📰 Steam Machines Is Up for Reservation from $1,049 with Arch Linux-Based SteamOS 3

Valve officially launched the Steam Machines today as an all-in-one Arch Linux-based gaming machine and desktop computer powered by SteamOS.

🔗 Source: https://9to5linux.com/steam-machines-is-up-for-reservation-from-1049-with-arch-linux-based-steamos-3

#arch #linux #linuxbased #steam

📰 Valve’s Steam Machine Gives Linux Gaming a New Living-Room Push

Valve’s new Steam Machine runs SteamOS, bringing Linux-powered PC gaming back to the living room in a compact console-like form.

🔗 Source: https://linuxiac.com/valve-steam-machine-gives-linux-gaming-a-new-living-room-push/

#linux #steam

📰 Control AirPods & Galaxy Buds on Ubuntu with ‘BudsLink’

BudsLink is a Linux app giving you more control over Bluetooth earbuds from the likes of Apple, Sony, Samsung and Nothing – battery levels, active noise cancellation (ANC) and more, all without needing to use a mobile app. Most Bluetooth audio devices ‘just work’ on Ubuntu and other Linux distributions for listening to audio, but that’s about it.

🔗 Source: https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/06/budslink-airpods-galaxy-buds-linux

#linux #ubuntu

📰 OBS Studio 32.2 Promises New Filter to Compose SDR into HDR, Beta Out Now

OBS Studio 32.2 enters public beta testing with a new filter to compose SDR into HDR, dynamic bitrate support for multitrack video, Ubuntu 26.04 LTS support, and more.

🔗 Source: https://9to5linux.com/obs-studio-32-2-promises-new-filter-to-compose-sdr-into-hdr-beta-out-now

#ubuntu

📰 USB4STREAM Merged For Linux 7.2 To Quickly Send Data Between USB4 Connected Systems

As part of today's USB/Thunderbolt subsystem updates for the ongoing Linux 7.2 kernel merge window, USB4STREAM was merged as a nifty and exciting addition to opening up some interesting USB4 connnectivity use-cases for high speed, low latency data transfers...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/USB4STREAM-In-Linux-7.2

#kernel #linux

📰 FFmpeg fixes PixelSmash flaw in widely used video decoder

A newly disclosed FFmpeg flaw dubbed 'PixelSmash' could be exploited for remote code execution on Jellyfin servers under certain conditions, and can also trigger a denial-of-service condition in applications like Kodi, Emby, Nextcloud, PhotoPrism, and OBS Studio.

🔗 Source: https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/ffmpeg-fixes-pixelsmash-flaw-in-widely-used-video-decoder/

#ffmpeg

📰 Home Assistant OS 18.0 Released with Linux Kernel 6.18 LTS

The new Home Assistant OS release adds faster disk image flashing, VM image improvements, and updated Linux kernel support.

🔗 Source: https://linuxiac.com/home-assistant-os-18-0-released-with-linux-kernel-6-18-lts/

#kernel #linux

📰 A $15 Raspberry Pi Zero 2W does Pi-hole better than any spare PC you have lying around

Every time I had to reboot my mini PC to update a Docker container, a VM, or just to apply patches, my entire home network went down with it. My family often noticed that before I did. My mini PC wasn’t struggling with the Pi-hole's load, but there was a simpler, yet just as problematic issue.

🔗 Source: https://www.xda-developers.com/raspberry-pi-zero-2w-does-pi-hole-better-than-any-spare-pc/

#raspberry

📰 Focus blur, nightlight added to Miracle-wm desktop

A new version of miracle-wm, the Wayland compositor built on Mir with an i3/Sway style tiling window manager, has been released. Developer Matthew Kosarek, an engineer at Canonical who develops the keyboard-driven UX in his free time, says the new v0.10.0 release delivers more improvements to the plugin system introduced in the April 2026 release, said to be “getting better and better everyday”.

🔗 Source: https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/06/miracle-wm-focus-blue-nightlight

#i3 #wayland

📰 Kubuntu Focus M2 and Zr Linux Laptops Now Ship with Intel Core Ultra 9 290HX Plus

Kubuntu Focus launches refreshed versions of the Focus M2, Focus Zr, and Focus XE laptops, along with a new Focus Ar laptop with latest generation Intel processors.

