📰 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

📰 DRAGON BALL XENOVERSE 3 gets a brand new trailer

While we still don't know what the compatibility on SteamOS / Linux will be like, I'm hoping for the best with DRAGON BALL XENOVERSE 3.Read the full article on GamingOnLinux.

🔗 Source: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/06/dragon-ball-xenoverse-3-gets-a-brand-new-trailer/

#linux

📰 Brave Gives Linux Users Its Stripped Down Origin Browser for Free

Brave Origin is a minimalist Brave edition that costs $59.99 on other platforms but is free for Linux users.

🔗 Source: https://linuxiac.com/brave-gives-linux-users-its-stripped-down-origin-browser-for-free/

#linux

📰 Ubuntu dominates servers, but one choice killed it on the desktop

Package management has been a blight on Ubuntu's desktop.

🔗 Source: https://www.xda-developers.com/ubuntu-dominates-servers-but-one-choice-killed-it-on-the-desktop/

#ubuntu

📰 "Disgusting" Linux sched_ext Source Code Restructured Following Complaint By Linus Torvalds

Last week the main set of sched_ext changes were merged for Linux 7.2 that included continued work on sub-scheduler support. While Linus Torvalds didn't object to any of the features being worked on for this extensible scheduler framework that relies on user-space BPF programs, he was frustrated by the layout of the new C source files and remarked, "please don't do this disgusting thing...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-Sched-Ext-Restructured

#linux

📰 I turned my old PlayStation Vita into a distraction-free Plex machine, and it's my favorite device now

Nobody expected Plex on a PlayStation Vita, but this open-source client just solved a problem I didn't know I had.

🔗 Source: https://www.xda-developers.com/plex-playstation-vita-media-streaming/

#opensource

📰 Fedora Governance Changes Take Effect as Project Refines Leadership, Policy, and Contributor Oversight

by George WhittakerA series of Fedora governance updates are now taking effect, marking another step in the project's ongoing effort to modernize decision-making processes, improve transparency, and better support Fedora's growing contributor community. The changes come as the Fedora Council and other leadership bodies continue refining how one of the Linux world's largest community-driven projects is managed.

🔗 Source: https://www.linuxjournal.com/content/fedora-governance-changes-take-effect-project-refines-leadership-policy-and-contributor

#fedora #linux

📰 Chinese supercomputer using local processors heads TOP500 list

Use of Arm cores and Linux mean Beijing hasn’t broken away from the world.

🔗 Source: https://www.theregister.com/hpc/2026/06/24/chinese-supercomputer-using-local-processors-heads-top500-list/5260532

#arm #linux

📰 Latest Steam Client Update Improves PipeWire Session Logic on Linux

Valve released a new stable Steam Client update that promises to improve the PipeWire session logic on Linux systems, add support for the Malay language, and address various bugs.

🔗 Source: https://9to5linux.com/latest-steam-client-update-improves-pipewire-session-logic-on-linux

#linux #steam

📰 GE-Proton 11-1 arrives with d7vk, discord bridge, optiscaler and more added

After quite a wait due to many parts being reworked, GE-Proton 11-1 is officially out now to bring more Windows game compatibility to SteamOS / Linux.Read the full article on GamingOnLinux.

🔗 Source: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/06/ge-proton-11-1-arrives-with-d7vk-discord-bridge-optiscaler-and-more-added/

#linux #proton

📰 Alpine Linux 3.24 scales new desktop heights with COSMIC

Plus interesting news from the Xfce-on-Wayland project.

🔗 Source: https://www.theregister.com/os-platforms/2026/06/24/alpine-linux-324-scales-new-desktop-heights-with-cosmic/5259985

#linux #wayland