346: $5B for Open Source Security, Age Checks Might Exempt Linux, Linus Torvalds on AI & more Linux news

video: https://youtu.be/CVkZvrh7qpw Ubuntu is shipping a kernel that can make certain AMD workloads up to 42 times slower. Linus Torvalds is drawing clearer boundaries around AI-generated code in the kernel. Secure Boot just passed a major certificate expiration deadline. COSMIC Desktop 1.3 brings a polished new Frosted Glass design. And one developer decided to add another place and that's a Sega Genesis from 1994. All of this and more on This Week in Linux. Now let’s jump right into Your Source for Linux GNews! Download as MP3 Support the Show Become a Patron = tuxdigital.com/membership Store = tuxdigital.com/store Chapters: 00:00 Intro 00:44 Ubuntu publishes Update that introduces regression for AMD users 03:52 Linus Torvalds talks on AI Code in Linux 07:12 Secure Boot Linux Certificates Expired? 09:27 COSMIC 1.3 with Frosted Glass 11:33 AppManager for AppImages 14:51 FreeBSD Removes All GPL Code 17:16 Rapid Fire Lightning Round 17:40 stillOS 10.2 Released 18:32 Blender 5.2 LTS Released 19:00 Clonezilla Live 3.3.3 Released 19:31 Linux on Sega Genesis and 32X Addon 20:26 Outro Links: Ubuntu publishes Update that introduces regression for AMD users https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/amdgpu-performance-regression-in-kernel-7-0-0-28-28/85237 Linus Torvalds talks on AI Code in Linux https://lore.kernel.org/linux-media/CAHk-=wi4zC+Ze8e+p3tMv8TtG_80KzsZ1syL9anBtmEh5Z40vg@mail.gmail.com/ https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-Is-Not-Anti-AI https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/07/linux-creator-linus-torvalds-puts-foot-down-on-anti-ai-comments/ https://itsfoss.com/news/linus-torvalds-on-ai/ Secure Boot Linux Certificates Expired? https://lwn.net/Articles/1079808/ https://almalinux.org/blog/2026-07-14-secure-boot-2023-certificates/ https://linuxiac.com/debian-13-6-released-with-120-security-fixes-and-124-stability-updates/ COSMIC 1.3 with Frosted Glass https://9to5linux.com/cosmic-1-3-desktop-environment-released-with-frosted-glass-effect https://www.phoronix.com/news/COSMIC-Epoch-1.3 AppManager for AppImages https://github.com/kem-a/AppManager https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/07/appmanager-appimage-installer-linux https://github.com/VHSgunzo/uruntime FreeBSD Removes All GPL Code https://www.phoronix.com/news/FreeBSD-16-Goes-GPL-Free https://fossforce.com/2026/07/freebsd-16-cleans-house-no-gpl-left-in-the-base-system/ https://www.phoronix.com/news/FreeBSD-Intern-AMD-ROCm https://www.phoronix.com/news/FreeBSD-Laptops-June-2026 https://www.phoronix.com/news/FreeBSD-Desktop-Install-NVIDIA stillOS 10.2 Released https://stillhq.io/stillos-gets-gnome-49-a-better-first-boot-and-major-swai-improvements/ Blender 5.2 LTS Released https://www.blender.org/download/releases/5-2/ Clonezilla Live 3.3.3 Released https://clonezilla.org/downloads/stable/release-notes.php Linux on Sega Genesis and 32X Addon https://cakehonolulu.github.io/linux-on-32x/ https://github.com/LinuxMD/linuxmd https://www.tomshardware.com/software/linux/developer-successfully-ports-linux-to-1994-sega-32x-genesis-and-megadrive-expansion-runs-open-source-os-on-paltry-23mhz-processors-and-256kb-of-ram Support the show https://tuxdigital.com/membership https://store.tuxdigital.com/

