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358: Netherlands Builds A Distro, Linux on Snapdragon ARM, AI Replaces Entire Adobe Creative Suite
2026/10/15
video: https://youtu.be/8bNh2cciDOE
This week in Linux, the Dutch government is building its own Linux desktop using NixOS, and it could have some major implications for digital independence! NVIDIA has revealed ambitious plans for its new open-source Rust driver, while Qualcomm is making a serious push to bring Linux to Snapdragon laptops! And one developer has used AI to build a bunch of open-source alternatives to Adobe's biggest applications, and they're exploding in popularity! Plus, Valve is making Windows gaming on Linux even easier! All of this and more so let's jump into Your Source for Linux GNews and see what's happened This Week in Linux.
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Chapters:
00:00 Intro
00:49 Dutch Government Is Building Its Own NixOS-Based Distro
04:05 NVIDIA Wants to Push The Open-Source Rust Nova Driver to Replace Upstream Driver
06:56 Qualcomm Wants First-Class Linux Support for Snapdragon X2
11:01 ArtCraft is Coming After the Entire Adobe Suite with AI
18:29 Steam Now Defaults Non-Steam Windows Games to Proton on Linux
20:46 Firefox 157 Gets Its Biggest Visual Refresh in Years
24:07 KDE Announces Its 3 Big Goals for the Next 2 Years
25:48 F-Droid 2.0 Is Its Biggest App Update in a Decade
26:57 postmarketOS Becomes Nura
28:20 Ubuntu Is Moving to Weekly Kernel Releases Because the CVE Flood
29:29 Support the show
30:26 Outro
Links:
Dutch Government Is Building Its Own NixOS-Based Distro
https://code.overheid.nl/MinBZK/DAWO
https://www.theregister.com/os-platforms/2026/09/28/dutch-government-turns-to-nixos-for-a-sovereign-desktop/5299501
https://thenextweb.com/news/dutch-government-dawo-nixos-linux-desktop
https://www.tomshardware.com/software/the-netherlands-is-rolling-alternative-nixos-based-software-ecosystem-after-u-s-sanctions-on-icc-took-microsoft-off-the-table-trial-programs-running-now-first-release-expected-at-end-of-2027
NVIDIA Wants to Push The Open-Source Rust Nova Driver to Replace Upstream Driver
https://lpc.events/event/20/contributions/2346/
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Nova-Driver-LPC-2026
Qualcomm Wants First-Class Linux Support for Snapdragon X2
https://www.qualcomm.com/developer/blog/2026/09/announcing-linux-on-snapdragon-x2-series-early-developer-preview
https://canonical.com/blog/ubuntu-coming-soon-to-qualcomm-snapdragon-x2-series-platforms
https://www.qualcomm.com/news/onq/2026/09/snapdragon-summit-agentic-ai-pcs-linux
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Qualcomm-Talks-Up-X2-Linux
https://itsfoss.com/news/snapdragon-x2-linux-developer-preview/
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/09/ubuntu-2610-snapdragon-x2
ArtCraft is Coming After the Entire Adobe Suite with AI
https://github.com/storytold
https://github.com/storytold/photocraft
https://github.com/storytold/filmcraft
https://github.com/storytold/vectorcraft
https://www.tomshardware.com/software/video-editing-graphic-design/solo-developer-rebuilds-adobe-creative-suite-in-rust-using-claude-releases-it-free-to-all-targets-100-percent-parity-in-one-month-despite-piracy-claims-and-safety-warnings
https://www.techradar.com/pro/one-dev-is-recreating-7-adobe-apps-in-rust-for-free-so-i-tested-it-out
Steam Now Defaults Non-Steam Windows Games to Proton on Linux
https://steamcommunity.com/groups/SteamClientBeta/announcements/detail/719044258722480809
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/10/windows-apps-and-games-added-to-steam-on-steamos-linux-now-use-proton-by-default/
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Steam-Beta-Use-Proton-Default
Firefox 157 Gets Its Biggest Visual Refresh in Years
https://www.firefox.com/en-US/firefox/157.0/releasenotes/
https://blog.mozilla.org/addons/2026/09/29/nova-is-here-what-changes-for-your-firefox-theme/
https://www.theregister.com/software/2026/09/30/firefox-157-could-bold-new-look-be-just-what-mozilla-needs/5300059
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/09/firefox-157-released-nova-theme
https://itsfoss.com/firefox-nova-redesign/
KDE Announces Its 3 Big Goals for the Next 2 Years
https://discuss.kde.org/t/the-new-kde-goals-for-the-2026-2028-cycle-have-been-announced-at-akademy/50305
https://blogs.kde.org/2026/08/07/kde-goals-last-call-for-submissions/
https://www.phoronix.com/news/KDE-Goals-To-2028
F-Droid 2.0 Is Its Biggest App Update in a Decade
https://f-droid.org/2026/09/24/f-droid-2.0-a-new-chapter-for-android-freedom.html
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2026/09/f-droid-gets-its-biggest-update-in-a-decade-with-new-ui-and-smoother-app-installs/
https://www.androidauthority.com/f-droid-app-store-massive-update-3715335/
postmarketOS Becomes Nura
https://nura.eco/blog/2026/09/27/nura-rename/
https://nura.eco/
https://itsfoss.com/news/postmarketos-nura-rebranding/
https://linuxiac.com/postmarketos-is-now-nura-after-major-project-rebrand/
Ubuntu Is Moving to Weekly Kernel Releases Because the CVE Flood
https://canonical.com/blog/accelerating-delivery-of-cve-fixes-with-a-new-kernel-release-strategy
https://www.theregister.com/os-platforms/2026/09/24/cve-flood-pushes-ubuntu-onto-weekly-kernel-release-cycle/5298912
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/09/ubuntu-kernel-security-updates-faster
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357: Linux on M3 Macs, GNOME 51, Steam Frame, Jellyfin 12, Microsoft 365 on Linux, & more Linux news
2026/09/21
video: https://youtu.be/V4r7fCFLP6A
This week in Linux, GNOME 51 is here with a faster, more polished desktop and a long list of upgrades across the environment. Asahi Linux pulled off another major Apple Silicon milestone with M3 Macs. Valve is building one of the wildest compatibility stacks we've seen yet for the Steam Frame. And Open Source projects are now setting traps for AI coding agents that can make lazy submissions snitch on themselves. Plus, Jellyfin 12 is a huge upgrade for self-hosted media. All of this and more on this week's episode, so let's jump into Your Source for Linux GNews and see what's happened This Week in Linux.
