📰 Arch-Based Artix Linux 2026.04 Released With XLibre as Default X Server
Arch-based systemd-free Artix Linux 2026.04 is out with XLibre by default and PipeWire replacing PulseAudio in ISOs.
🔗 Source: https://linuxiac.com/artix-linux-2026-04-released-with-xlibre-as-default-x-serve/
#linux #systemd #arch
Arch-based systemd-free Artix Linux 2026.04 is out with XLibre by default and PipeWire replacing PulseAudio in ISOs.
🔗 Source: https://linuxiac.com/artix-linux-2026-04-released-with-xlibre-as-default-x-serve/
#linux #systemd #arch
Linuxiac
Arch-Based Artix Linux 2026.04 Released With XLibre as Default X Server
Arch-based systemd-free Artix Linux 2026.04 is out with XLibre by default and PipeWire replacing PulseAudio in ISOs.
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📰 FreeBSD Laptop Project Hopes To Port Newer Linux Graphics Drivers This Year
Developers working on the FreeBSD laptop initiative to make the FreeBSD operating system more suitable for running on modern laptop hardware have drafted their road-map of further action items they hope to accomplish in 2026...
🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/FreeBSD-Newer-GPU-Drivers-2026
#linux
Developers working on the FreeBSD laptop initiative to make the FreeBSD operating system more suitable for running on modern laptop hardware have drafted their road-map of further action items they hope to accomplish in 2026...
🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/FreeBSD-Newer-GPU-Drivers-2026
#linux
Phoronix
FreeBSD Laptop Project Hopes To Port Newer Linux Graphics Drivers This Year
Developers working on the FreeBSD laptop initiative to make the FreeBSD operating system more suitable for running on modern laptop hardware have drafted their road-map of further action items they hope to accomplish in 2026.
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📰 Snapdragon X2's Adreno X2-85 GPU Sees Driver Improvements For Linux 7.1
Rob Clark on Thursday sent out the batch of MSM DRM driver feature changes targeting the upcoming Linux 7.1 merge window. This new work for DRM-Next includes enhancements to the Adreno X2-85 GPU support as found within the new Snapdragon X2 laptop SoCs plus various enhancements to existing Qualcomm graphics/display hardware...
🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-7.1-Qualcomm-MSM
#linux
Rob Clark on Thursday sent out the batch of MSM DRM driver feature changes targeting the upcoming Linux 7.1 merge window. This new work for DRM-Next includes enhancements to the Adreno X2-85 GPU support as found within the new Snapdragon X2 laptop SoCs plus various enhancements to existing Qualcomm graphics/display hardware...
🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-7.1-Qualcomm-MSM
#linux
Phoronix
Snapdragon X2's Adreno X2-85 GPU Sees Driver Improvements For Linux 7.1
Rob Clark on Thursday sent out the batch of MSM DRM driver feature changes targeting the upcoming Linux 7.1 merge window
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📰 When a billboard survives the wind, but not the boot
This GRUB is not an advert for some tasty fried food Bork!Bork!Bork! It's one thing to bare your undercarriage in private. It's a whole other thing to do so on the side of a road, risking the possibility that passing drivers will question your Linux competence.…
🔗 Source: https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2026/04/03/when_a_billboard_survives_the/
#linux
This GRUB is not an advert for some tasty fried food Bork!Bork!Bork! It's one thing to bare your undercarriage in private. It's a whole other thing to do so on the side of a road, risking the possibility that passing drivers will question your Linux competence.…
🔗 Source: https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2026/04/03/when_a_billboard_survives_the/
#linux
The Register
When a billboard survives the wind, but not the boot
Bork!Bork!Bork!: This GRUB is not an advert for some tasty fried food
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📰 Valve recently confirmed Steam game pricing updates across different regions
At the end of March, Valve issued an announcement to game developers on Steam about changes to how games get priced across different regions.Read the full article on GamingOnLinux.
