📰 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

📰 GNOME Cuts Security Disclosure Deadline From 90 to 30 Days

GNOME will shorten its vulnerability disclosure deadline to 30 days starting August 1, citing the growing number of AI-generated security reports.

🔗 Source: https://linuxiac.com/gnome-cuts-security-disclosure-deadline-from-90-to-30-days/

#gnome

📰 Faugus Launcher 2.0 rolls out with a new UI and many other enhancements

The idea of Faugus Launcher is to provide a reasonably simple game manager for Linux, as an alternative to Lutris and Heroic.Read the full article on GamingOnLinux.

🔗 Source: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/07/faugus-launcher-2-0-rolls-out-with-a-new-ui-and-many-other-enhancements/

#linux

📰 Building an Arch Linux aarch64 port for Holo Core

The Holo Core aarch64 preview provides early binaries, sources, and containers for an Arch Linux-based aarch64 port, backed by tooling and CI work for reproducible rolling-release builds.

🔗 Source: https://www.collabora.com/news-and-blog/news-and-events/building-an-arch-linux-aarch64-port-for-holo-core.html

#arch #linux #linuxbased

📰 FSR 4.1 could make handheld GPU upgrades irrelevant, and that's exactly what the market needed

AMD has a firm grip on the gaming handheld market. Sure, you'll see an avalanche of cheaper Android-powered devices without Intel or AMD chips, but there's a good chance you'll buy an AMD-equipped handheld for modern high-quality gaming. Like other devices, there's a fairly rapid product cycle, leaving you in the dust if you buy a gaming handheld at the wrong time. But later versions of FidelityFX Super Resolution (FSR), specifically FSR 4.1,...

🔗 Source: https://www.xda-developers.com/fsr-making-handheld-gpu-upgrades-irrelevant-what-the-market-needed/

#amd #android #intel

📰 Fedora can't beat Ubuntu at this one thing, but it wins everywhere else

Fedora has no real answer for users who need a stable LTS base for multiple years.

🔗 Source: https://www.xda-developers.com/fedora-cant-beat-ubuntu-at-this-one-thing-but-it-wins-everywhere-else/

#fedora #ubuntu

📰 Cold Reset Recovery Coming Together To Better Help Intel GPUs On Linux

One of the patch series going through nearly a dozen revisions now is for introducing a cold reset recovery method for the Direct Rendering Manager (DRM) drivers with an initial focus on the Intel Xe kernel graphics driver...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Intel-Cold-Reset-Recovery-Linux

#intel #kernel #linux

The Last MPEG-4 Visual Patent Has Expired, Freeing DivX and Xvid Worldwide
—> https://linuxiac.com/the-last-mpeg-4-visual-patent-has-expired/

📰 Ubuntu on Android isn't a gimmick — it's how I manage my homelab from anywhere

After building my homelab, carrying my MacBook wherever I traveled had become a habit. Not because I knew something would break, but because I‘d made a routine of checking the status every once in a while. Having it with me was insurance for my homelab; if something broke, I could pull out the MacBook and start troubleshooting immediately. But with time, carrying a laptop everywhere I went for tiny routine tasks started to feel excessive. That...

🔗 Source: https://www.xda-developers.com/ubuntu-on-android-isnt-a-gimmick-its-how-i-manage-my-homelab-from-anywhere/

#android #ubuntu

📰 Guide: How to get SteamOS to always boot into Desktop Mode

If you want your SteamOS Linux machine like the Steam Deck or Steam Machine to automatically boot into Desktop Mode - that is actually possible.Read the full article on GamingOnLinux.

🔗 Source: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/guides/view/how-to-get-steamos-to-always-boot-into-desktop-mode

#linux #steam