📰 Deepin's security problems just cost it another major Linux distro

There are a lot of desktop environments out there, but only a few can claim the title of being truly beautiful. One of them is Deepin, a Chinese-based DE that also has its own distro. We've given the distro a try in the past and found that it "looks more beautiful than anything Microsoft or Apple ever made."

🔗 Source: https://www.xda-developers.com/deepins-security-problems-just-cost-it-another-major-linux-distro/

#distro #linux

📰 Proton 11 Beta 5 released with more regression fixes

We're hopefully close to the full release of Proton 11, with Valve releasing a small Proton 11 Beta 5 update with some needed fixes.Read the full article on GamingOnLinux.

🔗 Source: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/05/proton-11-beta-5-released-with-more-regression-fixes/

#proton

📰 D7VK 1.10 brings even more 2D upgrades for retro Direct3D games on Linux

D7VK continues bringing enhancements for running retro Direct3D Windows games to run nicely on Linux / SteamOS, with a fresh release boosting 2D games.Read the full article on GamingOnLinux.

🔗 Source: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/05/d7vk-1-10-brings-even-more-2d-upgrades-for-retro-direct3d-games-on-linux/

#linux

📰 HP Is the Latest to Sponsor the Linux Vendor Firmware Service (LVFS)

Linux Vendor Firmware Service creator Richard Hughes announced that HP has also agreed to become a premier sponsor for the LVFS.

🔗 Source: https://9to5linux.com/hp-is-the-latest-to-sponsor-the-linux-vendor-firmware-service-lvfs

#linux

📰 FFmpeg Introduces Vulkan Accelerated Decoding For APV Video

FFmpeg already supports CPU-based decoding for Samsung's APV as the Advanced Professional Video Codec. FFmpeg also has APV encode support too while now an interesting addition was merged this week: Vulkan-based acceleration for APV...

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

#ffmpeg

📰 Exploit released for new PinTheft Arch Linux root escalation flaw

PinTheft, a recently patched Linux privilege escalation vulnerability, now has a publicly available proof-of-concept (PoC) exploit that allows local attackers to gain root privileges on Arch Linux systems.

🔗 Source: https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/linux/exploit-released-for-new-pintheft-arch-linux-root-escalation-flaw/

#arch #linux

📰 Greg KH Calls For More Rust Linux Developers

Greg Kroah-Hartman took time away from his duties as Linux's second-in-command as stable maintainer, various subsystem maintainer, and recent hobby of using AI/LLMs for uncovering Linux kernel bugs to present at the Rust Week conference...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Greg-KH-More-Rust-Linux

#kernel #linux

📰 RHEL 10.2 Released With New AI Command Line Assistance

Red Hat today announced the releases of both Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10.2 as well as RHEL 9.8...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Red-Hat-RHEL-10.2-RHEL-9.8

#linux

📰 Fedora Linux Ends Official Deepin Desktop Packaging

Fedora retires Deepin Desktop packages after FESCo cites security-review concerns, broken builds, and lack of active maintenance.

🔗 Source: https://linuxiac.com/fedora-linux-ends-official-deepin-desktop-packaging/

#fedora #linux

📰 Initial Benchmarks Of The SpacemiT K3 RVA23 RISC-V CPU With The K3 Pico-ITX

One of the RISC-V SoCs we have been most looking forward to this year is the SpacemiT K3 that features the X100 RISC-V cores that are RVA23 compliant and among the first readily available RVA23 RISC-V platform for running on the likes of Ubuntu 26.04 LTS. In this article is a preview of some very early benchmarks of the SpacemiT K3 with the new Pico-ITX single board computer offering.

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/review/spacemit-k3-pico-itx

#ubuntu

📰 Firefox 152 Enters Public Beta Testing with Many Changes and Improvements

Firefox 152 open-source web browser is now available for public beta testing with new "Send to Mobile" options, HDR support on Windows, improved settings, and new features for web developers.

🔗 Source: https://9to5linux.com/firefox-152-enters-public-beta-testing-with-many-changes-and-improvements

#firefox #opensource

📰 Google publishes exploit code threatening millions of Chromium users

Google publishes exploit code before patch, reported 29 months earlier, is fixed.