🔗 Source: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/04/valve-recently-confirmed-steam-game-pricing-updates-across-different-regions/
#steam
At the end of March, Valve issued an announcement to game developers on Steam about changes to how games get priced across different regions.Read the full article on GamingOnLinux.
🔗 Source: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/04/valve-recently-confirmed-steam-game-pricing-updates-across-different-regions/
#steam
GamingOnLinux
Valve recently confirmed Steam game pricing updates across different regions
At the end of March, Valve issued an announcement to game developers on Steam about changes to how games get priced across different regions.
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📰 Meta Has A New Linux Optimization To Avoid Throttling TCP Throughput Unnecessarily
Meta's great Linux engineering team have been working through some fresh performance optimizations recently from optimizing /proc/interrupts outputs to renewing their investment in jemalloc. A new Linux kernel patch this week provides another optimization to avoid a possible situation of throttling the TCP throughput unnecessarily on Linux systems...
🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-VM-Pressure-TCP-Through
#linux #kernel
Meta's great Linux engineering team have been working through some fresh performance optimizations recently from optimizing /proc/interrupts outputs to renewing their investment in jemalloc. A new Linux kernel patch this week provides another optimization to avoid a possible situation of throttling the TCP throughput unnecessarily on Linux systems...
🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-VM-Pressure-TCP-Through
#linux #kernel
Phoronix
Meta Has A New Linux Optimization To Avoid Throttling TCP Throughput Unnecessarily
Meta's great Linux engineering team have been working through some fresh performance optimizations recently from optimizing /proc/interrupts outputs to renewing their investment in jemalloc
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📰 Chiaki-ng the open-source PlayStation Remote Play app gets better streaming quality and stability
The open-source community made PlayStation Remote Play app Chiaki-ng v1.10.0 has rolled out, making it even better to stream games to other systems.Read the full article on GamingOnLinux.
🔗 Source: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/04/chiaki-ng-the-open-source-playstation-remote-play-app-gets-better-streaming-quality-and-stability/
#opensource
The open-source community made PlayStation Remote Play app Chiaki-ng v1.10.0 has rolled out, making it even better to stream games to other systems.Read the full article on GamingOnLinux.
🔗 Source: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/04/chiaki-ng-the-open-source-playstation-remote-play-app-gets-better-streaming-quality-and-stability/
#opensource
GamingOnLinux
Chiaki-ng the open-source PlayStation Remote Play app gets better streaming quality and stability
The open-source community made PlayStation Remote Play app Chiaki-ng v1.10.0 has rolled out, making it even better to stream games to other systems.
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📰 Gentoo Releases Experimental Images Using GNU/Hurd
Following an April Fools' Day tease of Gentoo claiming they were going to switch to GNU Hurd as their primary kernel moving forward, they have now acknowledged the joke but in fact also announcing there are now experimental Gentoo GNU/Hurd images available...
🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Gentoo-GNU-Hurd-Experimental
#gnu #kernel
Following an April Fools' Day tease of Gentoo claiming they were going to switch to GNU Hurd as their primary kernel moving forward, they have now acknowledged the joke but in fact also announcing there are now experimental Gentoo GNU/Hurd images available...
🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Gentoo-GNU-Hurd-Experimental
#gnu #kernel
Phoronix
Gentoo Releases Experimental Images Using GNU/Hurd
Following an April Fools' Day tease of Gentoo claiming they were going to switch to GNU Hurd as their primary kernel moving forward, they have now acknowledged the joke but in fact also announcing there are now experimental Gentoo GNU/Hurd images available.
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📰 CachyOS Delivers More Performance Out Of Intel Panther Lake
Most of my Intel Panther Lake benchmarking over the past two months for the new Core Ultra Series 3 hardware has been done with Ubuntu Linux given the pervasiveness of it, especially in the corporate/enterprise space. But for those looking at achieving even greater out-of-the-box Linux performance on Intel Panther Lake, the Arch Linux based CachyOS does a pretty fine job at further advancing the performance.
🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/review/cachyos-panther-lake
#linux #arch #ubuntu #intel
Most of my Intel Panther Lake benchmarking over the past two months for the new Core Ultra Series 3 hardware has been done with Ubuntu Linux given the pervasiveness of it, especially in the corporate/enterprise space. But for those looking at achieving even greater out-of-the-box Linux performance on Intel Panther Lake, the Arch Linux based CachyOS does a pretty fine job at further advancing the performance.
🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/review/cachyos-panther-lake
#linux #arch #ubuntu #intel
Phoronix
CachyOS Delivers More Performance Out Of Intel Panther Lake
Most of my Intel Panther Lake benchmarking over the past two months for the new Core Ultra Series 3 hardware has been done with Ubuntu Linux given the pervasiveness of it, especially in the corporate/enterprise space.
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📰 Intel Linux NPU Driver 1.32 Adds Wildcat Lake Support
Intel today released their Linux NPU Driver 1.32 as the user-space driver components that interacts with the upstream IVPU kernel accelerator driver for supporting the NPU hardware with Core Ultra processors...
🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Intel-NPU-Linux-Driver-1.32
#linux #kernel #intel
Intel today released their Linux NPU Driver 1.32 as the user-space driver components that interacts with the upstream IVPU kernel accelerator driver for supporting the NPU hardware with Core Ultra processors...
🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Intel-NPU-Linux-Driver-1.32
#linux #kernel #intel
Phoronix
Intel Linux NPU Driver 1.32 Adds Wildcat Lake Support
Intel today released their Linux NPU Driver 1.32 as the user-space driver components that interacts with the upstream IVPU kernel accelerator driver for supporting the NPU hardware with Core Ultra processors.
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📰 Redox OS Introducing New CPU Scheduler For ~1.5x Performance In Heavy Tasks
The Rust-based Redox OS operating system is preparing to land a new CPU scheduler thanks to work being carried out by open-source developer Akshit Gaur on modernizing the platform's process scheduling subsystem...
🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Redox-OS-New-CPU-Sched
#opensource
The Rust-based Redox OS operating system is preparing to land a new CPU scheduler thanks to work being carried out by open-source developer Akshit Gaur on modernizing the platform's process scheduling subsystem...
🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Redox-OS-New-CPU-Sched
#opensource
Phoronix
Redox OS Introducing New CPU Scheduler For ~1.5x Performance In Heavy Tasks
The Rust-based Redox OS operating system is preparing to land a new CPU scheduler thanks to work being carried out by open-source developer Akshit Gaur on modernizing the platform's process scheduling subsystem.
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📰 Arch-Based Omarchy 3.5 Brings Full Intel Panther Lake Support
Arch-based Omarchy 3.5 adds Intel Panther Lake support with a patched Linux kernel 6.19, Dell XPS 2026 fixes, and new features.
🔗 Source: https://linuxiac.com/arch-based-omarchy-3-5-brings-full-intel-panther-lake-support/
#linux #arch #kernel #intel
Arch-based Omarchy 3.5 adds Intel Panther Lake support with a patched Linux kernel 6.19, Dell XPS 2026 fixes, and new features.
🔗 Source: https://linuxiac.com/arch-based-omarchy-3-5-brings-full-intel-panther-lake-support/
#linux #arch #kernel #intel
Linuxiac
Arch-Based Omarchy 3.5 Brings Full Intel Panther Lake Support
Arch-based Omarchy 3.5 adds Intel Panther Lake support with a patched Linux kernel 6.19, Dell XPS 2026 fixes, and new features.
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📰 Wine 11.6 Brings Android Driver Work, Game Mod Fixes
Wine 11.6 brings early Android driver revival work, better game mod support through DLL load order changes, more VBScript fixes, and 28 bug fixes.
🔗 Source: https://linuxiac.com/wine-11-6-brings-android-driver-work-game-mod-fixes/
#android
Wine 11.6 brings early Android driver revival work, better game mod support through DLL load order changes, more VBScript fixes, and 28 bug fixes.
