📰 Steam Client Beta bring fixes for the new Linux SteamRT3 Beta

Valve released a fresh update to the Steam Client Beta, bringing a few useful bug fixes and more work on the new Linux SteamRT3 Beta.Read the full article on GamingOnLinux.

🔗 Source: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/03/steam-client-beta-bring-fixes-for-the-new-linux-steamrt3-beta/

#steam #linux

📰 Firefox 149 brings free VPN, tab splits and better Linux integration

The Firefox 149 update is now rolling out to users, adding a new split view feature, a free built-in VPN and a welcome Linux-specific change. Split View in Firefox lets you view two web pages side-by-side inside a single browser window, which is a cleaner approach than how you might have been doing this previously, i.e., snapping two separate browser windows against each other.

🔗 Source: https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/03/firefox-149-released-tab-split-free-vpn

#linux #firefox

📰 Chaotic party battler where vacuum cleaners face off - Roombattle is out now

Need a new silly party game? Roombattle looks properly hilarious and it recently launched on Steam with full Linux support too.Read the full article on GamingOnLinux.

🔗 Source: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/03/chaotic-party-battler-where-vacuum-cleaners-face-off-roombattle-is-out-now/

#steam #linux

📰 Raspberry Pi Imager 2.0.7 Released With UI Fixes and Improved Device Support

Raspberry Pi Imager 2.0.7 delivers UI fixes, improved device support, better search, and multiple bug fixes across Linux, Windows, and macOS.

🔗 Source: https://linuxiac.com/raspberry-pi-imager-2-0-7-released-with-ui-fixes/

#linux #raspberry

📰 AI bug reports went from junk to legit overnight, says Linux kernel czar

Greg Kroah-Hartman can't explain the inflection point, but it's not slowing down or going away Interview I was at a press luncheon at KubeCon Europe this week when, to my surprise, who should sit down next to me but long-term Linux kernel maintainer Greg Kroah-Hartman. Greg, who lives in the Netherlands these days, was there to briefly comment on AI, Linux, and security.

🔗 Source: https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2026/03/26/greg_kroahhartman_ai_kernel/

#linux #kernel

📰 LibreOffice 26.2.2 Open-Source Office Suite Released with More Than 80 Bug Fixes

LibreOffice 26.2.2 is now available for download as the second point release to the LibreOffice 26.2 office suite series with 65 bug fixes.

🔗 Source: https://9to5linux.com/libreoffice-26-2-2-open-source-office-suite-released-with-more-than-80-bug-fixes

#opensource

📰 Ubuntu Will Switch To ntpd-rs As Its Next Rust System Component

Canonical engineers are planning a switch to ntpd-rs as the newest Rust-based system component for Ubuntu Linux for handling time synchronization...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Ubuntu-Switching-To-ntpd-rs

#ubuntu #linux

📰 RTS game PERIMETER: Legate Edition gets Linux ARM64 binaries and Steam Workshop support

PERIMETER: Legate Edition is an enhanced version of the retro 2004 RTS game and the latest update expands it even further with modding and Linux ARM64.Read the full article on GamingOnLinux.

🔗 Source: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/03/rts-game-perimeter-legate-edition-gets-linux-arm64-binaries-and-steam-workshop-support/

#steam #linux

📰 Open-Source Nouveau Performance With Linux 7.0 + NVK Mesa 26.1-dev vs. NVIDIA Linux Driver

As a few months have passed since our prior round of testing the fully open-source NVIDIA Linux driver stack with the Nouveau kernel driver and Mesa NVK Vulkan driver plus Zink, here is a fresh round of benchmarks using Linux 7.0 and Mesa 26.1-dev compared to the open-source stack shipped by Ubuntu 25.10 (Linux 6.17 + Mesa 25.2) for showing how far the open-source NVIDIA driver has progressed the past few months.

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/review/linux-70-nouveau

#opensource #ubuntu #linux #kernel

📰 CachyOS just dethroned Arch Linux on ProtonDB, and Linux gamers are finally noticing

It was inevitable once you see everything CachyOS has.

