Linux NewsPeaZip 11.1 File Archiver Adds Security Fixes and Updates 7z Backend
PeaZip 11.1 updates its 7z backend, fixes security issues, and improves archive extraction workflows across Linux and Windows.
F2FS Preparing FSERROR Reporting Support
Introduced in Linux 7.0 was FSERROR as generic I/O error reporting infrastructure. Linux to that point had no standardized mechanism for reporting metadata corruption or file I/O errors to user-space with each file-system doing its own thing. The Flash-Friendly File-System (F2FS) is now the latest Linux file-system preparing for FSERROR usage...
Linux 7.2 To Add Support For Switchtec PCIe Gen6 Switches
The upcoming Linux 7.2 kernel will be adding support for Microchip's Switchtec PCIe Gen6 switches...
AMD Ryzen AI & Intel NPU Drivers Adding New Power Features With Linux 7.2
Last week's drm-misc-next pull request of new Direct Rendering Manager and accelerator driver feature material destined for Linux 7.2 include some new power management control features both for the AMD Ryzen AI and Intel NPU drivers...
Sculpt OS 26.04 Can Finally Be Used To Self-Host For Developing/Building Genode
Sculpt OS as the general purpose operating system built off the Genode OS Framework is out with a new feature release...
Linux 7.0.6 Released To Finish Mitigating the Dirty Frag Vulnerability
Linux 7.0.6 is out as stable this morning to finish mitigating the Dirty Frag vulnerability that was made public last week...
9to5Linux Weekly Roundup: May 10th, 2026
9to5Linux Weekly Roundup for May 10th, 2026, brings news about Steam Controller, Dirty Frag vulnerability, Mesa 26.1, COSMIC 1.0.12, Ubuntu Touch OTA 1.3, KDE Gear 26.04.1, KDE Frameworks 6.26, Inkscape 1.4.4, Firefox 150.0.2, Raspberry Pi Imager 2.0.9, Giada 1.4.1, Parrot 7.2, Shelly 2.2.4, and more.
Audacious 4.6 Media Player Promises File Browser Plugin, Beta Out Now
Audacious 4.6 open-source media player is now available for public beta testing with a File Browser plugin, a macOS Now Playing plugin, support for playing Musepack SV8 files, and much more.
Kernel prepatch 7.1-rc3
Linus has released 7.1-rc3 for testing. "I think this answers the 'is 7.1 continuing the larger size pattern that we saw with 7.0?' question, and the answer is yes: that wasn't a fluke brought on by a .0 release - it simply seems to be the new normal."
Linuxiac Weekly Wrap-Up: Week 19, 2026 (May 4 – 10)
Catch up on the latest Linux news: Parrot OS 7.2, Manjaro 26.1 Preview, Hyprland 0.55, KDE Gear 26.04.1, COSMIC Desktop 1.0.12, Linux kernel killswitch proposed, and more.
Debian Now Blocks Non-Reproducible Packages from Testing
Debian now blocks non-reproducible packages from entering testing, making reproducible builds a migration requirement for the 14 (Forky) cycle.
I Moved My Photos from OneDrive to Ente Photos, and I'm Not Going Back
Privacy concerns drove me to move 20,000+ photos and videos out of OneDrive.
Linux 7.1-rc3 Released With Many Networking Changes
Linus Torvalds just issued the third weekly test candidate of the Linux 7.1 kernel with around a third of the patches being for the networking subsystem...
After Ubuntu, Now Fedora is Jumping Onto the AI Bandwagon With Dedicated AI Developer Desktops
Planned across three new Fedora releases, the initiative targets Intel, AMD, NVIDIA, and ARM hardware.
FreshRSS 1.29 Feed Aggregator Adds New Sorting Controls
FreshRSS 1.29 self-hosted RSS feed aggregator adds new sorting controls, feed icons, webhook support, and PHP 8.5 improvements.