GNU/Linux Desktop/Laptop, Graphics, and More

posted by Roy Schestowitz on Dec 27, 2025

• Desktop/Laptop

  • Tom's Hardware ☛ Laptop maker Framework announces another immediate memory price hike, says additional increase expected within a month — encourages buyers to bring their own memory and check PCPartPicker for better deals

    Framework is giving buyers the option to bring their own memory and even links to PCPartPicker so they can find more affordable options.

  • Matthew Brunelle ☛ I'm a laptop weirdo and that's why I like my new Framework 13

    My new Framework 13 laptop just arrived. After I finally set everything up I started writing a post about the experience. I thought I'd write a little bit about my previous laptops, but a lot of fond memories I had forgotten about came flooding back. The tinkerings and many openings of laptops past. If you will indulge me, I've been feeling nostalgic. This is for the other laptop weirdos out there that that feel the same.

• Graphics Stack

  • Linuxiac ☛ Phoenix Emerges as a Modern X Server Written From Scratch in Zig

    Phoenix is a new X server written from scratch in Zig, aiming to modernize X11 without relying on Xorg code.

  • Hackaday ☛ NVIDIA Drops Pascal Support On Linux, Causing Chaos On Arch Linux

    It’s no surprise that NVIDIA is gradually dropping support for older videocards, with the Pascal (GTX 10xx) GPUs most recently getting axed. What’s more surprising is the terrible way that this is being handled by certain Linux distributions, with Arch Linux currently a prime example.

• Applications

  • OMG Ubuntu ☛ Turntable 5.0 Adds Collapsible Player Controls & Year-End Recap

    Turntable 5.0 adds collapsible player controls you can hide on-demand, plus a year-end 'wrapped' recap pulling stats from Last.fm, Libre.fm and more. Free on Flathub.

• WINE or Emulation

  • Wine 11.0-rc4

    The Wine development release 11.0-rc4 is now available.

• Distributions and Operating Systems

  • SUSE/OpenSUSE

    • Dominique Leuenberger ☛ Tumbleweed – Review of the week 2025/52

      Dear Tumbleweed users and hackers,

      The final days of the year are upon us, and, as expected, the number of incoming requests is quite low. This low count can be processed even with most of the release team enjoying some time off. Five Snapshots (1220, 1222, 1223, 1224, and 1225) have been produced and passed openQA.

  • Slackware Family

    • Enjoy the holidays!

      We’re at that unique time of the year that I can work on something that is not trivial and requires long-term focus to succeed.

  • Mobile Systems/Mobile Applications

    • Dark Reading ☛ Dark Reading Opens The State of Application Security Survey

      Last year, over 100 cybersecurity professionals participated in Dark Reading's annual State of Enterprise Application Security survey. Their valuable insights illuminated the evolving threat landscape, emerging technologies, and best practices for secure coding. The survey provided a clearer picture of how organizations are combating threats, leveraging innovative tools, and addressing persistent skills gaps in the industry.

      This year, we're building on those findings with a new State of Application Security survey. We aim to uncover what has changed, what has improved, and what new challenges have emerged. While some questions remain consistent to track year-over-year trends, new topics have been added to reflect the latest developments in application security, such as vibe coding and training programs specifically for secure coding practices.