📰 Flathub moves to ban nearly all apps and submissions made with generative AI

Flathub, one of the most popular ways to grab applications on Linux, has a newly updated generative AI policy - where it's pretty much all banned.Read the full article on GamingOnLinux.

🔗 Source: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/05/flathub-moves-to-ban-nearly-all-apps-and-submissions-made-with-generative-ai/

#linux

📰 Acer Nitro Blaze Link is a handheld console for game streaming (and not much more)

The Acer Nitro Blaze Link (GN722) is a new gaming handheld with a 7 inch FHD+ display and some intriguing features like an operating system based on Debian Linux and a body that weighs just 464 grams (1.02 pounds). But before you get too excited, it’s also designed to be a relatively inexpensive handheld made for game .

🔗 Source: https://liliputing.com/acer-nitro-blaze-link-is-a-handheld-console-for-game-streaming-and-not-much-more/

#debian #linux

📰 CachyOS Delivers Lead Over Arch Linux, Pop!_OS & Ubuntu On System76 Thelio Major

The new System76 Thelio Major powered by the AMD Ryzen Threadripper 9000 series and optionally with the Radeon AI PRO R9700 graphics card for an all-open-source AMD Linux stack is a mighty powerful workstation. If desiring even more compute potential out of this high-end desktop/workstation, CachyOS works pretty darn well on this new system with lofty leads over upstream Arch Linux as well as Ubuntu 26.04 LTS and the stock Pop!_OS 24.

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/review/cachyos-thelio-major

#amd #arch #linux #opensource #ubuntu

📰 Canonical now lead maintainer of Flutter desktop

Google announced at Google I/O 2026 that Canonical is the new lead maintainer and ‘strategic steward’ of Flutter desktop for Windows, macOS and Linux. The news was shared in the ‘What’s new in Flutter’ presentation “ desktop experience has reached a new level of maturity this year, driven by our incredible engineering partnership with Canonical, the publisher of Ubuntu”, says Kate Lovett, Engineer Manager on the Flutter Framework team at Google.

🔗 Source: https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/05/flutter-desktop-canonical-maintained

#linux #ubuntu

📰 Fwupd 2.1.4 Linux Firmware Updater Adds Intel Arc Pro B65 and Arc Pro B70 Support

Fwupd 2.1.4 Linux firmware updater is now available for download with support for Intel Arc Pro B65 and Arc Pro B70, Lenovo dock devices, Pixart TP devices, as well as various other improvements.

🔗 Source: https://9to5linux.com/fwupd-2-1-4-linux-firmware-updater-adds-intel-arc-pro-b65-and-arc-pro-b70-support

#intel #linux

📰 Rocky Linux 10.2 Released with Post-Quantum Cryptography Improvements

Rocky Linux 10.2 Linux distribution is now available for download as a free alternative to Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10.2. Here’s what’s new!

🔗 Source: https://9to5linux.com/rocky-linux-10-2-released-with-post-quantum-cryptography-improvements

#linux

📰 QEMU mulls relaxing AI contribution ban

Red Hat engineer reckons the balance of risk has shifted, but core code stays off limits.

🔗 Source: https://www.theregister.com/ai-ml/2026/05/29/qemu-mulls-relaxing-ai-contribution-ban/5248638

#qemu

📰 Beelink expands ME Pro NAS processor options with higher-performance Intel and AMD chips

The Beelink ME Pro line of devices are small desktop computers with support for a lot of storage. Blurring the lines a bit between a mini PC and a NAS, the ME Pro features two M.2 2280 slots for storage plus either 2 or 4 bays for 3.5 inch hard drives. It also has an interesting .

🔗 Source: https://liliputing.com/beelink-expands-me-pro-nas-processor-options-with-higher-performance-intel-and-amd-chips/

#amd #intel

📰 This Android compression tool for emulator frees up space for more ROMs

Fit more ISOs on your Android device with CHDroid.

🔗 Source: https://www.xda-developers.com/this-android-compression-tool-for-emulators-frees-up-space-for-more-roms/

#android

📰 AMD ROCm 7.2.4 Released With Performance & Stability Fixes

AMD's ROCm open-source compute stack is up to version 7.2.4 stable as it continues seeing new fixes while on the tech preview feature side is the recent ROCm 7.13 release...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/AMD-ROCm-7.2.4

#amd #opensource

📰 Wine 11.10 Released with Bundled VKD3D 2.0

Wine 11.10 is out with VKD3D 2.0, rewritten XPath support without libxml2, VBScript improvements, and 17 bug fixes.