video: https://youtu.be/_CXz9L6n0WU This week in Linux, we have a really jam-packed episode for you. Linux Mint says that Cinnamon is ready for Wayland. We also have some drama news that's happening with OpenMandriva. So we're going to talk about that later. Also, we have some gaming news as well as two new distros that I want to show you. And also, Hannah Montana Linux is back, apparently. All of this and more on This Week in Linux, the weekly news show that keeps you up to date with what’s going on in the Linux and Open Source world. Now let's jump right into Your Source for Linux GNews! Download as MP3 Support the Show Become a Patron = tuxdigital.com/membership Store = tuxdigital.com/store Chapters: 00:00 Intro 00:37 TuxDigital Memberships, support the show 01:35 Linux Mint says Cinnamon is Wayland Ready 03:19 Proton 11 Released 04:55 Sabotage in OpenMandriva? 08:49 RakuOS Linux 44 2026.07.05 11:56 Hannah Montana Linux Is Back 16:52 Galactic Mandate Linux 99 19:17 Sony Kills Physical Media for Games 24:33 Stop Killing Games Update 29:05 Outro Links: TuxDigital Memberships, support the show https://tuxdigital.com/membership https://store.tuxdigital.com/ Linux Mint says Cinnamon is Wayland Ready https://blog.linuxmint.com/?p=5046 https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/07/linux-mint-wayland-fully-supported https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/07/linux-mint-cinnamon-is-finally-wayland-ready/ Proton 11 Released https://github.com/ValveSoftware/Proton/releases/tag/proton-11.0-1 https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/07/proton-11-0-1-officially-released-to-expand-windows-games-on-steamos-linux/ https://www.phoronix.com/news/Proton-11.0-1 https://9to5linux.com/proton-11-officially-released-with-support-for-more-games-running-on-linux Sabotage in OpenMandriva? https://forum.openmandriva.org/t/statement-regarding-attempted-distribution-sabotage/8997 https://www.phoronix.com/news/OpenMandriva-Disrupted https://fossforce.com/2026/07/in-an-angry-fit-dev-sabotages-openmandriva-repository/ RakuOS Linux 44 2026.07.05 https://rakuos.org/ https://rakuos.org/forum/channel/releases Hannah Montana Linux Is Back https://youtu.be/VKx5UZsX9jw https://gitlab.com/DecaCagle/hannahmontanalinux26 https://itsfoss.com/news/return-of-hannah-montana-linux/ My version: https://youtu.be/UajWOA-9I2Y Galactic Mandate Linux 99 https://mr-richardson.com/galactic-mandate-linux/ https://distrowatch.com/?newsid=12889 Sony Kills Physical Media for Games https://blog.playstation.com/2026/07/01/physical-disc-production-ending-in-january-2028-for-new-games-releasing-on-playstation-consoles/ https://www.theguardian.com/games/2026/jul/07/playstation-sony-ending-physical-game-production https://www.reddit.com/r/playstation5/comments/1us6b4a/the_definitive_debunk_sony_isnt_killing_physical/ https://slate.com/technology/2026/07/sony-playstation-discs-physical-media.html https://www.ampereanalysis.com/insight/sony-to-drop-support-for-physical-media-confirming-post-disc-gaming-world Stop Killing Games Update https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CgoODQFrPgw https://www.stopkillinggames.com/ https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip_26_1369 https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/06/european-commission-rejects-new-laws-for-stop-destroying-videogames/ https://www.pcgamer.com/games/stop-killing-games-says-the-fight-goes-on-after-european-commission-rejects-proposed-rule-changes-were-much-more-than-just-this-single-petition/ https://www.thegamebusiness.com/p/publishers-score-us-victory-against https://www.gamesindustry.biz/the-california-state-assembly-passes-ab-1921-stop-killing-games-protect-our-games-act https://www.theguardian.com/games/2026/jun/19/stop-killing-games-activists-campaigning-online-gaming

video: https://youtu.be/n36KHHUw31A The Linux news this week was jam packed with distro news, developer releases, and some security topics. We'll take look at new releases from Mageia Linux with Mageia 10, then Fyra Labs has announced Ultramarine Linux 44 and the offensive security distro Kali Linux has a brand new version this week. Plus there was a report of Arbitrary Code Execution vulnerability affecting KDE Plasma. Then we'll take a look at the latest version of Git. All of this and more on This Week in Linux, the weekly news show that keeps you up to date with what’s going on in the Linux and Open Source world. Now let's jump right into Your