New story! Microsoft Azure Linux 4 Moves to a Fedora-Based Foundation

Microsoft’s Azure Linux 4 development branch confirms a move to Fedora-based packaging sources and standard RPM tooling.

New story! Vim Merges GTK4 Toolkit Support, Co-Authored-By Claude

  • Phoronix (Posted by bob on May 20, 2026 9:36 AM EDT)
  • Story Type: News Story
The GTK-based GUI version of the Vim text editor, gVim, now has support in place for the modern GTK4 toolkit as an alternative to its long present GTK2/GTK3 support...

New story! Canonical Launches Ubuntu Core 26 for IoT and Edge Devices

Ubuntu Core 26 arrives for IoT and edge devices with smaller OTA updates, ARM64 Livepatch, and up to 15 years of security maintenance.

New story! Mageia 10 RC1 Released With Newer Packages

Following the ISOs dropping a few days ago, today the Mageia 10 release candidate was officially announced for those fond of this Linux distribution with its roots tracing back to Mageia and Mandrake Linux...

New story! Ardour 9.5 Open-Source DAW Released with Chord Editing and Quantization

  • 9to5linux.com; By Marcus Nestor (Posted by hanuca on May 20, 2026 5:02 AM EDT)
  • Story Type: News Story; Groups: Linux
Ardour 9.5 has been released today as the latest stable version of this powerful, free, cross-platform, and open-source digital audio workstation (DAW) software for GNU/Linux, macOS, and Windows systems.

New story! Wireshark 4.6.6 Packet Analyzer Released with ROHC Security Fix

  • Linuxiac.com; By Bobby Borisov (Posted by bobolin on May 20, 2026 3:30 AM EDT)
  • Story Type: News Story
Wireshark 4.6.6 network protocol analyzer fixes a ROHC dissector crash, updates Npcap to 1.88, and resolves several Windows and protocol-related bugs.

New story! How to Install Scratch on Linux for Fun Coding Adventures

Discover how to install Scratch, an engaging visual programming language for kids and beginners, on your preferred Linux distribution.

New story! ODROID-H5 is a low-power x86 SBC with 10GbE and four M.2 slots

  • LinuxGizmos.com (Posted by bob on May 20, 2026 12:27 AM EDT)
  • Groups: Intel; Story Type: News Story
Hardkernel has introduced the ODROID-H5, a new x86 single-board computer based on Intel’s Core i3-N300 processor. The board updates the ODROID H-series with onboard 10GbE networking, four M.2 expansion slots, DDR5 memory support, and a revised HSIO configuration intended for storage, networking, and accelerator expansion. The new model succeeds the ODROID-H4 family and shifts the […]

New story! Mozilla Thunderbird 151 Released with Thundermail OAuth Sign-In

  • Linuxiac.com; By Bobby Borisov (Posted by bobolin on May 19, 2026 10:56 PM EDT)
  • Story Type: News Story; Groups: Mozilla
Thunderbird 151 email client adds Thundermail OAuth sign-in, EWS account improvements, task sorting options, crash fixes, and security updates.

New story! Ubuntu Core 26 Released With Live Kernel Patching, Better OTA Updates

Following last month's release of Ubuntu 26.04 LTS, Canonical today released Ubuntu Core 26...

New story! AMD Announces The EPYC 8005 Series SKUs From 8 To 84 Cores

  • Phoronix (Posted by bob on May 19, 2026 7:53 PM EDT)
  • Story Type: News Story
Back in late February AMD announced the EPYC 8005 "Sorano" series to succeed EPYC 8004 Siena. At the time details were light while today AMD published the SKU table and more details on the EPYC 8005 series...

New story! Fedora Retiring Its Deepin Desktop Packages

A year after SUSE decided to remove its Deepin desktop packages over ongoing security concerns, Fedora Linux is now also removing their Deepin packages over similar concerns and lack of activity in maintaining the packages...

New story! Torvalds Capitulated on Rust and Slop, Now He's Paying the Price

Neither problem (Rust and slop) is about making the kernel better, an associate opines, both are about gaining control over development by displacing or crushing the senior developers. e.g. Ted, Linus, etc.

New story! OneXPlayer Configuration Driver Destined For Linux 7.2

The latest Linux gaming handheld driver work by Derek Clark of Valve's Linux efforts is the OneXPlayer Configuration Driver that is now set to premiere in the upcoming Linux 7.2 kernel cycle...

New story! Kitty 0.47 Terminal Emulator Adds Drag and Drop Kitten

  • Linuxiac.com; By Bobby Borisov (Posted by bobolin on May 19, 2026 12:47 PM EDT)
  • Story Type: News Story
Kitty 0.47 GPU-accelerated terminal adds a new drag-and-drop kitten, window rearranging, auto config reloads, progress bars, and several security fixes.

New story! Canonical Launches Ubuntu Core 26 with Live Kernel Patching, Optimized Updates

Ubuntu maker Canonical announced today the general availability of Ubuntu Core 26 as the latest stable version of this minimal, immutable variant of the Ubuntu operating system for IoT (Internet of Things), edge, and embedded devices.

