New story! Windows Drops Under 60% in Global Desktop OS Share for the First Time in Years

  • Linuxiac.com; By Bobby Borisov (Posted by bobolin on Jul 7, 2026 2:34 PM EDT)
  • Story Type: News Story
StatCounter’s June 2026 report shows Linux at one of its strongest recent positions, while Windows falls to 56.55%.

New story! OpenSSH 10.4 Patches Multiple Security Issues in SSH, SCP, and SFTP

  • Linuxiac.com; By Bobby Borisov (Posted by bobolin on Jul 7, 2026 12:04 AM EDT)
  • Story Type: News Story
OpenSSH 10.4 is now available with fixes for sftp, scp, and sshd, plus experimental support for ML-DSA 44 and Ed25519 composite signatures.

New story! Axiomtek MANO330 SBC features Intel N97/N150, HDMI, VGA, and LVDS

Axiomtek’s MANO330 is a coming-soon Thin Mini-ITX single-board computer designed around Intel Processor N97 and N150 options, with DDR5 memory, multiple display interfaces, dual LAN, and M.2 expansion for compact embedded systems. According to the product listing, the MANO330 supports DDR5-4800 SO-DIMM memory with up to 32GB capacity. Expansion options include an M.2 Key B […]

New story! FreeRDP 3.28 Released with Security Fixes, Revived iOS Client

  • Linuxiac.com; By Bobby Borisov (Posted by bobolin on Jul 6, 2026 9:01 PM EDT)
  • Story Type: News Story
FreeRDP 3.28 brings multiple security fixes, a revived iOS client, Android build updates, Windows client improvements, and better testing.

New story! Ryzen AI Developer Platform: AMD's Own Linux Distribution Built Atop Debian

With the AMD Ryzen AI Halo developer platform there is the option of ordering this Ryzen AI Max+ mini PC with either Microsoft Windows 11 or "Linux OS". When receiving a AMD Ryzen AI Halo review sample last month, I fully expected it to just be an Ubuntu LTS install with ROCm preloaded. I was quite surprised when powering it up to find that it's an OS called the AMD Ryzen AI Developer Platform 1 "Rex" and is based on Debian Linux.

New story! postmarketOS Brings Plasma 6.7 and Rust-Based USB Tooling to Linux Phones

postmarketOS users get Plasma 6.7, a new Rust-based usb-signaller tool, Duranium enhancements, and several packaging cleanups.

New story! 9to5Linux Weekly Roundup: July 5th, 2026

  • 9to5linux.com; By Marcus Nestor (Posted by hanuca on Jul 6, 2026 4:26 PM EDT)
  • Story Type: Roundups; Groups: Linux
The 299th installment of the 9to5Linux Weekly Roundup is here for the week ending July 5th, 2026, keeping you updated on the most important developments in the Linux world.

New story! Another German State Swaps Microsoft for ‘Born in the EU’ Open Source

Digital sovereignty is driving European governments off US clouds and onto homegrown open source options.

New story! Experimental BSDun Kernel Module Runs FreeBSD Binaries on Linux

  • Linuxiac.com; By Bobby Borisov (Posted by bobolin on Jul 6, 2026 8:16 AM EDT)
  • Story Type: News Story; Groups: Linux
BSDun is an experimental project that brings FreeBSD binary compatibility to Linux, with support already claimed for shells, networking tools, pkg, and more.

New story! BleachBit 6.0.2 Adds Support for Cleaning AI Models from Google Chrome

  • 9to5linux.com; By Marcus Nestor (Posted by hanuca on Jul 6, 2026 6:45 AM EDT)
  • Story Type: News Story; Groups: Linux
BleachBit 6.0.2 has been released today as a maintenance update in the latest BleachBit 6.0 series of this open-source, free, and cross-platform system cleaner utility for GNU/Linux and Windows.

New story! Ladybird Browser Adds Downloads, History, and Linux Sandboxing

  • Linuxiac.com; By Bobby Borisov (Posted by bobolin on Jul 6, 2026 5:13 AM EDT)
  • Story Type: News Story
Ladybird’s June update brings file downloads, searchable browsing history, DevTools storage inspection, and default Linux sandboxing.

New story! Linux 7.2-rc2 Released: "Things Look Very Normal"

  • Phoronix (Posted by bob on Jul 6, 2026 3:42 AM EDT)
  • Groups: Linux; Story Type: News Story
Linux 7.2-rc2 is now available for testing in working toward the stable Linux 7.2 release in August...

New story! Linuxiac Weekly Wrap-Up: Week 27, 2026 (June 29 – July 5)

  • Linuxiac.com; By Bobby Borisov (Posted by bobolin on Jul 6, 2026 2:10 AM EDT)
  • Story Type: Roundups; Groups: Linux
Catch up on the latest Linux news: Mageia 10, Azure Linux 4.0, Apple Container 1.0, Plasma 6.7.2, COSMIC Desktop 1.2, Linux tops 2026 CVE charts, and more.

New story! FEX 2607 Optimizing For Yet-To-Be-Released ARM 256-bit SVE2 Hardware

The FEX Emulator that allows running Linux x86/x86_64 software on ARM64 (AArch64) systems, including the likes of Wine / Valve's Steam Play (Proton) for Windows gaming on ARM, is out with its newest monthly feature release. The Valve-backed project for running x86_64 games and other software on ARM for the upcoming Steam Frame and other more typical ARM Linux systems has been baking more optimizations and improvements...

