📰 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

📰 XFS Zone Allocator No Longer Experimental With Linux 7.2

The XFS file-system updates for the Linux 7.2 kernel aren't too notable with the exception of its zone allocator being promoted from behind its previously-experimental flag...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/XFS-Zone-Allocator-Linux-7.2

#kernel #linux

📰 Giada 1.5 Hardcore Loop Machine Adds New Tick-Based Audio Rendering Engine

Giada 1.5 open-source minimalistic and hardcore music production software has been released today as a major update that introduces several new features and improvements.

🔗 Source: https://9to5linux.com/giada-1-5-hardcore-loop-machine-adds-new-tick-based-audio-rendering-engine

#opensource

📰 Flatpak-NG sounds like bad news for systemd refuseniks

Linux app packaging rethink could leave alternative-init distros in the cold


🔗 Source: https://www.theregister.com/software/2026/06/15/flatpak-ng-sounds-like-bad-news-for-systemd-refuseniks/5254885

#linux

📰 To Make Things Easier, CachyOS Created a RUST-Based GUI Package Manager

There are a couple of graphical package managers for Arch-based distros, but CachyOS created a new one in Rust.

🔗 Source: https://feed.itsfoss.com/link/24361/17361923/shelly-package-manager

#arch

📰 Windows version of SprySOCKS Linux malware used to attack govt orgs

Windows variants for the SprySOCKS Linux malware have been used in attacks targeting government organizations in at least four countries.

🔗 Source: https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/windows-version-of-sprysocks-linux-malware-used-to-attack-govt-orgs/

#linux

📰 Immich 3.0 Is Just Around the Corner, Here’s What to Expect

Immich 3.0 is nearing release with mobile editing, Workflows, improved backups, real-time transcoding, OCR, and timeline upgrades.

🔗 Source: https://linuxiac.com/immich-3-0-is-just-around-the-corner-here-is-what-to-expect/

#immich

📰 COSMIC is doing things KDE and GNOME still can't, and it's only going to get better

THe up=and-coming COSMIC desktop may need some more polish, but it's already a strong contender against KDE and GNOME.

🔗 Source: https://www.xda-developers.com/the-cosmic-desktop-isnt-ready-to-take-on-kde-and-gnome-but-its/

#gnome #kde

📰 Initial AMDGPU HDMI 2.1 FRL Support Successfully Merged For Linux 7.2

The Direct Rendering Manager (DRM) kernel graphics/display and accelerator driver changes have been merged for Linux 7.2. The Linux 7.2 DRM merge is headlined by the long-awaited HDMI 2.1 Fixed Rate Link (FRL) support for the AMDGPU open-source driver as part of the larger effort of finally proceeding with a full HDMI 2.1 implementation for this AMD Radeon Linux driver...

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

#amd #kernel #linux #opensource

📰 FreeBSD Updates Its Graphics Driver Port From Linux 6.12 LTS

As part of improving the experience of FreeBSD on laptops and desktops, FreeBSD developers have updated their drm-kmod port against the state of the Linux 6.12 LTS kernel...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/FreeBSD-drm-kmod-Linux-6.12

#kernel #linux

📰 Raven Prism is a Linux Computer That Happens To Be A Pair of Glasses

This eye-controlled smart glass is a San Francisco-based startup's bet on ambient computing.

🔗 Source: https://feed.itsfoss.com/link/24361/17362195/raven-prism-linux-smart-glass

#linux

📰 Linux Finally Ends AppleTalk Protocol Support

While the AppleTalk networking protocols were innovative when they first appeared for their plug-and-play capabilities, Apple itself ended their AppleTalk support back in 2009. Now 17 years later, the Linux kernel is ending AppleTalk support due to a recent surge of AI-generated patches...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-Drops-AppleTalk

#kernel #linux

📰 Qt Creator 20 Open-Source IDE Released with AI Support, New Zen Mode

Qt Creator 20 open-source IDE (Integrated Development Environment) is now available for download with AI support, new Zen mode for distraction-free coding, and many other enhancements.

🔗 Source: https://9to5linux.com/qt-creator-20-open-source-ide-released-with-ai-support-new-zen-mode

#opensource

📰 Arch Linux Pulls the Plug on New AUR Registrations After Malware Flood

More than 1,500 AUR packages got hit, and new waves kept coming.

🔗 Source: https://feed.itsfoss.com/link/24361/17362134/arch-linux-aur-malware-flood

#arch #linux

📰 openSUSE’s Agama 22 Installer Brings Usability and Accessibility Improvements

openSUSE releases Agama 22 for Tumbleweed and Slowroll with a new Appearance tool that finally lets you configure the look of the web-based installer, redesigmed header and toolbar, and more.

🔗 Source: https://9to5linux.com/opensuses-agama-22-installer-brings-usability-and-accessibility-improvements

#opensuse

📰 Fedora Is Building a Web-Based Remote Installer for Headless Systems

Fedora is working on a browser-based remote installation for Anaconda, targeting headless systems, ARM boards, and network installs.

🔗 Source: https://linuxiac.com/fedora-is-building-a-web-based-remote-installer-for-headless-systems/

#arm #fedora

📰 Lilbits: Android 17 released, Microsoft Surface with Snapdragon X2, and a phone-like LoRa dev kit

Google is now rolling out Android 17 to select Pixel phones, and the operating system will be available for additional devices soon. Some of the more noticeable changes include a new system for multitasking that will let you run apps in floating windows called “bubbles,” new security and parental control features, and a Continue On .

🔗 Source: https://liliputing.com/lilbits-android-17-released-microsoft-surface-with-snapdragon-x2-and-a-phone-like-lora-dev-kit/

#android