📰 FreeBSD 15.2 Will Aim For The Nice KDE Desktop Installation Experience
FreeBSD 15.0 had aimed to provide a KDE desktop install option from its text-based OS installer to make for a more compelling FreeBSD out-of-the-box desktop experience. That was then delayed to FreeBSD 15.1 but that didn't end up materializing. Now the KDE desktop install option is diverted to FreeBSD 15.2...
🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/FreeBSD-15.2-KDE-Desktop
#kde
FreeBSD 15.0 had aimed to provide a KDE desktop install option from its text-based OS installer to make for a more compelling FreeBSD out-of-the-box desktop experience. That was then delayed to FreeBSD 15.1 but that didn't end up materializing. Now the KDE desktop install option is diverted to FreeBSD 15.2...
🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/FreeBSD-15.2-KDE-Desktop
#kde
Phoronix
FreeBSD 15.2 Will Aim For The Nice KDE Desktop Installation Experience
FreeBSD 15.0 had aimed to provide a KDE desktop install option from its text-based OS installer to make for a more compelling FreeBSD out-of-the-box desktop experience
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📰 Downloaded Cemu for Linux recently? You may have malware
If you recently downloaded the Cemu emulator for Linux from the project’s GitHub, be aware: it may have added malware to your system. The team behind the Wii U emulator discovered that both the official AppImage and its Ubuntu ZIP assets for the Cemu 2.6 release available to download from GitHub were “compromised”. Cemu’s Flatpak was not affected, nor were the GitHub installers for Windows and macOS. To wit: if you downloaded Cemu 2.
🔗 Source: https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/05/cemu-linux-malware
#appimage #flatpak #linux #ubuntu
If you recently downloaded the Cemu emulator for Linux from the project’s GitHub, be aware: it may have added malware to your system. The team behind the Wii U emulator discovered that both the official AppImage and its Ubuntu ZIP assets for the Cemu 2.6 release available to download from GitHub were “compromised”. Cemu’s Flatpak was not affected, nor were the GitHub installers for Windows and macOS. To wit: if you downloaded Cemu 2.
🔗 Source: https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/05/cemu-linux-malware
#appimage #flatpak #linux #ubuntu
OMG! Ubuntu
Malware found in Linux builds of Cemu (Wii U emulator)
If you've downloaded the Cemu Wii U emulator for Linux from the project's official GitHub in the past few weeks, bad news: it added malware to your system
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📰 Malware found in Linux builds of Cemu Wii U emulator
If you’ve downloaded the Cemu Wii U emulator for Linux from the project’s official GitHub in the past few weeks, bad news: it may have added malware to your system when you ran it. The team who develop the the open-source emulator recently discovered that both the Linux AppImage and ZIP package of Cemu 2.6 on Github were “compromised” packages containing malware. The Cemu Flatpak and installers for Windows and macOS are not affected.
🔗 Source: https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/05/cemu-linux-malware
#appimage #flatpak #linux #opensource
If you’ve downloaded the Cemu Wii U emulator for Linux from the project’s official GitHub in the past few weeks, bad news: it may have added malware to your system when you ran it. The team who develop the the open-source emulator recently discovered that both the Linux AppImage and ZIP package of Cemu 2.6 on Github were “compromised” packages containing malware. The Cemu Flatpak and installers for Windows and macOS are not affected.
🔗 Source: https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/05/cemu-linux-malware
#appimage #flatpak #linux #opensource
OMG! Ubuntu
Malware found in Linux builds of Cemu (Wii U emulator)
If you've downloaded the Cemu Wii U emulator for Linux from the project's official GitHub in the past few weeks, bad news: it added malware to your system
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📰 Discord joke that it's The Year of the Linux Desktop
The Year of the Linux Desktop is finally here! Sort of. Well, not really but it's getting there and Discord has seen some nice improvements lately.Read the full article on GamingOnLinux.
🔗 Source: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/05/discord-joke-that-its-the-year-of-the-linux-desktop/
#linux
The Year of the Linux Desktop is finally here! Sort of. Well, not really but it's getting there and Discord has seen some nice improvements lately.Read the full article on GamingOnLinux.
🔗 Source: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/05/discord-joke-that-its-the-year-of-the-linux-desktop/
#linux
GamingOnLinux
Discord joke that it's The Year of the Linux Desktop
The Year of the Linux Desktop is finally here! Sort of. Well, not really but it's getting there and Discord has seen some nice improvements lately.
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📰 Unreal Engine 5.8 adds experimental Steam Frame support, Qualcomm give the Steam Frame a dedicated page
Valve's new VR kit the Steam Frame appears to be inching closer to a release announcement - here's two more fun bits of news on it for you.Read the full article on GamingOnLinux.