New story! Hannah Montana Linux Is Back, and Yes, It’s Real

The legendary meme distro returns after nearly two decades with a modern Debian Trixie base, KDE Plasma 6, and a whole lot of pink nostalgia.

New story! DXVK 3.0.1 Brings Improvements for Fallout 3, Black Mesa, and Empire Earth 2

DXVK 3.0.1 is out today as a minor update in the latest DXVK 3.0 series of this open-source Vulkan-based implementation of D3D8, D3D9, D3D10, and D3D11 for Linux / Wine that brings improvements for various games and other changes.

New story! ReactOS "Open-Source Windows" Project Now Capable Of Running Half-Life 2

  • Phoronix (Posted by bob on Jul 5, 2026 8:04 PM EDT)
  • Story Type: News Story
One month ago it was exciting to see the open-source ReactOS operating system running Valve's Half-Life game. Little to realize less than 30 days later it would also be running Half-Life 2...

New story! BleachBit 6.0.2 Cleaner and Privacy Tool Released with AppImage Build for Linux Users

  • Linuxiac.com; By Bobby Borisov (Posted by bobolin on Jul 5, 2026 6:33 PM EDT)
  • Story Type: News Story
BleachBit 6.0.2 arrives with a new Linux AppImage, cleaners for VS Code, Codium, Cursor, Claude Code, and several Linux-related fixes.

New story! Shelly GUI Package Manager for Arch Linux Now Lets You Install Apps from Flathub

Shelly, the pacman alternative for Arch Linux distributions, has been updated today to version 2.4.1.1, a release that introduces several new features and many improvements, especially for Flatpak/Flathub fans.

New story! Fedora Rethinks Community Initiatives After AI Desktop Backlash

Fedora’s top governance body says the Community Initiatives framework no longer provides an effective path for major project goals.

New story! 4K @ 60 FPS USB Video Capture Finally Becomes Less Problematic On Linux

One area of Linux hardware testing I haven't explored much in many years has been modern USB video capture for the lack of said hardware. The last time I did much video capturing on Linux was during the Hauppauge PCI card days. It turns out though that USB video capture of 4K 60 FPS content has been a pain point under Linux but is finally smoothing out with newer versions of the Linux kernel...

New story! Ubuntu Reverts Rust cp After It Breaks Live Image Builds

Ubuntu temporarily switched cp back to GNU Coreutils after a Rust Coreutils compatibility issue caused livecd-rootfs builds to fail.

New story! First Look at Ubuntu Budgie 24.04.4 LTS for Raspberry Pi

Raspberry Pi fans rejoice, there’s a new Ubuntu Budgie port for Raspberry Pi computers featuring, of course, the modern and beautiful Budgie desktop environment and based on the Ubuntu Budgie 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat) release.

New story! KDE Plasma 6.8 Promises Smoother Animations

  • Linuxiac.com; By Bobby Borisov (Posted by bobolin on Jul 5, 2026 2:33 AM EDT)
  • Story Type: News Story; Groups: KDE
KDE developers continue polishing Plasma 6.8 with smoother visual effects, a fixed multi-screen crash, and UI refinements.

New story! Linux DRM Scheduler Patches Yield Massive Improvement For Job Submission Latency

A set of patches to the Linux kernel's Direct Rendering Manager (DRM) scheduler that is shared among different kernel graphics drivers is showing the potential of delivering much lower job submission latency when the system is loaded with many runnable CPU processes...

New story! Windows Under 60% as Linux Hits a Yearly High: Full Breakdown

  • LinuxStans.com; By Linux Stans (Posted by Feenta on Jul 4, 2026 11:30 PM EDT)
  • Story Type: News Story
Windows just fell below 60% market share for the first time ever, the same month Linux hit a yearly high. Here’s the full breakdown.

New story! OpenRazer 3.12.4 Fixes Compatibility With Linux 7.2

  • Phoronix (Posted by bob on Jul 4, 2026 9:58 PM EDT)
  • Groups: Linux; Story Type: News Story
OpenRazer 3.12.4 is now available as the newest update to these out-of-tree, unofficial Linux drivers for Razer devices. OpenRazer when paired with the likes of Polychromatic or other GUI options is what makes for a nice experience running Razer gaming peripherals under Linux...

New story! NetworkManager 1.58 Is Now Available for Public Testing with Many New Features

  • 9to5linux.com; By Marcus Nestor (Posted by hanuca on Jul 4, 2026 11:47 AM EDT)
  • Story Type: News Story; Groups: Linux
NetworkManager 1.58 open-source network connection manager for Linux-based operating systems has entered development, and it’s now available for public testing as a major update that promises many new features and improvements.

New story! GNOME 51 Alpha Released With Numerous Enhancements

  • Phoronix (Posted by bob on Jul 4, 2026 10:16 AM EDT)
  • Groups: GNOME; Story Type: News Story
In working toward the stable GNOME 51 desktop release due out in September, today marks the alpha release of GNOME 51...

New story! Woodpecker CI 3.16 Adds Workflow Concurrency Limits, Unix Socket Support

  • Linuxiac.com; By Bobby Borisov (Posted by bobolin on Jul 4, 2026 8:45 AM EDT)
  • Story Type: News Story
Woodpecker CI 3.16.0 lands with workflow concurrency limits, Unix socket support, Prometheus metrics, Kubernetes improvements, and security hardening.

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