📰 Codeberg takes its side in the open-source scene's AI debate by banning vibe-coded projects

As AI coding tools evolve over time, the open-source scene has been drawing its lines in the sand as to how much AI is too much. On one side of the debate, Linus Torvalds has stated that he thinks AI tools are useful (which has attracted backlash). On the other side, we saw Fedora's community tear down the plans for an AI Developer Desktop spin.

🔗 Source: https://www.xda-developers.com/codeberg-takes-its-side-in-the-open-source-scenes-ai-debate-by-banning-vibe-coded-projects/

#fedora #opensource

📰 Someone built a Raspberry Pi bot to catch their ISP lying about their speeds, and you can download it too

It can be annoying when you're convinced that your ISP is throttling your speeds, but it won't own up to its actions. Fortunately, there are ways to double-check if it is, in fact, your ISP that's causing the issues. One person decided to take matters into their own hands with a Raspberry Pi speed tester, and it did, in fact, prove that the ISP was at fault.

🔗 Source: https://www.xda-developers.com/someone-built-a-raspberry-pi-bot-to-catch-their-isp-lying-about-their-speeds-and-you-can-download-it-too/

#raspberry

📰 Tails 7.10 Anonymous OS Released with Improved Data-Loss Protection

Tails 7.10 adopts GNOME’s standard shutdown process, replaces GNOME Videos with Celluloid, and updates Tor Browser.

🔗 Source: https://linuxiac.com/tails-7-10-anonymous-os-released-with-improved-data-loss-protection/

#gnome

📰 Nine-Year-Old RefluXFS Linux Flaw Gives Local Users Root on Default RHEL Installs

RefluXFS, a new Linux kernel flaw disclosed on July 22 and tracked as CVE-2026-64600, lets an unprivileged local user overwrite root-owned files on an XFS filesystem and gain persistent root access.Qualys said default installations of Red Hat Enterprise Linux and its derivatives, Fedora Server, and Amazon Linux can meet the conditions for exploitation.The company demonstrated the race.

🔗 Source: https://thehackernews.com/2026/07/nine-year-old-refluxfs-linux-flaw-gives.html

#fedora #kernel #linux

📰 Plex's Open Source Alternative Jellyfin is Having a Leadership Crisis

The departures come just months after the project flagged burnout as a growing risk.

🔗 Source: https://feed.itsfoss.com/link/24361/17385323/jellyfin-leadership-crisis

#opensource

📰 dav1d 1.5.4 Brings AV1 Decoding To OS/2

While the VideoLAN developers are busy these days working on dav2d for AV2 video decoding, they haven't let up work on dav1d and recently released dav1d 1.5.4 for continuing to enhance this leading open-source, CPU-based AV1 decoder...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/dav1d-1.5.4

#opensource

📰 Steam Machine with SteamOS Linux - initial thoughts

Good news everyone, I now have a Steam Machine in the GamingOnLinux house and I have some initial thoughts.Read the full article on GamingOnLinux.

🔗 Source: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/07/steam-machine-with-steamos-linux-initial-thoughts/

#linux #steam

📰 I hacked FSR4 onto my Steam Deck before Valve could ship it officially

Older silicon is capable of running the heavier model.

🔗 Source: https://www.xda-developers.com/hacked-fsr4-onto-my-steam-deck-before-valve-could-ship-it-officially/

#steam

📰 AMD EPYC 9006 Venice Announced & Looks Poised To Be A Grand Slam

While AMD EPYC 9005 "Turin" launched just under two years ago, it has aged remarkably well. It is one of the few CPU generations in my past 22 years of Linux hardware reviews/benchmarking that has still captivated me two years on in finding still typically industry-leading performance across varying workloads, exceptional reliability, and all around a very robust platform.

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/review/amd-epyc-9006-venice

#amd #linux

📰 Valve puts up a Proton 11.0-2 Release Candidate for testing

Valve have put up a Release Candidate to test the upcoming Proton 11.0-2 update, to fix up more issues found with Windows games on SteamOS / Linux.Read the full article on GamingOnLinux.

🔗 Source: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/07/valve-puts-up-a-proton-11-0-2-release-candidate-for-testing/

#linux #proton

📰 KDE Plasma 6.7.1 Released with Stability Fixes, UI Improvements, and Better Wayland Reliability

by George WhittakerThe KDE Project has officially released KDE Plasma 6.7.1, the first maintenance update for the Plasma 6.7 desktop environment. Rather than introducing major new features, this point release focuses on polishing the desktop with a broad collection of bug fixes, translation updates, and performance improvements aimed at making Plasma 6.7 more reliable for everyday use.

