📰 Many Intel & AMD Laptop Improvements Merged For Linux 7.1

As usual in recent years, there were many x86 platform driver changes merged this cycle for benefiting modern AMD Ryzen and Intel Core (Ultra) laptops. A variety of new features and laptop hardware support additions were merged for Linux 7.1...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-7.1-x86-Platform-Drivers

#amd #intel #linux

📰 More ancient Linux device support faces the chop

One way to deal with bug hunting LLMs: ditch the old drivers One tactic to deal with LLM-powered vulnerability detection is simple – just speed up the removal of old code. If it's gone, it no longer matters if it's buggy.…

🔗 Source: https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2026/04/24/ancient_linux_drivers_going/

#linux

📰 Canonical finally gives Launchpad (a bit of) a glow-up

Launchpad, the home of Ubuntu development, has finally received some design attention. Canonical last updated the site’s homepage back in 2024, but many of the pages that the distro’s developers actually use or reference on a regular basis have remained untouched for the best part of a decade. Now that’s starting to change.

🔗 Source: https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/04/ubuntu-launchpad-website-revamp

#distro #ubuntu

📰 Farewell ISDN, Ham Radio & Old Network Drivers: Linus Torvalds Merges 138k L.O.C. Removal

Linus Torvalds did it! He merged the pull request to rid the Linux kernel of the old Integrated Services Digital Network (ISDN) subsystem and various other old network drivers largely for PCMCIA era network adapters. This was the code suggested for removal given the recent influx of AI/LLM-generated bug reports against this dated code that likely has no active upstream users remaining...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-7.1-Removes-Old-Net

#kernel #linux

📰 Raspberry Pi owners are missing this one free tweak that changes everything

A couple of years ago, when I was working on my Raspberry Pi 5, I noticed that it was very slow. I googled possible reasons, and the main one was its lack of RAM. It has 4 gigs of RAM, but I noticed that running multiple Chromium tabs made it run at a snail's pace. So, I looked for ways to increase the RAM. Given that I was using an SD Card as a hard drive, using a swap file wasn't really an option. However, I found a program called ZRAM and...

🔗 Source: https://www.xda-developers.com/free-tweak-old-pi-changes-everything/

#chromium #raspberry

📰 KDE Plasma 6.7 Enables Overlay Planes For Intel Graphics, More Performance/Efficiency

KDE developers continued to land more feature changes for the upcoming Plasma 6.7 desktop release. It's a busy spring of fixes, optimizations, and shiny new features for Plasma 6.7...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/KDE-Plasma-6.7-Intel-Overlay

#intel #kde #plasma

📰 Fedora 44 Releasing Next Week

After being deemed not ready for debuting this week as an early release target, Fedora stakeholders have decided that Fedora 44 will be ready to officially debut next Tuesday...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Fedora-44-Next-Week

#fedora

📰 New NTFS Driver Sees A Number Of Fixes Ahead Of Linux 7.1-rc1

With the Linux 7.1-rc1 kernel release due out tomorrow to cap off the Linux 7.1 merge window, one of the most notable additions this cycle is the introduction of the new NTFS driver that aims to provide better performance and more modern features than the existing NTFS3 in-kernel driver that was originally contributed by Paragon Software...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/New-NTFS-Driver-Fixes-Linux-7.1

#kernel #linux

📰 Your Gen 5 SSD is probably throttling right now, and you have no idea

You paid a premium for 14,000 MB/s speeds, but during a large Steam download or 4K video export, it feels like your PC is struggling to keep up and overall just comes across quite mushy. Unlike a CPU, which might trigger a loud fan spike, an SSD suffers in silence, making it hard for you to identify when it is actually occurring.