New story! ModuleJail Blocks Unused Linux Kernel Modules to Limit Attack Surface

ModuleJail is a new project that blacklists unused Linux kernel modules, helping reduce the attack surface exposed by recent local privilege escalation flaws.

New story! LILYGO adds ESP32-S3 Standard Series to T-SIM lineup

  • LinuxGizmos.com (Posted by bob on May 19, 2026 6:29 AM EDT)
  • Story Type: News Story
LILYGO has introduced the T-SIM / T-A Standard Series, a refreshed family of ESP32-S3 cellular development boards combining SIMCom and A76xx modem options with new hardware features including Qwiic support, seamless power switching, camera interfaces, optional GNSS functionality, and lower deep-sleep power consumption. The Standard Series is based on the ESP32-S3-WROOM-1 (N16R2) module with 16MB […]

New story! Firefox 151 Is Now Available for Download, This Is What’s New

Today, Mozilla has published the final builds of the Firefox 151 web browser ahead of its official unveiling on May 19th, 2026, so it’s time to take a look at the new features and improvements.

New story! WireGuard Easy 15.3 Adds Server-Side Allowed IP Enforcement

  • Linuxiac.com; By Bobby Borisov (Posted by bobolin on May 19, 2026 3:26 AM EDT)
  • Story Type: News Story
WireGuard Easy 15.3 adds server-side Allowed IP enforcement, improving client access control for self-hosted WireGuard VPN setups.

New story! Torvalds: AI Tools Great When Not Causing Unnecessary Pain & Pointless Make-Believe Work

With yesterday's Linux 7.1-rc4 release are some additional comments by Linux creator Linus Torvalds around AI tooling and the surge in security bug reporting to the Linux kernel due to said LLM-powered tooling...

New story! More Intel Open-Source Projects Formally Sunset: BigDL Time Series Toolkit & Others

Yet more open-source Intel software projects have been formally archived. Over the past year Intel has formally discontinued a number of open-source projects it formally maintained. Many of them were already dormant and not too noteworthy but there were also some more notable ones discontinued like their legendary Clear Linux, Software Defined Silicon, Optane Memory software projects, and then other efforts like open ecosystem community/evangelism. This past week yet more Intel software projects were formally disbanded...

New story! DietPi 10.4 Adds Copy Fail and Dirty Frag Fixes for SBC Users

DietPi 10.4 adds kernel security fixes for Copy Fail and Dirty Frag, plus a new Orange Pi 5B image and SBC package updates.

New story! How to Install TensorFlow on Ubuntu and Other Linux Distros

Discover a step-by-step guide to safely install the TensorFlow library in a Python virtual environment on Ubuntu with practical examples.

New story! gkh_clanker_t1000 & gkh_clanker_2000 Continue Uncovering Linux Kernel Bugs

As first reported on Phoronix in early April, Linux's second-in-command Greg Kroah-Hartman has been leveraging new AI fuzzing tools for uncovering Linux kernel bugs. Prominent due to his position within the Linux kernel community and also being the primary Linux stable maintainer. His AI-assistance for fixing Linux kernel bugs is based on a Framework Desktop powered by AMD Ryzen AI Max. The "gkh_clanker_t1000" continues assisting in Linux kernel development along with the less frequent "gkh_clanker_2000" references..

New story! Linuxiac Weekly Wrap-Up: Week 20, 2026 (May 11 – 17)

  • Linuxiac.com; By Bobby Borisov (Posted by bobolin on May 18, 2026 9:39 AM EDT)
  • Story Type: Roundups; Groups: Linux
Catch up on the latest Linux news: Debian 13.5, COSMIC Desktop 1.0.13, Plasma 6.7 Beta, Wine 11.9, Fragnesia vulnerability, new Linux kernel security bug guidelines, and more.

New story! Linux 7.1-rc4 Released With Many Fixes, New Documentation For Security/AI Topics

It was another busy week in the Linux 7.1 kernel space that has culminated with the release of Linux 7.1-rc4...

New story! Open-Source "low_latency_layer" Brings Reflex & Anti-Lag 2 To AMD & Intel GPUs On Linux

A new open-source project called low_latency_layer is an implicit Vulkan layer that enables AMD Anti-Lag 2 and NVIDIA Reflex 2 to reportedly work in a hardware-agnostic manner so that AMD and Intel graphics cards can both enjoy Reflex or Anti-Lag 2 working on non-AMD graphics cards as well...

New story! Extrox Linux: Audiophile-Friendly MX Spin with an Arch Twin

From the MX Linux community comes Extrox, a duo of Xfce-based spins—one MX, one Arch—that emphasize audio tooling without sacrificing day-to-day usability.

New story! Ubuntu Concept ISOs Published For CIX P1 AI CPU

Similar to Canonical engineers having published "Ubuntu Concept" ISOs for Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite laptops to provide the very latest hardware-specific support that hasn't yet worked its way to the mainline Linux kernel and other packages, Canonical has begun providing Ubuntu Concept ISOs for the CIX P1 as an "AI" focused platform...

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