📰 Someone Forked Systemd to Strip Out Its Age Verification Support

The project removes the birthDate field systemd added last week in response to age verification laws.

🔗 Source: https://feed.itsfoss.com/link/24361/17304579/systemd-fork-strips-out-age-verification

#systemd

📰 This square phone with a hidden (or gamepad) gives strong Motorola Flipout vibes

The Frog RS1 is an Android phone with a small 3.4 inch square touchscreen display, a MediaTek processor, and a design that lets you flip the screen upward so that it rotates 90 degrees and reveals a hidden keyboard… or gamepad. It’s unclear if this particular phone will come to market anytime soon, but Chinese manufacturer .

🔗 Source: https://liliputing.com/this-square-phone-with-a-hidden-or-gamepad-gives-strong-motorola-flipout-vibes/

#android

📰 DietPi 10.2 Released with Immich Support and New Software Options

DietPi 10.2 adds Immich, Immich Machine Learning, uv, and RustDesk Client, alongside tool improvements, configuration updates, and multiple bug fixes.

🔗 Source: https://linuxiac.com/dietpi-10-2-released-with-immich-support-and-new-software-options/

#immich

📰 Wine 11 rewrites how Linux runs Windows games at the kernel level, and the speed gains are massive

Wine 11 is the biggest jump for Linux gaming in years.

🔗 Source: https://www.xda-developers.com/wine-11-rewrites-linux-runs-windows-games-speed-gains/

#linux #kernel

📰 Every gaming Linux distro is about to share the same foundation, and it could change everything

We finally have an answer to Linux gaming's fragmentation problem.

🔗 Source: https://www.xda-developers.com/every-gaming-linux-distro-share-the-same-foundation/

#distro #linux

📰 Cloudflare Details Their Upgrade To EPYC Turin For 2x Throughput, 50% Better Perf/Watt

Cloudflare's technical blog posts about their hardware and software efforts are always a treat to read. Their latest fascinating technical content is on their newest "Gen 13" server platform based around AMD EPYC Turin where they are now achieving 2x throughput and 50% better performance-per-Watt thanks to these latest-generation AMD EPYC server processors paired with software improvements too...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Cloudflare-Gen13-Server-Turin

#amd

📰 I ditched GIMP for Krita and never looked back

When I made the jump from Windows to Linux midway through 2025, I knew I had to find an alternative to one of my favorite image editors, Paint.net. It was simple, it did the job, and unfortunately, it wasn't on Linux. So, I went for the next-best thing I could think of off the top of my head: GIMP.

🔗 Source: https://www.xda-developers.com/i-ditched-gimp-for-krita-and-never-looked-back/

#linux

Qt 6.11 Released With Qt Canvas Painter and Task Tree Module
https://linuxiac.com/qt-6-11-released-with-qt-canvas-painter-and-task-tree-module/

📰 NVIDIA 595.58.03 Linux Driver Debuts As Stable R595 Build

Building off the NVIDIA 595.45.04 Linux beta driver that brought DRI3 v1.2 support and new Vulkan capabilities, the NVIDIA 595.58.03 Linux driver released this morning as the first stable Linux driver build in the R595 release branch...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/NVIDIA-595.58.03-Linux

#linux

📰 Infinity Engine open source remake GemRB 0.9.5 gets Baldur's Gate II: Enhanced Edition playable

The developers working away on the Infinity Engine open source remake GemRB just released v0.9.5, bringing major classic RPG compatibility improvements.Read the full article on GamingOnLinux.

🔗 Source: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/03/infinity-engine-open-source-remake-gemrb-0-9-5-gets-baldurs-gate-ii-enhanced-edition-playable/

#opensource

📰 Pop!_OS 24.04 vs. Ubuntu 24.04 LTS vs. Ubuntu 26.04 Development Benchmarks

While having the new System76 Thelio Mira desktop in the lab, I took the opportunity to run some benchmarks to see how Pop!_OS 24.04 is currently performing relative to Ubuntu 24.04 LTS for which it is based as well as looking ahead at how Ubuntu 26.04 LTS in its current near-final development form is looking on the same hardware.

