📰 Wayland Protocols 1.49 Released With Improved Multi-GPU Support, Windows BT.2100

Simon Ser just published Wayland Protocols 1.49 as the latest version for this primary set of Wayland protocol definitions...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Wayland-Protocols-1.49

#wayland

📰 Firefox Merges Support For Vulkan Video Decoding

As an exciting development for GPU-accelerated video decoding within the Mozilla Firefox web browser, initial support for Vulkan Video has landed in the web browser!...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Firefox-Vulkan-Video-Merged

#firefox

📰 I gave my NAS a job Synology never advertises, and now it runs my house

Home Assistant on a NAS beats a Raspberry Pi in every way that actually matters.

🔗 Source: https://www.xda-developers.com/gave-nas-job-synology-never-advertises-it-runs-my-house/

#raspberry

📰 I finally ditched Ubuntu Server after five years, and realized why Fedora's release cycle actually wins for production

LTS is the safe pick, but only if you don't mind lagging behind.

🔗 Source: https://www.xda-developers.com/why-fedora-release-cycle-beats-ubuntu-lts-for-production/

#fedora #ubuntu

📰 Yay 12.6 AUR Helper Lands After Six Months with Smarter Search

Yay 12.6 updates search ranking, improves repository sorting, fixes package lookup errors, and refreshes metadata handling for Arch’s AUR.

🔗 Source: https://linuxiac.com/yay-12-6-aur-helper-lands-after-six-months-with-smarter-search/

#arch

📰 HandBrake update fixes 2-pass encode crashes, WebM file support on Linux

A new version of HandBrake, the open-source and cross-platform media conversion tool, is available to download. HandBrake 1.11.2 is a maintenance update in the current 1.11.x stable release, which was released in March 2026 and added DNxHR and ProRes encoder support, and an AMD VCN AV1 10-bit encoder compatible with the company’s 9000 series GPUs and newer. This update is focused on fixes and finesse.

🔗 Source: https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/06/handbrake-update-open-webm-linux

#amd #linux #opensource

📰 KaOS Takes Final Init Step Away from systemd with Dinit RC ISO

KaOS Dinit 2026.06 RC follows months of migration work, replacing systemd as init with a Dinit-based stack.

🔗 Source: https://linuxiac.com/kaos-takes-final-init-step-away-from-systemd-with-dinit-rc-iso/

#systemd

📰 Linux 7.1-rc7 Adding More AMD Zen 6 CPU Models

Ahead of the Linux 7.1-rc7 test kernel release due out later today, a pull request has been submitted of some "x86 fixes" for this kernel release. Most notable with this pull request is acknowledging some additional AMD Zen 6 CPU models...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-7.1-More-Zen-6-Models

#amd #kernel #linux

📰 Meet Melia: A Privacy-First, Modern Desktop Email Client Made Just for Linux

It is not an open source software but ticks a lot of other boxes for anyone looking for an alternative desktop email client on Linux.

🔗 Source: https://feed.itsfoss.com/link/24361/17356022/melia

#linux #opensource

📰 History of CentOS: How a biochemist's Linux hobby project became the enterprise world's default operating system

When a community came together after Red Hat said Windows was 'probably the right product'.

🔗 Source: https://www.theregister.com/os-platforms/2026/06/08/history-of-centos-how-a-biochemists-linux-hobby-project-became-the-enterprise-worlds-default-operating-system/5251530

#linux

📰 BeagleV Ahead & Lichee Pi 4a RISC-V Boards To See Working WiFi With Linux 7.2

In addition to the SpacemiT K1 and K3 RISC-V SoC Device Tree updates sent out last week, the RISC-V T-HEAD Device Tree "DT" changes were also sent out last week ahead of the upcoming Linux 7.2 kernel merge window...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/RISC-V-BeagleV-Lichee-WiFi-7.2

#kernel #linux

📰 Vintage AMD R600 Graphics Driver Sees Code Cleanups Thanks To GitHub Copilot

As the discussions continue among developers over potentially branching off some of the older Mesa drivers, the AMD R600 Gallium3D driver saw 59 commits on Sunday to Mesa 26.2. Making this code restructuring and code cleaning all the more notable is that the improvements to this old AMD Radeon graphics driver was done in part by GitHub Copilot...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/AMD-R600-Driver-Copilot-Cleanup

#amd

📰 VerdantBamboo Deploys BSD Variant of BRICKSTORM on Linux Appliances

A China-nexus cyber espionage group has been observed deploying a BSD variant of a known backdoor called BRICKSTORM, as well as two other malware families codenamed PLENET (aka GRIMBOLT) and AGENTPSD to target Linux systems.The activity has been attributed by Volexity to a threat cluster it tracks as VerdantBamboo, which it said overlaps with hacking groups known as Clay Typhoon (Microsoft),.

