Intel Linux Engineering Faces Setbacks in 2025
Originally Published 17 days ago — by Phoronix
In 2025, Intel faced significant setbacks in its Linux and open-source efforts, including the shutdown of its performance-optimized Clear Linux distribution, layoffs leading to orphaned drivers and key engineers leaving, and ongoing restructuring impacting their Linux projects. Despite these challenges, some updates and benchmarks on Intel hardware and related open-source developments continued, but the overall outlook for Intel's Linux initiatives appears to be declining.