📰 Wayland Protocols 1.48 Released With XDG Session Management

Wayland Protocols 1.48 is out today with the long-awaited XDG Session Management protocol in tow as well as several new experimental protocols...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Wayland-Protocols-1.48

#wayland

📰 The Linux Kernel's Minimum Rust Version Supported Prepares For Rust 1.85 Baseline

The Rust-For-Linux crew is preparing to raise the minimum supported Rust version for building the Linux kernel and and similarly also bumping the minimum supported version of bindgen, the tool for generating Rust FFI bindings for C code in the kernel...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-Preps-For-Rust-1.85-Base

#linux #kernel

📰 HarfBuzz 14.0 Released With New GPU Accelerated Text Rendering Library

HarfBuzz is the open-source text shaping engine originally born out of the FreeType project and now widely-used by GNOME, KDE, Java, Flutter, Godot, Chromium, LibreOffice, and countless other applications. HarfBuzz 14.0 released today and making this release quite exciting is introducing a GPU-accelerated text rendering library...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/HarfBuzz-14.0-Released

#kde #opensource #chromium #gnome

📰 Budget mini-PCs peaked with the N100, and nothing else comes close for the price – not even the Raspberry Pi

The N100 is still the king of budget-friendly mini-PCs.

🔗 Source: https://www.xda-developers.com/budget-mini-pcs-peaked-with-the-n100/

#raspberry

📰 'NoVoice' Android malware on Google Play infected 2.3 million devices

A new Android malware named NoVoice was found on Google Play, hidden in more than 50 apps that were downloaded at least 2.3 million times.

🔗 Source: https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/novoice-android-malware-on-google-play-infected-23-million-devices/

#android

📰 NVIDIA announce a preview of "DRM Per-Plane Color Pipeline API" support on Linux (good for HDR)

NVIDIA just announced something quite interesting, in the form of an upcoming update for their GPU drivers for Linux.Read the full article on GamingOnLinux.

🔗 Source: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/04/nvidia-announce-a-preview-of-drm-per-plane-color-pipeline-api-support-on-linux-good-for-hdr/

#linux

📰 Fedora Rejects Proposal To Use systemd For Managing Per-User Environment Variables

The Fedora Engineering and Steering Committee "FESCo" this week rejected a change proposal for Fedora 45 that would use systemd's environment generator functionality for managing per-user environment variables...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Fedora-Rejects-systemd-Feature

#systemd #fedora

📰 Running Mainline Linux, U-Boot, and Mesa on Rockchip: A year in review

Get the recap of Nicolas Frattaroli's FOSDEM talk detailing Rockchip’s mainline progress, including Vulkan 1.4 and NPU support as a vital path to sustainable, affordable hardware.

🔗 Source: https://www.collabora.com/news-and-blog/blog/2026/03/02/running-mainline-linux-u-boot-and-mesa-on-rockchip-a-year-in-review/

#linux

📰 AMD GPU Driver Sees DC Idle Manager & Multi-SDMA Engine Optimization For Linux 7.1

With Linux 7.0-rc6 having released on Sunday, we are hitting the point of the cut-off of new feature material being allowed into the Direct Rendering Manager's DRM-Next tree of queuing new graphics/display/accelerator feature code ahead of the upcoming Linux 7.1 merge window. As presumably the last AMDGPU/AMDKFD feature pull ahead of Linux 7.1, today's pull request from AMD contains some noteworthy final enhancements...

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

#linux #amd

📰 Netrunner 26 Released with XLibre Xserver, Based on Debian 13 “Trixie”

Netrunner 26 GNU/Linux distribution is now available for download based on Debian GNU/Linux 13 “Trixie” and featuring the KDE Plasma 6.3.6 desktop environment with Linux kenrel 6.16.

🔗 Source: https://9to5linux.com/netrunner-26-released-with-xlibre-xserver-based-on-debian-13-trixie

#kde #linux #gnu #debian #plasma

📰 Steam store home page gets a refresh in Beta, plus another Linux SteamRT3 Beta fix

Valve have pushed out an overhauled Steam store home page in the latest Steam Client Beta, along with another needed fix for the Linux SteamRT3 Beta.Read the full article on GamingOnLinux.