🔗 Source: https://thehackernews.com/2026/06/verdantbamboo-deploys-bsd-variant-of.html

#linux

📰 Flatpak 1.18 Linux App Sandboxing and Distribution Framework Officially Released

Flatpak 1.18 Linux application sandboxing and distribution framework is now available for download. This is a major release that brings several new features and improvements.

🔗 Source: https://9to5linux.com/flatpak-1-18-linux-app-sandboxing-and-distribution-framework-officially-released

#flatpak #linux

📰 I left GNOME for COSMIC, tried KDE next, and only one felt right in the end

Having the choice between desktop environments is one of the luxuries of using Linux, but it's not as simple as changing toothpastes. It's not that it's difficult to install a new one, but it takes time to get used to the new environment as you build muscle memory and tweak settings to your liking. Despite the hassle of starting over again, the hype surrounding COSMIC got to me, and I ditched GNOME to give it a shot.

🔗 Source: https://www.xda-developers.com/gnome-cosmic-kde-best-linux-desktop/

#gnome #kde #linux

📰 VideoLAN Announces dav2d as an Open-Source and Super Fast AV2 Decoder

VideoLAN formerly announced the dav2d project as an open-source, cross-platform, and free AV2 decoder focused on speed and correctness, based on the popular dav1d decoder.

🔗 Source: https://9to5linux.com/videolan-announces-dav2d-as-an-open-source-and-super-fast-av2-decoder

#opensource

📰 LibreOffice slams Euro-Office as ‘de facto ally of Microsoft’

Euro-Office launches its stable 1.0 release on June 9, billed as a ‘truly open’ sovereign alternative to Microsoft Office – a claim riling The Document Foundation, makers of LibreOffice. In an open letter published today, TDF’s Italo Vignoli takes issue with the upstart productivity suite’s pitch. He disputes Euro-Office’s marketing, which he says positions it as the first open-source office suite developed in Europe.

🔗 Source: https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/06/euro-office-ooxml-libreoffice

#opensource

📰 Canonical Experimenting With x86-64-v3 Packages For Ubuntu 26.10

Canonical engineers are again evaluating the impact of building the Ubuntu Linux archive for the x86-64-v3 "amd64v3" micro-architecture feature level for its performance benefits on modern Intel and AMD systems. An amd64v3 archive is available of Ubuntu 26.10 for testing with the packages targeting this level that allows for AVX/AVX2 and other newer CPU x86_64 ISA capabilities of the past decade...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Ubuntu-26.10-amd64v3-Packages

#amd #intel #linux #ubuntu

📰 I ditched my Debian VM for immutable Lightwhale OS, and Docker containers have never been simpler

I've been running Docker containers inside a full Debian VM for almost a year. Initially, that looked fun until I needed fortnightly upgrade scripts and multiple services to keep Linux alive. Still, all of that worked, so I never questioned it.

🔗 Source: https://www.xda-developers.com/lightwhale-linux-built-for-docker-containers/

#debian #linux

📰 The Document Foundation Slams Euro-Office Before Public Launch

The Document Foundation disputes Euro-Office’s “first European open-source office suite” claim and criticizes its OOXML default.

🔗 Source: https://linuxiac.com/document-foundation-slams-euro-office-before-public-launch/

#opensource

📰 One-Character Linux Kernel Flaw Enables Local Root Access, Exploits Now Public

Security researchers have published a detailed, working exploit for a Linux kernel use-after-free that lets an unprivileged local user escalate to root and break out of a container.The flaw, CVE-2026-23111, sits in the kernel's nf_tables packet-filtering code and was patched upstream on February 5, 2026. Exodus Intelligence released its full technical walkthrough on June 8, and it is not even.

🔗 Source: https://thehackernews.com/2026/06/one-character-linux-kernel-flaw-enables.html

#kernel #linux