📰 AppGrid 1.9 KDE Plasma Launcher Brings Compact Mode

AppGrid 1.9 updates the KDE Plasma 6 launcher with Compact mode, smarter search, inline autocompletion, Discover integration, and more.

🔗 Source: https://linuxiac.com/appgrid-1-9-kde-plasma-launcher-brings-compact-mode/

#kde #plasma

📰 Linux Kernel 7.1 Officially Released, Here’s What’s New

Linux kernel 7.1 is now available for download with new features, enhanced hardware support through new and updated drivers, improvements to filesystems and networking, and much more.

🔗 Source: https://9to5linux.com/linux-kernel-7-1-officially-released-heres-whats-new

#kernel #linux

📰 Building a Retro Linux Gaming Computer Part 52: What Am I Going to Do With All This Cheese

Following the demise of Loki Software the future became very uncertain for commercial gaming on Linux.Read the full article on GamingOnLinux.

🔗 Source: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/06/building-a-retro-linux-gaming-computer-part-52-what-am-i-going-to-do-with-all-this-cheese/

#linux

📰 Epic Games is hiring a Security Engineer to champion Linux anti-cheat

Looks like Epic Games may be looking to actually improve how Easy Anti-Cheat works on Linux, with a job listing for a Senior Game Security Engineer.Read the full article on GamingOnLinux.

🔗 Source: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/06/epic-games-is-hiring-a-security-engineer-to-champion-linux-anti-cheat/

#linux

📰 Linux 7.1 Released: New NTFS Driver, Intel FRED For Panther Lake, Faster Arc Graphics

Linus Torvalds just released the stable Linux 7.1 kernel and it's coming a half-day early thanks to his travel plans...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-7.1-Released

#intel #kernel #linux

📰 DietPi 10.5 Enables KMS/DRM Graphics System by Default for Raspberry Pi SBCs

DietPi 10.5 distribution for single-board computers is now available for download with KMS/DRM support enabled by default for Raspberry Pi SBCs, better NanoPi K2 support, and other changes.

🔗 Source: https://9to5linux.com/dietpi-10-5-enables-kms-drm-graphics-system-by-default-for-raspberry-pi-sbcs

#raspberry

GNU Linux-libre 7.1-gnu Released With More Driver Deblobbing, Unhappy With i486 Removal

https://www.phoronix.com/news/GNU-Linux-Libre-7.1

📰 Firefox’s free VPN now offers unlimited data, 28 server locations

You can now use Firefox’s free built-in VPN with no data limits until August 31, 2026. Mozilla is also temporarily expanding the list of VPN server locations you can proxy traffic through, up from the current set of 5 locations to 28. The Firefox 151 release in May added the option to select from a list of VPN servers (though it’s a feature yet to be enabled for everyone), which is handy when location matters more than speed (Firefox VPN selects...

🔗 Source: https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/06/firefox-vpn-unlimited-data-promotion

#firefox

📰 Reading /proc/filesystems Is Surprisingly Done Very Often & Now As Much As 444% Faster

Reading /proc/filesystems for obtaining a list of file-systems supported by the running kernel is done frequently on Linux. Namely due to being read by the SELinux library (libselinux), reading of /proc/filesystems is done more often than one would typically expect and now the Linux 7.2 kernel is optimizing for it to yield much better performance...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-7.2-Reading-Proc-FS

#kernel #linux #selinux

📰 Flipper One is a Pocket-sized Linux Cyberdeck

Pocket-sized computer tools are the definition of cool, recruiting many people over to the developer side of things, including your humble writer.

🔗 Source: https://feed.itsfoss.com/link/24361/17361542/flipper-one-announcement

#linux

📰 Cache Aware Scheduling Merged For Linux 7.2 For Boosting Modern Intel & AMD CPUs

The scheduler updates were merged this morning for the Linux 7.2 kernel and it's exciting. Cache Aware Scheduling has finally been merged! This is a win for especially modern Intel and AMD processors with multiple last level caches (LLCs)...