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00:00 Intro
00:47 GNOME 51 Released
04:34 Asahi Linux for M3 Macs
10:52 Valve's Steam Frame Compatibility Stack for Linux Gaming
13:45 Microsoft 365 might come to Linux (unofficially)
17:21 Jellyfin 12 Released
20:55 Open Source Projects Setting Traps for Lazy Ai Submissions
24:20 Raspberry Pi OS Desktop Refresh
26:07 Ubuntu 26.10 completes migration to Rust-based coreutils
27:08 Google is Replacing C-based Android Binder with Rust
28:13 RustFS 1.0 Released
29:04 Support the show
29:58 Outro
Links:
GNOME 51 Released
https://release.gnome.org/51/
https://www.phoronix.com/news/GNOME-51-Released
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/09/gnome-51-released
Asahi Linux for M3 Macs
https://asahilinux.org/2026/09/m2-episode-1/
https://asahilinux.org/docs/platform/feature-support/m3/
https://fedoramagazine.org/announcing-fedora_asahi_remix_45_beta/
https://fedora-asahi-remix.org/
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Asahi-Linux-Official-M3
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/09/asahi-linux-now-officially-supports-macs-with-the-m3-series-soc/
Valve's Steam Frame Compatibility Stack for Linux Gaming
https://partner.steamgames.com/doc/steamhardware/steamframe/compatibility
https://gitlab.steamos.cloud/frame-public/lepton/
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/09/lepton-from-valve-to-run-android-games-on-linux-is-now-open-source/
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/08/lepton-and-fex-get-prepared-for-the-steam-frame-release/
Microsoft 365 might come to Linux (unofficially)
https://itsfoss.com/news/bottles-microsoft-365-early-look/
https://mprove.de/blogs/rss/index.php?rss=mastodon.bsd.cafe%2Ftags%2FMicrosoft.rss
https://github.com/bottlesdevs/Bottles/releases
https://usebottles.com/
Jellyfin 12 Released
https://jellyfin.org/posts/jellyfin-release-12.0/
https://github.com/jellyfin/jellyfin/releases
https://github.com/jellyfin/jellyfin-web/releases
Open Source Projects Setting Traps for Lazy Ai Submissions
https://github.com/NetworkManager/NetworkManager/blob/main/AGENTS.md
https://www.phoronix.com/news/NetworkManager-AI-Canary
https://github.com/systemd/systemd/blob/main/AGENTS.md
https://www.phoronix.com/news/systemd-262-rc2
https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/NetworkManager/NetworkManager/-/merge_requests/2536
https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/NetworkManager/NetworkManager/-/blob/main/AGENTS.md
https://hwbusters.com/news/networkmanager-ai-policy-gets-a-trap-word-and-ci-now-scans-every-commit-for-it/
Raspberry Pi OS Desktop Refresh
https://www.raspberrypi.com/news/an-updated-look-for-the-raspberry-pi-desktop/
https://www.raspberrypi.com/news/category/os/raspberry-pi-os/
Ubuntu 26.10 completes migration to Rust-based coreutils
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/09/ubuntu-2610-rust-coreutils-complete
https://documentation.ubuntu.com/release-notes/26.10/
https://uutils.org/
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Ubuntu-Completes-Rust-Coreutils
Google is Replacing C-based Android Binder with Rust
https://lkml.iu.edu/2609.1/12916.html
https://lists.openwall.net/linux-kernel/2026/09/12/891
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Google-Binder-C-Goodbye
RustFS 1.0 Released
https://www.rustfs.com/blog/announcing-rustfs-1-0-0-ga/
https://github.com/RustFS/RustFS
https://linuxiac.com/rustfs-1-0-s3-compatible-object-storage-reaches-ga/
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356: CERN to Debian, Audacity 4, OpenShot 4, 30,000 Steam Games, Age Verify Exemption & more Linux news
2026/09/07
video: https://youtu.be/A_1UeqFux-Q
This week in Linux, CERN makes some Linux news revolving around Debian, lawmakers are giving open source a way out of OS-level age verification ... well in California, and Ubisoft found away to make Linux gaming news frustrating right at the same time as we hit a huge milestone for Linux gaming.
Plus, Audacity gets one of its biggest updates in years, OpenShot levels up in a big way, and Linux From Scratch has a brand new release for everyone who thinks installing Linux should require just a little more suffering.
All of this and more on This Week in Linux, the weekly news show that keeps you up to date with what’s going on in the Linux and Open Source world. Now let's jump right into Your Source for Linux GNews!
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Chapters:
00:00 Intro
00:55 CERN is moving some systems to Debian
05:26 California Legislature Passes Open-Source Exemption From OS Age Verification
09:56 30,000 Games Playable on Linux but Ubisoft Is Intentionally Blocking For Honor
16:46 Audacity 4.0 Released With a Completely Rebuilt Interface
20:31 OpenShot 4.0 Brings Major Upgrades
22:47 The Ur Project - A Clear Linux Architect Is Building a New Linux Distro
26:20 Linux From Scratch 13.1 Released
29:57 Ubuntu 26.04.1 LTS Released
32:16 Update: NVIDIA confirmed they are buying Hugging Face
34:24 Support the show
35:39 Outro
Links:
CERN is moving some systems to Debian
https://ch2026.mini.debconf.org/talks/6-controlling-cerns-accelerators-with-debian/
https://micronews.debian.org/2026/1788286274.html
https://linux.web.cern.ch/debian/
https://www.phoronix.com/news/CERN-Goes-Debian-Leaving-RHEL
https://itsfoss.com/news/cern-debian-push/
California Legislature Passes Open-Source Exemption From OS Age Verification
https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB1856
https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB1856
https://agelesslinux.org/
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/08/california-bill-ab-1856-passes-exempting-open-source-from-age-verification/
https://www.phoronix.com/news/California-AB-1856-Passes
https://www.linux-magazine.com/Online/News/Linux-Exempt-from-California-s-Age-Verification-Law
30,000 Games Playable on Linux but Ubisoft Is Intentionally Blocking For Honor
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/08/steam-deck-steamos-hit-over-30-000-verified-playable-games/
https://www.ubisoft.com/en-us/game/for-honor/news-updates/4WKJhG6v6C9sbCOZkFZ6wG/ranked-faq
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/09/ubisofts-for-honor-will-block-steamos-linux-on-september-10/
Audacity 4.0 Released With a Completely Rebuilt Interface
https://www.audacityteam.org/audacity-4/
https://forum.audacityteam.org/t/audacity-4-is-out-now/153852
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Audacity-4.0-Released
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/09/audacity-4-released
OpenShot 4.0 Brings Major Upgrades
https://www.openshot.org/blog/2026/08/30/openshot-40-record-edit-color-like-never-before/
https://www.phoronix.com/news/OpenShot-4.0
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/08/openshot-4-0-release
The Ur Project - A Clear Linux Architect Is Building a New Linux Distro
https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7499950666367459328/
https://ur.foo-projects.org/
https://www.phoronix.com/news/The-Ur-Project
https://itsfoss.com/news/the-ur-project-appears/
Linux From Scratch 13.1 Released
https://www.linuxfromscratch.org/news.html
https://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/downloads/stable-systemd/LFS-BOOK-13.1-NOCHUNKS.html
https://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/view/13.1-systemd/chapter01/changelog.html
Ubuntu 26.04.1 LTS Released
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/08/ubuntu-26041-lts-point-release-download
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Ubuntu-26.04.1-LTS-Released
Update: NVIDIA confirmed they are buying Hugging Face
https://blogs.nvidia.com/blog/nvidia-to-acquire-hugging-face/
https://www.reuters.com/business/nvidia-buy-hugging-face-nearly-13-billion-big-bet-open-ai-models-2026-09-03/
https://www.reuters.com/commentary/breakingviews/nvidia-wraps-itself-129-bln-insurance-2026-09-03/
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355: 35 Years of Linux, NVIDIA buying Hugging Face, €500K for Flatpak, Ai in Debian, & more Linux news
2026/08/31
video: https://youtu.be/tksoVnYTz1c
This week in Linux, we learned that NVIDIA might be buying Hugging Face and this AI community platform reportedly rejected extra investment from NVIDIA because they didn't want one company having too much influence. Now NVIDIA may be buying the entire company. Someone dumped more than 125 bug reports into QEMU in under ten minutes, leading one maintainer to call it an effective denial-of-service attack. Debian finished their debate on what to do with AI contributions and their decision was surprising. LibreOffice has a new release where they made it very clear they aren't interested in adding Ai tools to summarize the document you just wrote. Plus Flatpak is getting more than half a million euros to improve Linux app security and sandboxing, so that's awesome. And all of this is happening while Linux celebrates 35 years of the kernel. This is Your Source for Linux GNews so let's see what happened This Week in Linux.
