📰 Miracle-WM 0.9 Makes This Mir-Based Wayland Compositor Truly Hackable

Miracle-WM 0.9 brings WebAssembly plugins, a new Rust API, cursor theme support, and faster performance for this Mir-based Wayland compositor.

🔗 Source: https://linuxiac.com/miracle-wm-0-9-makes-this-mir-based-wayland-compositor-truly-hackable/

#wayland

📰 PipeWire 1.6.3 Improves RAOP Compatibility to Make It Work on More Devices

PipeWire 1.6.3 audio/video server for Linux is now available for downlaod with audio mixer optimizations and various bug fixes.

🔗 Source: https://9to5linux.com/pipewire-1-6-3-improves-raop-compatibility-to-make-it-work-on-more-devices

#linux

📰 AMD Making It Easier To Embed Lemonade AI Capabilities Into Other Apps

The open-source Lemonade local AI server that enables using Ryzen AI NPUs on Linux for LLM usage as well as AMD Radeon GPU support and common x86_64 CPU support (in addition to Microsoft Windows support) is now becoming easier to embed within other apps for AI usage...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Lemonade-SDK-10.2-Released

#opensource #linux #amd

📰 FFmpeg Introduces Vulkan-Accelerated 360 Degree Video Conversion

Beyond the capabilities of just the Vulkan Video API, the FFmpeg multimedia library has made interesting Vulkan-accelerated adaptations using compute shaders. With Vulkan compute they've implemented Apple ProRes video acceleration, FFV1 decode, and other features. The newest Vulkan feature now in place for FFmpeg is 360 degree video conversion...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/FFmpeg-360-Degree-Vulkan

#ffmpeg

📰 Nutanix to add KubeVirt support to run VMs on K8s at the edge

Arm support is on the agenda, too, because AI is going to run on everything Exclusive Nutanix plans to support KubeVirt to allow its customers to run both containers and VMs on the edge.…

🔗 Source: https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2026/04/09/nutanix_kubevirt_arm_supoprt/

📰 ASUS Armoury Driver Supports A Few More Laptops With Linux 7.0

Merged back in Linux 6.19 was the ASUS Armoury driver to enhance support for the ROG Ally gaming handhelds and modern ASUS laptops. The ASUS Armoury driver enables various laptop features to be toggled under Linux and since its introduction it has continued expanding support for more ASUS devices. Ahead of Linux 7.0 coming out on Sunday, a few more devices are now supported by this upstream driver...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/ASUS-Armoury-More-Linux-7.0-HW

📰 Wayland 1.25 Documentation Update

Wayland 1.25 refreshes its documentation with three new chapters covering Wayland XML specification, content model updates, and color management design.

🔗 Source: https://www.collabora.com/news-and-blog/news-and-events/wayland-1.25-documentation-update.html

📰 My $15 Raspberry Pi hosts my password manager and gets rid of expensive subscriptions

Uncover the benefits of hosting your password manager on a $15 Raspberry Pi and saying goodbye to costly subscriptions.

🔗 Source: https://www.xda-developers.com/raspberry-pi-hosts-my-password-manager-and-skips-subscriptions/

📰 Intel NPU Linux Driver To Allow Limiting Frequency For Power & Thermal Management

The Intel IVPU accelerator driver used on Linux for the neural processing unit (NPU) on Core Ultra SoCs saw a patch posted for allowing the NPU clock frequency to be limited in the name of power and thermal management...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Intel-NPU-Linux-Limit-Frequency

📰 FEX 2604 Released With Better Memory Savings For Running x86_64 Apps/Games On ARM64

Out today is the newest monthly update to FEX for this emulator for running Linux x86/x86_64 binaries on AArch64 (ARM64) Linux systems, including games and the likes of Steam Play with Windows games. This Valve-sponsored project that is quite important for the upcoming Steam Frame has rolled out more performance improvements, memory savings, and other improvements with FEX 2604...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/FEX-2604-Released

📰 Calibre 9.7 E-Book Manager Improves the Annotations Browser and Content Server

Calibre 9.7 open-source e-book management software is now available for download with support for grouping results by any field in the annotations browser and other changes.