🔗 Source: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/05/unreal-engine-5-8-adds-experimental-steam-frame-support-qualcomm-give-the-steam-frame-a-dedicated-page/
#steam
Valve's new VR kit the Steam Frame appears to be inching closer to a release announcement - here's two more fun bits of news on it for you.Read the full article on GamingOnLinux.
🔗 Source: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/05/unreal-engine-5-8-adds-experimental-steam-frame-support-qualcomm-give-the-steam-frame-a-dedicated-page/
#steam
GamingOnLinux
Unreal Engine 5.8 adds experimental Steam Frame support, Qualcomm give the Steam Frame a dedicated page
Valve's new VR kit the Steam Frame appears to be inching closer to a release announcement - here's two more fun bits of news on it for you.
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📰 KDE gets €1.2m funding from the Sovereign Tech Fund
KDE has announced it’s getting a €1.28 million grant from the Sovereign Tech Fund (STF) to help improve the Plasma desktop, KDE Linux and the communication frameworks used by both. The German government-backed fund, which sees its work as “strategic investments in the digital infrastructure of our economy and society”, will disburse €1,285,200 ($1,512,680) to KDE across 2026 and 2027.
🔗 Source: https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/05/kde-sovereign-tech-fund-grant
#kde #linux #plasma
KDE has announced it’s getting a €1.28 million grant from the Sovereign Tech Fund (STF) to help improve the Plasma desktop, KDE Linux and the communication frameworks used by both. The German government-backed fund, which sees its work as “strategic investments in the digital infrastructure of our economy and society”, will disburse €1,285,200 ($1,512,680) to KDE across 2026 and 2027.
🔗 Source: https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/05/kde-sovereign-tech-fund-grant
#kde #linux #plasma
OMG! Ubuntu
KDE gets €1.2m funding from the Sovereign Tech Fund
KDE has announced it's getting a €1.28 million grant from the Sovereign Tech Fund (STF) to help improve the Plasma desktop, KDE Linux and the
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📰 Arm Preparing The Linux Kernel For 128-bit Page Table Entries "FEAT_D128"
A new core infrastructure improvement for the Linux kernel on ARM being worked on is enabling 128-bit page table entries (PTEs) with FEAT_D128 as a new optional feature of Armv9.3 and later...
🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Arm-Linux-FEAT-D128-Patches
#arm #kernel #linux
A new core infrastructure improvement for the Linux kernel on ARM being worked on is enabling 128-bit page table entries (PTEs) with FEAT_D128 as a new optional feature of Armv9.3 and later...
🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Arm-Linux-FEAT-D128-Patches
#arm #kernel #linux
Phoronix
Arm Preparing The Linux Kernel For 128-bit Page Table Entries "FEAT_D128"
A new core infrastructure improvement for the Linux kernel on ARM being worked on is enabling 128-bit page table entries (PTEs) with FEAT_D128 as a new optional feature of Armv9.3 and later.
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📰 Linux gains more critical Windows apps: 3D Movie Maker and Space Cadet Pinball
Further demonstrating its role as industry default OS the versatility of modern porting tools.
🔗 Source: https://www.theregister.com/oses/2026/05/13/linux-gains-more-critical-windows-apps-3d-movie-maker-and-space-cadet-pinball/5239455
#linux
Further demonstrating its role as industry default OS the versatility of modern porting tools.
🔗 Source: https://www.theregister.com/oses/2026/05/13/linux-gains-more-critical-windows-apps-3d-movie-maker-and-space-cadet-pinball/5239455
#linux
theregister
Linux gains more critical Windows apps: 3D Movie Maker and Space Cadet Pinball
Further demonstrating its role as industry default OS the versatility of modern porting tools
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📰 The best cheap Linux-based desktop you can buy was never designed to run Linux
The M1 Mac mini wasn’t designed to be a Linux desktop, but Asahi Linux has turned it into one of the best cheap machines around.
🔗 Source: https://www.xda-developers.com/best-cheap-linux-based-desktop-never-designed-run/
#linux #linuxbased
The M1 Mac mini wasn’t designed to be a Linux desktop, but Asahi Linux has turned it into one of the best cheap machines around.
🔗 Source: https://www.xda-developers.com/best-cheap-linux-based-desktop-never-designed-run/
#linux #linuxbased
XDA
The best cheap Linux-based desktop you can buy was never designed to run Linux
The M1 Mac mini wasn’t designed to be a Linux desktop, but Asahi Linux has turned it into one of the best cheap machines around.
