📰 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

📰 Open source RTS game Beyond All Reason signs publishing deal with Hooded Horse

With a Steam release planned for the open source RTS game Beyond All Reason, they've signed on with publisher Hooded Horse to help fund further development.Read the full article on GamingOnLinux.

🔗 Source: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/06/open-source-rts-game-beyond-all-reason-signs-publishing-deal-with-hooded-horse/

#opensource #steam

📰 UP WCL is a Raspberry Pi-sized PC with up to Intel Core 7 350 Wildcat Lake

The UP WCL is a credit card-sized computer from AAEON that’s about the same size and shape as a Raspberry Pi Model B. But this model has an Intel Wildcat Lake processor instead of an Arm chip, support for up to 24GB of onboard LPDDR5 memory and up to 256GB of UFS storage. It doesn’t have built-in .

🔗 Source: https://liliputing.com/up-wcl-is-a-raspberry-pi-sized-pc-with-up-to-intel-core-7-350-wildcat-lake/

#arm #intel #raspberry

📰 144 Mastra npm Packages Compromised via Hijacked Contributor Account

As many as 144 npm packages associated with the Mastra namespace ("@mastra/*"), a popular open-source JavaScript and TypeScript framework for building artificial intelligence (AI) applications, have been compromised as part of a software supply chain attack codenamed easy-day-js, per findings from JFrog, SafeDep, Socket, and StepSecurity."A single npm account (ehindero) mass-published more.

🔗 Source: https://thehackernews.com/2026/06/144-mastra-npm-packages-compromised-via.html

#opensource

📰 Epic Games Announces Lore Open-Source Version Control System

Epic Games announced today they have created a new version control system that is now open-source as Lore. Given the proliferation and excellence of Git, you may be wondering why Epic Games is pursuing another VCS option... They are specifically catering Lore to games and entertainment purposes with large file sizes...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Epic-Games-Lore-VCS

#opensource

📰 Intel Core Ultra X7 Panther Lake Performance On Linux 7.1

After recently noting the Intel Arc B580 Battlemage performance improving with Linux 7.1 and similarly finding performance gains for the Arc Pro B70 on Linux 7.1, several Phoronix readers have been wondering whether the newer Xe3 graphics with Panther Lake similarly benefit. Here are some CPU and iGPU benchmarks of the Core Ultra X7 358H "Panther Lake" SoC between Linux 7.0 and the recently stabilized Linux 7.1 kernel.

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/review/linux-71-panther-lake

#intel #kernel #linux

📰 Homebrew 6.0 released with new security mechanism, Linux sandbox and more

Homebrew was "less vulnerable 10 years ago than npm is today," project lead tells us.

🔗 Source: https://www.theregister.com/devops/2026/06/17/homebrew-60-released-with-new-security-mechanism-linux-sandbox-and-more/5257570

#linux

📰 Myna Announced As Speech-To-Text Solution For The Ubuntu Desktop

Earlier this month plans were shared publicly of Ubuntu 26.10 aiming to build a context-aware desktop with local AI features and one of the first capabilities to be integrated speech-to-text support. Now we have more details on the speech-to-text plans with Canonical announcing the Myna project...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Ubuntu-Myna-Speech-To-Text

#ubuntu

📰 I ditched iCloud for Immich, and my photo library finally feels like it's actually mine

A completely self-hosted photo library with virtually all the same bells and whistles.

🔗 Source: https://www.xda-developers.com/i-finally-dumped-my-icloud-storage-for-immich-for-good-and-i-cant-believe-i-didnt-do-it-sooner/

#immich

📰 Kernel 7.1: Graphics, Rust, and SoC Improvements

Linux kernel 7.1 brings improvements across filesystems, networking, scheduling, graphics, Rust, and hardware enablement, with Collabora contributing 65 patches from 16 engineers across Panthor, DRM, Rockchip, MediaTek, and driver fixes across the kernel.

🔗 Source: https://www.collabora.com/news-and-blog/news-and-events/kernel-7.1-graphics,-rust,-and-soc-improvements.html

#kernel #linux

📰 I stopped distro-hopping after Linux finally standardized on what actually matters

Now it really is about personal choice and not feature choice.

🔗 Source: https://www.xda-developers.com/stopped-distro-hopping-after-linux-finally-standardized-on-what-actually-matters/

#distro #linux

Audacity 4.0 beta lets you test its new (nicer) Qt interface - OMG! Ubuntu
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/06/audacity-4-0-beta

Bcachefs Tools 1.38.6 Brings Many Performance Improvements - Phoronix
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Bcachefs-Tools-1.38.6

KDE Plasma 6.7 brings the X11 era to a close
https://www.theregister.com/os-platforms/2026/06/18/kde-plasma-67-brings-the-x11-era-to-a-close/5258247

📰 Claude AI Assists In Fixing Years Old AMD Radeon Linux Display Bug Affecting Numerous Laptops

A bug in the AMDGPU Linux kernel graphics driver leading to some laptop displays freezing after periods of use may finally be close to being resolved. Given the length and quantity of bug reports and one of the problematic commits being tracked back to 2017, it's a heavy hitting issue for some Linux users. With the help of Claude Code, it looks like a fix is on the way to the Linux kernel...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/AMDGPU-Fixing-Display-Freeze

#amd #kernel #linux