This is your friendly reminder that a new Arch Linux ISO snapshot is now available for download for August 2026, powered by the latest and greatest Linux 7.1 kernel series.

Intel recently announced Starfire as their new Panther Lake derived, space-grade SoC designed for extreme environments... like survivability in space. With the Linux 7.3, we are going to begin seeing the first Intel Starfire specific patches land in the kernel...

Linux desktop share just hit 7.53% worldwide. Here’s what’s driving the jump, and why the number is messier than it looks.

The nineteenth major NetBSD release adds 64-bit RISC-V support, more Linux-compatible system calls, and numerous new device drivers.

Arch Linux’s AUR faces a fresh security scare, prompting another round of lockdown measures from the project’s DevOps team.

Arch Linux’s August 2026 ISO ships with Linux kernel 7.1.5, glibc 2.44, Binutils 2.47, systemd 261.2, KDE Plasma 6.7.3, and updated packages.

First seen in March, Brisbane Silicon has now launched the ELM11-Feather to Crowd Supply. Priced at $39, the Feather-compatible development board combines native Lua support with the Arvore IDE and a configurable hardware architecture programmable in C, SystemVerilog, and VHDL. The board uses a GOWIN GW1NR9-C FPGA with approximately 8K LUTs. Its default hardware overlay […]

Statcounter reports Linux at 10.65% of desktop usage in North America, with Cloudflare data lending further support to the milestone.

Archcraft 26.08 has been released today for this Arch Linux-based rolling-release distribution aimed at users who care about minimalism and the aesthetics of their Linux desktop.

Valve just published the Steam Survey results for July 2026 and point to a small uptick in Linux gaming use...

The Debian Project released a new Linux kernel security update on July 31st, 2026, for its Debian 13 “Trixie” stable operating system series to address 68 security vulnerabilities.

The Argentinian Linux distribution continues its minimalist approach with updated packages, new COSMIC changes, and support for multiple desktop environments.

Incus 7.3 introduces shared 3D GPU acceleration for Linux virtual machines, easier port forwarding, UEFI NVRAM management, and fixes for 13 security vulnerabilities.

If the recent release of the GNU C Library glibc 2.44 is too big for your embedded use-cases, Keith Packard continues hacking on Picolibc as his embedded-focused C library. Released overnight was Picolibc 1.8.12 with a variety of improvements for this embedded libc...

AerynOS rolls out a new unstable update featuring Linux kernel 7.1.5, COSMIC Desktop 1.5.0, Mesa 26.1.6, systemd 260.4, and more.

Arch Linux developer, security team member, AUR maintainer, and package maintainer Morten Linderud "Foxboron" announced today he is resigning from the project...

3mdeb’s Dasharo v0.9.0 puts open-source coreboot firmware on an AMD Ryzen AM5 desktop for the first time. Here’s what it does, and where it falls short.

4MLinux developer Zbigniew Konojacki announced today the release and general availability of 4MLinux 52.0 as the latest stable version of this minimalist and independent Linux distro featuring the lightweight JWM window manager.

Last month 3mdeb released their open-source firmware for a modern AMD EPYC motherboard from Gigabyte that was built off the new AMD openSIL project and Coreboot. Today 3mdeb has delivered the first open-source firmware release for a modern AMD Ryzen desktop motherboard with having independently brought their openSIL+Coreboot powered Dasharo stack to the readily available MSI PRO B850-P WIFI...

The Arch Linux team has suspended package adoption in the AUR while it investigates malicious adoptions and follow-up commits.

Last month the Arch Linux User Repository "AUR" saw more than 1,500 malicious packages amid a sophisticated malware attack and then also seeing an influx of spam and profanities amid this community/user-maintained repository for the popular Arch Linux distribution. Unfortunately, there is another round of AUR troubles...

After years of requests from the Linux gaming community, GOG has officially confirmed that it is developing native Linux support for the GOG Galaxy launcher. The announcement marks one of the biggest shifts in the company's history and signals a stronger commitment to Linux as a first-class gaming platform. While GOG has offered DRM-free Linux game downloads since 2014, its Galaxy launcher has remained exclusive to Windows and macOS—until now.

AMD closed out the month of July by posting some new AMDGPU Display Core "DC" patches. Most notable with this weekly patch ritual is several patches beginning to establish the foundation for Display Core Next 6 "DCN6" as their next-generation display IP. The patches tie DCN6 to the AMD GFX13 graphics engine, which is anticipated to be for the next-generation RDNA5 graphics processors...

This update of the nano terminal editor brings crash fixes, key-binding restoration, and a small but useful option tweak.

Following last week's launch of the AMD Instinct MI455X, AMD has now kept with tradition and provided ISA documentation concerning this latest CDNA5 architecture...

Shotcut 26.7 has been released today as the latest stable version of this open-source, cross-platform, and free video editing software that introduces new features and improvements.

Today marks the 27th annual SysAdmin Day, celebrating the people who keep servers alive, networks running, and users away from dangerous buttons.

GNU Nano 9.2 is now available with a new terminal output check, clearer multibuffer aliases, and restored support for legacy keystrokes.

Following AMD posting AMDGPU patches for HDMI 2.1 FRL support after the HDMI 2.1 open-source support was long blocked by the HDMI Forum, as part of working toward a complete HDMI 2.1 implementation in this AMD Linux driver it was followed by HDMI 2.1 Display Stream Compression (DSC) support. Now the latest on the AMDGPU HDMI 2.1 enabling path is enabling Auto Low-Latency Mode (ALLM) as well as HDMI Variable Rate Refresh!..

Researchers found that seven of nine tested Hugging Face image-editing tools produced sexualized alterations, highlighting gaps in model oversight, provenance, and enterprise vendor controls.