Linux NewsXen 4.22 Hypervisor Brings New x86 Features and Better ARM Power Management
The Xen 4.22 hypervisor arrives with x86 FRED support, AMD Bus Lock Threshold, Arm guest suspend and resume, and Xenstore scalability improvements.
Fedora 45 Introduces a Minimal GRUB Package for Confidential VMs
Fedora Linux 45 will introduce a separate, minimal GRUB package designed for confidential VMs, Unified Kernel Images, and predictable TPM measurements.
Immich 3.1 Photo and Video Management Solution Adds EXIF-Based Workflow Filters
Immich 3.1 introduces EXIF metadata filters for workflows, prevents screens from dimming during web uploads, and expands map filtering on mobile.
Krita 5.3.3 Is Out as the Recommended Release for Production Work
Krita 5.3.3 and the experimental Qt 6-based Krita 6.0.3 arrive with crash fixes, animation improvements, and better font handling.
COSMIC Desktop 1.5 Improves Chromium Scaling and Wallpaper Management
System76 releases COSMIC Desktop 1.5 with fixes for Chromium app scaling, excessive panel CPU usage, GPU resets, and external displays.
GCC Adopts Policy Rejecting Significant AI-Generated Code
The GNU Compiler Collection will reject copyright-significant contributions derived from LLM output, with limited exceptions for trivial changes and test cases.
Fooyin 0.12 Music Player Adds Audio Conversion and New Visualizations
Fooyin 0.12 introduces built-in audio conversion, PulseAudio output support, and new Spectrogram, Oscilloscope, and projectM visualizations.
Wayfire 0.11 Wayland Compositor Released with HDR and Better Fractional Scaling
Wayfire 0.11 introduces sharper fractional scaling, experimental HDR, ICC color profiles, expanded Vulkan effects, and a new external plugin manager.
Hyprland 0.56.1 Released with Monitor Rotation and Mirroring Fixes
Hyprland 0.56.1 is a maintenance update addressing monitor regressions, window-rule leaks, input capture, rendering, and more.
Fwupd 2.1.7 Released with New Firmware Security Features
The Linux firmware update utility fwupd 2.1.7 introduces systemd-pcrlock integration, new security attributes, and multiple reliability fixes.
Ubuntu 26.04 LTS Gets an Optional Virtualization HWE Stack
Canonical introduces an optional virtualization HWE stack for Ubuntu 26.04 LTS, bringing newer QEMU, libvirt, EDK2, and SeaBIOS versions.
NVIDIA and Linux Foundation Form Open Secure AI Alliance
NVIDIA, the Linux Foundation, Red Hat, Microsoft, IBM, Hugging Face, and dozens of industry leaders unite to develop open technologies for securing AI agents and software.
GNU Binutils 2.47 Released with New RISC-V Improvements
The GNU Project has released Binutils 2.47, updating its essential assembler, linker, and binary-file manipulation tools with new architecture support and other enhancements.
Collabora Online 26.04 Office Suite Released with Optional AI Assistant
Collabora Online 26.04 is now available with an optional AI assistant, Markdown support, improved document review, and new Calc features.
Linuxiac Weekly Wrap-Up: Week 30, 2026 (July 20 – 26)
Catch up on the latest Linux news: COSMIC 1.4, VirtualBox 7.2.14, Firefox 153, Wine 11.14, Hyprland 0.56, OBS Studio 32.2, Debian developers debate ban on AI-assisted contributions, and more.