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Chapters:
00:00 Intro
01:09 Happy 35th Birthday Linux
03:54 NVIDIA Reportedly Agrees to Buy Hugging Face for .9 Billion
07:16 Announcing €500K Sovereign Tech Agency Investment in Flatpak
09:38 Debian's AI Decision
12:07 AI Bug Reports Become a “Denial of Service” Against Open Source Maintainers
14:45 LibreOffice 26.8 Makes “No AI” a Feature
17:25 Support the show
18:40 Outro
Links:
Happy 35th Birthday Linux
https://bsky.app/profile/tuxdigital.bsky.social/post/3mtyonwnwvk2w
https://9to5linux.com/happy-35th-birthday-linux
https://www.tomshardware.com/software/linux/linux-was-announced-by-linus-torvalds-35-years-ago-today-humble-os-started-with-10-000-lines-of-code-but-has-now-grown-to-40-million-dominates-global-infrastructure
NVIDIA Reportedly Agrees to Buy Hugging Face for $12.9 Billion
https://www.forbes.com/sites/siladityaray/2026/08/27/nvidia-has-reportedly-agreed-to-buy-ai-model-hosting-platform-hugging-face-for-13-billion/
https://www.theinformation.com/articles/nvidia-agrees-buy-open-source-model-repository-hugging-face-12-9-billion
https://www.reuters.com/technology/nvidia-talks-acquire-hugging-face-13-billion-deal-business-insider-reports-2026-08-27/
https://www.businessinsider.com/hugging-face-nvidia-deal-reshape-ai-landscape-2026-8
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/what-to-know-about-hugging-face-the-open-source-ai-startup-reportedly-catching-nvidias-eye-243771f8
Announcing €500K Sovereign Tech Agency Investment in Flatpak
https://modal.cx/blog/announcing-flatpak-sta/
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/08/sovereign-tech-agency-makes-a-big-investment-into-flatpak/
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Sovereign-Tech-Agency-Flatpak
Debian's AI Decision
https://www.debian.org/vote/2026/vote_002#texte
https://lists.debian.org/debian-vote/2026/08/msg00360.html
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Debian-Votes-On-LLM-Usage
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Debian-Votes-Responsible-AI-Use
AI Bug Reports Become a “Denial of Service” Against Open Source Maintainers
https://www.phoronix.com/news/AI-DoS-Attack-Maintainers
https://hachyderm.io/@berrange/117155755806497654
https://gitlab.com/qemu-project/qemu/-/work_items?author_username=anwardawa981&first_page_size=20&sort=created_date&state=all
https://gitlab.com/qemu-project/qemu/-/work_items/4348
LibreOffice 26.8 Makes “No AI” a Feature
https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2026/08/26/libreoffice-26-8/
https://lwn.net/Articles/1090606/
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/08/libreoffice-268-released
https://itsfoss.com/news/libreoffice-26-8-release/
https://www.phoronix.com/news/LibreOffice-26.8
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354: Linux 7.2, Linux Hits 10% Market Share, AUR Update, Fedora on Framework, KDE LTS, & more Linux news
2026/08/24
video: https://youtu.be/lBJDyzkJbCI
Linux 7.2 is here with a ton of new kernel improvements. Desktop Linux has crossed a major milestone for usage with more than 10% in North America and 7% globally. Arch Linux has announced some changes they are making to the way the AUR works because of the latest Malware attacks. Plus there's some big KDE news this week. KDE is bringing back LTS support with a much bigger "Bullet-Proof KDE" approach, and Framework has announced the next edition of the Framework Laptop 12 and it's coming with a preinstalled option of Fedora KDE.
There is a LOT happening in the Linux world right now, and some of these stories get pretty wild. So here's Your Source for Linux GNews and see what's happened This Week in Linux.
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Chapters:
00:00 Intro
00:52 Support the show (Become a Member)
01:43 Linux 7.2 Released
04:50 Linux crosses 10% in Desktop Market Share
10:53 Arch Linux changes how AUR Adoptions work after Malware waves
13:06 "Bullet-Proof KDE" brings LTS Support back to KDE
16:29 Framework Laptop 12 with Fedora Linux Preinstalled
19:39 NVIDIA, GOG, & Epic Games to compete with Valve on Linux Gaming Ecosystem
23:01 Steam Deck 1% lows improve by as much as 32%
25:27 Ubuntu Touch 24.04-2.0 Released
27:28 NVIDIA Becomes a Premier Sponsor of LVFS/Fwupd
28:48 FFmpeg 9.0 Released
29:56 Support the show
31:21 Outro
Links:
Linux 7.2 Released
https://lwn.net/Articles/1089033/
https://kernelnewbies.org/Linux_7.2
https://www.phoronix.com/review/linux-72-features
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-7.2-Released
Linux crosses 10% in Desktop Market Share
https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/north-america#monthly-202505-202606
https://radar.cloudflare.com/explorer?dataSet=http&groupBy=os&dt=2026-07-01_2026-07-31&loc=north-america&filters=deviceType%253DDESKTOP%252CbotClass%253DLIKELY_AUTOMATED
https://store.steampowered.com/hwsurvey/
https://www.linux-magazine.com/Online/News/Linux-Surpasses-Double-Digit-Market-Share
Arch Linux changes how AUR Adoptions work after Malware waves
https://lists.archlinux.org/archives/list/aur-general%40lists.archlinux.org/thread/DRDEU3JUSC72CB265XHXPFA3DFSLXPBP/
https://lists.archlinux.org/archives/list/aur-general%40lists.archlinux.org/thread/P5C7GZ4C3OJIH4EXJ62JAF6X6PY2BCQ4/
https://archlinux.org/news/active-aur-malicious-packages-incident/
https://lists.archlinux.org/hyperkitty/list/aur-general%40lists.archlinux.org/latest?count=200
https://lists.archlinux.org/archives/list/aur-general%40lists.archlinux.org/message/NNNGQYXYGBYGESV35AEQV2PLAVMMLW64/
"Bullet-Proof KDE" brings LTS Support back to KDE
https://www.kubuntu.org/news/plasma-6.6-lts/
https://pointieststick.com/2026/08/
https://www.phoronix.com/news/KDE-Bullet-Proof-Software
Framework Laptop 12 with Fedora Linux Preinstalled
https://frame.work/blog/framework-laptop-12-now-with-core-series-3
https://frame.work/laptop12
https://youtu.be/459a7YBmBOE
https://youtu.be/yE48_MN8Ng4
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Framework-Laptop-12-WCL
NVIDIA, GOG, & Epic Games to compete with Valve on Linux Gaming Ecosystem
https://blogs.nvidia.com/blog/geforce-now-thursday-linux-native-app/
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/the-native-linux-app-for-nvidia-geforce-now-is-now-in-beta/
https://www.phoronix.com/review/nvidia-geforce-now-linux
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/07/gog-confirm-they-are-working-towards-gog-galaxy-on-linux/
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/08/epic-games-store-will-get-a-linux-version-sometime-soon/
