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9to5Linux Weekly Roundup: April 6th, 2025

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Linus Torvalds Announces First Linux Kernel 6.15 Release Candidate

Two weeks have passed since the release of Linux kernel 6.14, and Linux 6.15’s merge window is now closed, which means that it’s time to test drive the Release Candidate (RC) development versions every Sunday until the final release in about two months from today.

You Can Now Install Linux Kernel 6.14 on Ubuntu 24.10, Here’s How

Linux kernel 6.14 was released on March 24th, 2025, with new features like Btrfs RAID1 read balancing support, a new ntsync subsystem for Win NT synchronization primitives to boost game emulation with Wine, uncached buffered I/O support, and a new accelerator driver for the AMD XDNA Ryzen AI NPUs (Neural Processing Units).

APT 3.0 Debian Package Manager Released with Revamped Command-Line Interface

APT 3.0 package manager gives users a concise and well-laid-out command-line output when updating, installing, or removing packages via the terminal emulator. The new APT 3.0 command-line interface brings a columnar display that will make it easier for users to scan for a package name.

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DFRobot Previews RISC-V-Based FireBeetle 2 with ESP32-P4, Targeting Image and Video Applications

The FireBeetle 2 ESP32-P4 is an upcoming compact development board designed for real-time image processing, video streaming, and wireless communication. It targets HMI applications such as digital photo frames, security systems, home control panels, and smart doorbells.

EM1103B Board Integrates 0.5 TOPS NPU and 8MP ISP with RV1103B SoC

The EM1103B is a compact single-board computer built around the Rockchip RV1103B SoC. Designed for vision-based AIoT tasks, it targets applications like smart cameras, doorbells, and battery-powered surveillance devices, combining processing, AI acceleration, and imaging features in a small footprint.

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Nvidia Drivers on Linux: What You Need to Know

posted by Rianne Schestowitz on Apr 06, 2025

Quoting: Nvidia Drivers on Linux: What You Need to Know —

While AMD continues to fight valiantly, Nvidia is a force to be reckoned with in the world of GPUs, and they’re difficult to avoid. On Linux, this is slightly more complicated than it is on Windows, but is it enough to be a problem?

To be frank, Nvidia has had a bad reputation on Linux for quite some time. Unlike AMD graphics, which are supported by the open-source Mesa drivers on Linux, Nvidia requires proprietary drivers. This is changing slightly with the release of new “open source” Nvidia drivers, but even these aren’t fully open source in the same way.

The proprietary nature of Nvidia drivers mainly matters to those concerned about running a fully free software system, but there are practical matters as well. If you can’t inspect the code, you can’t tell precisely how it’s interacting with the rest of the system, which could potentially lead to instability.

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