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📰 This $30 app is the best purchase I've made for my Steam Deck
Linux and Windows don't play nicely with each other, but this app solves that problem.
🔗 Source: https://www.xda-developers.com/this-app-is-the-best-purchase-ive-made-for-my-steam-deck/
#linux #steam
Linux and Windows don't play nicely with each other, but this app solves that problem.
🔗 Source: https://www.xda-developers.com/this-app-is-the-best-purchase-ive-made-for-my-steam-deck/
#linux #steam
XDA
This $30 app is the best purchase I've made for my Steam Deck
Linux and Windows don't play nicely with each other, but this app solves that problem.
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📰 Your Old Potato PC Might Game Better With This Linux Kernel Patch
A proposed scheduler update shows frame time improvements on aging hardware under heavy CPU load.
🔗 Source: https://feed.itsfoss.com/link/24361/17339878/linux-scheduler-patch-gaming-old-hardware
#kernel #linux
A proposed scheduler update shows frame time improvements on aging hardware under heavy CPU load.
🔗 Source: https://feed.itsfoss.com/link/24361/17339878/linux-scheduler-patch-gaming-old-hardware
#kernel #linux
It's FOSS
Your Old Potato PC Might Game Better With This Linux Kernel Patch
A proposed scheduler update shows frame time improvements on aging hardware under heavy CPU load.
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📰 Fragnesia Made Public As Latest Linux Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Following last week's disclosure of the Dirty Frag vulnerability for the Linux kernel, which only finished being patched up in mainline on Monday, Fragnesia is now public as a similar local privilege escalation (LPE) vulnerability...
🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-Fragnesia
#kernel #linux
Following last week's disclosure of the Dirty Frag vulnerability for the Linux kernel, which only finished being patched up in mainline on Monday, Fragnesia is now public as a similar local privilege escalation (LPE) vulnerability...
🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-Fragnesia
#kernel #linux
Phoronix
Fragnesia Made Public As Latest Linux Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Following last week's disclosure of the Dirty Frag vulnerability for the Linux kernel, which only finished being patched up in mainline on Monday, Fragnesia is now public as a similar local privilege escalation (LPE) vulnerability.
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📰 Rust stalks IBM mainframes, but only in nightly form
Patch series would bring memory-safe code to Linux's s390 port, with compiler caveats attached.
🔗 Source: https://www.theregister.com/on-prem/2026/05/13/rust-stalks-ibm-mainframes-but-only-in-nightly-form/5239710
#linux
Patch series would bring memory-safe code to Linux's s390 port, with compiler caveats attached.
🔗 Source: https://www.theregister.com/on-prem/2026/05/13/rust-stalks-ibm-mainframes-but-only-in-nightly-form/5239710
#linux
theregister
Rust stalks IBM mainframes, but only in nightly form
Patch series would bring memory-safe code to Linux's s390 port, with compiler caveats attached
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📰 The EU is betting over €1 million that KDE can challenge Microsoft's desktop dominance
The technological world of the European Union has been having a major shake-up recently. Rattled by how much they depend on proprietary software in key areas of government and public services, the EU has been working toward breaking free from closed-source software and moving toward more open-source options. For instance, France's government is ditching Windows for Linux after calling US tech dependence a strategic risk.
🔗 Source: https://www.xda-developers.com/the-eu-is-betting-1-million-that-kde-can-challenge-microsofts-desktop-dominance/
#kde #linux #opensource
The technological world of the European Union has been having a major shake-up recently. Rattled by how much they depend on proprietary software in key areas of government and public services, the EU has been working toward breaking free from closed-source software and moving toward more open-source options. For instance, France's government is ditching Windows for Linux after calling US tech dependence a strategic risk.
🔗 Source: https://www.xda-developers.com/the-eu-is-betting-1-million-that-kde-can-challenge-microsofts-desktop-dominance/
#kde #linux #opensource
XDA
The EU is betting over €1 million that KDE can challenge Microsoft's desktop dominance
That's an investment I can get behind.
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📰 Linux Driver Posted For Intel Silicon Security Engine Interface "ISSEI"
Since Intel Meteor Lake has been the Intel Silicon Security Engine to serve as a silicon root-of-trust for secure firmware loading, boot measurements, and similar functionality. This Intel Silicon Security Engine has been built on with Lunar Lake and Panther Lake as well as set to take on more importance with future Intel hardware platforms.
🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Intel-ISSEI-Linux-Driver
#intel #linux
Since Intel Meteor Lake has been the Intel Silicon Security Engine to serve as a silicon root-of-trust for secure firmware loading, boot measurements, and similar functionality. This Intel Silicon Security Engine has been built on with Lunar Lake and Panther Lake as well as set to take on more importance with future Intel hardware platforms.
🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Intel-ISSEI-Linux-Driver
#intel #linux
Phoronix
Linux Driver Posted For Intel Silicon Security Engine Interface "ISSEI"
Since Intel Meteor Lake has been the Intel Silicon Security Engine to serve as a silicon root-of-trust for secure firmware loading, boot measurements, and similar functionality
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📰 Google Introduces Googlebook, a Gemini-First Laptop Platform
Googlebook brings Gemini Intelligence, Magic Pointer, Android app support, phone integration, and premium hardware to Google’s new laptop platform...
🔗 Source: https://www.techrepublic.com/article/news-googlebook-gemini-ai-laptops/
#android
Googlebook brings Gemini Intelligence, Magic Pointer, Android app support, phone integration, and premium hardware to Google’s new laptop platform...
🔗 Source: https://www.techrepublic.com/article/news-googlebook-gemini-ai-laptops/
#android
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📰 Nginx 1.31 Released with HTTP Forward Proxy Support
Nginx 1.31 introduces HTTP forward proxy support and addresses security vulnerabilities in HTTP/2, HTTP/3, OCSP, and core modules.
🔗 Source: https://linuxiac.com/nginx-1-31-released-with-http-forward-proxy-support/
#nginx
Nginx 1.31 introduces HTTP forward proxy support and addresses security vulnerabilities in HTTP/2, HTTP/3, OCSP, and core modules.
🔗 Source: https://linuxiac.com/nginx-1-31-released-with-http-forward-proxy-support/
#nginx
Linuxiac
Nginx 1.31 Released with HTTP Forward Proxy Support
Nginx 1.31 introduces HTTP forward proxy support and addresses security vulnerabilities in HTTP/2, HTTP/3, OCSP, and core modules.
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📰 Ubuntu 26.10 Development Officially Begins as ‘Stonking Stingray’ Takes Shape
by George WhittakerCanonical has officially kicked off development planning for Ubuntu 26.10, the next interim release of the popular Linux distribution. Codenamed “Stonking Stingray,” the release is scheduled to arrive on October 15, 2026, continuing Ubuntu’s predictable six-month development cycle.Although Ubuntu 26.
🔗 Source: https://www.linuxjournal.com/content/ubuntu-2610-development-officially-begins-stonking-stingray-takes-shape
#linux #ubuntu
by George WhittakerCanonical has officially kicked off development planning for Ubuntu 26.10, the next interim release of the popular Linux distribution. Codenamed “Stonking Stingray,” the release is scheduled to arrive on October 15, 2026, continuing Ubuntu’s predictable six-month development cycle.Although Ubuntu 26.
🔗 Source: https://www.linuxjournal.com/content/ubuntu-2610-development-officially-begins-stonking-stingray-takes-shape
#linux #ubuntu
Linux Journal
Ubuntu 26.10 Development Officially Begins as ‘Stonking Stingray’ Takes Shape
Canonical has officially kicked off development planning for Ubuntu 26.10, the next interim release of the popular Linux distribution. Codenamed “Stonking Stingray,” the release is scheduled to arrive on October 15, 2026, continuing Ubuntu’s predictable six…
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📰 Older AMD GPUs Score Another Open-Source Driver Win From Valve: DRM Format Modifiers
Timur Kristóf of Valve's Linux open-source graphics driver team isn't done driving new improvements to aging AMD GCN 1.0/1.1 era graphics cards on Linux. Beyond enhancing display support for older APUs, transitioning GCN 1.0/1 GPUs from the legacy Radeon driver to modern AMDGPU driver, and a host of other fixes and optimizations for these old GPUs going back to the Radeon HD 7000 series, he has another notable addition that was announced today.
🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/AMD-DRM-Format-Modifiers-GCN
#amd #linux #opensource
Timur Kristóf of Valve's Linux open-source graphics driver team isn't done driving new improvements to aging AMD GCN 1.0/1.1 era graphics cards on Linux. Beyond enhancing display support for older APUs, transitioning GCN 1.0/1 GPUs from the legacy Radeon driver to modern AMDGPU driver, and a host of other fixes and optimizations for these old GPUs going back to the Radeon HD 7000 series, he has another notable addition that was announced today.
🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/AMD-DRM-Format-Modifiers-GCN
#amd #linux #opensource
Phoronix
Older AMD GPUs Score Another Open-Source Driver Win From Valve: DRM Format Modifiers
Timur Kristóf of Valve's Linux open-source graphics driver team isn't done driving new improvements to aging AMD GCN 1.0/1.1 era graphics cards on Linux
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