📰 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

📰 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

📰 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

📰 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

📰 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

📰 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

📰 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

📰 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

📰 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

📰 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

📰 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

📰 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

📰 Fragnesia Is Yet Another Local Privilege Escalation Flaw in Linux Kernel

Fragnesia is a new local privilege escalation flaw in the Linux kernel that may lead to local privilege escalation. Patch now!

🔗 Source: https://9to5linux.com/fragnesia-is-yet-another-local-privilege-escalation-flaw-in-linux-kernel

#kernel #linux

📰 Steam Beta brings Big Picture Mode tweaks, Linux improvements and Steam Controller fixes

Valve released another new Steam Client Beta update for all platforms on May 13th, bringing with it a few styling changes to Big Picture Mode and various fixes.Read the full article on GamingOnLinux.

🔗 Source: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/05/steam-beta-brings-big-picture-mode-tweaks-linux-improvements-and-steam-controller-fixes/

#linux #steam

📰 New AMDGPU Driver Pull Request For Linux 7.2 Preps For HDML 2.1 FRL

Sent out on Wednesday was the latest AMDGPU/AMDKFD driver pull request of new feature code ready for DRM-Next as the staging area ahead of the upcoming Linux 7.2 kernel. This doesn't yet land the HDMI 2.1 enablement work that's finally been taking place but it is preparing for that with the FRL register headers now in place as part of this merge...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-7.2-AMDGPU-FRL-Regs

#kernel #linux

📰 Dirty Frag gets a sequel as Fragnesia hands Linux attackers root-level access

Fresh kernel flaw comes with public exploit code and continues ugly run of highly reliable privilege escalation bugs tied to memory and page-cache handling.

🔗 Source: https://www.theregister.com/security/2026/05/14/dirty-frag-gets-a-sequel-as-fragnesia-hands-linux-attackers-root-level-access/5240270

#kernel #linux

📰 Intel's Cache Aware Scheduling Inches Closer To Being Merged For Linux

I have been writing about the Cache Aware Scheduling work led by Intel engineers on the Linux kernel for more than a year. I've also tested out Cache Aware Scheduling on both Intel and AMD CPUs with the patched Linux kernel to great success. And thus very happy to see the Cache Aware Scheduling patches inching closer to the mainline Linux kernel...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-Cache-Aware-Sched-Nears

#amd #intel #kernel #linux

📰 AMD announce FSR Upscaling 4.1 officially coming to RDNA 3 and RDNA 2

They sure took their sweet time didn't they. AMD have officially announced that FSR Upscaling 4.1 is officially coming to their older GPUs.Read the full article on GamingOnLinux.

🔗 Source: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/05/amd-announce-fsr-upscaling-4-1-officially-coming-to-rdna-3-and-rdna-2/

#amd