📰 Steam June Client Update Fixes Linux Input and Controller Issues

Valve’s latest Steam Client update adds a Linux workaround for Steam Controller gamepad emulation and fixes several input-related issues.

🔗 Source: https://linuxiac.com/steam-june-client-update-fixes-linux-input-and-controller-issues/

#linux #steam

📰 COSMIC Desktop's Frosted Glass Is Giving Windows Aero Vibes

Some of the latest feature work for the Rust and Wayland based COSMIC desktop environment is on creating their new "Frosted Glass" appearance. It's getting closer to release and giving off Windows Aero vibes for that design language from the Windows Vista days...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/COSMIC-Frosted-Glass

#wayland

📰 Shotcut 26.6 Beta Brings Many Fixes, OpenFX & VST2 Plugin Support

Shotcut 26.6 is now available in beta form as this latest feature update for this popular, open-source and cross platform video editor...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Shotcut-26.6-Beta

#opensource

📰 Mir 2.27 Released With More Wayland Rust Code

Canonical today released Mir 2.27 as the latest version of this set of compositor libraries for easily building Wayland-based shells on Linux and fitting into the Ubuntu Linux paradigm...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Mir-2.27-Released

#linux #ubuntu #wayland

📰 Open-Source NVIDIA Vulkan Driver "NVK" Merges Mesh Shader Support

Mesa's NVK open-source NVIDIA Vulkan driver now has mesh shader support as another significant step forward for this driver in being able to handle modern Linux gaming and other workloads...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/NVK-Mesh-Shaders-Merged

#linux #opensource

📰 4 reasons I'm a diehard Firefox user, and why you should be too

It's easy to make a choice when there's just one company not trying to sell your data.

🔗 Source: https://www.xda-developers.com/4-reasons-im-a-diehard-firefox-user-and-why-you-should-be-too/

#firefox

📰 Linux is quietly becoming the better choice for Windows users who just browse the web

There's always been a subset of people for whom Linux PCs are better than those running Windows, but recently, that group has been growing. Gamers seem to have a newfound appreciation for Linux since the revamped SteamOS came onto the scene, but really, you don't even have to be in a very specific group anymore.

🔗 Source: https://www.xda-developers.com/linux-becoming-better-choice-windows-users-who-just-use-web-browser/

#linux

📰 Benchmarking The Different CachyOS Linux Kernel Flavors

CachyOS ships with a good Linux kernel configuration by default balancing the different features as well as performance. But they also ship a variety of other kernel builds for those preferring a more leading-edge kernel or the current LTS series, a hardened kernel configuration, and more. In this article are some fresh benchmarks of the Arch Linux based CachyOS Linux distribution with some of its main kernel flavors.

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/review/cachyos-linux-flavors

#arch #kernel #linux

📰 Clonezilla Live 3.3.2 Brings Linux Kernel 7.0 and New Encryption

Clonezilla Live 3.3.2 updates its Debian Sid base, adds Linux kernel 7.0, Partclone 0.3.47, and switches image encryption to gocryptfs.

🔗 Source: https://linuxiac.com/clonezilla-live-3-3-2-brings-linux-kernel-7-0-and-new-encryption/

#debian #kernel #linux

📰 Dell XPS 14 laptop is now available with Ubuntu Linux

The Dell XPS 14 is a premium thin and light laptop with an Intel Panther Lake processor that launched earlier this year as part of the revived Dell XPS brand. Measuring less than 0.6 inches thick and weighing less than 3 pounds, the laptop also has a much more usable keyboard and touchpad than earlier models. .

🔗 Source: https://liliputing.com/dell-xps-14-laptop-is-now-available-with-ubuntu-linux/

#intel #linux #ubuntu

📰 Canonical’s Steam Snap for ARM64 is now stable

Canonical has bumped its Steam Snap for ARM64 to the stable channel. First announced in January, the snap has been tested across ARM64 hardware including the NVIDIA DGX Spark, Radxa Orion O6 and Lenovo ThinkPad X13s, with Canonical now reporting ‘solid performance’ across many popular games. Valve doesn’t provide a native ARM Linux client (not yet, anyway), so Canonical bundles the Intel/AMD Steam binary with the FEX emulator.