🔗 Source: https://www.xda-developers.com/your-pcie-50-ssd-might-be-throttling-without-you-knowing/

#steam

📰 Microsoft Reportedly Looking At Rebasing Azure Linux On Fedora

Microsoft's in-house Azure Linux operating system used within Azure and for WSL and other purposes is reportedly pursuing an overhaul where it would be derived from Fedora Linux...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/MS-Azure-Linux-Fedora-Based

#fedora #linux

📰 Niri 26.04 Brings Long-Awaited Blur Support to the Wayland Compositor

Niri 26.04 scrollable-tiling Wayland compositor adds long-awaited blur support, improved screencasting, faster rendering, and more.

🔗 Source: https://linuxiac.com/niri-26-04-brings-long-awaited-blur-support-to-the-wayland-compositor/

#wayland

📰 I turned a Raspberry Pi and mini PC into a portable homelab that fits in my backpack

I love my homelab — but accessing it remotely from a hotel or café only gets me so far. That remote connection works fine for simpler tasks like checking dashboards, running scripts, waking up, or shutting down machines. But anything heavier — large file transfers, streaming, or running intensive workloads — quickly reveals public Wi-Fi’s limitations.

🔗 Source: https://www.xda-developers.com/turned-raspberry-pi-mini-pc-into-portable-homelab-that-fits-backpack/

#raspberry

📰 LACT 0.9 Released With UI Updates, Voltage-Frequency Curve Editor For NVIDIA

LACT, one of the leading open-source solutions to provide a graphics card management GUI that works across AMD / NVIDIA / Intel graphics hardware on Linux, is out with a major update this weekend...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/LACT-0.9-Released

#amd #intel #linux #opensource

📰 Void Linux Switches Main NVIDIA Package to Open Kernel Modules

Void Linux now uses NVIDIA’s open DKMS kernel modules in its main NVIDIA package, starting with the 595.xx driver series.

🔗 Source: https://linuxiac.com/void-linux-switches-main-nvidia-package-to-open-kernel-modules/

#kernel #linux

📰 GNOME extensions are basically required, but they're a ticking time bomb for Linux desktops

The unpredictable nature of GNOME extensions, lacking a standard rulebook, often leads to instability and crashes.

🔗 Source: https://www.xda-developers.com/gnome-extensions-are-reason-linux-desktops-break-themselves/

#gnome #linux

📰 BleachBit 6.0 Introduces New Cookie Manager, Improves Browser Cleaning

BleachBit 6.0 open-source and free disk space cleaner, privacy manager, and computer system optimizer software is now available for download with many improvements and major changes.

🔗 Source: https://9to5linux.com/bleachbit-6-0-introduces-new-cookie-manager-improves-browser-cleaning

#opensource

📰 Asahi Linux Improves Apple Silicon Support as Fedora Asahi Remix 44 Nears

Asahi Linux moves Apple Silicon support forward with a new installer, Mac Pro support, firmware updates, and Fedora Asahi Remix 44 preparations.

🔗 Source: https://linuxiac.com/asahi-linux-improves-apple-silicon-support-as-fedora-asahi-remix-44-nears/

#fedora #linux

📰 The New Linux Kernel AI Bot Uncovering Bugs Is A Local LLM On Framework Desktop + AMD Ryzen AI Max

Earlier this month on Phoronix we were the first to draw attention to a new fuzzing tool / AI bot uncovering kernel bugs by Greg Kroah-Hartman, the "second in command" for Linux kernel development and stable maintainer. Greg has now shared more light on the "gregkh_clanker_t1000" for this tool that has been uncovering more Linux kernel bugs the past few weeks...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Clanker-T1000-AMD-Ryzen-AI-Max

#amd #kernel #linux

[Release] rockchip-vaapi - VA-API hardware video decode driver for RK3588 (Orange Pi 5 Plus, Rock 5B, etc.)
--> https://www.reddit.com/r/OrangePI/s/hovQdXveM4

📰 CachyOS Introduces New Default GUI Package Manager, Kyber For NVMe I/O Scheduler

The April 2026 ISO refresh of the Arch Linux based CachyOS is now available with a variety of refinements, new hardware support, and other polishing...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/CachyOS-April-2026

#arch #linux