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/review/popos-2404-ubuntu-2604

#ubuntu

📰 PineTime Pro is an open source smartwatch with an OLED display and GPS

Pine64 is a company that produces inexpensive single-board computers, laptops, tablets, and smartphones designed to run open source software, usually aimed at developers and open source enthusiasts. In response to the current RAM shortage, the company has paused production of some devices, including the PinePhone, PineNote, and PineTab2. But the company is also introducing a new .

🔗 Source: https://liliputing.com/pinetime-pro-is-an-open-source-smartwatch-with-an-oled-display-and-gps/

#opensource

📰 Millions of Anonymous Student and Crime Tips Exposed in Major Data Breach

A reported breach of P3 Global Intel exposed millions of anonymous crime and school safety tips, raising new concerns about privacy and trust...

🔗 Source: https://www.techrepublic.com/article/news-p3-global-intel-data-breach/

#intel

📰 Arm rolls its own 136-core AGI CPU to chase AI hype train

Turns out artificial general intelligence was a CPU this whole time Arm unveiled its first homegrown silicon — yes, an actual chip, not another shake-n-bake blueprint — during an event in San Francisco on Tuesday, and said that flagship customer Meta is set to deploy the 136-core CPU at scale later this year.…

🔗 Source: https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2026/03/24/arm_agi_cpu/

#arm

📰 Age checks creep into Linux as systemd gets a DOB field

Flatpak may be next, and the lobbying behind it is raising eyebrows After weeks of debate, code to record user age was finally merged into the Linux world's favorite system management daemon.…

🔗 Source: https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2026/03/24/foss_age_verification/

#flatpak #systemd #linux

📰 LiteLLM loses game of Trivy pursuit, gets compromised

Python interface for LLMs infected with malware via polluted CI/CD pipeline Two versions of LiteLLM, an open source interface for accessing multiple large language models, have been removed from the Python Package Index (PyPI) following a supply chain attack that injected them with malicious credential-stealing code.…

🔗 Source: https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2026/03/24/trivy_compromise_litellm/

#python #opensource

📰 AMD-Optimized Rocky Linux Distribution To Focus On AI & HPC Workloads

AMD and CIQ jointly announced today that AMD-optimized Rocky Linux builds are being worked on for this RHEL-derived operating system. The AMD-optimized Rocky Linux will focus on AI and HPC workloads and be nicely integrated with ROCm...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/AMD-Rocky-Linux-Optimized

#amd #linux

📰 Oracle Releases Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel 8.2 - Still On Linux 6.12 LTS Base

Days after Oracle celebrated their RHEL-based Oracle Linux distribution turning 20 years old, today they announced Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel 8.2 "UEK 8.2" as their alternative to the RHEL-clone kernel with Oracle Linux...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Unbreakable-Enterprise-UEK-8.2

#linux #kernel

📰 Intel's Vulkan Linux Driver Lands New Feature To Boost DX12 Game Performance

Intel's open-source "ANV" Vulkan driver for Linux systems enabled a new feature called BTP+BTI RCC Keying. You may be wondering what it means or stands for, but long story short it helps with the performance of Direct3D 12 (DX12) games running on Linux by way of Valve's Steam Play with Proton + VKD3D-Proton...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Intel-ANV-BTP-BTI-RCC-Keying

#steam #opensource #linux #intel

📰 This Nvidia Linux driver update finally fixes a frustrating Wayland display problem

There was once a time when getting an Nvidia driver working properly on Linux was a hellish experience. Fortunately, while it's still a little more work than Windows, the modern-day official Nvidia drivers have made Linux gamers' lives a ton easier, especially when the GPU giant actively works on bugs and issues that arise on the open-source software front.

🔗 Source: https://www.xda-developers.com/this-nvidia-linux-driver-update-finally-fixes-a-frustrating-wayland-display-problem/

#opensource #wayland #linux

📰 Ubuntu 26.10 Looks To Strip Its GRUB Bootloader To The Bare Minimum For Better Security

Ubuntu developers at Canonical are looking to strip the signed GRUB bootloader features to the bare minimum for the Ubuntu 26.10 release later this year. Dropping support for XFS, ZFS, Btrfs, LVM, md-raid (except RAID1), LUKS-encrypted disks, and other features is being looked at in the name of security...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Ubuntu-26.10-Lighter-GRUB

#ubuntu