Source for Linux GNews! Download as MP3 Support the Show Become a Patron = tuxdigital.com/membership Store = tuxdigital.com/store Chapters: 00:00 Intro 00:43 Mageia 10 Released 03:36 Ultramarine Linux 44 Released 06:18 Kali Linux 2026.2 Released 09:29 KDE Plasma Affected by Arbitrary Code Execution 11:59 Git 2.55 Released 14:24 Wine 11.12 Released with Wayland Fractional Scaling 15:58 Microsoft Announces Linux Containers on WSL 18:14 Outro Links: Mageia 10 Released https://www.mageia.org/en/10/ https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Mageia_10_Release_Notes https://www.phoronix.com/news/Mageia-10-Released https://linuxiac.com/mageia-10-revives-the-mandrake-spirit-with-plasma-6-and-kernel-6-18/ https://9to5linux.com/mageia-10-officially-released-with-linux-kernel-6-18-lts-kde-plasma-6-5-and-more Ultramarine Linux 44 Released https://ultramarine-linux.org/ https://blog.fyralabs.com/ultramarine-44-release/ https://linuxiac.com/ultramarine-linux-44-released-with-fedora-44-base-and-desktop-updates/ https://9to5linux.com/ultramarine-44-is-out-based-on-fedora-linux-44-linux-7-0-and-kde-plasma-6-7 Kali Linux 2026.2 Released https://www.kali.org/blog/kali-linux-2026-2-release/ https://linuxiac.com/kali-linux-2026-2-released-with-gnome-50-kde-plasma-6-6-kernel-6-19/ https://9to5linux.com/kali-linux-2026-2-released-with-gnome-50-kde-plasma-6-6-and-new-tools KDE Plasma Affected by Arbitrary Code Execution https://www.mallory.ai/stories/019f2bf6-2236-78c8-835e-af28d529ba9c https://blog.kimiblock.top/2026/07/01/arbitrary-code-execution-in-kde-plasma/ https://invent.kde.org/plasma/plasma-workspace/-/merge_requests/6817 https://www.phoronix.com/news/KDE-Plasma-ACE-New-Window Git 2.55 Released https://about.gitlab.com/blog/whats-new-in-git-2-55-0/ https://github.blog/open-source/git/highlights-from-git-2-55/ https://www.phoronix.com/news/Git-2.55-Released https://lwn.net/Articles/1080188/ Wine 11.12 Released with Wayland Fractional Scaling https://www.winehq.org/news/2026062901 https://gitlab.winehq.org/wine/wine/-/releases/wine-11.12 https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/06/wine-11-12-released-bringing-new-features-like-wayland-fractional-scaling/ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/06/wine-wayland-gains-fractional-scaling-support/ Microsoft Announces Linux Containers on WSL https://devblogs.microsoft.com/commandline/wsl-container-is-now-available-for-public-preview/ https://github.com/microsoft/wsl/releases https://www.phoronix.com/news/Microsoft-Preview-WSL-WSLC Support the show https://tuxdigital.com/membership https://store.tuxdigital.com/

video: https://youtu.be/eb8Evj5nw40 This week's Linux news is packed with all kinds of stuff to talk about from new hardware devices, desktop environments, and a blast from the past. Valve has some exciting news about their new Steam Machine, their latest SteamOS update and also hide your wallets because the Steam Summer Sale is happening right now. Then PINE64 announced a new Home Assistant powered Smart Speaker as a local alternative to Amazon Echos and all those. We've got some desktop news from Xfce as their new Wayland Compositor has Preview Release ready for testing and tinkerers. The COSMIC desktop also has a new release with new features and lots of polish but is it ready to go. Then later we've got a blast from the past because for some reason someone made a Flatpak of GIMP 0.54 the version from 1996. All of this and more on This Week in Linux, the weekly news show that keeps you up to date with what’s going on in the Linux and Open Source world. Now let's jump right into Your Sourcewe are for Linux GNews! Download as MP3 Support the Show Become a Patron = tuxdigital.com/membership Store = tuxdigital.com/store Chapters: 00:00 Intro 01:19 Steam Machine, SteamOS, and Steam Summer Sale 08:14 Akrites from Linux Foundation 11:49 PINE64 Smart Speaker with Home Assistant 14:41 Home Assistant