📰 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

📰 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

📰 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

📰 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

📰 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

📰 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

📰 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

📰 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

📰 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

📰 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

📰 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

📰 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

📰 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

📰 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

📰 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

📰 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

📰 Debian Is Figuring Out How Age Verification Laws Will Impact It

With age verification/attestation laws down to the OS level enacted by California and being decided upon by other US states, it's been a hot topic of discussion in the open-source world. For the Debian project that is strictly volunteer/community-driven unlike various commercial Linux platforms, they are figuring out how such laws will impact them...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Debian-Undecided-Age-Laws

#linux #opensource #debian

📰 The best thing about modern Linux isn't the desktop, it's how easy it is to roll back your mistakes

When I made the move from Windows to Linux, I wasn't quite sure what to expect. I knew I was moving into a whole new ecosystem, and I had an idea as to what I wanted to test out, but other than that, I had no idea what I was getting into. So, I just sort of jumped in and gave Linux a try.

🔗 Source: https://www.xda-developers.com/best-thing-about-modern-linux-rollback-your-mistakes/

#linux