🔗 Source: https://9to5linux.com/kubuntu-focus-m2-and-zr-linux-laptops-now-ship-with-intel-core-ultra-9-290hx-plus

#intel #linux

📰 Have an AMD GPU? You can build your own SteamOS Steam Machine

Now that we've seen the price of the Steam Machine - here's a reminder, you really can just build your own if you want with the new SteamOS 3.8.Read the full article on GamingOnLinux.

🔗 Source: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/06/have-an-amd-gpu-you-can-build-your-own-steamos-steam-machine/

#amd #steam

📰 Canonical Announces Live Kernel Patching Support for Ubuntu on ARM64

Ubuntu maker Canonical announced today that its Canonical Livepatch live kernel patching is now available for Ubuntu systems running on the ARM64 (AArch64) architecture.

🔗 Source: https://9to5linux.com/canonical-announces-live-kernel-patching-support-for-ubuntu-on-arm64

#kernel #ubuntu

📰 GNU Nano 9.1 Command-Line Text Editor Drops Old Mac File Format Support

GNU nano 9.1 removes old Mac line-ending support, fixes backup handling, and improves search viewport behavior.

🔗 Source: https://linuxiac.com/gnu-nano-9-1-command-line-text-editor-drops-old-mac-file-format-support/

#gnu

📰 KDE Plasma 6.7.1 Desktop Is Out with Fixes for Kickoff, Discover, and KWin

KDE Plasma 6.7.1 is now available as the first maintenance update to the latest KDE Plasma 6.7 desktop environment series with various bug and regression fixes, and some small improvements.

🔗 Source: https://9to5linux.com/kde-plasma-6-7-1-desktop-is-out-with-fixes-for-kickoff-discover-and-kwin

#kde #plasma

📰 Digital indigestion: Fizzy Coca-Cola display chokes on full storage

Ubuntu warning bubbles up on an Azores advertising screen.

🔗 Source: https://www.theregister.com/offbeat/2026/06/23/digital-indigestion-fizzy-coca-cola-display-chokes-on-full-storage/5259124

#ubuntu

📰 New Hygon Model 8 "Suzhou" x86 CPU Support Appears In The GCC Compiler

A seemingly new generation of Hygon x86 processors are on the way with the GNU Compiler Collection (GCC) seeing support today for the Hygon Model 8 "Suzhou" c86-4g-m8 processors...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Hygon-c86-4g-m8-Suzhou-GCC

#gnu

📰 Blast from the past as GIMP 0.54 is revived in Flatpak form

Retro-computing fun for the nostalgic with first (and last) release to use Motif instead of GTK.

🔗 Source: https://www.theregister.com/software/2026/06/23/blast-from-the-past-as-gimp-054-is-revived-in-flatpak-form/5259651

#flatpak

📰 Linux 8250/16550 UART Serial Driver Seeing Some Modernization Work In 2026

The Linux 8250 serial driver as the universal/legacy driver for 8250 and 16550 type serial ports has been seeing some modernization work recently with a number of 8250 serial patches having now been merged for the Linux 7.2 kernel...

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

#kernel #linux

📰 Arma: Cold War Assault Remastered out with a demo and it's open source

This is a fun surprise! Arma: Cold War Assault Remastered has a demo on Steam, which is also open source and acts as a an official asset pack for the full game.Read the full article on GamingOnLinux.

🔗 Source: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/06/arma-cold-war-assault-remastered-out-with-a-demo-and-its-open-source/

#opensource #steam

📰 Open-Source Driver For ATI R300 Era GPUs Seeing Improved Power Mac Support In 2026

For those that happen to still be running a 22+ year old Apple Power Mac such as those from 2004 with an IBM PowerPC processor and ATI Radeon 9600 XT or 9800 XT graphics, there are open-source driver improvements for Linux still happening in 2026 to benefit this vintage hardware...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/ATI-R300-Big-Endian-2026

#linux #opensource

📰 DeviceTree-ACPI Hybrid Mode Proposed For Improving Linux Support On Snapdragon Laptops

Over the years while working at Red Hat, Hans de Goede was known for driving many wonderful Linux laptop improvements benefiting AMD/Intel x86_64 hardware. Hans left Red Hat last year and ended up joining Qualcomm to advance their open-source/Linux support. Today he is out with a significant new patch series for consideration that has the potential of significantly improving the Qualcomm Snapdragon X Series laptop Linux support and also...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/DT-ACPI-Hybrid-Mode-Linux

#amd #intel #linux #opensource