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

#amd #intel #kernel #linux

📰 KDE is Going Wayland Only So This New Project Gives You KDE With X11

SonicDE went from a KWin patchset to a 40-repository desktop environment in a matter of months.

🔗 Source: https://feed.itsfoss.com/link/24361/17361475/sonicde-x11-kde-plasma-fork

#kde #wayland

📰 Mozilla Firefox 152 Is Now Available for Download, Here’s What’s New

Mozilla Firefox 152 open-source web browser is now available for download with experimental support for the new JPEG XL image format, better support for multi-monitor setups, and many other changes.

🔗 Source: https://9to5linux.com/mozilla-firefox-152-is-now-available-for-download-heres-whats-new

#firefox #opensource

📰 Arch Linux Blocks New AUR Registrations Amid Malware Cleanup

Arch Linux’s AUR is still operational, while new account registration appears blocked during ongoing cleanup work.

🔗 Source: https://linuxiac.com/arch-linux-blocks-new-aur-registrations-amid-malware-cleanup/

#arch #linux

📰 Red Hat gives Ubuntu a bootc up the backside at Canonical shindig

Bootable containers pitch shows how distro can be managed with familiar OCI tooling.

🔗 Source: https://www.theregister.com/software/2026/06/15/red-hat-gives-ubuntu-a-bootc-up-the-backside-at-canonical-shindig/5255608

#distro #ubuntu

📰 ZeroFS Turns S3 Buckets Into Linux Filesystems and Block Devices

ZeroFS is a new open-source project that exposes S3-compatible storage over NFS, 9P, and NBD for Linux systems.

🔗 Source: https://linuxiac.com/zerofs-turns-s3-buckets-into-linux-filesystems-and-block-devices/

#linux #opensource

📰 Intel Performance Skills: New Open-Source Project Leveraging AI For Linux Performance Optimizations

The newest open-source project out of Intel is the Intel Performance Skills project that is providing AI agent skills to help with CPU performance analysis and performance optimizations on Linux...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Intel-Performance-Skills

#intel #linux #opensource

📰 FreeBSD Receives Funding To Launch AI-Assisted Vulnerability Discovery

The FreeBSD Project announced today the launch of an AI-Assisted Vulnerability Discovery Project with grant funding provided by the Linux Foundation backed Alpha-Omega project. Alpha-Mega has sponsors including Microsoft, AWS, Google, Anthrophic, OpenAI, and others who will now be helping with FreeBSD uncovering new vulnerabilities by leveraging AI...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/FreeBSD-AI-Bug-Discovery

#linux

📰 Ubuntu Touch 24.04-2.0 Beta Now Properly Handles Notches & Rounded Corners

The community of developers continuing to maintain Ubuntu Touch for smartphones has released the Ubuntu Touch 24.04-2.0 beta ahead of the planned stable release in mid-July...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Ubuntu-Touch-24.04-2.0

#ubuntu

📰 Someone moved three lines of code in Linux 7.2 and got a 5% storage speed boost

Ensuring your code is working at its utmost best can be pretty daunting if you're not sure what to pull back, and by how much. However, sometimes the stars align, and you spot a really simple fix that significantly boosts your software's speed. As good as that is, though, not many people can claim they sped up a process by 5% just by moving three chunks of code down by a few lines, which is exactly what one Linux engineer achieved with kernel...

🔗 Source: https://www.xda-developers.com/someone-moved-three-lines-of-code-in-linux-72-and-got-a-5-storage-speed-boost/

#kernel #linux

📰 This Raspberry Pi e-ink display looks like framed wall art, and the software behind it is open source

One of my favorite things about e-Ink displays is that they don't look like displays. Sure, they are screens, and you can put whatever you want on them, but unlike LCDs, you can put an e-Ink display into a picture frame, and it won't look out of place. One excellent example just appeared in the Raspberry Pi community, and while the end product looks amazing, the software running it is an excellent tool for smart home displays.

🔗 Source: https://www.xda-developers.com/this-raspberry-pi-e-ink-display-looks-like-framed-wall-art-and-the-software-behind-it-is-open-source/

#opensource #raspberry