https://www.pcgamer.com/hardware/the-epic-games-launcher-will-be-available-on-linux-soon-says-dev-after-its-had-a-bit-of-work
Steam Deck 1% lows improve by as much as 32%
https://www.phoronix.com/news/AMD-P-State-Better-1p-Lows
https://www.pcgamer.com/hardware/handheld-gaming-pcs/linux-kernel-patch-can-boost-the-steam-decks-1-percent-low-frame-rate-by-as-much-as-31-percent-in-early-testing/
Ubuntu Touch 24.04-2.0 Released
https://ubports.com/blog/ubports-news-1/ubuntu-touch-24-04-2-0-and-24-04-1-4-release-4007
NVIDIA Becomes a Premier Sponsor of LVFS/Fwupd
https://www.linuxfoundation.org/press/linux-foundation-announces-key-industry-support-for-linux-vendor-firmware-service
https://www.phoronix.com/news/NVIDIA-Premier-Sponsor-LVFS
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/08/nvidia-now-supporting-the-linux-vendor-firmware-service-lvfs-as-a-premier-sponsor/
https://www.fwupd.org/
FFmpeg 9.0 Released
https://www.ffmpeg.org/
https://ffmpeg.org/releases/
https://www.phoronix.com/news/FFmpeg-9.0-Released
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353: Codeberg Bans AI, 432 Linux CVEs, Valve wants Arch on ARM, Jellyfin Leaders Left & more Linux news
2026/07/27
video: https://youtu.be/mytY-cyk76U
This week in Linux, hundreds of Linux security alerts landed but the headlines leave out the most important part. Codeberg, a major open-source code hosting platform, is drawing a new line around AI-generated code, Valve is stretching out their ARM for a new Frame of mind for running Linux, and Jellyfin is entering a major new chapter behind the scenes. All of this and more on This Week in Linux, Your Source for Linux GNews!
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00:00 Intro
00:30 Become a Member of the channel by July 31st
01:39 Codeberg bans mostly AI-generated projects
05:31 Valve and Collabora develop Arch Linux for ARM64
08:08 Jellyfin Leadership Departures
11:57 Linux publishes 432 kernel CVEs in 2 days
14:53 Canonical fixes 3 Snap vulnerabilities
17:26 Firefox 153 adds Containers and Vulkan Video
21:11 TWIL Speedrun or Linux Lightning Round
21:37 AMD’s open-source AI and robotics announcements
22:34 Final MPEG-4 Visual patent expiration
23:31 OBS Studio 32.2 Released
24:05 Raspberry Pi launches a 10-inch Touch Display 2
25:18 Outro
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Codeberg bans mostly AI-generated projects
https://blog.codeberg.org/protecting-our-floss-commons-from-llms.html
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/07/codeberg-bans-ai-generated-code
https://itsfoss.com/news/codeberg-bans-ai-contributions/
OpenAI on Vibe Coding - https://x.com/karpathy/status/1886192184808149383
Valve and Collabora develop Arch Linux for ARM64
https://www.collabora.com/news-and-blog/news-and-events/building-an-arch-linux-aarch64-port-for-holo-core.html
https://gitlab.steamos.cloud/holo/holo-core-aarch64-preview
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/07/collabora-announce-a-preview-of-holo-core-an-aarch64-port-of-arch-linux-for-steam-frame/
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Holo-Core-Experimental-ARM64
https://9to5linux.com/valve-and-collabora-announce-official-arch-linux-arm64-port-for-steam-frame
Jellyfin Leadership Departures
https://www.boniface.me/posts/on-my-jellyfin-resignation/
https://itsfoss.com/news/jellyfin-leadership-crisis/
https://linuxiac.com/jellyfin-loses-project-leader-and-core-team-member-in-major-shake-up/
https://jellyfin.org/posts/state-of-the-fin-2026-05-24/
Linux publishes 432 kernel CVEs in 2 days
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/
https://seclists.org/oss-sec/2026/q3/198
https://seclists.org/oss-sec/2026/q3/210
https://www.theregister.com/security/2026/07/22/linux_kernel_team_publishes_432_cves_in_two_days/5276497
https://docs.kernel.org/process/cve.html
https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/linux/KernelBugfixCVEsAStory
Canonical fixes 3 Snap vulnerabilities
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8579-1
https://seclists.org/oss-sec/2026/q3/191
https://blog.qualys.com/vulnerabilities-threat-research/2026/07/21/cve-2026-8933-snap-confine-local-privilege-escalation
https://cdn2.qualys.com/advisory/2026/07/21/snap-confine-set-capabilities.txt
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-15226
Firefox 153 adds Containers and Vulkan Video
https://www.firefox.com/en-US/firefox/153.0/releasenotes/
https://blog.mozilla.org/en/firefox/firefox-containers-preview/
https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Firefox/Releases/153
https://brave.com/blog/containers/
TWIL Speedrun or Linux Lightning Round
which do you prefer of those names?
AMD’s open-source AI and robotics announcements
https://www.amd.com/en/corporate/events/advancing-ai.html
https://www.amd.com/en/blogs/2026/rocm-ai-the-ai-native-developer-experience-for-building.html
https://www.amd.com/en/products/system-on-modules/kria/ai.html
https://www.amd.com/en/products/system-on-modules/kria/ai/robotics-developer-platform.html
Final MPEG-4 Visual patent expiration
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Last-MPEG-4-Patent-Expired
https://itsfoss.com/news/mpeg-4-visual-patent-expiry/
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Have_the_patents_for_MPEG-4_Visual_expired_yet%3F
OBS Studio 32.2 Released
https://github.com/obsproject/obs-studio/releases/tag/32.2.0
https://9to5linux.com/obs-studio-32-2-released-with-new-filter-to-compose-sdr-into-hdr
https://linuxiac.com/obs-studio-32-2-makes-adding-sources-easier/
Raspberry Pi launches a 10-inch Touch Display 2
https://www.raspberrypi.com/news/a-new-10-raspberry-pi-touch-display-2-available-now-at-80/
https://pip-assets.raspberrypi.com/categories/1083-raspberry-pi-touch-display-2
https://www.phoronix.com/news/10-inch-Raspberry-Pi-Touch-2
https://www.theregister.com/2026/07/22/raspberry-pi-goes-large-with-101-inch-touch-display-2/
https://9to5linux.com/raspberry-pi-launches-10-inch-raspberry-pi-touch-display-2-at-80
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352: Linus Torvalds talks AI in kernel, COSMIC Frosted Glass, AppManager for AppImages & more Linux news
2026/07/19
video: https://youtu.be/CVkZvrh7qpw
Ubuntu is shipping a kernel that can make certain AMD workloads up to 42 times slower. Linus Torvalds is drawing clearer boundaries around AI-generated code in the kernel. Secure Boot just passed a major certificate expiration deadline. COSMIC Desktop 1.3 brings a polished new Frosted Glass design. And one developer decided to add another place and that's a Sega Genesis from 1994.