🔗 Source: https://linuxiac.com/wine-11-6-brings-android-driver-work-game-mod-fixes/
#android
Linuxiac
Wine 11.6 Brings Android Driver Work, Game Mod Fixes
Wine 11.6 brings early Android driver revival work, better game mod support through DLL load order changes, more VBScript fixes, and 28 bug fixes.
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📰 OpenRazer 3.12.1 Enables Two More Razer Devices Under Linux
OpenRazer 3.12 released in mid-March as the latest feature update to these open-source drivers for Razer hardware on Linux. Out today is OpenRazer 3.12.1 for enabling two more Razer products on Linux plus shipping a couple fixes...
🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/OpenRazer-3.12.1-Released
#linux #opensource
OpenRazer 3.12 released in mid-March as the latest feature update to these open-source drivers for Razer hardware on Linux. Out today is OpenRazer 3.12.1 for enabling two more Razer products on Linux plus shipping a couple fixes...
🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/OpenRazer-3.12.1-Released
#linux #opensource
Phoronix
OpenRazer 3.12.1 Enables Two More Razer Devices Under Linux
OpenRazer 3.12 released in mid-March as the latest feature update to these open-source drivers for Razer hardware on Linux
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📰 Skyscraper brings Bluesky to the Linux terminal
What’s better than using a social network? Not using one, I suppose. Or using one in the nerdiest way you can. Case in point, Skyscraper. Created by developer Cameron Banga, Skyscraper is an open-source terminal client for Bluesky, written in Rust and available on GitHub. It does the core essentials – timeline browsing, posting, replies, reposts, likes and profile viewing.
🔗 Source: https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/04/skyscraper-bluesky-terminal-client-linux
#linux #opensource
What’s better than using a social network? Not using one, I suppose. Or using one in the nerdiest way you can. Case in point, Skyscraper. Created by developer Cameron Banga, Skyscraper is an open-source terminal client for Bluesky, written in Rust and available on GitHub. It does the core essentials – timeline browsing, posting, replies, reposts, likes and profile viewing.
🔗 Source: https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/04/skyscraper-bluesky-terminal-client-linux
#linux #opensource
OMG! Ubuntu
Skyscraper brings Bluesky to the Linux terminal
Skyscraper is a free, open-source Bluesky terminal client written in Rust. Browse, post and reply without leaving the command line - here's how to run it on Ubuntu.
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📰 KDE Plasma 6.7 Desktop Environment Is Coming on June 16th, Here’s What to Expect
The upcoming KDE Plasma 6.7 desktop environment is expected on June 16th, 2026, with many new features and improvements. Here’s what’s to expect.
🔗 Source: https://9to5linux.com/kde-plasma-6-7-desktop-environment-is-coming-on-june-16th-heres-what-to-expect
#kde #plasma
The upcoming KDE Plasma 6.7 desktop environment is expected on June 16th, 2026, with many new features and improvements. Here’s what’s to expect.
🔗 Source: https://9to5linux.com/kde-plasma-6-7-desktop-environment-is-coming-on-june-16th-heres-what-to-expect
#kde #plasma
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📰 This lightweight Linux distro is what old hardware has been waiting for
Void Linux won’t be the right distro for everyone, but on old hardware, its lean design can feel like a second life.
🔗 Source: https://www.xda-developers.com/lightweight-linux-distro-what-old-hardware-waiting-for/
#distro #linux
Void Linux won’t be the right distro for everyone, but on old hardware, its lean design can feel like a second life.
🔗 Source: https://www.xda-developers.com/lightweight-linux-distro-what-old-hardware-waiting-for/
#distro #linux
XDA
This lightweight Linux distro is what old hardware has been waiting for
Void Linux won’t be the right distro for everyone, but on old hardware, its lean design can feel like a second life.
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📰 Linux 7.1 To Expose AMD Zen 6's AVX-512 BMM For Guest VMs
A small but important patch that looks like it will be merged for the upcoming Linux 7.1 kernel is for enumerating AVX-512 BMM support for KVM virtualized guests. AVX-512 BMM is one of the exciting ISA additions with next-gen AMD Zen 6 processors...
🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-7.1-KVM-AVX-512-BMM
#linux #amd #kernel
A small but important patch that looks like it will be merged for the upcoming Linux 7.1 kernel is for enumerating AVX-512 BMM support for KVM virtualized guests. AVX-512 BMM is one of the exciting ISA additions with next-gen AMD Zen 6 processors...
🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-7.1-KVM-AVX-512-BMM
#linux #amd #kernel
Phoronix
Linux 7.1 To Expose AMD Zen 6's AVX-512 BMM For Guest VMs
A small but important patch that looks like it will be merged for the upcoming Linux 7.1 kernel is for enumerating AVX-512 BMM support for KVM virtualized guests
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📰 More New Ubuntu 26.04 Yaru Icons
A pair of new icons have been added to Ubuntu 26.04 LTS, giving the Resolute Raccoon’s new default apps, a Yaru-y look. A new icon is added for Resources, Ubuntu’s new default system monitor tool. In the Ubuntu 26.04 beta this was using the upstream icon, which didn’t look out of place really but wasn’t using one a Yaru icon set template shape. That’s now fixed. Still identifiably a system monitor, but using a circle gauge motif.
🔗 Source: https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/04/yaru-new-icons-resources-showtime
#ubuntu
A pair of new icons have been added to Ubuntu 26.04 LTS, giving the Resolute Raccoon’s new default apps, a Yaru-y look. A new icon is added for Resources, Ubuntu’s new default system monitor tool. In the Ubuntu 26.04 beta this was using the upstream icon, which didn’t look out of place really but wasn’t using one a Yaru icon set template shape. That’s now fixed. Still identifiably a system monitor, but using a circle gauge motif.
🔗 Source: https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/04/yaru-new-icons-resources-showtime
#ubuntu
OMG! Ubuntu
More new icons arrive in Ubuntu 26.04 LTS
A couple of new icons have been added to Ubuntu 26.04 LTS, to ensure the Resolute Raccoon's new default apps sport a Yaru-ified look in keeping with the
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📰 Razer Wolverine V3 Pro & Betop KP50 Controllers To Be Supported By Linux 7.0
Ahead of tomorrow's Linux 7.0-rc7 kernel release, this week's batch of input fixes were sent in and merged. Besides a few small input fixes are also some new device IDs and quirks for hardware now to be handled by Linux 7.0...
🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-7.0-rc7-Input-Fixes
#linux #kernel
Ahead of tomorrow's Linux 7.0-rc7 kernel release, this week's batch of input fixes were sent in and merged. Besides a few small input fixes are also some new device IDs and quirks for hardware now to be handled by Linux 7.0...
🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-7.0-rc7-Input-Fixes
#linux #kernel
Phoronix
Razer Wolverine V3 Pro & Betop KP50 Controllers To Be Supported By Linux 7.0
Ahead of tomorrow's Linux 7.0-rc7 kernel release, this week's batch of input fixes were sent in and merged
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📰 Ubuntu 26.04 LTS Raises Desktop Minimum RAM Requirement
Ubuntu 26.04 LTS (Resolute Raccoon) will increase the minimum RAM requirement for Desktop users from 4 GB to 6 GB.
🔗 Source: https://linuxiac.com/ubuntu-26-04-lts-raises-desktop-minimum-ram-requirement/
#ubuntu
Ubuntu 26.04 LTS (Resolute Raccoon) will increase the minimum RAM requirement for Desktop users from 4 GB to 6 GB.
🔗 Source: https://linuxiac.com/ubuntu-26-04-lts-raises-desktop-minimum-ram-requirement/
#ubuntu
Linuxiac
Ubuntu 26.04 LTS Raises Desktop Minimum RAM Requirement
Ubuntu 26.04 LTS (Resolute Raccoon) will increase the minimum RAM requirement for Desktop users from 4 GB to 6 GB.
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