for Linux’s latest beta is out A new beta build of Orion for Linux is available, with the v0.3 update described by its makers, the search company Kagi, as being “ready for broader, real-world use and feedback”. Orion for Linux is a native GTK4/libadwaita web browser powered by WebKitGTK. It launched an alpha build in early 2026 followed by early beta in March. The goal is to offer feature parity with the macOS version (platform-specific features notwithstanding). 🔗 Source: https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/05/orion-for-linux-public-beta #linux

📰 Raspberry Pi Imager Now Supports Raspberry Pi Connect for Organizations Raspberry Pi Imager 2.0.9 flashing tool for Raspberry Pi devices is now available for download with support for Raspberry Pi Connect for Organizations and many other changes. 🔗 Source: https://9to5linux.com/raspberry-pi-imager-now-supports-raspberry-pi-connect-for-organizations #raspberry

📰 BlueZ-powered Auracast broadcasting on Genio 700 Collabora brought Bluetooth Auracast broadcasting to MediaTek Genio 700 for Embedded World 2026. Here's the complete, fully Open Source setup featuring Debian, BlueZ, PipeWire, with all the code and configs from our live booth demo. 🔗 Source: https://www.collabora.com/news-and-blog/blog/2026/05/05/bluez-powered-auracast-broadcasting-on-genio-700/ #debian#opensource