🔗 Source: https://9to5linux.com/calibre-9-7-e-book-manager-improves-the-annotations-browser-and-content-server

📰 Deepin 25.1 Arrives With Linux Kernel 6.18 and New AI Features

Deepin 25.1 updates the desktop with Linux kernel 6.18, new UOS AI tools, file manager enhancements, and many fixes.

🔗 Source: https://linuxiac.com/deepin-25-1-arrives-with-linux-kernel-6-18-and-new-ai-features/

#kernel #linux

📰 I switched to Ghostty and discovered Linux terminals could actually be fun

Recently, I decided to give other Linux terminal apps a try. I've always been satisfied with KDE's included terminal, Konsole, but it's always good to branch out and try new things. Recently, I've been keeping tabs on Ghostty's development, and it looked interesting enough that I finally decided to give it a go.

🔗 Source: https://www.xda-developers.com/ghostty-terminals-fun/

#kde #linux

📰 Framework Computer To Announce Their Next-Gen Hardware Later This Month

Linux-friendly hardware vendor Framework Computer sent out a notice this morning that they will be announcing their new 2026 hardware products later this month...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Framework-2026-Hardware

#linux

📰 PlayStation 3 emulator RPCS3 showcases an improved handheld gaming PC experience

The RPCS3 have been busy and just recently showcased various improvements to the open source PlayStation 3 emulator running on handheld gaming PCs.Read the full article on GamingOnLinux.

🔗 Source: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/04/playstation-3-emulator-rpcs3-showcases-an-improved-handheld-gaming-pc-experience/

#opensource

📰 KDE Frameworks 6.25 Adds Support for Converting Momme Units in KRunner

KDE Frameworks 6.25 open-source software suite is out now with various improvements and bug fixes for KDE apps and the Plasma desktop environment. Here’s what’s new!

🔗 Source: https://9to5linux.com/kde-frameworks-6-25-adds-support-for-converting-momme-units-in-krunner

#kde #opensource #plasma

📰 More SpacemiT K3 RVA23 SoC Functionality Expected For Linux 7.1

The SpacemiT K3 is exciting as one of the first RISC-V RVA23 designs coming to market. For the Linux 7.0 kernel there is initial K3 support in the mainline kernel while the upcoming Linux 7.1 merge window is expected to land more K3 enablement...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/More-SpacemiT-K3-For-Linux-7.1

#kernel #linux

📰 Bazzite Linux gets some major upgrades for the April 2026 Update

Bazzite Linux is easily one of the most popular gaming-focused Linux builds to run on handhelds and gaming PCs, with a major new update launched.Read the full article on GamingOnLinux.

🔗 Source: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/04/bazzite-linux-gets-some-major-upgrades-for-the-april-2026-update/

#linux

📰 Marimo RCE Flaw CVE-2026-39987 Exploited Within 10 Hours of Disclosure

A critical security vulnerability in Marimo, an open-source Python notebook for data science and analysis, has been exploited within 10 hours of public disclosure, according to findings from Sysdig.The vulnerability in question is CVE-2026-39987 (CVSS score: 9.3), a pre-authenticated remote code execution vulnerability impacting all versions of Marimo prior to and including.

🔗 Source: https://thehackernews.com/2026/04/marimo-rce-flaw-cve-2026-39987.html

#opensource #python #security

📰 Is a Clanker Being Used to Carry Out AI Fuzzing in the Linux Kernel?

Greg Kroah-Hartman appears to be running AI-assisted fuzzing on the kernel. Don't outrage yet, as this may not be a bad thing.

🔗 Source: https://feed.itsfoss.com/link/24361/17316958/linux-kernel-ai-fuzzing

#kernel #linux

📰 Framework tease new hardware and something big for Linux too

Framework's " Event" is coming on April 21 where we expect new hardware announcements, and it looks like something big for Linux too.Read the full article on GamingOnLinux.

🔗 Source: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/04/framework-tease-new-hardware-and-it-seems-something-linux-related-too/

#linux