New Linux Driver Coming To Improve ASUS Zenbook Snapdragon X2 Support
For those hopeful of running Linux well on the ASUS Zenbook A14 or A16 laptops powered by the latest Qualcomm Snapdragon X2 SoC, a new ASUS EC driver has been developed for enhancing the support...
Tails 7.13 Anonymous OS Released with Faster Shutdowns
Tails 7.13 is now available with Tor Browser 15.0.23, Tor 0.4.9.12, and a simplified shutdown process that removes unnecessary confirmation prompts.
Krita 5.3.4 and 6.0.4 Are Out with Android and Qt 6 Updates
Krita 5.3.4 adds Android animation and timelapse rendering, while Krita 6.0.4 continues the Qt 6 transition with newer Wayland support.
JOPDF Review: A Native, Comprehensive Freeware PDF Editor for Linux
My honest hands-on review of JOPDF for Linux. I evaluate its PDF conversion tools, annotation features, edit utilities, performance, and limitations.
VirtualBox 7.2.18 Released with Linux 7.3 Fixes, Support for RHEL 10.3 Kernel
Oracle released VirtualBox 7.2.18 today as the ninth maintenance update to the latest VirtualBox 7.2 series of their open-source, free, and cross-platform virtualization software for Linux, Solaris, macOS, and Windows.
Ubuntu 26.10 amd64v3 Can Provide A Nice Boost For Low-End/Budget Hardware
Canonical recently began producing Ubuntu 26.10 amd64v3 daily ISOs to complement their experimental amd64v3 package archive that they have been trialing the past few release cycles. While we still don't know what any official plans are for amd64v3 with Ubuntu 26.10, the performance gains can be very worthwhile over the generic amd64 binaries even for low-end/budget hardware.
GNOME 51 “A Coruña” Desktop Environment Officially Released, This Is What’s New
The GNOME Project released GNOME 51 (codename A Coruña) today as the latest stable version of this widely used desktop environment for GNU/Linux distributions, a major release that introduces exciting new features.
Arch-Based Omarchy 4.0.4 Makes Its Custom Linux Kernel the Default
Omarchy 4.0.4 switches users to the project’s own Linux kernel, with desktop responsiveness, gaming, Btrfs, power management, and hardware fixes in focus.
Fedora CoreOS 45’s ‘Test Week’ Starts Monday
Fedora CoreOS 45 Test Week begins Monday, giving Linux users a straightforward way to help test the container-focused distro.
Unicode 18.0 Released with 13,007 New Characters
Unicode 18.0 is now available with 13,007 new characters, three new scripts, new currency symbols, nine emoji, and updated text-processing rules.
Mozilla Firefox 157 Enters Public Beta Testing with Brand-New Nova Design
With the release of Firefox 156 rolling out to all supported platforms, Mozilla promoted the next major release, Firefox 157, to the beta channel for public testing, so it’s time to take a look at the new features and improvements.
OpenAPV Sees Big Update For Advancing The Advanced Professional Video Codec
OpenAPV as the open-source reference implementation of the Advanced Professional Video (APV) codec today saw its v1.1.1 release, succeeding v0.3.0 as the prior release...
Fanless industrial PC integrates Jetson Orin Nano 8GB and M.2 expansion
MSI has detailed the MS-C9ZA, a compact fanless Edge AI Box PC based on NVIDIA’s Jetson Orin Nano 8GB module. The industrial system provides dual Gigabit Ethernet, 256GB SSD storage, M.2 NVMe expansion, isolated GPIO, CAN, UART and I2C interfaces, along with optional IEEE 802.3af PSE, 5G, and out-of-band management expansion. The system is built […]
New Linux Patches Improving Hibernation Speed In 2026
A new patch series being worked on is enhancing the Linux kernel's hibernation allocator to allow for faster performance when hibernating the system...
Latest Raspberry Pi OS Release Brings Dock Support and New Screenshot Tool
The Raspberry Pi Foundation published today a new version of its Debian-based Raspberry Pi OS Linux distribution for Raspberry Pi computers with dock support, a new screenshot tool, and more.
