📰 SparkyLinux 2026.06 Released with Linux Kernel 7.0

SparkyLinux 2026.06 updates its semi-rolling Tiamat ISOs with Debian Testing Forky packages, Linux kernel 7.0, and Calamares 3.4.2.

🔗 Source: https://linuxiac.com/sparkylinux-2026-06-released-with-linux-kernel-7-0/

#debian #kernel #linux

📰 Bcachefs exits experimental status in new 'performance release'

bcachefs boss Kent Overstreet has announced version 1.38.6 of the Linux filesystem, dubbing it “the performance release” and declaring the project is no longer experimental.

🔗 Source: https://www.theregister.com/software/2026/06/19/bcachefs-exits-experimental-status-in-new-performance-release/5258801

#linux

📰 Apple M3 Booting On Linux After Three Years Plus Other SoC Updates In Linux 7.2

Just shy of 1,000 new patches were merged on the SoC side for the Linux 7.2 kernel. Among all those patches are enabling five more SoCs to work with the mainline Linux kernel -- including the long-awaited Apple M3 support...

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

#kernel #linux

📰 Debian-Based SparkyLinux 2026.06 Rolling Brings Linux Kernel 7.1 Support

SparkyLinux 2026.06 distribution is now available for download based on Debian 14 “Forky” and powered by Linux kernel 7.0, but also offering support for installing the latest Linux 7.1 kernel series.

🔗 Source: https://9to5linux.com/debian-based-sparkylinux-2026-06-rolling-brings-linux-kernel-7-1-support

#debian #kernel #linux

📰 New NTFS Driver Sees Hardening & Fixes, Windows Native Symlinks With Linux 7.2

Happening back in Linux 7.1 was the "NTFS resurrection" with landing a new NTFS driver into the Linux kernel that had been years in the making and began as the former NTFS read-only kernel driver many years back before the stint of the Paragon NTFS3 driver in the Linux kernel. For Linux 7.2 that new/modern NTFS driver has seen more hardening work, some fixes, and Windows native symbolic links support...

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

#kernel #linux

📰 AMD-Powered Barco MXRT Graphics Cards Finally Seeing Linux Driver Support

Barco, the Europeean technology company that manufactures the AMD GPU based MXRT graphics cards for for multi-display medical imaging systems (and also MXRV for their NVIDIA based graphics cards), have to date only seen Windows drivers published for their professional-grade graphics cards even with using Radeon Pro derived GPUs. But a patch published today to the AMD graphics mailing list is opening the door for Linux support...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/AMD-Barco-MXRT-Linux-Patch

#amd #linux

📰 Open-Source NVIDIA NVK Vulkan Driver Now Supports DLSS

With the code merged today to Mesa 26.2-devel, the open-source NVIDIA "NVK" Vulkan driver is capable of handling Deep Learning Super Sampling (DLSS) with modern game titles running on Linux / Steam Play...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Mesa-NVK-Vulkan-Does-DLSS

#linux #opensource #steam

📰 I tried LibreELEC on a Raspberry Pi, and it's better than any smart TV can ever be

Setting up a new smart TV these days means sitting through a barrage of privacy prompts, account-creation screens, and data-collection agreements. I’ve been guilty of just hitting accept and next to get the TV working. But the problems don’t stop there. Declining too many prompts locks features behind sign-ins. Worse, the telemetry quietly got re-enabled after a firmware update, and manufacturers made opting out just a temporary inconvenience.

🔗 Source: https://www.xda-developers.com/libreelec-on-raspberry-pi-better-than-any-smart-tv/

#raspberry

📰 Guncrypt is Halfbrick Studio's First PC Game, That Also Works on Linux

If you are into rogue-like games, this one might be the one to get on Linux.

🔗 Source: https://feed.itsfoss.com/link/24361/17364239/guncrypt-demo-review

#linux

📰 KDE Plasma 6.8 Starts Taking Shape with Better Multi-Monitor Handling

KDE Plasma 6.8 development begins with color-coded monitor badges, UI refinements, and several usability improvements.

🔗 Source: https://linuxiac.com/kde-plasma-6-8-starts-taking-shape-with-better-multi-monitor-handling/

#kde #plasma

📰 Proton Experimental gets fixes for The Division 2, METAL GEAR SOLID V, ARC Raiders and more

Valve released the latest update to Proton Experimental on June 19th to get more Windows games working well on Linux / SteamOS.Read the full article on GamingOnLinux.

