Linux NewsI tried the most "bloated" Linux distro, and it's still better than Windows
Ubuntu is technically more bloated than Windows 11 now, and it's still not even a fair fight.
CachyOS April Release Brings Shelly Package Manager
CachyOS April 2026 ISO replaces Octopi with Shelly and adds installer, DNS-over-HTTPS, hardware, and NVIDIA updates.
3 things I wish I knew before using the Linux i3 window manager
i3 will humble you before it impresses you. Here's how to skip the humbling part.
CachyOS Introduces New Default GUI Package Manager, Kyber For NVMe I/O Scheduler
The April 2026 ISO refresh of the Arch Linux based CachyOS is now available with a variety of refinements, new hardware support, and other polishing...
BleachBit 6.0 Lands as the Project’s Biggest Release in Years
BleachBit 6.0 cleaner and privacy tool adds a new cookie manager, deeper browser cleaning, support for Vivaldi and Zen, and over 100 improvements.
The Linux Kernel Tree About To Hit 40 Million Lines, AMD Driver Above 6 Million Lines
Ahead of the Linux 7.1-rc1 kernel release due out later today for closing the Linux 7.1 merge window, I was curious if all the code removals would lead to a negative change in line count over Linux 7.0. The removals were not enough and Linux 7.1 Git is fast approaching 40 million lines...
Asahi Linux Improves Apple Silicon Support as Fedora Asahi Remix 44 Nears
Asahi Linux moves Apple Silicon support forward with a new installer, Mac Pro support, firmware updates, and Fedora Asahi Remix 44 preparations.
The New Linux Kernel AI Bot Uncovering Bugs Is A Local LLM On Framework Desktop + AMD Ryzen AI Max
Earlier this month on Phoronix we were the first to draw attention to a new fuzzing tool / AI bot uncovering kernel bugs by Greg Kroah-Hartman, the "second in command" for Linux kernel development and stable maintainer. Greg has now shared more light on the "gregkh_clanker_t1000" for this tool that has been uncovering more Linux kernel bugs the past few weeks...
Apple M3 Support On Asahi Linux Is Approaching The Original Alpha Quality Of The M1
A new progress report from the Asahi Linux project is now published that highlights recent upstreaming work for the Linux 7.0 kernel release as well as the latest additions to the downstream Asahi Linux code. The Asahi Linux project also pushed out their first updated Asahi installer in nearly two years...
Legacy NVIDIA xf86-video-nv Driver Sees First Release In Years
The legacy xf86-video-nv driver for user-space mode-setting on old NVIDIA GPUs is out with a rather rare release and the first in over two years with a collection of different bug fixes...
BleachBit 6.0 Introduces New Cookie Manager, Improves Browser Cleaning
BleachBit 6.0 open-source and free disk space cleaner, privacy manager, and computer system optimizer software is now available for download with many improvements and major changes.
Void Linux Switches Main NVIDIA Package to Open Kernel Modules
Void Linux now uses NVIDIA’s open DKMS kernel modules in its main NVIDIA package, starting with the 595.xx driver series.
Colorado Adds Open-Source Exemption to Age-Attestation Bill
System76’s Carl Richell says Colorado SB51 has gained a strong open-source exemption after passing a House committee.
LACT 0.9 Released With UI Updates, Voltage-Frequency Curve Editor For NVIDIA
LACT, one of the leading open-source solutions to provide a graphics card management GUI that works across AMD / NVIDIA / Intel graphics hardware on Linux, is out with a major update this weekend...
I tested the 3 most popular Linux distros of April 2026, here's how I rank them
Ubuntu and Fedora are no longer in the Linux top three—so which distros dethroned them, and are they actually worth using?