📰 Patch to end i486 support hits Linux kernel merge queue

After a year of patchwork, maintainers look ready to start retiring 486-class CPUs It's taken nearly a full version number to get the pieces in order, but the long-awaited end of 486 chip support in the Linux kernel appears to be nigh with Linux 7.1's release later this year. …

🔗 Source: https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2026/04/06/patch_to_end_i486_support/

#linux #kernel

📰 A Small But Useful Debugging Addition For AMD Zen Systems With Linux 7.1

A small but convenient feature is coming with the Linux 7.1 that will be useful in debugging AMD Zen system problems and information reporting/transparency purposes...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/AMD-AGESA-Version-Linux-7.1

#linux #amd

📰 FreeBSD Aims To Better Track Laptop Hardware That Works Or Doesn't For Their OS

Over the past year the FreeBSD project has been making much progress on making it more viable to run this BSD operating system on laptop hardware. They have worked on better graphics driver support, improved power management / suspend, making sure audio is working, and even rolling out a KDE desktop option from the FreeBSD OS installer to ease the deployment on desktops.

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/FreeBSD-Laptop-Matrix

#kde

📰 Rust Coreutils 0.8 Brings Significant Performance Gains

Rust Coreutils 0.8 was released today as the newest major release to this alternative to GNU Coreutils...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Rust-Coreutils-0.8-Released

#gnu

📰 Flowise AI Agent Builder Under Active CVSS 10.0 RCE Exploitation; 12,000+ Instances Exposed

Threat actors are exploiting a maximum-severity security flaw in Flowise, an open-source artificial intelligence (AI) platform, according to new findings from VulnCheck.The vulnerability in question is CVE-2025-59528 (CVSS score: 10.0), a code injection vulnerability that could result in remote code execution."The CustomMCP node allows users to input configuration settings for connecting.

🔗 Source: https://thehackernews.com/2026/04/flowise-ai-agent-builder-under-active.html

#opensource

📰 RISC-V XIP Linux Feature Being Removed After It Keeps Breaking For Months At A Time

Introduced in Linux 5.13 back in 2021 was eXecute In Place "XIP" support for RISC-V that allows for the kernel image to be executed from ROM. The intent is on allowing the kernel to run from non-volatile storage like NOR flash that is directly addressable by the CPU and to reduce RAM usage. But after RISC-V XIP support is broken for months at a time, the feature is now set to be retired from the mainline kernel...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/RISC-V-XIP-Being-Removed

#linux #kernel

📰 Mesa Granted Permanent Updates Exception For Fedora Linux

It doesn't change too much in practice with how Mesa updates typically have been handled under Fedora Linux, but now it's officially documented: Mesa graphics drivers have a permanent updates exception so new Mesa versions can be shipped as updates in Fedora stable releases...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Mesa-Updates-Exception-Fedora

#linux #fedora

📰 AMD ISP4 Driver On Track To Be Merged For Linux 7.2

It looks like with the Linux 7.2 kernel later in the year the AMD ISP4 driver will finally be merged to mainline. This driver is needed for the web camera on the HP ZBook Ultra G1a Strix Halo laptop and other future AMD Ryzen laptops...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/AMD-ISP4-For-Linux-7.2

#linux #amd #kernel

📰 KDE Plasma 6.6.4 Is Out to Reduce CPU and GPU Load for Full-Screen Windows

KDE Plasma 6.6.4 is now available as the fourth maintenance update in the KDE Plasma 6.6 desktop environment series with various improvements and bug fixes.

🔗 Source: https://9to5linux.com/kde-plasma-6-6-4-is-out-to-reduce-cpu-and-gpu-load-for-full-screen-windows

#kde #plasma

📰 Alacritty 0.17 Terminal Emulator Released with Wayland Resize Improvements

Alacritty 0.17, a GPU-accelerated terminal emulator, adds TOML 1.1 support, Wayland resize increments, mouse wheel bindings, and more.

🔗 Source: https://linuxiac.com/alacritty-0-17-terminal-emulator-released-with-wayland-resize-improvements/

#wayland

📰 OpenSSL 3.6.2 Is Now Available for Download with Important Security Fixes

OpenSSL 3.6.2 open-source TLS/SSL and crypto library is now available for download with fixes for several security vulnerabilities and bugs. Patch now!