OS 18.0 Released 17:37 GIMP 0.54 as a Flatpak 22:23 COSMIC 1.1 Released 26:46 Xfce’s Wayland Compositor Preview Release 29:08 Outro Links: Steam Machine, SteamOS, and Steam Summer Sale https://store.steampowered.com/news/group/45479024/view/685257114654870245 https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/06/steam-summer-sale-2026-is-live-heres-our-budget-recommendations/ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/06/steam-machine-pricing-and-launch-announced-and-yes-its-pricey/ https://www.phoronix.com/news/Steam-Machine-1049 https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/06/valve-upgraded-the-steamos-installation-image-to-the-big-steamos-3-8-release/ Akrites from Linux Foundation https://akrites.org/ https://akrites.org/linux-foundation-and-industry-leaders-launch-akrites-to-defend-critical-open-source-software-against-ai-enabled-cyber-threats/ https://www.phoronix.com/news/Akrites https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/06/linux-foundation-and-leading-orgs-launch-akrites-to-protect-open-source-from-ai-threats/ https://lwn.net/Articles/1079657/ PINE64 Smart Speaker with Home Assistant https://pine64.org/documentation/PineVoice/ https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/06/pine64-pinevoice-riscv-smart-speaker-launch https://itsfoss.com/news/pinevoice-smart-speaker/ Home Assistant OS 18.0 Released https://www.home-assistant.io/ https://www.home-assistant.io/blog/2026/06/23/the-matter-upgrade-youve-been-waiting-for/ https://github.com/home-assistant/operating-system/releases/tag/18.0 GIMP 0.54 as a Flatpak https://gimp-0-54-410d78.pages.gitlab.gnome.org/ https://fossforce.com/2026/06/its-1996-all-over-again-on-the-new-gimp-0-54-flatpak/ https://www.phoronix.com/news/GIMP-0.54-Flatpak https://www.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/1ub8xae/gimp_v054_from_1996_with_motif_toolkit_now/ COSMIC 1.1 Released https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/06/cosmic-desktop-update-system-monitor https://www.phoronix.com/news/COSMIC-Epoch-1.1 https://9to5linux.com/cosmic-1-1-desktop-environment-released-with-cosmic-monitor-more-improvements Xfce’s Wayland Compositor Preview Release https://www.spurint.org/journal/2026/06/xfwl4s-first-preview-release https://www.phoronix.com/news/Xfwl4-First-Release https://linuxiac.com/xfce-wayland-compositor-gets-its-first-preview-release/ Support the show https://tuxdigital.com/membership https://store.tuxdigital.com/

video: https://youtu.be/RCmZKZB-Mf8 The Linux News this week was jam packed. Linus Torvalds announced a new release of the Linux kernel. KDE announced a new release of the Plasma desktop. We've got an update on the AUR Malware from last week, it got better and then worse. Commodore revealed their next product, the Commodore Callback a Smart dumb phone. Yea I know. Plus there's some rumbles going on about the Return of Antergos Linux, we'll talk about that All of this and more on This Week in Linux, the weekly news show that keeps you up to date with what’s going on in the Linux and Open Source world. Now let's jump right into Your Source for Linux GNews! Download as MP3 Support the Show Become a Patron = tuxdigital.com/membership Store = tuxdigital.com/store Chapters: 00:00 Intro 00:50 Linux 7.1 Released 03:36 KDE Plasma 6.7 Released 08:40 Antergos Linux Returns?! 