Mozilla Firefox 156 Is Now Available for Download, Here’s What’s New
Mozilla has published the final builds of the Firefox 156 open-source web browser today, ahead of its official unveiling on September 15th, 2026, so it’s time to take a look at the new features and improvements.
Zstd Improvement For Linux 7.4 To Avoid Redundant Initialization
In addition to Usama Arif's recent Linux patches for addressing a major inefficiency within the Linux kernel's Zstd compression code, he also has a separate patch series destined for Linux 7.4 to further enhance the Zstd compression/decompression performance by avoiding redundant initialization...
Linux Mint Is Getting New Calendar and Book Reader Apps
Linux Mint previews a new Calendar app, EPUB reader, redesigned Library, and other XApp improvements planned for its next release.
KDE Plasma 6.8 Beta Released With Many Great Improvements, Kup Backup Scheduler
Ahead of the stable release of Plasma 6.8 due out on 14 October that also marks the 30th anniversary of the KDE project, out today is the much anticipated beta release...
Immich 3.2 Photo and Video Management Solution Released with Redesigned Search
Immich 3.2 is out with a redesigned search experience, Search API v2, cross-user face clustering, improved workflows, and a new Memories page.
Linux 7.3 Delivering Some Performance Gains On Intel Panther Lake / Framework Laptop 13 Pro
Linux 7.1 brought some performance improvements for Intel Core Ultra Series 3 "Panther Lake", Linux 7.2 enhanced the performance for the integrated Arc B390 Xe3 graphics, and now for the in-development Linux 7.3 kernel are various performance improvements at large. Today's article is looking at the performance of the in-development Linux 7.3 kernel compared to Linux 7.2 stable using the Core Ultra X9 388H within the Framework Laptop 13 Pro.
OpenRGB 1.0 Released After Nearly Three Years of Development
OpenRGB 1.0 is out with a redesigned profile system, background service support, Qt 6, PawnIO, hotplugging, and expanded hardware support.
GNU Coreutils 9.12 Released with Faster sort, cut, and uniq Commands
GNU Coreutils 9.12 is out with performance improvements for several widely used commands, a new env option, safer terminal output, and many bug fixes.
Linux 7.4 Could End Up Seeing Kernel Builds ~36% Faster, Incremental Builds ~70% Faster
Earlier this month I wrote about a patch series posted to the Linux kernel mailing list that addressed a lot of "hideous code" to make Linux kernel builds faster. A number of single-threaded bottlenecks were tracked down and fixed within the Linux kernel thanks to the assistance of AI. A second revision of those patches hit the mailing list this morning and there is hope they could be upstreamed for Linux 7.4...
Navidrome 0.64 Music Server & Streamer Adds Experimental Jellyfin Music API Support
Navidrome 0.64 introduces an experimental Jellyfin Music API, a new artwork pipeline, playlist favorites, natural sorting, and new themes.
Linux Patched For Silent User-Space Data Loss Bug That's Existed Since 2023
Being merged after yesterday's Linux 7.3-rc3 release was an important fix for addressing a silent, user-space data loss bug that has existed in the kernel the past three years...
The Best Linux Window Managers in 2026
We tested every major Linux window manager for 2026, from i3 to Hyprland and the trending Niri. Pros, cons, and setup tips inside.
Linuxiac Weekly Wrap-Up: Week 37, 2026 (September 7 – 13)
Catch up on the latest Linux news: Debian 13.7, Ubuntu 24.04.5 LTS, KaOS 2026.09, COSMIC Desktop 1.8, Noctalia 5.1, Jellyfin 12.0, Linux Mint is getting new apps, and more.
BFS File-System Being Removed For Linux 7.4
The latest upstream file-system to be removed from the mainline Linux kernel is... BFS...
Shelly 3.1.4 Arch Linux Package Manager Improves Its Native Package Builder
Shelly 3.1.4 improves its native Arch package builder with better PKGBUILD handling, AUR cache cleanup, and improved package reviews.
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