Unix recap for week 6/2025

From 3/2/2025 to 9/2/2025

Articles #

• Asahi Linux lead developer Hector Martin resigns from Linux Kernel 1855 comments in 6 discussions

• Resistance to Rust abstractions for DMA mapping in Linux kernel [LWM] 371 comments in 5 discussions

• Calibre 7.25 released (e-book manager) 329 comments in 9 discussions

• Eliminating Memory Safety Vulnerabilities at the Source 307 comments in 5 discussions

• I'm Done with Ubuntu 291 comments in 1 discussion

• Firefox 135.0, See All New Features, Updates and Fixes 285 comments in 2 discussions

• A Linux maintainer admitting to attempting to sabotage Rust for Linux project 260 comments in 2 discussions

• Valve ban advertising-based business models on Steam, no forced adverts like in mobile games 254 comments in 2 discussions

• LINUX is obsolete (1992) 249 comments in 3 discussions

• Blocking Linux & Steam Deck users from Apex Legends led to "meaningful reduction" in cheaters, devs say 237 comments in 1 discussion

• nvidia 570.86.16-2 out on Arch 218 comments in 6 discussions

• Let's Encrypt ending support for expiration email by June 4th 2025 185 comments in 6 discussions

• GTK X11 backend deprecated 158 comments in 1 discussion

• Rob Pike on the Origin of Unix Dot File Names (2012) 150 comments in 4 discussions

• A whirlwind tutorial on creating teensy ELF executables for Linux (1999) 149 comments in 18 discussions

Releases #

• Fyrox v0.36 (game engine in Rust) New Release

Projects #

• Httptap: View HTTP/HTTPS requests made by any Linux program 168 comments in 2 discussions

• An OSS lightweight CLI for MacOS & Linux VMs on Apple Silicon 74 comments in 1 discussion

• Linux on postscript 42 comments in 3 discussions

• I made a CRU for linux(Custom Resolution Utility) for X11 NVidia users 41 comments in 1 discussion

• 🎮✨ choochoo-loader: Super Simple Trainer/Cheat loader (and DLL injector) for Proton, and WINE gaming setups. Works on Steam Deck, SteamOS, macOS, and Linux. 🏆🔧 41 comments in 1 discussion

• Apply all updates through unattended-upgrades 29 comments in 1 discussion

• I created a little GUI tool that lets you schedule system shutdowns. ClockOut. 27 comments in 1 discussion

• Volgo is a cross-platform CLI app written in Go for controlling system volume from the terminal. Use simple commands or a beautiful interactive TUI—even over SSH! 26 comments in 4 discussions

• A simple website for easy Linux distro downloads – DistroHub 17 comments in 1 discussion

• Almost every Linux application in a browser 16 comments in 1 discussion

Videos #

• LGR says the Sims 2 runs better on the Steam Deck than Windows. 43 comments in 1 discussion

• Wilds appears to run considerably better under Proton than on native Windows. ~13% FPS increase under the same settings. 38 comments in 1 discussion

• Windows 10 Is Dying This Year... 26 comments in 1 discussion

• Bloodborne is running quite well nowadays on ShadPS4 using Linux! Never thought my 2018 gaming rig would be able to emulate it but here we are! 23 comments in 1 discussion

• Video on Windows Kernel Security in comparison to Linux 13 comments in 1 discussion

• Hello! I am a solo developer working on HARD VOID, a 4X turn-based space game set in a Lovecraftian multiverse. The game is developed on Linux in a C/openGL custom engine and will be available on Linux and Windows. Open alpha is available on Steam. 12 comments in 1 discussion

• Monster Hunter Wilds Benchmark | 1440p All Presets Tested | Linux Benchmark 8 comments in 1 discussion