📰 Imagination's Open-Source PowerVR Vulkan Driver Now Plays Nicely With Zink OpenGL
The past several years Imagination Tech has been investing in an upstream and open-source DRM kernel graphics driver as well as a PowerVR Vulkan driver in Mesa. Their Mesa focus has exclusively been on the PowerVR Vulkan driver with the plans all along to use the Zink generic OpenGL-on-Vulkan implementation. With next quarter's Mesa 26.
🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/PowerVR-Vulkan-Does-Zink
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📰 Linux's adorable Tux the Penguin mascot turns 30 today, and the OG design is still being used
Whenever people think of Linux, the first thing that springs to mind, regardless of whether they're an open-source vet or if they've never even touched a Linux PC before, is Tux. Tux is the penguin associated with the Linux kernel as a whole, and he's found his way onto operating systems, merch, and various memes that depict the image creator's distaste for Windows.
🔗 Source: https://www.xda-developers.com/linuxs-tux-the-penguin-mascot-turns-30-today/
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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
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📰 RISC-V BeagleV Ahead Single Board Computer To See Working HDMI With Linux 7.1
The BeagleV Ahead is an open-source RISC-V single board computer S(BC) built around the quad-core TH1520 SoC. With the Linux 7.1 mainline kernel there is HDMI display support coming now that the Device Tree bits have been added...
🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-7.1-BeagleV-Ahead-HDMI
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📰 NXP Neutron NPU Kernel Driver Blocked For Now By A Closed-Source User-Space Blob
Last month NXP posted open-source Linux kernel driver patches for their Neutron NPU accelerator. The NXP Neutron NPU aims to help with edge AI applications and this neural processing unit is found in their different SoCs. Unfortunately, their GitHub repository for the user-space software ends up containing a binary-only blob that will end up delaying plans on getting this driver into the mainline Linux kernel...
🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/NXP-Neutron-NPU-User-Blob
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📰 OpenWrt 25.12 Released with APK Package Manager Replacing opkg
OpenWrt 25.12 open-source router firmware arrives with a major shift to the APK package manager, replacing opkg, alongside Linux kernel 6.12.
🔗 Source: https://linuxiac.com/openwrt-25-12-released-with-apk-package-manager-replacing-opkg/
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📰 Drgn v0.1 Released For Very Versatile Programmable Debugger
Drgn is the programmable debugger developed by Meta engineer Omar Sandoval that has proven quite versatile and popular with Linux kernel developers and others. After nearly two dozen releases already, Drgn v0.1 was released this week as another big step forward for this open-source debugger...
🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Drgn-0.1-Released
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📰 BleachBit’s new TUI lets you clean without a desktop environment
Open-source cleaning tool BleachBit has gained a text-based user interface (TUI) as an optional alternative to its standard graphical frontend. Unlike BleachBit’s existing CLI, which is intended for non-interactive use in scripts, the TUI is fully interactive, you navigate the interface with your keyboard (there’s limited mouse support) to select, preview and clean out cruft.
🔗 Source: https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/05/bleachbit-tui
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📰 MuseScore Studio 4.7 Notation App Adds New Guitar Features
MuseScore Studio 4.7 open-source notation app adds new engraving tools, guitar notation features, playback improvements, MP4 export, and more.
🔗 Source: https://linuxiac.com/musescore-studio-4-7-notation-app-adds-new-guitar-features/
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📰 Dusk is a reverse-engineered reimplementation of The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess
The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess comes to PC thanks to a new open source reverse-engineered reimplementation called Dusk.Read the full article on GamingOnLinux.
🔗 Source: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/05/dusk-is-a-reverse-engineered-reimplementation-of-the-legend-of-zelda-twilight-princess
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📰 Restriced by the West, Huawei's Open Source HarmonyOS Now Powers 55 Million Devices
It seems that Huawei has managed to create an ecosystem of hardware as well as software.
🔗 Source: https://feed.itsfoss.com/link/24361/17338103/harmony-os-rises-china
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📰 Audacious 4.6 Media Player Promises File Browser Plugin, Beta Out Now
Audacious 4.6 open-source media player is now available for public beta testing with a File Browser plugin, a macOS Now Playing plugin, support for playing Musepack SV8 files, and much more.
🔗 Source: https://9to5linux.com/audacious-4-6-media-player-promises-file-browser-plugin-beta-out-now
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