📰 Auto-cpufreq 3.1 Adds GUI Monitoring and Bluetooth Controls

The Linux power management tool expands its graphical interface with monitoring mode, Bluetooth controls, and improved Lenovo laptop support.

🔗 Source: https://linuxiac.com/auto-cpufreq-3-1-adds-gui-monitoring-and-bluetooth-controls/

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📰 Realtek RTL8723B/RTL8723BS Trying To Be Tacked On To The RTW88 Linux Driver

Since 2017 in Linux 4.12 has been the Realtek rtl8723bs WiFi driver where it was introduced into the staging area and remains there nearly a decade later. The rtl8723bs driver for this Realtek 802.11n WiFi SDIO driver has seen a lot of code cleaning over the years and all these years later still is needing lots of code clean-ups from unnecessary code abstractions to dealing with malicious WiFi APs for what Greg Kroah-Hartman has called a "beast...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Realtek-RTL8723B-RTW88-Patches

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📰 JOPDF Offers Linux Users Free, Full-Featured PDF Editing

JOPDF is a cross-platform PDF editor that lets Linux users edit text and images, annotate, convert, compress, and manage PDF files for free.

🔗 Source: https://linuxiac.com/jopdf-offers-linux-users-free-full-featured-pdf-editing/

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📰 User Frustrations Over The "Tragic State of FreeBSD Audio/Sound" Support

Besides the FreeBSD graphics and WiFi drivers lagging behind Linux and other operating systems, the FreeBSD audio driver support and handling of audio streams with FreeBSD on the desktop can be problematic depending upon the hardware/system. One of the most active mailing list threads this week in the FreeBSD camp was over the "tragic state" of FreeBSD audio/sound support...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Tragic-FreeBSD-Audio-Support

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📰 Decommissioned office PCs are the secret home lab upgrade nobody talks about

When I outgrew my Raspberry Pi 4 for my home lab, I assumed upgrading would cost a lot. I’d had Pi-hole and Tailscale running happily on that board for a few years. The moment I started experimenting with Jellyfin and a proper Docker stack, the SBC wasn’t cutting it anymore. So I weighed my options, which ranged from enterprise workstations to mini PCs everyone in the home lab community loves to talk about. Pricing for either ran well past what...

🔗 Source: https://www.xda-developers.com/used-office-pcs-are-the-secret-home-lab-upgrade-nobody-talks-about/

#raspberry

GitHub, PyPI add time-based defenses against supply chain attacks

GitHub and PyPI (Python Package Index) have introduced a time-based mechanism in the Dependabot dependency management tool to protect against supply-chain attacks and to limit their impact.

—> https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/github-pypi-add-time-absed-defenses-against-supply-chain-attacks/

📰 "KVM Chainsaw" Expected To Hit Linux 7.3 For Dealing With God Data Structure

A patch series that appears destined for the upcoming Linux 7.3 merge window is what's dubbed the "KVM Chainsaw" as a major code clean-up in dealing with the kvm_mmu "god data structure"...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/KVM-Chainsaw-Linux-7.3

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📰 GNU Binutils 2.47 Released With More RISC-V Extensions, New Options

Along with this weekend's release of GNU C Library 2.44, the GNU Binutils 2.47 release is also now available for this important set of binary utilities common to Linux systems and other platforms with the GNU toolchain...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/GNU-Binutils-2.47

#gnu #linux

📰 Chrome for Arm64 Linux is now available to download

You can now install an official Google Chrome build on Arm64 Linux devices, including the Raspberry Pi. Back in March, Google promised Chrome for Arm64 Linux in “Q2 2026” so users on SBCs, AI desktops and the growing-fleet of Snapdragon laptops out there, could use the flagship browser and benefit from the handful of extras it offers over a vanilla Chromium build.

🔗 Source: https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/07/chrome-arm64-linux-available

#chromium #linux #raspberry

📰 FireDragon v13 Released as a Complete Rewrite of Garuda Linux’s Browser

Garuda Linux has released FireDragon v13, a full reimplementation of its privacy-focused Firefox-based browser with new search, privacy, and performance controls.

🔗 Source: https://linuxiac.com/firedragon-v13-released-as-a-complete-rewrite-of-garuda-linux-browser/

#firefox #linux

📰 8 self-hosted services a total beginner can set up in a single weekend

Self-hosting is a hot trend of 2026, albeit with a reputation problem. Mention it to a friend, and they picture a rack of servers humming in a basement. Sounds cliché, but it’s true to an extent. Eventually, most folks end up there, but that isn’t necessary to get started. All you need is a computer, which could be a laptop, old desktop, a mini PC, or a single-board computer like a Raspberry Pi. Even without much Linux experience, a spare...

🔗 Source: https://www.xda-developers.com/self-hosted-services-a-total-beginner-can-set-up-in-a-single-weekend/

#linux #raspberry

📰 AMD "Low Power" CPU Core Type Patches Queued Ahead Of Linux 7.3

Last month I wrote bout new AMD Linux patches introducing a new "low power" CPU core type as an alternative to their standard performance cores and dense efficiency cores. That work now is poised to land with the upcoming Linux 7.3 kernel...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/AMD-Low-Power-Core-Linux-7.3

#amd #kernel #linux