🔗 Source: https://www.xda-developers.com/cachyos-is-the-new-king-of-protondb/

#linux #arch

📰 Stop using these 6 built-in Linux commands; I found something way better

These alternatives have replaced several default commands for me.

🔗 Source: https://www.xda-developers.com/built-in-linux-commands-better-alternatives/

#linux

📰 KDE's KWin Compositor Lands First Step Toward Vulkan Support

Merged today was the very first step toward implementing Vulkan support within KDE's KWin compositor as an alternative to OpenGL rendering...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/KDE-KWin-Vulkan-First-Step

#kde

📰 Ubuntu 26.04 LTS Beta Is Out Now with Linux Kernel 7.0 and GNOME 50

Ubuntu 26.04 LTS operating system is now available for public beta testing with the Linux 7.0 kernel, Mesa 26.0 graphics stack, and GNOME 50 desktop environment.

🔗 Source: https://9to5linux.com/ubuntu-26-04-lts-beta-is-out-now-with-linux-kernel-7-0-and-gnome-50

#gnome #ubuntu #linux #kernel

📰 Dovecot 2.4.3 Secure IMAP Server Improves UTF-8 Support for Mail Storage

Dovecot 2.4.3 open-source secure IMAP server, improves UTF-8 storage handling and fixes critical security vulnerabilities.

🔗 Source: https://linuxiac.com/dovecot-2-4-3-secure-imap-server-improves-utf-8-support-for-mail-storage/

#opensource

📰 Linux Patches Posted To Fix ~2x Performance Drop For CPU Workloads On NVIDIA Vera Rubin

An important set of Linux scheduler patches were posted for review on Thursday for improving the SMT-aware asymmetric CPU capacity handling. These patches to improve the Linux kernel scheduler around CPU Simultaneous Multi-Threading (SMT) is needed after NVIDIA engineers discovered up to a ~2x performance drop for CPU-intensive workloads on their upcoming Vera Rubin platform...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/NVIDIA-Vera-Rubin-SMT-Sched-Fix

#linux #kernel

📰 AMDGPU Driver For Linux 7.1 Preps Debug Improvements, New Hardware IP

Another round of AMDGPU/AMDKFD kernel driver improvements were sent out this week as feature development for DRM-Next ahead of Linux 7.1 begins to wind down...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-7.1-More-AMDGPU

#linux #kernel

📰 BPF-Based I/O Scheduler For Linux Demonstrated

With sched_ext there is support for BPF-based CPU scheduling policies for the Linux kernel while now a new initiative is working on BPF-based I/O schedulers...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/BPF-IO-Scheduler-Linux

#linux #kernel

📰 Intel Xe Driver Improves Memory Pressure / Out-Of-Memory Behavior For vRAM With Linux 7.1

Following the Intel Xe kernel graphics driver pull request landing transparent hugepages for device pages as an SVM win, another round of Intel Xe driver updates were sent out this week ahead of next month's Linux 7.1 merge window. This latest pull request lands a new user-space API for helping the Intel Xe driver better cope with situations of video memory pressure / out-of-memory behavior for vRAM...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Intel-Xe-Purgeable-BO

#linux #intel #kernel

📰 Ubuntu Rust Strategy Expands Again With ntpd-rs Proposal

Canonical continues to expand Rust adoption in Ubuntu by targeting time synchronization with ntpd-rs, aiming to improve security in core services.

🔗 Source: https://linuxiac.com/ubuntu-rust-strategy-expands-again-with-ntpd-rs-proposal/

#ubuntu

📰 Hyprland 0.54.3 Wayland Compositor Released With Crash Fixes

Hyprland 0.54.3 delivers fixes for crashes in compositor, layout handling, and XWayland, improving overall stability in this patch release.

🔗 Source: https://linuxiac.com/hyprland-0-54-3-wayland-compositor-released-with-crash-fixes/

#wayland

📰 Mixxx 2.5.6 Open-Source DJ App Improves Controller Mapping Support and Effects

Mixxx 2.5.6 open-source virtual DJ software for performing live mixes is now available for download with improvements to controller mappings and effects, as well as bug fixes.

🔗 Source: https://9to5linux.com/mixxx-2-5-6-open-source-dj-app-improves-controller-mapping-support-and-effects

#opensource