All of this and more on This Week in Linux. Now let’s jump right into Your Source for Linux GNews!
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00:44 Ubuntu publishes Update that introduces regression for AMD users
03:52 Linus Torvalds talks on AI Code in Linux
07:12 Secure Boot Linux Certificates Expired?
09:27 COSMIC 1.3 with Frosted Glass
11:33 AppManager for AppImages
14:51 FreeBSD Removes All GPL Code
17:16 Rapid Fire Lightning Round
17:40 stillOS 10.2 Released
18:32 Blender 5.2 LTS Released
19:00 Clonezilla Live 3.3.3 Released
19:31 Linux on Sega Genesis and 32X Addon
20:26 Outro
Links:
Ubuntu publishes Update that introduces regression for AMD users
https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/amdgpu-performance-regression-in-kernel-7-0-0-28-28/85237
Linus Torvalds talks on AI Code in Linux
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-media/CAHk-=wi4zC+Ze8e+p3tMv8TtG_80KzsZ1syL9anBtmEh5Z40vg@mail.gmail.com/
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-Is-Not-Anti-AI
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/07/linux-creator-linus-torvalds-puts-foot-down-on-anti-ai-comments/
https://itsfoss.com/news/linus-torvalds-on-ai/
Secure Boot Linux Certificates Expired?
https://lwn.net/Articles/1079808/
https://almalinux.org/blog/2026-07-14-secure-boot-2023-certificates/
https://linuxiac.com/debian-13-6-released-with-120-security-fixes-and-124-stability-updates/
COSMIC 1.3 with Frosted Glass
https://9to5linux.com/cosmic-1-3-desktop-environment-released-with-frosted-glass-effect
https://www.phoronix.com/news/COSMIC-Epoch-1.3
AppManager for AppImages
https://github.com/kem-a/AppManager
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/07/appmanager-appimage-installer-linux
https://github.com/VHSgunzo/uruntime
FreeBSD Removes All GPL Code
https://www.phoronix.com/news/FreeBSD-16-Goes-GPL-Free
https://fossforce.com/2026/07/freebsd-16-cleans-house-no-gpl-left-in-the-base-system/
https://www.phoronix.com/news/FreeBSD-Intern-AMD-ROCm
https://www.phoronix.com/news/FreeBSD-Laptops-June-2026
https://www.phoronix.com/news/FreeBSD-Desktop-Install-NVIDIA
stillOS 10.2 Released
https://stillhq.io/stillos-gets-gnome-49-a-better-first-boot-and-major-swai-improvements/
Blender 5.2 LTS Released
https://www.blender.org/download/releases/5-2/
Clonezilla Live 3.3.3 Released
https://clonezilla.org/downloads/stable/release-notes.php
Linux on Sega Genesis and 32X Addon
https://cakehonolulu.github.io/linux-on-32x/
https://github.com/LinuxMD/linuxmd
https://www.tomshardware.com/software/linux/developer-successfully-ports-linux-to-1994-sega-32x-genesis-and-megadrive-expansion-runs-open-source-os-on-paltry-23mhz-processors-and-256kb-of-ram
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351: Proton 11, Sabotage in OpenMandriva, Hannah Montana Linux, Cinnamon Wayland Ready & more Linux news
2026/07/13
video: https://youtu.be/_CXz9L6n0WU
This week in Linux, we have a really jam-packed episode for you. Linux Mint says that Cinnamon is ready for Wayland. We also have some drama news that's happening with OpenMandriva. So we're going to talk about that later. Also, we have some gaming news as well as two new distros that I want to show you. And also, Hannah Montana Linux is back, apparently.
All of this and more on This Week in Linux, the weekly news show that keeps you up to date with what’s going on in the Linux and Open Source world. Now let's jump right into Your Source for Linux GNews!
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00:37 TuxDigital Memberships, support the show
01:35 Linux Mint says Cinnamon is Wayland Ready
03:19 Proton 11 Released
04:55 Sabotage in OpenMandriva?
08:49 RakuOS Linux 44 2026.07.05
11:56 Hannah Montana Linux Is Back
16:52 Galactic Mandate Linux 99
19:17 Sony Kills Physical Media for Games
24:33 Stop Killing Games Update
29:05 Outro
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Linux Mint says Cinnamon is Wayland Ready
https://blog.linuxmint.com/?p=5046
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/07/linux-mint-wayland-fully-supported
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/07/linux-mint-cinnamon-is-finally-wayland-ready/
Proton 11 Released
https://github.com/ValveSoftware/Proton/releases/tag/proton-11.0-1
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/07/proton-11-0-1-officially-released-to-expand-windows-games-on-steamos-linux/
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Proton-11.0-1
https://9to5linux.com/proton-11-officially-released-with-support-for-more-games-running-on-linux
Sabotage in OpenMandriva?
https://forum.openmandriva.org/t/statement-regarding-attempted-distribution-sabotage/8997
https://www.phoronix.com/news/OpenMandriva-Disrupted
https://fossforce.com/2026/07/in-an-angry-fit-dev-sabotages-openmandriva-repository/
RakuOS Linux 44 2026.07.05
https://rakuos.org/
https://rakuos.org/forum/channel/releases
Hannah Montana Linux Is Back
https://youtu.be/VKx5UZsX9jw
https://gitlab.com/DecaCagle/hannahmontanalinux26
https://itsfoss.com/news/return-of-hannah-montana-linux/
My version: https://youtu.be/UajWOA-9I2Y
Galactic Mandate Linux 99
https://mr-richardson.com/galactic-mandate-linux/
https://distrowatch.com/?newsid=12889
Sony Kills Physical Media for Games
https://blog.playstation.com/2026/07/01/physical-disc-production-ending-in-january-2028-for-new-games-releasing-on-playstation-consoles/
https://www.theguardian.com/games/2026/jul/07/playstation-sony-ending-physical-game-production
https://www.reddit.com/r/playstation5/comments/1us6b4a/the_definitive_debunk_sony_isnt_killing_physical/
https://slate.com/technology/2026/07/sony-playstation-discs-physical-media.html
https://www.ampereanalysis.com/insight/sony-to-drop-support-for-physical-media-confirming-post-disc-gaming-world
Stop Killing Games Update
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CgoODQFrPgw
https://www.stopkillinggames.com/
https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip_26_1369
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/06/european-commission-rejects-new-laws-for-stop-destroying-videogames/
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/stop-killing-games-says-the-fight-goes-on-after-european-commission-rejects-proposed-rule-changes-were-much-more-than-just-this-single-petition/
https://www.thegamebusiness.com/p/publishers-score-us-victory-against
https://www.gamesindustry.biz/the-california-state-assembly-passes-ab-1921-stop-killing-games-protect-our-games-act
https://www.theguardian.com/games/2026/jun/19/stop-killing-games-activists-campaigning-online-gaming
350: Mageia 10, Kali Linux, Ultramarine 44, KDE Plasma Vulnerability & more Linux news
2026/07/05
video: https://youtu.be/n36KHHUw31A
The Linux news this week was jam packed with distro news, developer releases, and some security topics. We'll take look at new releases from Mageia Linux with Mageia 10, then Fyra Labs has announced Ultramarine Linux 44 and the offensive security distro Kali Linux has a brand new version this week. Plus there was a report of Arbitrary Code Execution vulnerability affecting KDE Plasma. Then we'll take a look at the latest version of Git.