🔗 Source: https://arstechnica.com/security/2026/05/google-publishes-exploit-code-threatening-millions-of-chromium-users/

#chromium

📰 The Very Exciting Cache Aware Scheduling Looks Like It Will Land For Linux 7.2

As a very exciting development ahead of the Linux 7.2 kernel merge window opening in about one month's time, it looks like the long-awaited Cache Aware Scheduling support will finally be merged! CONFIG_SCHED_CACHE has made it into a TIP branch with all the Cache Aware Scheduling code for helping with Linux performance on modern CPUs sporting multiple last level caches...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-7.2-Likely-CAS

#kernel #linux

📰 Tails 7.8 Anonymous Linux OS Patches Recent Kernel Flaws, Removes Thunderbird

Tails 7.8 anonymous Linux distribution is now available for download with an updated kernel patched against recent security vulnerabilities, Tor Browser 15.0.14, and other changes.

🔗 Source: https://9to5linux.com/tails-7-8-anonymous-linux-os-patches-recent-kernel-flaws-removes-thunderbird

#kernel #linux

📰 I quit using Adobe Firefly for a free open-source alternative

The controversies around image and video generation are hard to ignore; whether training data was scraped without consent, or artists are getting compensated, or whether the outputs are doing something genuinely new or just laundering someone else's style. Adobe Firefly was the one that felt the least icky since it's trained on licensed Adobe Stock content and public domain stuff, but it's still paywalled past the free tier credits. On the other...

🔗 Source: https://www.xda-developers.com/forget-adobe-firefly-chatgpt-image-this-open-source-tool-better-than-both/

#opensource

📰 AMD Ryzen AI Halo mini PC with Ryzen AI Max+ 395 launches in June for $3999 and up

The AMD Ryzen AI Halo is a mini PC aimed at AI developers. With an AMD Ryzen AI Max+ 395 processor featuring Radeon 8060S integrated graphics, 128GB of LPDDR5x-8000 unified memory, 10 Gbps Ethernet, and support for Windows or Linux, the little computer packs a lot of performance into a compact body that measures just .

🔗 Source: https://liliputing.com/amd-ryzen-ai-halo-mini-pc-with-ryzen-ai-max-395-launches-in-june-for-3999-and-up/

#amd #linux

📰 Nitrux 6.1 Is Now Available for Download, Powered by Linux Kernel 7.0

Nitrux 6.1 immutable, systemd-free GNU/Linux distribution is now available for download with Linux kernel 7.0, Hyprland 0.55.1, Maui Apps 4.0.3, Calamares 3.4.2 installer, and more.

🔗 Source: https://9to5linux.com/nitrux-6-1-is-now-available-for-download-powered-by-linux-kernel-7-0

#gnu #kernel #linux #systemd

📰 Proton Experimental gets fixes for Forza Horizon 4, 5 and 6 plus other games

Valve released the latest update to Proton Experimental to bring more fixes for running Windows games on Linux / SteamOS systems.Read the full article on GamingOnLinux.

🔗 Source: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/05/proton-experimental-gets-fixes-for-forza-horizon-4-5-and-6-plus-other-games/

#linux #proton

📰 SteamOS 3.7.25 and 3.8.5 Beta released - bug fixes and better dGPU video memory management

Valve released the latest small stable update to their Linux distro with SteamOS 3.7.25, along with SteamOS 3.8.5 Beta bringing extra fixes and enhancements.Read the full article on GamingOnLinux.

🔗 Source: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/05/steamos-3-7-25-and-3-8-5-beta-released-bug-fixes-and-better-dgpu-video-memory-management/

#distro #linux

📰 9-Year-Old Linux Kernel Flaw Enables Root Command Execution on Major Distros

Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a vulnerability in the Linux kernel that remained undetected for nine years.The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-46333 (CVSS score: 5.5), is a case of improper privilege management that could permit an unprivileged local user to disclose sensitive files and execute arbitrary commands as root on default installations of several major.

🔗 Source: https://thehackernews.com/2026/05/9-year-old-linux-kernel-flaw-enables.html

#kernel #linux

📰 chipStar 1.3 Released For Running HIP/CUDA Code On SPIR-V With OpenCL

A new release of chipStar is now available as the open-source tool for compiling and running HIP/CUDA code in a vendor-neutral manner with the SPIR-V intermediate representation on OpenCL or even Intel Level Zero as the run-time alternative. This is part of the ambitious effort to allow NVIDIA CUDA and AMD HIP code to ultimately run on alternative vendors with increasing levels of success...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/chipStar-1.3-Released

#amd #intel #opensource