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The 7.1-rc6 kernel prepatch is out for testing. Linus said: "Well, I wouldn't call this 'small', but it is certainly smaller than rc5 was. And I don't think there's anything particularly scary here, so maybe we're still on track for a normal release cycle. Let's see."
9to5Linux Weekly Roundup for May 31st, 2026, brings news about MX Linux 25.2, Sway 1.12, Rhino Linux 2026.1, AlmaLinux OS 10.2, Rocky Linux 10.2, IPFire 2.29 Core Update 202, Calibre 9.9, MKVToolNix 99.0, PipeWire 1.6.6, fwupd 2.1.4, NixOS 26.05, Armbian 26.5, Shelly 2.3.2, Audacious 4.6, AppGrid 1.8, NVIDIA 610, Marknote 1.6, Ubuntu 26.10 Snapshot 1, COSMIC 1.0.14, and more.
May 2026 is now in the books after writing 275 original Linux/open-source minded news articles and another 20 featured-length benchmark articles / Linux hardware reviews. There was a lot of exciting topics in May to keep the month interesting and as we approach the Phoronix 22nd birthday this week...
Last year at Tech Tour Arizona, Intel announced Clearwater Forest as the Xeon 6+ series. Details were rather light then while for Computex, Intel is announcing that Xeon 6+ is now "launching" beginning tomorrow, 1 June. In addition to Xeon 6+, the new Intel Ethernet E835 is also launching while there are updates on Crescent Island and Diamond Rapids.
May 2026 delivered a sizeable set of Linux software updates, including the set I’ve rounded up for your reading pleasure in this post. The month also saw a buffet of big browser updates, including Firefox 151 with new-look new tab page, Vivaldi 8.0 with a new-look generally and a new public beta of Kagi’s Orion. Elsewhere, Ubuntu 26.04 LTS support was added to VMware Workstation (and Fusion for macOS), while open-source system cleaner BleachBit debuted a TUI for interactive command-line based spring cleaning. Below, I run through a crop of other Linux app releases that landed in May and caught my eye. […]
Catch up on the latest Linux news: Rocky Linux 10.2, MX Linux 25.2, COSMIC Desktop 1.0.14, NVIDIA 610.43, Rust 1.96, Flatpak’s future may leave non-systemd distros behind, and more.
Audacious 4.6 open-source media player is now available for download with a File Browser plugin, GTK port of Playback History plugin, support for playing Musepack SV8 files, and much more.
Dell is using Computex to announce their new XPS 13 that comes at their lowest price ever of $599 USD for students and $699 for everyone else. The new Dell XPS 13 aims to compete directly with the Apple MacBook Neo while leveraging the new Intel Wildcat Lake processors as cut-down from Panther Lake...
AMD is kicking off the busy Computex 2026 week with some new product announcements. The embargo is now up so meet the Radeon RX 9070 GRE and other new wares coming out this summer and later in the year from AMD.
The Linux 7.1-rc6 kernel is now available for closing out the month of May and approaching the Linux 7.1 stable release that should be out by mid-June...
KDE Linux is moving back to the vanilla Linux kernel while removing AUR usage, fuse2, and several unused components.
It's not just a waste of disk space. It can speed up your system.
Rust Coreutils 0.9 adds TOCTOU-resistant copy logic, recursive traversal fixes, and broader GNU compatibility updates.
Any Linux desktop feels lacking without this app
Fedora had a good run—but there’s a new distro on the cutting edge throne.
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