All of this and more on This Week in Linux, the weekly news show that keeps you up to date with what’s going on in the Linux and Open Source world. Now let's jump right into Your Source for Linux GNews!
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00:00 Intro
00:43 Mageia 10 Released
03:36 Ultramarine Linux 44 Released
06:18 Kali Linux 2026.2 Released
09:29 KDE Plasma Affected by Arbitrary Code Execution
11:59 Git 2.55 Released
14:24 Wine 11.12 Released with Wayland Fractional Scaling
15:58 Microsoft Announces Linux Containers on WSL
18:14 Outro
Links:
Mageia 10 Released
https://www.mageia.org/en/10/
https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Mageia_10_Release_Notes
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Mageia-10-Released
https://linuxiac.com/mageia-10-revives-the-mandrake-spirit-with-plasma-6-and-kernel-6-18/
https://9to5linux.com/mageia-10-officially-released-with-linux-kernel-6-18-lts-kde-plasma-6-5-and-more
Ultramarine Linux 44 Released
https://ultramarine-linux.org/
https://blog.fyralabs.com/ultramarine-44-release/
https://linuxiac.com/ultramarine-linux-44-released-with-fedora-44-base-and-desktop-updates/
https://9to5linux.com/ultramarine-44-is-out-based-on-fedora-linux-44-linux-7-0-and-kde-plasma-6-7
Kali Linux 2026.2 Released
https://www.kali.org/blog/kali-linux-2026-2-release/
https://linuxiac.com/kali-linux-2026-2-released-with-gnome-50-kde-plasma-6-6-kernel-6-19/
https://9to5linux.com/kali-linux-2026-2-released-with-gnome-50-kde-plasma-6-6-and-new-tools
KDE Plasma Affected by Arbitrary Code Execution
https://www.mallory.ai/stories/019f2bf6-2236-78c8-835e-af28d529ba9c
https://blog.kimiblock.top/2026/07/01/arbitrary-code-execution-in-kde-plasma/
https://invent.kde.org/plasma/plasma-workspace/-/merge_requests/6817
https://www.phoronix.com/news/KDE-Plasma-ACE-New-Window
Git 2.55 Released
https://about.gitlab.com/blog/whats-new-in-git-2-55-0/
https://github.blog/open-source/git/highlights-from-git-2-55/
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Git-2.55-Released
https://lwn.net/Articles/1080188/
Wine 11.12 Released with Wayland Fractional Scaling
https://www.winehq.org/news/2026062901
https://gitlab.winehq.org/wine/wine/-/releases/wine-11.12
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/06/wine-11-12-released-bringing-new-features-like-wayland-fractional-scaling/
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/06/wine-wayland-gains-fractional-scaling-support/
Microsoft Announces Linux Containers on WSL
https://devblogs.microsoft.com/commandline/wsl-container-is-now-available-for-public-preview/
https://github.com/microsoft/wsl/releases
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Microsoft-Preview-WSL-WSLC
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349: Steam Machine Prices Revealed, Akrites for FOSS Security, GIMP from 1996, & more Linux news
2026/06/27
video: https://youtu.be/eb8Evj5nw40
This week's Linux news is packed with all kinds of stuff to talk about from new hardware devices, desktop environments, and a blast from the past. Valve has some exciting news about their new Steam Machine, their latest SteamOS update and also hide your wallets because the Steam Summer Sale is happening right now. Then PINE64 announced a new Home Assistant powered Smart Speaker as a local alternative to Amazon Echos and all those. We've got some desktop news from Xfce as their new Wayland Compositor has Preview Release ready for testing and tinkerers. The COSMIC desktop also has a new release with new features and lots of polish but is it ready to go. Then later we've got a blast from the past because for some reason someone made a Flatpak of GIMP 0.54 the version from 1996.
All of this and more on This Week in Linux, the weekly news show that keeps you up to date with what’s going on in the Linux and Open Source world. Now let's jump right into Your Sourcewe are for Linux GNews!
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00:00 Intro
01:19 Steam Machine, SteamOS, and Steam Summer Sale
08:14 Akrites from Linux Foundation
11:49 PINE64 Smart Speaker with Home Assistant
14:41 Home Assistant OS 18.0 Released
17:37 GIMP 0.54 as a Flatpak
22:23 COSMIC 1.1 Released
26:46 Xfce’s Wayland Compositor Preview Release
29:08 Outro
Links:
Steam Machine, SteamOS, and Steam Summer Sale
https://store.steampowered.com/news/group/45479024/view/685257114654870245
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/06/steam-summer-sale-2026-is-live-heres-our-budget-recommendations/
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/06/steam-machine-pricing-and-launch-announced-and-yes-its-pricey/
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Steam-Machine-1049
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/06/valve-upgraded-the-steamos-installation-image-to-the-big-steamos-3-8-release/
Akrites from Linux Foundation
https://akrites.org/
https://akrites.org/linux-foundation-and-industry-leaders-launch-akrites-to-defend-critical-open-source-software-against-ai-enabled-cyber-threats/
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Akrites
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/06/linux-foundation-and-leading-orgs-launch-akrites-to-protect-open-source-from-ai-threats/
https://lwn.net/Articles/1079657/
PINE64 Smart Speaker with Home Assistant
https://pine64.org/documentation/PineVoice/
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/06/pine64-pinevoice-riscv-smart-speaker-launch
https://itsfoss.com/news/pinevoice-smart-speaker/
Home Assistant OS 18.0 Released
https://www.home-assistant.io/
https://www.home-assistant.io/blog/2026/06/23/the-matter-upgrade-youve-been-waiting-for/
https://github.com/home-assistant/operating-system/releases/tag/18.0
GIMP 0.54 as a Flatpak
https://gimp-0-54-410d78.pages.gitlab.gnome.org/
https://fossforce.com/2026/06/its-1996-all-over-again-on-the-new-gimp-0-54-flatpak/
https://www.phoronix.com/news/GIMP-0.54-Flatpak
https://www.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/1ub8xae/gimp_v054_from_1996_with_motif_toolkit_now/
COSMIC 1.1 Released
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/06/cosmic-desktop-update-system-monitor
https://www.phoronix.com/news/COSMIC-Epoch-1.1
https://9to5linux.com/cosmic-1-1-desktop-environment-released-with-cosmic-monitor-more-improvements
Xfce’s Wayland Compositor Preview Release
https://www.spurint.org/journal/2026/06/xfwl4s-first-preview-release
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Xfwl4-First-Release
https://linuxiac.com/xfce-wayland-compositor-gets-its-first-preview-release/
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348: Linux 7.1, KDE Plasma 6.7, Antergos Returns?, Commodore Callback, AUR Update & more Linux news
2026/06/21
video: https://youtu.be/RCmZKZB-Mf8
The Linux News this week was jam packed. Linus Torvalds announced a new release of the Linux kernel. KDE announced a new release of the Plasma desktop. We've got an update on the AUR Malware from last week, it got better and then worse. Commodore revealed their next product, the Commodore Callback a Smart dumb phone. Yea I know. Plus there's some rumbles going on about the Return of Antergos Linux, we'll talk about that
All of this and more on This Week in Linux, the weekly news show that keeps you up to date with what’s going on in the Linux and Open Source world. Now let's jump right into Your Source for Linux GNews!
