Linux NewsHome Assistant OS 18.0 Released with Linux Kernel 6.18 LTS
The new Home Assistant OS release adds faster disk image flashing, VM image improvements, and updated Linux kernel support.
OBS Studio 32.2 Promises New Filter to Compose SDR into HDR, Beta Out Now
OBS Studio 32.2 enters public beta testing with a new filter to compose SDR into HDR, dynamic bitrate support for multitrack video, Ubuntu 26.04 LTS support, and more.
GIMP 0.54.1 in a Flatpak
The GIMP project reports that GNOME contributor "balooii" has worked to package GIMP 0.54.1—released in 1996—as a Flatpak that will build and run on modern 64-bit Linux systems. This is a Motif-based version, and the same version that was used by Larry Ewing to create Tux. While not likely to be useful for serious graphics work today, it should be interesting for users who would like to see what a 30-year-old version of GIMP was capable of.
Astra: For All Your High Fidelity Music Needs and Absolute Control
Go old school and play local music from your Linux computer but in style with this Spotify-looking music player.
Control AirPods & Galaxy Buds on Ubuntu with ‘BudsLink’
BudsLink is a Linux app giving you more control over Bluetooth earbuds from the likes of Apple, Sony, Samsung and Nothing – battery levels, active noise cancellation (ANC) and more, all without needing to use a mobile app. Most Bluetooth audio devices ‘just work’ on Ubuntu and other Linux distributions for listening to audio, but that’s about it. Pair AirPods or Galaxy Buds with your desktop and you’ll find you can’t adjust all of the on-device features you paid for. BudsLink is a GTK4/libadwaita app which can. It lets you control earbud features on your Linux desktop, no need to […]
Valve's Steam Machine is available now—but you won't like the price
The living room PC is also shipping in batches.
6 Raspberry Pi Handhelds Worth Exploring (If You Have Money to Spend)
These are pocket-sized Linux machines that go beyond just being an SBC on your desk.
Valve’s Steam Machine Gives Linux Gaming a New Living-Room Push
Valve’s new Steam Machine runs SteamOS, bringing Linux-powered PC gaming back to the living room in a compact console-like form.
Steam Machines Is Up for Reservation from $1,049 with Arch Linux-Based SteamOS 3
Valve officially launched the Steam Machines today as an all-in-one Arch Linux-based gaming machine and desktop computer powered by SteamOS.
USB4STREAM Merged For Linux 7.2 To Quickly Send Data Between USB4 Connected Systems
As part of today's USB/Thunderbolt subsystem updates for the ongoing Linux 7.2 kernel merge window, USB4STREAM was merged as a nifty and exciting addition to opening up some interesting USB4 connnectivity use-cases for high speed, low latency data transfers...
[$] Free-threaded Python: past, present, and future
Probably the biggest change for Python over the last five years or so is the advent of the "free-threaded" version of the language, which removes the global interpreter lock (GIL) and allows multiple threads to run in parallel in the interpreter. At PyCon US 2026, held in Long Beach, California in mid-May, longtime CPython core developer (and current steering council member) Thomas Wouters gave a talk about the feature. He looked at the motivation behind the GIL-removal efforts, some history, the current status of the free-threaded interpreter, and provided a prediction on where it all leads.
DokuWiki Is Finally Getting Built-In Markdown Support
DokuWiki’s next release is expected to add native Markdown parsing, giving users an alternative to its long-standing wiki syntax.
Intel Optimization Zone 1.1 Lays Out Tuning Recommendations For More Workloads
Back in March Intel announced the Optimization Zone as a new initiative for helping server administrators and developers better maximize the performance of different workloads running on Intel hardware. Out today is the Intel Optimization Zone 1.1 release with more workloads now covered for squeezing out the most performance on Intel CPUs...
First preview release of Xfce's Wayland compositor
Brian Tarricone has announced the first preview release of xfwl4, a Wayland compositor for the Xfce desktop environment. After close to six months of work, I feel like it's ready to get some wider use, even though of course there will be bugs and missing features. Think of this as an alpha release. [...] The end goal of xfwl4 is to behave as closely as possible to an Xfce desktop running on an X server. Ideally a user could switch between the two without even knowing there's a difference. In reality, of course, it won't be quite that seamless, and there's still more work to be done to get as close as possible to that ideal. This is a first solid cut at it, at the very least.
Steam Machine Launches, Priced $1049 To $1428 USD
Valve today finally revealed pricing on their SteamOS Linux-powered Steam Machine living room PC. Given the ongoing RAM and storage pricing pressure, the Steam Machine pricing comes in at the high-end...