🔗 Source: https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/06/steam-arm64-snap-stable

#amd #arm #intel #linux #steam

📰 Marek Olšák Scores Up To 100% Pixel Throughput Optimization For RADV Driver

Marek Olšák who had been a longtime AMD Linux driver engineer specializing in the RadeonSI Gallium3D driver, recently began working for Valve on their Linux graphics driver team. His focus has understandably shifted to working on the RADV Vulkan driver and one of his early optimizations now with the Valve hat on is up to a 100% pixel throughput optimization for the RADV driver, which is already quite well optimized thanks to years of investment...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Marek-100p-Pixel-Throughput-Opt

#amd #linux

📰 Transmission 4.1.2 Open-Source BitTorrent Client Released with Important Fixes

Transmission 4.1.2 open-source BitTorrent client is now available for download with various bug fixes and improvements for the Qt client, GTK client, Web client, and macOS client.

🔗 Source: https://9to5linux.com/transmission-4-1-2-open-source-bittorrent-client-released-with-important-bug-fixes

#opensource

📰 MINISFORUM N4 is an Intel Wildcat Lake-powered 4-bay NAS

MINISFORUM continues to expand its line of network-attached storage systems. Since releasing the MINISFORUM N5 Pro in the summer of 2025, the company has added several additional models including the N5 and N5 Air, while also teasing new models like the higher-performance N5 Max (with an AMD Strix Halo processor) and the fanless, SSD-only S5 .

🔗 Source: https://liliputing.com/minisforum-n4-is-an-intel-wildcat-lake-powered-4-bay-nas/

#amd #intel

📰 Google Patches Android Zero-Day Vulnerability in June 2026 Security Update

Google’s June 2026 Android update fixes dozens of flaws, including a potentially exploited Framework vulnerability and critical system bugs...

🔗 Source: https://www.techrepublic.com/article/news-google-june-2026-android-security-update/

#android

📰 New HTTP/2 Bomb Vulnerability Allows Remote DoS on NGINX, Apache, IIS, Envoy & Cloudflare

Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a remote denial-of-service exploit that affects major web servers, including NGINX, Apache HTTPD, Microsoft IIS, Envoy, and Cloudflare Pingora.The vulnerability has been codenamed HTTP/2 Bomb by Calif."The vulnerable behavior exists in each server's default HTTP/2 configuration," the company said, adding it was discovered by OpenAI Codex by chaining.

🔗 Source: https://thehackernews.com/2026/06/new-http2-bomb-vulnerability-allows.html

#nginx

📰 Intel XPU Manager Adds Support For Arc Pro B65 + Arc Pro B70

Intel this week rolled out new versions of their open-source XPU Manager and Linux NPU driver software...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Intel-XPU-Manager-B65-B70

#intel #linux #opensource

📰 Ubuntu To Ship Newer AMD ROCm Updates Via SRUs

As noted back in April, with Ubuntu 26.04 LTS it's now possible to simply "apt install rocm" on Ubuntu Linux for installing AMD's open-source GPU compute stack. But as prominently noted there, what's shipped right now in Ubuntu 26.04 LTS is already months out of date compared to upstream ROCm. Fortunately, Canonical shared today that moving forward they plan to ship newer ROCm versions as stable release updates (SRUs)...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Ubuntu-Newer-ROCm-SRUs

#amd #linux #opensource #ubuntu

📰 T2 Linux 26.6 Brings Linux 7.0, Refined KDE Plasma Desktop with Flatpak Support

T2 Linux SDE 26.6 is now available for download as a hefty update for this highly portable source-based Linux distribution adding a refined KDE Plasma desktop with Flatpak support and Linux 7.0.

🔗 Source: https://9to5linux.com/t2-linux-26-6-brings-linux-7-0-refined-kde-plasma-desktop-with-flatpak-support

#flatpak #kde #linux #plasma

📰 Radxa Dragon Q8B is a single-board PC with Snapdragon 8cx Gen 3, PCIe 3.0 and dual 2.5 GbE LAN

Last year Rada introduced a credit card-sized computer called the Dragon Q6A that looks like a Raspberry Pi, but which features a Qualcomm DragonWing QCS6490 processor and a PCIe 3.0 x2 connector. Now the company has launched a new model that’s a little larger, but which also brings a higher-performance processor and more I/O capabilities. .

🔗 Source: https://liliputing.com/radxa-dragon-q8b-is-a-single-board-pc-with-snapdragon-8cx-gen-3-pcie-3-0-and-dual-2-5-gbe-lan/

#raspberry

📰 X.Org Is Still Alive and Just Patched Nine Security Flaws

X.Org Server 21.1.23 and Xwayland 24.1.12 fix multiple security flaws affecting both X11 and Wayland compatibility.

🔗 Source: https://linuxiac.com/x-org-is-still-alive-and-just-patched-nine-security-flaws/

#wayland