📰 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

📰 Proton Experimental brings fixes for classic Resident Evil 1 & 2, Dino Crisis 1 & 2 and more

Valve launched the latest upgrade to Proton Experimental, their staging ground for all the latest fixes for Windows games on Linux / SteamOS.Read the full article on GamingOnLinux.

🔗 Source: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/04/proton-experimental-brings-fixes-for-classic-resident-evil-1-2-dino-crisis-1-2-and-more/

#linux

📰 Linux 2026 "Spring Cleaning" To Address Some Code Remnants As Far Back As Linux v0.1

A big kernel patch series was posted today by longtime Linux developer Thomas Gleixner. The set of 38 patches amount to some big time "spring cleaning" with addressing some code remnants still around that originated back in the very early Linux v0.1 kernel while some other code being cleaned up dates back to the Linux 1.3~2.1 kernel series from the 90's...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-0.1-LATCH-Cleanup-2026

#kernel #linux

📰 Good News! France Starts Plan to Replace Windows With Linux on Government Desktops

DINUM is ditching Windows for Linux as France pushes every ministry to draft a migration plan away from non-European software.

🔗 Source: https://feed.itsfoss.com/link/24361/17317062/france-government-linux-switch

#linux

📰 VUMFAT File-System Driver Proposed For The Linux Kernel

The newest Linux file-system driver proposed for the kernel is... VUMFAT...

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

#kernel #linux

📰 Firefox 149 vs. Chrome 147 Web Browser Performance On Linux

It has been a while since featuring a showdown of the Mozilla Firefox and Google Chrome web browsers on Linux. With some fresh benchmarks being overdue plus the new JetStream 3 browser benchmark having been announced last week, here is some fresh data for how these two dominant web browsers are competing on the modern Linux desktop from an Intel Panther Lake system running Ubuntu 26.04.

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/review/firefox-chrome-2026

#firefox #intel #linux #ubuntu

📰 Debian 13 Stable Users Can Now Install Hyprland from Backports

Hyprland arrives in Debian 13 (Trixie) backports, giving stable users an official way to install the dynamic Wayland compositor.

🔗 Source: https://linuxiac.com/debian-13-stable-users-can-now-install-hyprland-from-backports/

#debian #wayland

📰 After one of its choppiest preview cycles in years, Linux 7.0 is almost ready

Linux 7.0's kernel hasn't had the best of release candidate phases. From the get-go, the release candidates showed more commit activity than usual, which sounds like it should be a good thing, but it really isn't. The release candidates aren't where new features get added; it's where features that have been added undergo testing. Therefore, the more activity a build has, the buggier it is.

🔗 Source: https://www.xda-developers.com/after-one-of-its-choppiest-preview-cycles-in-years-linux-70-is-almost-ready/

#kernel #linux

📰 Support For AMD GFX11.7 "RDNA 4m" Pending For RADV & RadeonSI Drivers

Back in February we were the first to report on a new AMD "RDNA 4m" target appearing in the AMDGPU LLVM shader compiler. While part of the "RDNA 4" family, it's graphics IP version is GFX 11.7 (GFX1170) that is associated with the RDNA 3 family but with some ISA changes to align it slightly more with the newer RDNA 4 graphics IP.

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/AMD-RDNA-4m-Mesa-Patches

#amd