🔗 Source: https://www.linuxjournal.com/content/kde-plasma-671-released-stability-fixes-ui-improvements-and-better-wayland-reliability

#kde #plasma #wayland

📰 Jack Dorsey Launches Buzz, an Open-Source Slack Alternative

Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey has introduced Buzz, an open-source team chat platform aiming to reduce reliance on Slack and GitHub.

🔗 Source: https://linuxiac.com/jack-dorsey-launches-buzz-an-open-source-slack-alternative/

#opensource

📰 Ubuntu LTS is the best Proxmox LXC base, even though Debian seems like the obvious choice

Despite not sharing a native environment, Ubuntu is always the distro I reach for when creating LXCs in Proxmox.

🔗 Source: https://www.xda-developers.com/ubuntu-lts-is-the-best-proxmox-lxc-base-even-though-debian-seems-like-the-obvious-choice/

#debian #distro #ubuntu

📰 Someone squeezed a 28.9M LLM onto an ESP32-S3, and so can you

Ever since LLMs hit the public eye, people have tried to cram them into the smallest thing they can find. We've seen people use both Raspberry Pis and ESP32s to run an AI locally, with varying results. Now, someone has managed to squeeze a 28.9M LLM on an ESP32-S3, and it can tell a pretty good story.

🔗 Source: https://www.xda-developers.com/someone-squeezed-a-289m-llm-onto-an-esp32-s3-and-so-can-you/

#raspberry

📰 Intel knows it needs to ‘leapfrog’ ARM and AMD, says CEO Lip-Bu Tan

Chipzilla changes PC biz name to reflect belief edge and robots could be as valuable one day.

🔗 Source: https://www.theregister.com/systems/2026/07/24/intel-knows-it-needs-to-leapfrog-arm-and-amd-says-ceo-lip-bu-tan/5277968

#amd #arm #intel

📰 MARVEL Tōkon: Fighting Souls appears to block SteamOS / Linux

MARVEL Tōkon: Fighting Souls has an Open Beta available and sadly they seem to have blocked SteamOS / Linux from playing due to anti-cheat.Read the full article on GamingOnLinux.

🔗 Source: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/07/marvel-tokon-fighting-souls-appears-to-block-steamos-linux/

#linux

📰 LibreOffice 26.2.5 Open-Source Office Suite Released with 21 Bug Fixes

LibreOffice 26.2.5 is now available with 21 bug fixes addressing crashes, Calc regressions, document rendering, and interface issues.

🔗 Source: https://linuxiac.com/libreoffice-26-2-5-open-source-office-suite-released-with-21-bug-fixes/

#opensource

📰 Ubuntu Linux Looking To Get Rid Of /etc/debian_version Historical Artifact

Ubuntu Linux has shipped /etc/debian_version that is carried over from upstream Debian and in turn just indicating the Debian Sid development version from which the packages are arrived. Besides it being inaccurate, /etc/os-release has been the long preferred standard for reading the OS release information. Thus finally Ubuntu developers are looking at dropping the /etc/debian_version file...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Ubuntu-Drop-Debian-Version

#debian #linux #ubuntu

📰 Snapdragon X Elite Laptop Experience Still Lackluster On Ubuntu 26.04 LTS

At the end of last year when checking out the latest Linux experience on the Snapdragon X Elite it was a disappointing affair. The performance had regressed and overall a more headache-inducing experience than just running a modern AMD Ryzen AI or Intel Core Ultra laptop on Linux. Given the recent release of Ubuntu 26.

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/review/ubuntu-2604-snapdragon-x-elite

#amd #intel #linux #ubuntu

📰 GNOME Is Building Session Save and Restore, but It Won’t Make GNOME 51

GNOME is developing a modern way to reopen apps and restore their state after login, but the complete feature will not be ready for GNOME 51.

🔗 Source: https://linuxiac.com/gnome-is-building-session-save-and-restore-but-it-wont-make-gnome-51/

#gnome

📰 Beam Eye Tracker app adds Linux and macOS support in Beta

The highly rated Steam app Beam Eye Tracker just recently released a public Beta for their impressive looking eye-tracking app for gaming.Read the full article on GamingOnLinux.

🔗 Source: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/07/beam-eye-tracker-app-adds-linux-and-macos-support-in-beta/

#linux #steam