Linux NewsLinuxiac Weekly Wrap-Up: Week 26, 2026 (June 22 – 28)
Catch up on the latest Linux news: CachyOS June 2026 ISO, KaOS 2026.06, COSMIC Desktop 1.1, Fish Shell 4.8, Podman 6.0, Ubuntu ARM64 rebootless kernel updates, and more.
Mageia 10 Released For This Linux Distribution Carrying On The Mandrake Legacy
Mageia 10 ISOs are now available for this Linux distribution long ago derived from Mandriva Linux and in turn the legendary Mandrake Linux...
Arch Linux Installer Archinstall 4.4 Released with Niri DankMaterialShell Profile
Archinstall 4.4 text-mode installer for the Arch Linux distribution is now available with a Niri DankMaterialShell desktop profile, console font selection, Plymouth configuration setup, and more.
Arch Linux's Archinstall 4.4 Adds Dank Material Shell + Niri Desktop Option
Ahead of the July 2026 ISO refresh for Arch Linux, a new Archinstall 4.4 release has been tagged for this text-based and very convenient installer for Arch Linux...
Archinstall 4.4 Polishes the Arch Linux Installation Experience
Archinstall 4.4 adds color-coded install previews, install summaries, better locale handling, IWD networking, and several bootloader and Wi-Fi fixes.
Rust Gets a Commercial Network with Microsoft, Google, AWS, and OpenAI Onboard
The initiative gives companies and organizations a formal place to collaborate around Rust’s tooling, ecosystem health, and industry use.
Kernel prepatch 7.2-rc1
The 7.2-rc1 kernel prepatch is out for testing. Linus said: "So two weeks have passed, and the merge window is closed. Things look reasonably normal for this release (knock wood)."
Linus Torvalds Announces First Linux Kernel 7.2 Release Candidate
Linus Torvalds announced the general availability of the first Release Candidate version of the upcoming Linux 7.2 kernel series for public testing. Here’s what to expect!
This Linux storage feature feels like cheating once you understand it
This is what happens when your file system learns accounting tricks!
GNU Ships GCC 14.4 as a Bug-Fix Release
GCC's latest and greatest is available at https://sourceware.org/pub/gcc/releases/gcc-14.4.0/ and https://gcc.gnu.org/mirrors.html/. The post GNU Ships GCC 14.4 as a Bug-Fix Release appeared first on FOSS Force.
Linux 7.2-rc1 Released: "Things Look Reasonably Normal" While Landing AMDGPU HDMI 2.1 FRL, AMD ISP4 & CAS
As expected, Linux 7.2-rc1 was released a brief time ago to cap off the Linux 7.2 merge window. Now it's off for eight weeks or so of testing before Linux 7.2 stable is released that will in turn go on to power the likes of Fedora 45 and Ubuntu 26.10...
Drauger OS Reworks Ubuntu LTS with KDE Plasma for Linux Gaming
Drauger OS 7.8 reworks Ubuntu 26.04 LTS with KDE Plasma into a niche Linux gaming distro, adding kernel 7.0, Wayland by default, and gaming-focused tweaks.
I finally understand why Arch Linux isn't for me—and probably isn't for you either
With great power comes great responsibility
CachyOS Brings a Polished Hyprland Noctalia Experience in June Update
CachyOS’ June 2026 ISO refresh introduces a new Hyprland Noctalia option, DNS-over-QUIC support, performance tweaks, and installer fixes.
USB4STREAM, Optimizations, Jay & Other Popular Intel Linux News From This Quarter
With Q2'2026 working toward a close, here is a look back at the most popular Intel Linux and open-source news for the quarter...