After looking yesterday at the most viewed Linux hardware reviews and benchmarks of 2025, today’s look is at the most popular open-source/Linux news of the past year. There were 3,286 original news articles on Phoronix during 2025 written by your’s truly, here’s a look back at what excited readers the most over these past twelve months.

Below is a look at the most popular news of the past year with several top articles revolving around Valve’s ongoing Linux improvements, KDE Plasma advancing especially around Wayland, and the never-ending flow of Linux kernel improvements as well as insightful commentary by Linus Torvalds. Thanks for those that supported Phoronix over the past year either by viewing the site without ad-blockers, tipping, or being a Phoronix Premium supporter.