🔗 Source: https://9to5linux.com/openssl-3-6-2-is-now-available-for-download-with-important-security-fixes

#opensource

📰 KDE Plasma 6.6.4 Released with Wayland, KWin, and Spectacle Fixes

KDE Plasma 6.6.4 desktop environment fixes Wayland scaling, Spectacle crashes, KWin bugs, and several Plasma Desktop regressions.

🔗 Source: https://linuxiac.com/kde-plasma-6-6-4-released-with-wayland-kwin-and-spectacle-fixes/

#kde #wayland #plasma

📰 Linux's Second-In-Command Turns To New Fuzzing Tools For Uncovering Kernel Bugs

Greg Kroah-Hartman, the main Linux stable kernel maintainer and typically viewed as the second-in-command to the Linux kernel development, has turned to new "gregkh_clanker_t1000" fuzzing tooling to help uncover new kernel bugs...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Greg-KH-Clanker-Linux-Bugs

#linux #kernel

📰 Intel QAT Driver With Linux 7.1 Adding Zstd Offload Support

The Intel QuickAssist "QAT" driver for the mainline Linux 7.1 kernel is adding support for Zstd offloading across QuickAssist Gen 4 / Gen 5 / Gen 6 accelerators for Zstandard compression as well as Zstandard decompression (limited there to the latest Gen 6 hardware)...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Intel-QAT-Linux-7.1-Zstd

#linux #kernel #intel

📰 GIMP finally made me switch to this free alternative, and I'm not going back

Since I could remember, GIMP has always been recommended as the free and open-source Photoshop alternative, and for good reason. I’m not here to downplay its abilities, it’s clearly a super capable editor that holds its own against paid software. While its functionality isn’t perfect on all fronts, my problem was never really with what it was capable of doing - it’s the experience of actually doing it.

🔗 Source: https://www.xda-developers.com/gimp-made-me-switch-to-free-editor-not-going-back/

#opensource

📰 Debian’s APT 3.2 Released with History, Undo, Redo, and Rollback Support

APT 3.2 package manager for Debian-based distributions is now available with native rollback, undo, redo, and history features.

🔗 Source: https://9to5linux.com/debians-apt-3-2-released-with-history-undo-redo-and-rollback-support

#debian

📰 Linux kernel maintainers are following through on removing Intel 486 support

Linux devs think even one second spent on 486 support is a second too many.

🔗 Source: https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2026/04/linux-kernel-maintainers-are-following-through-on-removing-intel-486-support/

#linux #kernel #intel

📰 Immich 2.7 Photo and Video Management Solution Brings Better Duplicate Handling

Immich 2.7 enhances duplicate management, introduces CSP support, improves the asset viewer, and resolves Safari live photo download issues.

🔗 Source: https://linuxiac.com/immich-2-7-brings-better-duplicate-handling/

#immich

📰 AMD InterWave ISA Sound Card Driver Seeing New Linux Patches In 2026

For those that like to make remarks about AMD "fine wine" especially when it comes to open-source Linux drivers and/or nostalgic about feature work on really old hardware, to much amusement there are new patches today for the AMD InterWave ISA sound card from the 1990s...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/AMD-InterWave-2026-Linux-

#linux #amd #opensource

📰 Flatpak 1.16.4 Fixes Critical Sandbox Escape Vulnerability

Flatpak 1.16.4 addresses a critical sandbox escape vulnerability that could allow host file access and code execution, along with three additional security issues.

🔗 Source: https://linuxiac.com/flatpak-1-16-4-fixes-critical-sandbox-escape-vulnerability/

#flatpak

📰 Jay: A New Open-Source Shader Compiler Being Developed For Intel GPUs

Jay is a new open-source shader compiler being developed for Intel's open-source OpenGL and Vulkan Linux drivers. Ultimately this Jay shader compiler should help in delivering better Linux graphics performance with modern Intel hardware...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Intel-Jay-Mesa-Shader-Compiler

#linux #opensource #intel