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00:00 Intro
00:50 Linux 7.1 Released
03:36 KDE Plasma 6.7 Released
08:40 Antergos Linux Returns?!
16:08 AUR Malware Update for Arch Linux Users
19:39 Commodore Callback, a Smart Dumbphone
25:48 Epic Games Launches Lore Version Control System
28:24 DistroWatch Goes Down, Backups Save the Day
29:59 Outro
Links:
Linux 7.1 Released
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/06/linux-7-1-kernel-features
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-7.1-Released
https://9to5linux.com/linux-kernel-7-1-officially-released-heres-whats-new
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/06/linux-kernel-7-1-out-now-with-new-ntfs-driver-lots-of-hardware-improvements/
KDE Plasma 6.7 Released
https://kde.org/announcements/plasma/6/6.7.0/
https://quantumproductions.info/articles/2026-05/union-spring-2026-update
Antergos Linux Returns?!
https://github.com/Antergos-NeXT
https://9to5linux.com/first-look-at-antergos-next-a-modern-revival-of-antergos-linux-with-kde-plasma
https://distrowatch.com/dwres.php?resource=showheadline&story=20201
AUR Malware Update for Arch Linux Users
https://lwn.net/Articles/1077619/
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/06/the-security-situation-with-the-arch-linux-aur-got-a-lot-worse/
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Arch-Linux-AUR-More-Malware
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Arch-Linux-AUR-More-Than-1500
https://itsfoss.com/news/yay-v13-release/
https://itsfoss.com/news/arch-linux-aur-malware-flood/
https://fossforce.com/2026/06/arch-says-alls-clear-after-aur-malware-incident-affects-1500-packages/
https://fossforce.com/2026/06/aur-registrations-blocked-amid-ongoing-malware-mess/
https://fossforce.com/2026/06/aur-to-arch-houston-weve-got-a-problem-were-under-attack-again/
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Arch-Linux-AUR-Russian-Spam
Commodore Callback, a Smart Dumbphone
https://commodore.net/callback/
https://itsfoss.com/news/commodore-callback-8020-launch/
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2026/06/commodores-newest-gadget-is-a-flip-phone-that-blocks-social-media-and-browsers/
https://www.tomshardware.com/phones/commodore-announces-linux-based-flip-phone-with-no-social-media-no-browser-the-callback-8020-will-be-available-in-five-retro-colorways-starting-at-usd499-runs-99-percent-of-android-apps
https://www.wired.com/story/commodore-callback-8020-is-a-digital-detox-phone-that-isnt-dumb/
Epic Games Launches Lore Version Control System
https://lore.org/
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Epic-Games-Lore-VCS
https://itsfoss.com/news/lore-launched/
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/06/unreal-engine-6-is-all-about-generative-ai-fortnite-and-the-verse/
https://www.theregister.com/devops/2026/06/17/git-good-with-epic-games-new-open-source-vcs-lore/5257978
DistroWatch Goes Down, Backups Save the Day
https://distrowatch.com/
https://www.patreon.com/distrowatch/posts/server-outage-161521259
https://mastodon.social/@distrowatch
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347: DistroWatch turns 25, NixOS 26.05, NVIDIA RTX Spark, AUR Malware, & more Linux news
2026/06/14
video: https://youtu.be/86dRcm8BKI0
This week in Linux, we have some distro news like a new release of NixOS and some unfortunate security news for Arch users. Plus we'll check out the new RTX Spark Superchip that Nvidia announced and it's time to celebrate 25 years of DistroWatch as they reached this massive milestone this week!
All of this and more on This Week in Linux, the weekly news show that keeps you up to date with what’s going on in the Linux and Open Source world. Now let's jump right into Your Source for Linux GNews!
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Chapters:
00:00 Intro
00:47 DistroWatch.com Celebrates 25 Years
09:56 NVIDIA RTX Spark "Superchip"
16:31 NixOS 26.05 Released
18:50 Arch Linux's AUR Compromised with Malware
27:06 T2 Linux 26.6 Released
29:51 Homebrew 6.0 Released
33:30 Microsoft Coreutils, Wait! What?
37:23 Outro
Links:
DistroWatch.com Celebrates 25 Years
https://distrowatch.com/
https://distrowatch.com/weekly.php?issue=20260601#sitenews
NVIDIA RTX Spark "Superchip"
https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/products/rtx-spark/
https://nvidianews.nvidia.com/news/nvidia-microsoft-windows-pcs-agents-rtx-spark
https://www.phoronix.com/news/NVIDIA-RTX-Spark
https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/products/workstations/dgx-spark/
NixOS 26.05 Released
https://nixos.org/blog/announcements/2026/nixos-2605/
Arch Linux's AUR Compromised with Malware
https://archlinux.org/news/active-aur-malicious-packages-incident/
https://www.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/1u3alhe/comment/or3vhax/
https://discuss.cachyos.org/t/aur-compromised-400-packages-affected-20260611/31040
https://www.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/1u3alhe/roughly_400_aur_packages_compromised/
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T2 Linux 26.6 Released
https://t2linux.com/download/26.6
https://9to5linux.com/t2-linux-26-3-is-out-with-fully-reproducible-wayland-based-kde-plasma-experience
https://distrowatch.com/?newsid=12864
Homebrew 6.0 Released
https://brew.sh/2026/06/11/homebrew-6.0.0/
Microsoft Coreutils, Wait! What?
https://github.com/microsoft/coreutils
https://itsfoss.com/news/windows-coreutils/
https://www.phoronix.com/news/MS-Coreutils-For-Windows
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346: $5B for Open Source Security, Age Checks Might Exempt Linux, Linus Torvalds on AI & more Linux news
2026/06/02
345: Fragnesia Vulnerability, €1.2 Million for KDE, Hyprland, Project Bluefin, & more Linux news
2026/05/16
video: https://youtu.be/bdyl-BXlV9s
This week in Linux, we got yet another vulnerability in the Linux kernel to talk about. Is it something to be scared of or is it being blown out of proportion? Stay tuned to find out. Plus we have some great news from the KDE team about a new release of Plasma and new funding to the project. Then we'll talk about some interesting work done over on the Fedora side with Fedora Hummingbird and what that can mean for the future of Linux systems.
And two years ago, on episode 256 of TWIL, I talked about how the HDMI Forum was actively getting in the way of Open Source but apparently, it seems things might have changed and they might be finally getting it.
All of this and more on This Week in Linux, the weekly news show that keeps you up to date with what’s going on in the Linux and Open Source world. Now let's jump right into Your Source for Linux GNews!
