Canonical Confirms Ubuntu Fixes for DirtyClone Linux Kernel Flaw
Canonical says Ubuntu kernel updates are available for DirtyClone, a high-severity Linux local privilege escalation flaw tracked as CVE-2026-43503.
ASUS ROG Strix Laptop Sees Driver Fix For Linux Performance Too Low Compared To Windows
With modern laptops, proper platform/WMI drivers are becoming more depended upon not only for supporting all typical functionality from keyboards to backlights and other handling, but also for achieving proper performance. For many laptop vendors, the Linux platform drivers are maintained by the open-source community and actual customers. The latest example of the challenges of the community-maintained support rather than from the vendor is with the ASUS ROG Strix G16 G614PR gaming laptop seeing inappropriate power values set in the open-source driver that were incorrect and led to lower power/performance than Windows...
RootBoard open-hardware Linux handheld launches with Raspberry Pi Zero support
Kickstarter recently featured the RootBoard, a Raspberry Pi-powered handheld Linux computer aimed at makers, developers, educators, cyberdeck builders, and users interested in a compact open-hardware Linux terminal. The device combines a small display, integrated keyboard, speaker, power-management circuitry, and support for Raspberry Pi Zero-class boards. The RootBoard is designed for use with the Raspberry Pi […]
Tails 7.9.1 Fixes DirtyClone Kernel Flaw, Updates Tor Browser
The privacy-focused Tails 7.9.1 ships with Linux kernel 6.12.94, addressing DirtyClone and another privilege-escalation vulnerability.
COSMIC Desktop 1.2 Released with File Manager Fixes and More Polish
COSMIC Desktop 1.2 lands with archive extraction fixes, better applet behavior, Store loading indicators, and Monitor improvements.
Performance Optimizations, NVIDIA Vera, Arc Pro B70 & Other Linux Highlights From Q2
As the last planned article on Phoronix of Q2, here is a look back at what excited readers the most in the second quarter. There were 872 original news articles this quarter as well as 54 Linux hardware reviews / multi-page featured benchmark articles. Here is what excited readers the most over these past three months...
Git 2.55 Released with Faster Performance, Smarter Hooks, and Expanded Rust Integration
The Git project has officially released Git 2.55, bringing a wide range of improvements focused on performance, developer productivity, and modernizing the world's most widely used version control system. The release introduces smarter repository management, faster operations for large codebases, expanded hook capabilities, and continues Git's gradual adoption of Rust for improved reliability and maintainability.
VirtualBox 7.2.12 Fixes Linux Host Kernel Panic
VirtualBox 7.2.12 is out with an important Linux host fix, plus build improvements for Linux host and guest components.
Parrot OS 7.3 Is Out with Optimized ISOs for Modern Hardware
Parrot OS 7.3 is now available, bringing Linux kernel 7.0, optimized builds for newer CPUs, official Vagrant boxes, and refreshed security tools.
COSMIC 1.2 Desktop Enables AVIF Support, Improves Support for Newer Intel GPUs
Linux hardware vendor System76 released COSMIC 1.2 today as the latest stable version of this open-source, free, and Rust-based graphical desktop environment for GNU/Linux distributions.
Fedora 45 Looks To Finally Offer Install Support For Stratis Storage
Ever since RHEL deprecated their short-lived Btrfs plans, Red Hat engineers over the past decade have been developing Stratis Storage as their storage management solution leveraging XFS, LUKS, DM, and their Rust-based daemon. While Stratis Storage has been available in Fedora Linux going all the way back to Fedora 28, until now there hasn't been the option of using it for the root file-system on new Fedora installations. Finally with Fedora 45 that may change...
KDE Plasma 6.7.2 Lands with More KWin, Wayland, and AMD GPU Fixes
KDE Plasma 6.7.2 lands as the second bugfix update in the 6.7 series, polishing KWin, Wayland, networking, and screencasting.
Mageia 10 Officially Released with Linux Kernel 6.18 LTS, KDE Plasma 6.5, and More
Mageia 10 Linux distribution has been officially released today, June 30th, 2026, as a major update coming almost three years after Mageia 9, with updated components and improvements.
Linux 7.2 Features: Cache Aware Scheduling, USB4STREAM, AMD ISP4, AMDGPU HDMI 2.1 FRL
Linux 7.2 is working toward release in August with its more than 43 million lines in the codebase. With Linux 7.2 there are many new changes in tow as summed up in today's feature overview.