16:08 AUR Malware Update for Arch Linux Users 19:39 Commodore Callback, a Smart Dumbphone 25:48 Epic Games Launches Lore Version Control System 28:24 DistroWatch Goes Down, Backups Save the Day 29:59 Outro Links: Linux 7.1 Released https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/06/linux-7-1-kernel-features https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-7.1-Released https://9to5linux.com/linux-kernel-7-1-officially-released-heres-whats-new https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/06/linux-kernel-7-1-out-now-with-new-ntfs-driver-lots-of-hardware-improvements/ KDE Plasma 6.7 Released https://kde.org/announcements/plasma/6/6.7.0/ https://quantumproductions.info/articles/2026-05/union-spring-2026-update Antergos Linux Returns?! https://github.com/Antergos-NeXT https://9to5linux.com/first-look-at-antergos-next-a-modern-revival-of-antergos-linux-with-kde-plasma https://distrowatch.com/dwres.php?resource=showheadline&story=20201 AUR Malware Update for Arch Linux Users https://lwn.net/Articles/1077619/ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/06/the-security-situation-with-the-arch-linux-aur-got-a-lot-worse/ https://www.phoronix.com/news/Arch-Linux-AUR-More-Malware https://www.phoronix.com/news/Arch-Linux-AUR-More-Than-1500 https://itsfoss.com/news/yay-v13-release/ https://itsfoss.com/news/arch-linux-aur-malware-flood/ https://fossforce.com/2026/06/arch-says-alls-clear-after-aur-malware-incident-affects-1500-packages/ https://fossforce.com/2026/06/aur-registrations-blocked-amid-ongoing-malware-mess/ https://fossforce.com/2026/06/aur-to-arch-houston-weve-got-a-problem-were-under-attack-again/ https://www.phoronix.com/news/Arch-Linux-AUR-Russian-Spam Commodore Callback, a Smart Dumbphone https://commodore.net/callback/ https://itsfoss.com/news/commodore-callback-8020-launch/ https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2026/06/commodores-newest-gadget-is-a-flip-phone-that-blocks-social-media-and-browsers/ https://www.tomshardware.com/phones/commodore-announces-linux-based-flip-phone-with-no-social-media-no-browser-the-callback-8020-will-be-available-in-five-retro-colorways-starting-at-usd499-runs-99-percent-of-android-apps https://www.wired.com/story/commodore-callback-8020-is-a-digital-detox-phone-that-isnt-dumb/ Epic Games Launches Lore Version Control System https://lore.org/ https://www.phoronix.com/news/Epic-Games-Lore-VCS https://itsfoss.com/news/lore-launched/ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/06/unreal-engine-6-is-all-about-generative-ai-fortnite-and-the-verse/ https://www.theregister.com/devops/2026/06/17/git-good-with-epic-games-new-open-source-vcs-lore/5257978 DistroWatch Goes Down, Backups Save the Day https://distrowatch.com/ https://www.patreon.com/distrowatch/posts/server-outage-161521259 https://mastodon.social/@distrowatch Support the show https://tuxdigital.com/membership https://store.tuxdigital.com/

video: https://youtu.be/86dRcm8BKI0 This week in Linux, we have some distro news like a new release of NixOS and some unfortunate security news for Arch users. Plus we'll check out the new RTX Spark Superchip that Nvidia announced and it's time to celebrate 25 years of DistroWatch as they reached this massive milestone this week! All of this and more on This Week in Linux, the weekly news show that keeps you up to date with what’s going on in the Linux and Open Source world. Now let's jump right into Your Source for Linux GNews! Download as MP3 Support the Show Become a Patron = tuxdigital.com/membership Store = tuxdigital.com/store Chapters: 00:00 Intro 00:47 DistroWatch.com Celebrates 25 Years 09:56 NVIDIA RTX Spark "Superchip" 16:31 NixOS 26.05 Released 18:50 Arch Linux's AUR Compromised with Malware 27:06 T2 Linux 26.6 Released 29:51 Homebrew 6.0 Released 33:30 Microsoft Coreutils, Wait! What? 37:23 Outro Links: DistroWatch.com Celebrates 25 Years https://distrowatch.com/ https://distrowatch.com/weekly.php?issue=20260601#sitenews NVIDIA RTX Spark "Superchip" https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/products/rtx-spark/ https://nvidianews.nvidia.com/news/nvidia-microsoft-windows-pcs-agents-rtx-spark https://www.phoronix.com/news/NVIDIA-RTX-Spark https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/products/workstations/dgx-spark/ NixOS 26.05 Released https://nixos.org/blog/announcements/2026/nixos-2605/ Arch Linux's AUR Compromised with Malware https://archlinux.org/news/active-aur-malicious-packages-incident/ https://www.