📰 CachyOS June 2026 ISO Released with Hyprland Noctalia, Faster Performance, and Smarter System Tools

by George WhittakerThe CachyOS team has released the June 2026 ISO, delivering another feature-packed update for its Arch Linux-based distribution. Known for its aggressive performance optimizations and gaming-focused approach, CachyOS continues refining both the user experience and the underlying system with improvements ranging from compiler tuning to installer enhancements and new desktop options.

🔗 Source: https://www.linuxjournal.com/content/cachyos-june-2026-iso-released-hyprland-noctalia-faster-performance-and-smarter-system

#arch #linux #linuxbased

📰 Fedora quietly turned into a serious gaming distro while everyone argued about Ubuntu

Fedora has transformed the Linux gaming sphere without making a name for itself.

🔗 Source: https://www.xda-developers.com/fedora-quietly-turned-into-a-serious-gaming-distro/

#distro #fedora #linux #ubuntu

📰 Proxmox is overkill for a single mini PC, and that's exactly why I put it on mine

The mini PC was always lumped in with netbooks and NUCs. They were great for getting basic work done, but as soon as you'd command one to do anything slightly more demanding, they would choke under their own weight. That's no longer the case, as modern mini PCs, even more affordable ones, come rocking more powerful Intel and AMD processors, allowing you to easily work and game on a device more compact than a box of tissues. This is how I can run...

🔗 Source: https://www.xda-developers.com/proxmox-is-overkill-for-a-single-mini-pc/

#amd #intel

📰 KDE KWin Introduces Support For Server-Side Drop Shadows

The KDE Plasma 6.8 will be introducing support for server-side drop shadows with the feature recently having been merged to KWin...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/KDE-Server-SIde-Drop-Shadows

#kde #plasma

📰 AMD's GAIA Continues Striving To Be Your Ultimate AI Companion For Emails

Yesterday saw the release of AMD's Lemonade 11.0 local AI server as well as ROCm 7.14 as the first production release built using TheRock. Out today is AMD's GAIA 0.22 software as their latest AI software release in working toward the AMD Advancing AI event next week in California...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/AMD-GAIA-0.22

#amd

📰 I mounted my Immich library in Finder, and now I never open the web app

Findich turns your self-hosted photo library into a regular Mac folder.

🔗 Source: https://www.xda-developers.com/mounted-immich-library-in-finder-never-open-the-web-app/

#immich

📰 NanoKVM-Go Brings AI-Powered Hardware Control to Linux with a Compact USB-C KVM

by George WhittakerSipeed has introduced NanoKVM-Go, a compact USB-C KVM-over-IP device that combines remote hardware management with AI integration. Designed for Linux, Windows, macOS, and other USB-C devices, NanoKVM-Go allows users to remotely view and control a system through a web browser while exposing its keyboard, mouse, and display functions to AI agents via the Model Context Protocol (MCP).

🔗 Source: https://www.linuxjournal.com/content/nanokvm-go-brings-ai-powered-hardware-control-linux-compact-usb-c-kvm

#linux

📰 This mini PC with a Ryzen 7 8845HS, 32GB of DDR5 RAM, and OCuLink expansion for $689 is just too good to pass up

RAM and storage prices have gone through the roof, making this powerful gaming mini PC worth every single penny right now. It features an AMD Ryzen 7 8845HS and 32GB DDR5 RAM. That last detail should catch your eye because the components value alone sits at or over $350 at the moment if you buy it on its own.

🔗 Source: https://www.xda-developers.com/gmktec-gaming-mini-pc-k8-plus-689-deal/

#amd

📰 Ubuntu’s desktop icons extension completes its GTK4 port

The Desktop Icons NG (aka DING) GNOME Shell extension Ubuntu uses to put icons on your literal desktop, has been busy – it finished its port to GTK4, patched memory leaks and improved a few of its lesser-known features. The GTK4 port landed in v51.0.0, released this month, alongside early support for GNOME 51 (since that’s the GNOME version Ubuntu 26.10 will ship with in October).

🔗 Source: https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/07/ubuntu-desktop-icons-extension-gtk4-port

#gnome #ubuntu

📰 GNOME Changes Security Disclosure Policies Due To AI-Generated Reports

The GNOME project is changing its handling of security reports due to the influx of AI/LLM-generated security findings...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/GNOME-Security-Changes-2026

#gnome

📰 NetworkManager 1.58 Officially Released with New Features and Improvements

NetworkManager 1.58 open-source network connection manager for Linux-based operating systems is now available for download as a major update with many new features and improvements.