🔗 Source: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/04/steam-store-home-page-gets-a-refresh-in-beta-plus-another-linux-steamrt3-beta-fix/

#steam #linux

📰 The State of Trusted Open Source Report

In December 2025, we shared the first-ever The State of Trusted Open Source report, featuring insights from our product data and customer base on open source consumption across our catalog of container image projects, versions, images, language libraries, and builds. These insights shed light on what teams pull, deploy, and maintain day to day, alongside the vulnerabilities and.

🔗 Source: https://thehackernews.com/2026/04/the-state-of-trusted-open-source-report.html

#opensource

📰 Proposal to Centralize Per-User Environment Variables Under Systemd in Fedora Rejected

It was rejected due to insufficient consideration for systemd-less environments like containers.

🔗 Source: https://feed.itsfoss.com/link/24361/17312296/fedora-per-user-environment-variables-proposal

#systemd #fedora

📰 AMD Ryzen AI Max "Strix Halo" Enjoys Great Performance Gains With Latest Linux Software

With the Ubuntu 26.04 LTS release due out in three weeks, I have been re-testing a number of different devices on this newest Ubuntu release. One of the most significant improvements to note was when running the Framework Desktop with Ryzen AI Max "Strix Halo" and quantifying the performance gains of the Radeon 8060S Graphics since launch last year.

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/review/ubuntu-2604-strix-halo

#linux #amd #ubuntu

📰 SteamOS 3.8 just dramatically improved a lot of handhelds except the Steam Deck itself

The Steam Deck just saw one of its biggest updates enter the preview phase, and if you're on the Preview update channel, then chances are you've already updated it. After such a major update, you might realize that not much has changed, though. SteamOS 3.8 is, by all accounts, one of Valve's most important updates yet. It expands compatibility, improves performance, and lays the groundwork for something much bigger than a handheld.

🔗 Source: https://www.xda-developers.com/steamos-38-dramatically-improves-many-gaming-handhelds-except-steam-deck/

#steam

📰 sudo-rs adds a keyboard shortcut to quickly hide password feedback

The Rust-based version of sudo shows password feedback by default in Ubuntu 26.04 LTS, upending nearly 40 years of learned (and confusing) behaviour. Broadly, that decision has been well received, but those who want a quick option to temporarily mask their sudo input (no asterisks), just got one. You can now toggle sudo password feedback visibility by pressing the tab key.

🔗 Source: https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/04/sudo-rs-password-feedback-toggle

#ubuntu

📰 Linux Continues to Make History, Hitting 5% Usage on Steam

Linux continues its rise on Steam, reaching a record 5% share in Valve’s March 2026 Hardware and Software Survey.

🔗 Source: https://linuxiac.com/linux-make-history-hitting-five-percent-usage-on-steam/

#steam #linux

📰 I switched to Linux for unconventional reasons, and now I can't go back

I’ve been a fan of the Linux ecosystem ever since I got a taste of it with the Raspberry Pi OS (or Buster, as it was called back then) on my RPi Zero ages ago. Since then, it has been a fun journey involving distro-hopping shenanigans and virtualization experiments. But unlike most folks, my reasons for going down the slippery slope of Linux flavors were more than just dissatisfaction with Windows and a desire to bring old devices back to life...

🔗 Source: https://www.xda-developers.com/i-switched-to-linux-for-unconventional-reasons/

#distro #linux #raspberry

📰 Ubuntu 26.04’s sudo adds password feedback hide toggle

Ubuntu 26.04's sudo-rs now includes a keypress toggle for password feedback. Switch between visible asterisks and silent input without editing a config file.You're reading Ubuntu 26.04’s sudo adds password feedback hide toggle, a blog post from OMG! Ubuntu. Do not reproduce elsewhere without permission.

🔗 Source: https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/04/sudo-rs-password-feedback-toggle

#ubuntu

📰 Parrot Linux Takes Stand Against Age Verification

Parrot Linux publishes an official statement against age verification as opposition grows across the Linux and open-source world.

🔗 Source: https://linuxiac.com/parrot-linux-takes-stand-against-age-verification/

#linux #opensource

📰 AMD P-State Driver Introducing New Features With Linux 7.1

A few Linux kernel releases have passed since there have been any new features to talk about for the AMD P-State driver for CPU frequency scaling / power management with modern AMD Ryzen and EPYC processors. But for the upcoming Linux 7.1 kernel there are some new features now ready for mainline...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/AMD-P-State-Linux-7.1

#linux #amd #kernel