📰 Budgie Desktop 10.10.3 Released With Menu Favorites, Free Desktop Icon Placement

Budgie Desktop 10.10.3 adds app favorites, free desktop icon placement, primary monitor selection, and a rewritten Keyboard Layout applet.

🔗 Source: https://linuxiac.com/budgie-desktop-10-10-3-released-with-menu-favorites/

#budgie

📰 Intel Delivers A Significant Memory Hotplugging Performance Optimization For Linux

Adding to the features expected to land for Linux 7.4 is a significant performance optimization for the memory hotplugging speed for adding additional RAM. In particular, the memory hotplugging being most applicable for cases like expanding the amount of memory for VMs or in today's CXL world for adding additional system memory...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-7.4-Faster-RAM-Hotplug

#intel #linux

📰 Klassik Revives the KDE 3 Desktop on Modern Plasma 6

Klassik is a modern KDE Plasma 6 project recreating the look and feel of KDE 3 while supporting Wayland and fractional scaling.

🔗 Source: https://linuxiac.com/klassik-revives-the-kde-3-desktop-on-modern-plasma-6/

#kde #plasma #wayland

📰 Linux Kernel's LZ4 Compression Code Being Resynced For Better Performance & Cleanliness

In addition to the Linux kernel's Zstd compression code being improved, the LZ4 compression code within the kernel tree is also seeing a separate set of enhancements...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-LZ4-Clean-Resync

#kernel #linux

📰 I used lightweight Linux to revive a Windows PC that Microsoft gave up on, and it's not Ubuntu

An aging 2012 laptop shed its bloat and booted in minutes with a stripped Fluxbox setup that sips under 500MB of RAM.

🔗 Source: https://www.xda-developers.com/lightweight-linux-to-revive-a-windows-pc-that-is-not-ubuntu/

#linux #ubuntu

📰 OpenShot 4.0.1 Video Editor Improves Razor Tool, Timeline Editing, and Linux Support

OpenShot 4.0.1 upgrades the Razor tool, improves timeline navigation and editing responsiveness, adds official Snap support, and fixes numerous bugs.

🔗 Source: https://linuxiac.com/openshot-4-0-1-video-editor-improves-razor-tool-timeline-editing-and-linux-support/

#linux

📰 FEX code cache enabled for Proton Experimental (ARM) to improve frame timings

Valve have upgraded Proton Experimental (ARM) with a feature that should hopefully improve some frame timings for devices like the Steam Frame.Read the full article on GamingOnLinux.

🔗 Source: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/09/fex-code-cache-enabled-for-proton-experimental-arm-to-improve-frame-timings/

#arm #proton #steam

📰 GNOME 49.10 Released as the Final Update in the GNOME 49 Series

The final GNOME 49 update is here with bug fixes, security improvements, and updates to 14 components, including GNOME Shell and Mutter.

🔗 Source: https://linuxiac.com/gnome-49-10-released-as-the-final-update-in-the-gnome-49-series/

#gnome

📰 Steam Beta fixes non-Steam games to failing to launch

Now and then a fresh Steam Beta comes with issues - and for Linux, Valve recently broke non-Steam games.Read the full article on GamingOnLinux.

🔗 Source: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/09/steam-beta-fixes-non-steam-games-to-failing-to-launch/

#linux #steam

📰 Linux 7.3-rc5 Released: "Another Week, Another Large RC"

In working toward the stable Linux 7.3 kernel release hopefully on 18 October, out today is Linux 7.3-rc5 as the newest weekly test candidate...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-7.3-rc5-Released

#kernel #linux

📰 PlayStation 3 emulator RPCS3 gets a new showcase of big improvements

RPCS3 is a multi-platform open-source Sony PlayStation 3 emulator that keeps pulling in some massive improvements - check out their new showcase.Read the full article on GamingOnLinux.

🔗 Source: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/09/playstation-3-emulator-rpcs3-gets-a-new-showcase-of-big-improvements/

#opensource

📰 openSUSE Leap 16.1 RC Released With New Immutable Mode

The release candidate phase has begun for the upcoming openSUSE Leap 16.1 in-step with SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 16.1. Most notable with the openSUSE Leap 16.1 is the introduction of its new immutable mode...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/openSUSE-Leap-16.1-RC

#linux #opensuse

📰 F-Droid 2.0 Android App Store Launches With New UI, Improved Search

F-Droid 2.0 brings a redesigned Android app store experience with a new UI, improved search and filtering, background updates, and smoother app installs.

🔗 Source: https://linuxiac.com/f-droid-2-0-android-app-store-launches-with-new-ui-improved-search/

#android

📰 Flatpak 1.18.4 Released With Important Security Fixes

Flatpak 1.18.4 is out today with a number of high profile security fixes for this app sandboxing and distribution tech...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Flatpak-1.18.4-Released

#flatpak

📰 Firefox 157 Nova Released With Its Biggest Visual Refresh in Years

Mozilla releases Firefox 157 with Project Nova, the browser’s biggest visual overhaul in years, plus new themes, compact mode, and AV1 improvements.

🔗 Source: https://linuxiac.com/firefox-157-nova-released-with-its-biggest-visual-refresh-in-years/

#firefox

📰 Fedora 45 To Feature Smoother Experience For Snapdragon X1 Laptops

Qualcomm hiring one of Red Hat's top x86_64 Linux laptop experts last year, Hans de Goede, is indeed having a positive benefit on enhancing the Fedora Linux support for Qualcomm Snapdragon X powered hardware...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Fedora-45-Snapdragon-X1

#fedora #linux

📰 Your Proxmox server can handle 10 times the workload if you stop treating everything like a virtual machine

If you're planning to set up your own home lab with a single server to test some apps and save money by cancelling cloud subscriptions, you may be looking at Proxmox. This Linux-based distro is a top choice when it comes to running virtual machines (VMs) and Linux containers (LXCs). They may achieve similar results, but VMs and LXCs are two different ways to create and run instances. A virtual machine may sound like a better route to take,...

🔗 Source: https://www.xda-developers.com/proxmox-vms-waste-half-your-resources-compared-to-lxcs/

#distro #linux #linuxbased

📰 Git 2.56 Released With Safer Conflict Resolution and Performance Gains

The latest Git release brings a dedicated resolved-files staging mode, new maintenance commands, and substantial scalability improvements.

🔗 Source: https://linuxiac.com/git-2-56-released-with-safer-conflict-resolution-and-performance-gains/

#git

📰 Dutch government turns to NixOS for a sovereign desktop

DAWO combines a Linux-based client with open source tools for cloud, communications, and collaborative work.

🔗 Source: https://www.theregister.com/os-platforms/2026/09/28/dutch-government-turns-to-nixos-for-a-sovereign-desktop/5299501

#linux #linuxbased #opensource

📰 NVIDIA Developing "Display Config Server" To Improve Linux/Wayland On Display Walls

As an initiative from NVIDIA for improving the Linux ecosystem outside the world of AI, they have been developing Display-Config-Server as a new solution to help enhance the Linux capabilities for complex display walls...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/NVIDIA-Display-Config-Server

#linux #wayland

📰 qBittorrent 5.2.4 Open-Source BitTorrent Client Released with WebUI Improvements

qBittorrent 5.2.4 open-source BitTorrent client is now available for download with various bug fixes and improvements, especially for the web-based user interface.

🔗 Source: https://9to5linux.com/qbittorrent-5-2-4-open-source-bittorrent-client-released-with-webui-improvements

#opensource