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/1u3alhe/comment/or3vhax/ https://discuss.cachyos.org/t/aur-compromised-400-packages-affected-20260611/31040 https://www.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/1u3alhe/roughly_400_aur_packages_compromised/ My Video = https://youtu.be/LunA3n_cRvU T2 Linux 26.6 Released https://t2linux.com/download/26.6 https://9to5linux.com/t2-linux-26-3-is-out-with-fully-reproducible-wayland-based-kde-plasma-experience https://distrowatch.com/?newsid=12864 Homebrew 6.0 Released https://brew.sh/2026/06/11/homebrew-6.0.0/ Microsoft Coreutils, Wait! What? https://github.com/microsoft/coreutils https://itsfoss.com/news/windows-coreutils/ https://www.phoronix.com/news/MS-Coreutils-For-Windows Support the show https://tuxdigital.com/membership https://store.tuxdigital.com/

video: https://youtu.be/bdyl-BXlV9s This week in Linux, we got yet another vulnerability in the Linux kernel to talk about. Is it something to be scared of or is it being blown out of proportion? Stay tuned to find out. Plus we have some great news from the KDE team about a new release of Plasma and new funding to the project. Then we'll talk about some interesting work done over on the Fedora side with Fedora Hummingbird and what that can mean for the future of Linux systems. And two years ago, on episode 256 of TWIL, I talked about how the HDMI Forum was actively getting in the way of Open Source but apparently, it seems things might have changed and they might be finally getting it. All of this and more on This Week in Linux, the weekly news show that keeps you up to date with what’s going on in the Linux and Open Source world. Now let's jump right into Your Source for Linux GNews! Download as MP3 Support the Show Become a Patron = tuxdigital.com/membership Store = tuxdigital.com/store Chapters: 00:00 Intro 00:54 Fragnesia Linux Vulnerability 05:49 €1.2 Million for KDE from Sovereign Tech Fund 09:40 KDE Plasma 6.7 Beta 12:46 Fedora Hummingbird Announced 16:36 Project Bluefin Dakota Alpha 2 21:50 Hyprland 0.55 Released 26:00 HDMI might be finally getting Open Source 30:05 Outro Links: Fragnesia Linux Vulnerability https://lwn.net/Articles/1072647/ https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-Fragnesia https://ubuntu.com/blog/fragnesia-linux-vulnerability-fixes-available https://almalinux.org/blog/2026-05-13-fragnesia-cve-2026-46300/ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/05/fragnesia-and-ssh-keysign-pwn-are-the-latest-linux-security-problems/ https://github.com/v12-security/pocs/tree/main/fragnesia €1.2 Million for KDE from Sovereign Tech Fund https://kde.org/announcements/sovereign-tech-fund-invests-kde/ https://www.sovereign.tech/tech/kde https://www.sovereign.tech/programs/fund https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/05/kde-sovereign-tech-fund-grant https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/05/kde-gets-over-1-million-in-funding-from-the-sovereign-tech-fund/ https://www.phoronix.com/news/KDE-1M-EUR-Investment KDE Plasma 6.7 Beta https://kde.org/announcements/plasma/6/6.6.90/ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/05/kde-plasma-6-7-beta-arrives-with-plasma-bigscreen-new-union-theme-system/ https://www.phoronix.com/news/KDE-Plasma-6.7-Beta-Released https://www.phoronix.com/news/Plasma-6.7-Beta-Big-Screen https://community.kde.org/Plasma/Plasma_6 https://community.kde.org/Schedules/Plasma_6 https://thisweekinlinux.com/99 Fedora Hummingbird Announced https://www.redhat.com/en/about/press-releases/fedora-hummingbird-linux-brings-agentic-linux-builders https://fedoramagazine.org/fedora-hummingbird-linux-taking-the-hummingbird-model-to-the-full-os/ https://itsfoss.com/news/fedora-hummingbird-images/ https://www.phoronix.com/news/KDE-1M-EUR-Investment https://discussion.fedoraproject.org/t/fedora-hummingbird-taking-the-hummingbird-model-to-the-full-operating-system/191184/37 https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2026/04/28/exploring-distroless-containers-project-hummingbird https://hummingbird-project.io/ Project Bluefin Dakota Alpha 2 https://docs.projectbluefin.io/blog/dakota-alpha-1/ https://docs.projectbluefin.io/blog/the-dinosaur-and-the-hummingbird/ https://docs.projectbluefin.io/blog/making-our-own-fate/ https://projectbluefin.io/dakota/ https://github.com/projectbluefin/dakota Hyprland 0.55 Released https://hypr.land/news/update55/ https://hypr.land/news/26_lua https://www.