🔗 Source: https://linuxiac.com/wine-11-10-released-with-bundled-vkd3d-2-0/

#wine

📰 NixOS 26.05 ‘Yarara’ Released with Systemd Initrd by Default and Major Infrastructure Updates

by George WhittakerThe NixOS project has officially released NixOS 26.05, codenamed “Yarara,” continuing the distribution’s unique approach to Linux system management through declarative configuration, atomic upgrades, and reproducible deployments. The release introduces several important platform-level changes, modernized infrastructure components, and continued refinement of the Nix ecosystem.

🔗 Source: https://www.linuxjournal.com/content/nixos-2605-yarara-released-systemd-initrd-default-and-major-infrastructure-updates

#linux #systemd

📰 GNOME 51 Development Officially Begins as ‘A Coruña’ Cycle Gets Underway

by George WhittakerThe GNOME Project has officially opened the development cycle for GNOME 51, the next major release of one of Linux’s most widely used desktop environments. Following the recent launch of GNOME 50 “Tokyo,” developers are already shifting focus toward the next chapter of the desktop’s evolution, which will carry the codename “A Coruña.

🔗 Source: https://www.linuxjournal.com/content/gnome-51-development-officially-begins-coruna-cycle-gets-underway

#gnome #linux

📰 You can now download Ubuntu 26.10 Snapshot 1

Canonical has released the first monthly snapshot of Ubuntu 26.10 ‘Stonking Stingray’. This is the first of 4 planned testing builds in the lead up to the final, stable release of Ubuntu 26.10 on 15 October, 2026. Utkarsh Gupta announced the release on the Ubuntu developer mailing list, noting that a couple of images are missing from the first snapshot but will return for Snapshot 2. Ubuntu monthly snapshots are not alpha builds.

🔗 Source: https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/05/ubuntu-2610-snapshot-1

#ubuntu

📰 Bottles 64.0 Adds ntsync Support for Running Windows Apps on Linux

Bottles 64.0 has been released, adding ntsync support, new Eagle-based security scanning, and many fixes for running Windows applications and games on Linux.

🔗 Source: https://linuxiac.com/bottles-64-0-adds-ntsync-support-for-running-windows-apps-on-linux/

#linux

📰 Plasma 6.6, 6.7 & 6.8 See Plenty Of Bug Fixing This Week

KDE released Plasma 6.7 Beta 2 this week while the current Plasma 6.6 stable series continues seeing fixes as does Plasma 6.8 for what will be the follow-on feature release to Plasma 6.7...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Plasma-6.7-Beta-2-Week

#kde #plasma

📰 AMD Expands The Range Of Zen 6 CPUs Detected By The Linux Kernel

The latest open-source/Linux patch activity around AMD's next-gen Zen 6 processors is expanding the range of the CPU models detected by the Linux kernel...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/AMD-Expands-Zen-6-Family-Linux

#amd #kernel #linux #opensource

📰 AMD Submits More Graphics Driver Changes For Linux 7.2

On Friday was the latest AMDGPU/AMDKFD pull request landing more kernel graphics/compute driver improvements in DRM-Next ahead of the Linux 7.2 merge window happening in mid-June...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/More-AMDGPU-For-Linux-7.2

#amd #kernel #linux

📰 New CIFSwitch Linux flaw gives root on multiple distributions

A newly discovered local privilege escalation vulnerability dubbed 'CIFSwitch' in the Linux kernel could allow attackers to forge CIFS authentication key descriptions, abuse the kernel's key request mechanism, and gain root privileges.

🔗 Source: https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/new-cifswitch-linux-flaw-gives-root-on-multiple-distributions/

#kernel #linux

📰 Rust Coreutils 0.9 Released With Additional Security Hardening, Zero-Copy I/O

Rust Coreutils 0.9 was tagged today as the latest major update to this GNU Coreutils implementation in the Rust programming language. Rust Coreutils 0.9 is up to a 90.4% pass rate against the GNU test suite!...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Rust-Coreutils-0.9

#gnu

📰 AV2 Open-Source Video Codec Reaches Its First 1.0 Release

AVM v1.0 is now available as the first released version of AV2, the successor to the widely used AV1 codec.

🔗 Source: https://linuxiac.com/av2-open-source-video-codec-reaches-its-first-1-0-release/

#opensource