🔗 Source: https://9to5linux.com/networkmanager-1-58-officially-released-with-new-features-and-improvements

#linux #linuxbased #opensource

📰 Update now: 7-Zip fixes RCE flaw exploitable with malicious archives

7-Zip version 26.02 was released on June 25 to fix a remote code execution vulnerability that could allow attackers to execute malicious code by convincing users to open specially crafted compressed files.

The vulnerability, disclosed by Lunbun researcher Landon Peng, exists in 7-Zip's processing of XZ-compressed data.

🔗 Source: https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/update-now-7-zip-fixes-rce-flaw-exploitable-with-malicious-archives/

📰 Flathub’s AI slop ban looks like it was the right call

When Flathub banned AI-coded app submissions last month, some critics warned the platform was denying the future by dismissing a new wave of “vibe-coded” software as out-and-out “slop”. Well, new data suggests otherwise, as nearly three-quarters of the rejected apps are already dead, existing only a few months. Linux developer Evangelos Paterakis, developer of Tuba, Turntable and others, did the digging, looking at 120 code repositories whose...

🔗 Source: https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/07/flathub-ai-slop-ban-data

#linux

📰 Linux Patches Introduce "KNOD" For In-Kernel Network Offloading Directly To AMD GPUs

Some extremely cool patches were posted to the Linux kernel mailing list on Sunday. The patches for "KNOD" allow for in-kernel network offloading to GPUs with an initial focus on AMD GPU support. What makes this all the more nifty is that it doesn't depend upon any user-space libraries like AMD ROCm but is all handled in-kernel with driving the GPU directly...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/KNOD-Network-Offload-AMD-GPUs

#amd #kernel #linux

📰 Ubuntu 26.04 fixes trash dialog bug that defaulted to cancel

Ubuntu 26.04 LTS is getting a fix for Nautilus that restores ‘Delete’ as the focused button in the trash confirmation dialog, undoing an accidental swap that made ‘Cancel’ the focused button instead. That ‘unintentional’ focus flip meant you could no longer hit enter to action file deletion for Trash since it instead cancelled it. I’ve lost count of the times I’ve assumed I emptied the trash since upgrading to Ubuntu 26.

🔗 Source: https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/07/ubuntu-26-04-trash-dialog-cancel-button-fix

#ubuntu

📰 Linux 7.2 Improves Intel Panther Lake Xe3 Arc B390 Graphics Performance

My testing of the in-development Linux 7.2 kernel continues in the lab. One of the latest promising findings from this kernel that will be released as stable in August is faster Intel Xe3 graphics performance on Core Ultra Series 3 "Panther Lake" hardware.

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/review/linux-72-panther-lake

#intel #kernel #linux

📰 Mozilla Firefox 153 ESR Is Now Available for Download, Here’s What’s New

Mozilla Firefox 153 ESR open-source web browser is now available for download as the new Extended Support Release series with various new features and enhancements.

🔗 Source: https://9to5linux.com/mozilla-firefox-153-esr-is-now-available-for-download-heres-whats-new

#firefox #opensource

📰 Become More Productive With These GNOME Extensions

Here's my recommended list of GNOME extensions that might help you focus more on work and be (more) productive.

🔗 Source: https://feed.itsfoss.com/link/24361/17382257/gnome-extensions-for-productivity

#gnome

📰 IPFire 2.29 Core Update 203 Firewall Distro Replaces Unbound with Knot Resolver

IPFire 2.29 Core Update 203 hardened Linux firewall distro is now available for download with Knot Resolver, 6 GHz Wi-Fi band support, and other changes.

🔗 Source: https://9to5linux.com/ipfire-2-29-core-update-203-firewall-distro-replaces-unbound-with-knot-resolver

#distro #linux

📰 Linus Torvalds Spent Years Dismissing AI, Only to Vouch for It

A chronological look at how Linux's creator went from "90% marketing" to telling AI critics to fork the kernel or walk away.

🔗 Source: https://feed.itsfoss.com/link/24361/17381815/linus-torvalds-on-ai

#kernel #linux

📰 KDE Plasma 6.8 Desktop Environment Lands on October 14th, Here’s What to Expect

The upcoming KDE Plasma 6.8 desktop environment is expected on October 14th, 2026, with many new features and improvements. Here’s what’s to expect.

🔗 Source: https://9to5linux.com/kde-plasma-6-8-desktop-environment-is-coming-on-october-14th-heres-what-to-expect

#kde #plasma