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Chapters:
00:00 Intro
00:54 Fragnesia Linux Vulnerability
05:49 €1.2 Million for KDE from Sovereign Tech Fund
09:40 KDE Plasma 6.7 Beta
12:46 Fedora Hummingbird Announced
16:36 Project Bluefin Dakota Alpha 2
21:50 Hyprland 0.55 Released
26:00 HDMI might be finally getting Open Source
30:05 Outro
Links:
Fragnesia Linux Vulnerability
https://lwn.net/Articles/1072647/
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-Fragnesia
https://ubuntu.com/blog/fragnesia-linux-vulnerability-fixes-available
https://almalinux.org/blog/2026-05-13-fragnesia-cve-2026-46300/
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/05/fragnesia-and-ssh-keysign-pwn-are-the-latest-linux-security-problems/
https://github.com/v12-security/pocs/tree/main/fragnesia
€1.2 Million for KDE from Sovereign Tech Fund
https://kde.org/announcements/sovereign-tech-fund-invests-kde/
https://www.sovereign.tech/tech/kde
https://www.sovereign.tech/programs/fund
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/05/kde-sovereign-tech-fund-grant
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/05/kde-gets-over-1-million-in-funding-from-the-sovereign-tech-fund/
https://www.phoronix.com/news/KDE-1M-EUR-Investment
KDE Plasma 6.7 Beta
https://kde.org/announcements/plasma/6/6.6.90/
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/05/kde-plasma-6-7-beta-arrives-with-plasma-bigscreen-new-union-theme-system/
https://www.phoronix.com/news/KDE-Plasma-6.7-Beta-Released
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Plasma-6.7-Beta-Big-Screen
https://community.kde.org/Plasma/Plasma_6
https://community.kde.org/Schedules/Plasma_6
https://thisweekinlinux.com/99
Fedora Hummingbird Announced
https://www.redhat.com/en/about/press-releases/fedora-hummingbird-linux-brings-agentic-linux-builders
https://fedoramagazine.org/fedora-hummingbird-linux-taking-the-hummingbird-model-to-the-full-os/
https://itsfoss.com/news/fedora-hummingbird-images/
https://www.phoronix.com/news/KDE-1M-EUR-Investment
https://discussion.fedoraproject.org/t/fedora-hummingbird-taking-the-hummingbird-model-to-the-full-operating-system/191184/37
https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2026/04/28/exploring-distroless-containers-project-hummingbird
https://hummingbird-project.io/
Project Bluefin Dakota Alpha 2
https://docs.projectbluefin.io/blog/dakota-alpha-1/
https://docs.projectbluefin.io/blog/the-dinosaur-and-the-hummingbird/
https://docs.projectbluefin.io/blog/making-our-own-fate/
https://projectbluefin.io/dakota/
https://github.com/projectbluefin/dakota
Hyprland 0.55 Released
https://hypr.land/news/update55/
https://hypr.land/news/26_lua
https://www.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/1t8bopd/hyprland_055_is_out_completes_the_transition_to_a/
HDMI might be finally getting Open Source
https://www.phoronix.com/news/AMDGPU-HDMI-2.1-FRL-Patches
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/05/expanded-amd-hdmi-2-1-support-is-coming-to-linux/
https://www.phoronix.com/news/HDMI-2.1-DSC-AMDGPU-FRL
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/05/further-expanded-amd-hdmi-2-1-support-is-coming-to-linux-now-with-frl-and-dsc/
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-7.2-AMDGPU-FRL-Regs
https://www.hdmi.org/announce/detail/172
https://thisweekinlinux.com/256
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344: Copy Fail & Dirty Frag, Bazzite 44, CachyOS, Arch Linux & more Linux news
2026/05/09
video: https://youtu.be/zRqYZ7iiU7o
This week in Linux, we've got a new release from Bazzite 44 based on the new Fedora 44. Then we've got some Arch Linux related releases with a new CachyOS and a new ISO from Arch itself. Plus we're going to take a look at an upcoming event called the Linux App Summit as well as the recent vulnerability news that is making waves with Copy Fail & Dirty Frag. All of this and more on This Week in Linux, the weekly news show that keeps you up to date with what’s going on in the Linux and Open Source world. Now let's jump right into Your Source for Linux GNews!
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00:00 Intro
00:41 Bazzite 44 Released
04:49 CachyOS April 2026 Release
08:21 Arch Linux with 7.0
11:46 Copy Fail & Dirty Frag Vulnerabilities
20:51 Linux App Summit from GNOME & KDE
23:42 Mesa 26.1 Released
26:49 GhostBSD 26.1 Released
29:41 Outro
Links:
Bazzite 44 Released
https://universal-blue.discourse.group/t/bazzite-44-update/12092
https://fedoramagazine.org/whats-new-fedora-atomic-desktops-in-fedora-linux-44/
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/04/bazzite-linux-44-lands-for-desktop-gamers-and-its-a-big-release/
CachyOS April 2026 Release
https://cachyos.org/blog/2604-april-release/
https://www.phoronix.com/news/CachyOS-April-2026
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/04/cachyos-april-2026-release-brings-a-new-package-manager-and-even-more-optimizations/
https://www.phoronix.com/news/CachyOS-Super-Charged-Linux-7.0
https://9to5linux.com/cachyos-iso-release-for-april-2026-brings-shelly-as-default-gui-package-manager
Arch Linux with 7.0
https://archlinux.org/releng/releases/2026.05.01/
https://9to5linux.com/first-arch-linux-iso-powered-by-linux-kernel-7-0-is-now-available-for-download
https://linuxiac.com/arch-linux-may-iso-is-out-with-linux-kernel-7-0/
https://9to5linux.com/archinstall-4-3-arch-linux-installer-adds-support-for-installing-additional-fonts
Copy Fail & Dirty Frag Vulnerabilities
Copy Fail:
https://copy.fail/
https://itsfoss.com/news/copy-fail-linux-exploit/
https://9to5linux.com/copy-fail-linux-kernel-vulnerability-now-patched-in-debian-ubuntu-and-others
https://www.theregister.com/security/2026/05/05/copyfail-attackers-start-cashing-in-on-linux-flaw/5226930
https://xint.io/blog/copy-fail-linux-distributions
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2026/05/01/cve-2026-31431-copy-fail-vulnerability-enables-linux-root-privilege-escalation/
Dirty Frag:
https://github.com/V4bel/dirtyfrag
https://almalinux.org/blog/2026-05-07-dirty-frag/
https://ubuntu.com//blog/dirty-frag-linux-vulnerability-fixes-available
https://lwn.net/Articles/1071719/
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Dirty-Frag-Linux
Linux App Summit from GNOME & KDE
https://linuxappsummit.org/
https://kde.org/community/calendar/2026/las-2026/
https://blogs.gnome.org/aday/2026/02/19/gnome-foundation-update-2026-02-19/
Mesa 26.1 Released
https://mesa3d.org/
https://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/mesa-dev/2026-May/226637.html
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Mesa-26.1-Released
https://9to5linux.com/mesa-26-1-open-source-graphics-stack-officially-released-heres-whats-new
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/05/mesa-26-1-0-released-bringing-lots-of-linux-graphics-driver-enhancements/
GhostBSD 26.1 Released
https://www.ghostbsd.org/
https://ghostbsd.org/news/GhostBSD_26.1-R15.0p2_Is_Now_Available
https://www.phoronix.com/news/GhostBSD-26.1-R15.0p2
https://www.theregister.com/2026/02/24/ghostbsd_plans_to_adopt_xlibre/
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