Mageia 10 Revives the Mandrake Spirit with Plasma 6 and Kernel 6.18
Mageia 10 lands after a long development cycle, bringing Plasma 6.5, GNOME 49, Xfce 4.20, Linux kernel 6.18, DNF 5, RPM 4.20, and more.
Kali Linux 2026.2 Released with GNOME 50, KDE Plasma 6.6, and New Tools
Offensive Security released Kali Linux 2026.2 today as the latest stable snapshot of this Debian-based GNU/Linux distribution for penetration testing and ethical hacking.
Wine 11.12 Released with Bundled FFmpeg Libraries and Mono 11.2
Wine 11.12 bundles FFmpeg’s libswresample and libswscale, updates Wine Mono to 11.2, and fixes 27 bugs.
Wine 11.12 Released With Wayland Fractional Scaling & Other Wayland Enhancements
Wine 11.12 fell off the bi-weekly release rhythm with not making it out last Friday, but it managed to ship today. Wine 11.12 brings fractional scaling support to its Wayland driver and various other enhancements...
Git 2.55 Lands with Big Speedups for Large Linux Repositories
Git 2.55 adds Linux support for its built-in FSMonitor daemon, helping large repositories avoid costly working-tree scans.
Red Hat ARM Engineer Abandons ARM64 Linux Personal Desktop, Goes Back To AMD Ryzen System
Red Hat senior software engineer Marcin Juszkiewicz of Red Hat's ARM Team had been dogfeeding with an AArch64 Linux desktop being used as his primary, personal system for nearly the past year. But now he shared he has gone back to using his AMD Ryzen desktop instead over AArch64 Linux issues encountered with his Ampere Altra desktop...
Kodi 22 Beta Improves Linux Support for Remote Keys and HDR Profile Support
The Kodi Foundation released today the beta version of the upcoming Kodi 22 (codename Piers) release of this open-source media center, bringing more new features and improvements.
Microsoft Announces Public Preview For Linux Containers On WSL
Microsoft today shipped the first public preview of WSL Containers "WSLC" as their latest extension of the Windows Subsystem for Linux on Windows 11...
Kali Linux 2026.2 Released with GNOME 50, KDE Plasma 6.6, Kernel 6.19
Kali Linux 2026.2 arrives with major desktop updates, new tools, faster VM boots, and APT source changes.
Mageia 10 Released For This Linux Distribution Carrying On The Mandrake Legacy
Mageia 10 ISOs are now available for this Linux distribution long ago derived from Mandriva Linux and in turn the legendary Mandrake Linux...
Linuxiac Weekly Wrap-Up: Week 26, 2026 (June 22 – 28)
Catch up on the latest Linux news: CachyOS June 2026 ISO, KaOS 2026.06, COSMIC Desktop 1.1, Fish Shell 4.8, Podman 6.0, Ubuntu ARM64 rebootless kernel updates, and more.
Rust Gets a Commercial Network with Microsoft, Google, AWS, and OpenAI Onboard
The initiative gives companies and organizations a formal place to collaborate around Rust’s tooling, ecosystem health, and industry use.
Linux 7.2-rc1 Released: "Things Look Reasonably Normal" While Landing AMDGPU HDMI 2.1 FRL, AMD ISP4 & CAS
As expected, Linux 7.2-rc1 was released a brief time ago to cap off the Linux 7.2 merge window. Now it's off for eight weeks or so of testing before Linux 7.2 stable is released that will in turn go on to power the likes of Fedora 45 and Ubuntu 26.10...
Archinstall 4.4 Polishes the Arch Linux Installation Experience
Archinstall 4.4 adds color-coded install previews, install summaries, better locale handling, IWD networking, and several bootloader and Wi-Fi fixes.
Linus Torvalds Announces First Linux Kernel 7.2 Release Candidate
Linus Torvalds announced today the general availability of the first Release Candidate (RC) of the upcoming Linux 7.2 kernel series for public testing and early adopters.
Drauger OS Reworks Ubuntu LTS with KDE Plasma for Linux Gaming
Drauger OS 7.8 reworks Ubuntu 26.04 LTS with KDE Plasma into a niche Linux gaming distro, adding kernel 7.0, Wayland by default, and gaming-focused tweaks.
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