VMware Workstation Shifting From Proprietary Code To Using Upstream KVM

This isn't an off-schedule April Fools' Joke or anything like that but an exciting sign of the times: VMware Workstation will be shifting off its proprietary base and onto leveraging the upstream Linux Kernel-based Virtual Machine (KVM) for virtualization needs moving forward...
https://www.phoronix.com/news/VMware-Workstation-KVM

Academy Software Foundation Releases OpenVDB 12.0 Under New License

The Academy Software Foundation that is made up of many different vendors released OpenVDB 12.0 as the newest major release to this sparse volume data structure library and tooling that is an Academy Award winning library started by DreamWorks Animation...
https://www.phoronix.com/news/ASF-OpenVDB-12.0

Ubuntu Hoping To Remove Qt 5 Before Ubuntu 26.04 LTS

Ubuntu developer Simon Quigley laid out the plans for hoping Ubuntu packages will move from Qt 5 to Qt 6 so that by the time of the Ubuntu 26.04 LTS cycle in early 2026 that the older version of this graphical toolkit can be removed...
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Ubuntu-Hopes-Removing-Qt-5