Linux NewsGIMP 3.2.4 Improves Text and Crop Tools, PDF Export, PSD Import, and More
GIMP 3.2.4 open-source image editor is now available for download with improvements to Text and Crop tools, PDF export, PSD import, and more. Here's what's new!
Linuxiac Weekly Wrap-Up: Week 16, 2026 (Apr 13 – 19)
Catch up on the latest Linux news: Solus 4.9, Zorin OS 18.1, COSMIC Desktop 1.0.10, Wine 11.7, Linux 7.1 merges new NTFS driver, Fedora 44 faces second release delay, and more.
Bcachefs 1.38 Released With Faster Mounts and Discard Fixes
Bcachefs 1.38 fixes mount stalls, improves discard handling, and speeds up snapshot-heavy systems with journal and allocator changes.
Gitea 1.26 Released With Security Fixes and Actions Upgrades
Gitea 1.26 fixes three security flaws and adds major Actions, admin, and performance improvements across the self-hosted Git platform.
GIMP 3.2.4 Released With A Fix For Its XCF Code That Has Existed Since 1999
Following last month's GIMP 3.2 feature release that was followed by the GIMP 3.2.2 point release at the end of March, out now is GIMP 3.2.4 to ship more fixes to users of this open-source alternative to Adobe Photoshop and other imaging applications...
Thunderbolt Wants to Do for AI Clients What Thunderbird Did for Email
This self-hostable enterprise AI client lets you bring your own models and keep your data off third-party servers.
New Debian Project Leader Elected For 2026
Sruthi Chandran has been elected the new Debian Project Leader "DPL" after running unopposed in this year's elections...
This simple CachyOS feature lets me use Windows without dual-booting
There are fewer and fewer reasons for me to use Windows.
GNOME Fixes Screencasting Issue With H.264 Recordings Being ~18x Larger Than VP8
A fix today for GNOME Shell's screen casting/recording service was merged after it was reported that H.264 recordings using the Video Acceleration API (VA-API) are around 18x larger than they should be like when using the VP8 software fallback...
Mozilla’s New Firefox Mascot ‘Kit’ Triggers Online Backlash Over Pronouns
From cute mascot to online outrage, Firefox’s “Kit” quickly became the center of a debate no one expected. But is the controversy even justified?
Linux 7.1 Adds Some New PCIe Drivers While Nuking Some PCI Drivers
The PCI subsystem updates were merged this week for the Linux 7.1 kernel with a wide assortment of PCI(e) changes from new to old hardware...
Won’t Somebody Think of the Children? Why Big Tech’s ‘Tobacco Moment’ Isn’t What It Seems
As regulators rush to “protect children,” we risk creating something worse. A more centralized, identity-driven, and surveilled internet that strengthens Big Tech instead of challenging it.
GIMP 3.2.4 released with fresh set of bug fixes
Bug fixes arrive in GIMP 3.2.4, the latest maintenance update for the current 3.2.x stable series. Assorted improvements made since GIMP 3.2.2 dropped in March include a variety of layer workflow tweaks, like ensuring certain actions, like ‘Layers to Image Size’ and ‘Resize Layer to Selection’, only work on raster layers (not vector, linked or text layers). A layer naming issue which broke what GIMP devs refer to as “the principle of least surprise” has been resolved. When opening an XCF file as layers within a different project, imported layer names used the XCF file name, not the original layer […]
Linux Kernel 7.1 Merges New NTFS Driver With Full Write Support
A new NTFS driver is now part of Linux kernel 7.1, combining write support, folio conversion, iomap, and userspace utility support.
Valve Developer Further Improves Old AMD GPUs: HD 7870 XT Finally Working On Linux
Timur Kristóf of Valve's Linux graphics driver team is the one that worked on improving the old AMD Radeon GCN 1.0/1.1 graphics card support by making AMDGPU driver improvements so it could become the default for these Southern Islands and Sea Islands GPUs rather than the legacy Radeon kernel driver. That meant better performance, RADV Vulkan support out-of-the-box, and other benefits. More recently he finished AMDGPU improvements for Kaveri and other GCN 1.1 era APUs. Now Timur's out with some more fixes for helping select GCN 1.0 hardware...
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