Linux NewsKDE Gear 26.04.3 Apps Collection Lands with More App Stability Improvements
KDE Gear 26.04.3 delivers another round of maintenance fixes for KDE’s application suite, covering video editing, file transfers, audio output, and more.
Linux Looking To Retire A Number Of Old ARM Platforms In Early 2027
It's not only old x86 i486 CPU support being removed from the Linux kernel but a number of older ARM platforms and features are on the chopping block too. A proposal has been laid out for deprecating and then removing a number of outdated ARM platforms and features from the Linux kernel in early 2027...
FFmpeg Introduces Vulkan APV Encoder
Back in May the FFmpeg project introduced Vulkan-accelerated decoding for the APV video format. The Advanced Professional Video (APV) codec was being handled using Vulkan shaders in a similar way to how FFmpeg implemented Vulkan acceleration for Apple ProRes. Now there is Vulkan-accelerated APV encoding too...
Rusticl OpenCL Driver Improving Hardware Utilization In Mesa 26.2
Red Hat engineer Karol Herbst has landed his latest optimization work to Rusticl in Mesa 26.2. The latest effort for this Rust-based OpenCL driver that works across Gallium3D drivers is around better hardware utilization...
JPEG-XL libjxl 0.12 Brings More Performance Optimizations
A new release of libjxl is now available for this reference implementation of the JPEG-XL image format, including both image encode and decode support...
Box3D Debuts As New Open-Source 3D Physics Engine
Erin Catto who has been developing the Box2D 2D physics engine for games announced the release of Box3D. Box3D is now providing a new open-source 3D physics engine that is forked off from the Box2D code...
[$] LWN.net Weekly Edition for July 2, 2026
Inside this week's LWN.net Weekly Edition: Front: Xsnow protestware; Git 2.55; Rhombus; kernel hardening; More LSFMM+BPF coverage; 7.2 merge window; Secure Boot certificate expiration; Ceph and Garage; OSPM 2026. Briefs: Akrites; Mageia 10; Git 2.55.0; Podman 6.0; systemd v261; Creative Commons chat; Quotes; ... Announcements: Newsletters, conferences, security updates, patches, and more.
System76 Debuts 2026 Lemur Pro with 18-Hour Battery Life and Wi-Fi 7
System76’s new Lemur Pro weighs under 3 pounds, packs Intel Core Ultra Series 3 chips, and starts at $1,999 before the current $76 discount.
Linux Release Roundup (June 2026)
June was sweltering, but the heat didn’t seem to affect developers. A slew of updates to popular open-source Linux software made it out last month, some highlights of which I share in this roundup. Last month also saw Firefox 152 released with a new-look settings page, media converter HandBrake wrangled its WebM handling on Linux, and the Audacity 4.0 beta serve up its new modern UI for public scrutiny. Those weren’t the only releases of note, as the following roundup shows. Cine adds Watch History I spotlighted the Cine Linux video player earlier this year. It’s an MPV-based player with […]
Linux App Release Roundup (June 2026)
June was sweltering, yet the heat didn’t affect developers too badly as a slew of updates to popular open-source Linux software made it out last month. We saw Firefox 152 released with its new-look settings page. The media converter HandBrake wrangled its WebM handling on Linux. And the Audacity 4.0 beta made its brand-new design available for public scrutiny – mainly of the ‘finally, it doesn’t look bad’ variety. But scores of smaller, minor and maintenance updates made it out too. Cine gained Watch History I spotlighted the Cine Linux video player earlier this year. It’s an MPV-based player with […]
Fedora Council Seeks To Shutdown Current Discussions Over AI Developer Desktop
Stemming from the widely varying views over the recent Fedora proposal for an "AI Developer Desktop" catering to running local AI and machine learning workloads in pre-configured environments with a seamless hardware-accelerated experience, the Fedora Council issued a statement this evening to effectively shutdown discussions for now over a Fedora AI Developer Desktop and to pause the Fedora Community Initiatives process...
I ran the same SSD health check on Linux and Windows—only one gave me the full picture
A four-year-old SSD, 6,605 unexplained errors, and one OS that actually had answers.
Arch Linux July ISO Is Out with Linux Kernel 7.0.14 and Archinstall 4.4
Arch Linux’s July 2026 ISO ships with Linux kernel 7.0.14, Archinstall 4.4, systemd 261.1, fresh firmware, and updated core packages.
Steam On Linux Usage Receded A Bit In June
Back in March Steam on Linux use shot up to 5.33% as a big 3.1% improvement over February. In April it dropped to 4.52% and then fell to 3.99% in May. Valve just published the Steam Survey numbers for June and it points to another minor setback from the recent all-time high of Steam on Linux...
System76 Launches New Lemur Pro Linux Laptop with 18-Hour Battery Life
System76 launches new Lemur Pro ultraportable Linux laptop with all-day battery life, Intel Core Ultra processors, and a 16-inch variant.