🔗 Source: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/06/proton-experimental-gets-fixes-for-the-division-2-metal-gear-solid-v-arc-raiders-and-more/

#linux #proton

📰 exFAT File-System Enjoys Better Performance On Linux 7.2 With IOmap Conversion

In addition to open-source developer Namjae Jeon serving as maintainer for the new NTFS Linux driver, he also continues serving as maintainer to the exFAT file-system for that other Microsoft file-system popular with removable storage media...

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

#linux #opensource

📰 GIMP v0.54 From 1996 With Motif Toolkit Now Flatpak'ed For Modern Linux Desktops

The open-source world waited long enough for the GIMP 3.0 release that finally came last year with its GTK3 port and more, but for those with time on their hands this weekend and want to relive GIMP's past from long ago, GIMP 0.54 has been adapted for Flatpak to work on modern Linux desktops. What makes this version of GIMP from 1996 notable is that it was the last to use the Motif toolkit...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/GIMP-0.54-Flatpak

#flatpak #linux #opensource

📰 Linux's ARM64 NEON Intrinsics CRC64 Code Adapted To Work On 32-bit ARM

Merged for Linux 7.1 was ARMM64 NEON-accelerated CRC64-NVMe support for around 6x the performance out of that checksumming algorithm. The generic code had been a bottleneck in NVMe and other storage subsystem code of the Linux kernel with CRC64-NVMe being used to help verify against data corruption. Now for Linux 7.2, the NEON-accelerated code will also work for those still relying on 32-bit ARM...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-CRC64-NEON-On-ARM32

#arm #kernel #linux

📰 Linux Finally Eliminates The strncpy API After Six Years Of Work, 360+ Patches

Linux 7.2 has finally eliminated the strncpy API from the Linux kernel. The strncpy() function for copying up to a specified number of bytes has long been deprecated and after six years of work and hundreds of patches, no more users of the strncpy interface within the Linux kernel remained that it has now been eliminated...

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

#kernel #linux

📰 Linux gaming works without touching the terminal, and that matters more than any benchmark

Gaming on Linux used to feel daunting, but these days, you can do it completely without the terminal, and it changes everything.

🔗 Source: https://www.xda-developers.com/linux-gaming-works-without-touching-temrinal-matters-more-benchmark/

#linux

📰 Slackware-Based PorteuX 2.7 Released with Linux 7.1, KDE Plasma 6.7, and More

PorteuX 2.7 Linux distribution is now available for download with Linux kernel 7.1, KDE Plasma 6.7, GNOME 50.2, support for the new NTFS-plus driver, a new native PorteuX cursor theme, and more.

🔗 Source: https://9to5linux.com/slackware-based-porteux-2-7-released-with-linux-7-1-kde-plasma-6-7-and-more

#gnome #kde #kernel #linux #plasma

📰 Shelly 2.4 GUI Package Manager for Arch Linux Released with New Features

Shelly 2.4 open-source graphical package manager for Arch Linux-based distributions is now available for download with improved support for AppImage and Flatpak packages, CLI refactor, and other changes.

🔗 Source: https://9to5linux.com/shelly-2-4-gui-package-manager-for-arch-linux-released-with-new-features

#appimage #arch #flatpak #linux #linuxbased #opensource

📰 My Google Pixel replaced my laptop for home lab management, and I stopped carrying a computer entirely

Your Android phone can do SSH, run Linux, and troubleshoot servers — here's how I use mine for home lab work.

🔗 Source: https://www.xda-developers.com/google-pixel-great-phone-even-better-home-lab-companion/

#android #linux

📰 Broadcom Working On VMware Zero-Copy Buffer Sharing Between VMs And Hypervisor

Interesting feature work for VMware virtualization on Linux now being pursued by Broadcom is to support zero-copy buffer sharing between the VM(s) and host hypervisor, which would equate to an efficiency and performance win...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/VMware-Zero-Copy-Sharing-Linux

#linux

📰 This maker built a daily briefing printer with a Raspberry Pi Zero, and the code is open source

Getting your daily briefing printed out on a little piece of paper is so much more satisfying than an email. Maybe it's the fact that the paper is a tangible thing you can hold, or maybe it's just because it looks like you're getting a briefing from some kind of secret agency; either way, it's a lot cooler than receiving your daily digest digitally.

🔗 Source: https://www.xda-developers.com/this-maker-built-a-daily-briefing-printer-with-a-raspberry-pi-zero-and-the-code-is-open-source/

#opensource #raspberry