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/1t8bopd/hyprland_055_is_out_completes_the_transition_to_a/ HDMI might be finally getting Open Source https://www.phoronix.com/news/AMDGPU-HDMI-2.1-FRL-Patches https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/05/expanded-amd-hdmi-2-1-support-is-coming-to-linux/ https://www.phoronix.com/news/HDMI-2.1-DSC-AMDGPU-FRL https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/05/further-expanded-amd-hdmi-2-1-support-is-coming-to-linux-now-with-frl-and-dsc/ https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-7.2-AMDGPU-FRL-Regs https://www.hdmi.org/announce/detail/172 https://thisweekinlinux.com/256 Support the show https://tuxdigital.com/membership https://store.tuxdigital.com/

video: https://youtu.be/zRqYZ7iiU7o This week in Linux, we've got a new release from Bazzite 44 based on the new Fedora 44. Then we've got some Arch Linux related releases with a new CachyOS and a new ISO from Arch itself. Plus we're going to take a look at an upcoming event called the Linux App Summit as well as the recent vulnerability news that is making waves with Copy Fail & Dirty Frag. All of this and more on This Week in Linux, the weekly news show that keeps you up to date with what’s going on in the Linux and Open Source world. Now let's jump right into Your Source for Linux GNews! Download as MP3 Support the Show Become a Patron = tuxdigital.com/membership Store = tuxdigital.com/store Chapters: 00:00 Intro 00:41 Bazzite 44 Released 04:49 CachyOS April 2026 Release 08:21 Arch Linux with 7.0 11:46 Copy Fail & Dirty Frag Vulnerabilities 20:51 Linux App Summit from GNOME & KDE 23:42 Mesa 26.1 Released 26:49 GhostBSD 26.1 Released 29:41 Outro Links: Bazzite 44 Released https://universal-blue.discourse.group/t/bazzite-44-update/12092 https://fedoramagazine.org/whats-new-fedora-atomic-desktops-in-fedora-linux-44/ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/04/bazzite-linux-44-lands-for-desktop-gamers-and-its-a-big-release/ CachyOS April 2026 Release https://cachyos.org/blog/2604-april-release/ https://www.phoronix.com/news/CachyOS-April-2026 https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/04/cachyos-april-2026-release-brings-a-new-package-manager-and-even-more-optimizations/ https://www.phoronix.com/news/CachyOS-Super-Charged-Linux-7.0 https://9to5linux.com/cachyos-iso-release-for-april-2026-brings-shelly-as-default-gui-package-manager Arch Linux with 7.0 https://archlinux.org/releng/releases/2026.05.01/ https://9to5linux.com/first-arch-linux-iso-powered-by-linux-kernel-7-0-is-now-available-for-download https://linuxiac.com/arch-linux-may-iso-is-out-with-linux-kernel-7-0/ https://9to5linux.com/archinstall-4-3-arch-linux-installer-adds-support-for-installing-additional-fonts Copy Fail & Dirty Frag Vulnerabilities Copy Fail: https://copy.fail/ https://itsfoss.com/news/copy-fail-linux-exploit/ https://9to5linux.com/copy-fail-linux-kernel-vulnerability-now-patched-in-debian-ubuntu-and-others https://www.theregister.com/security/2026/05/05/copyfail-attackers-start-cashing-in-on-linux-flaw/5226930 https://xint.io/blog/copy-fail-linux-distributions https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2026/05/01/cve-2026-31431-copy-fail-vulnerability-enables-linux-root-privilege-escalation/ Dirty Frag: https://github.com/V4bel/dirtyfrag https://almalinux.org/blog/2026-05-07-dirty-frag/ https://ubuntu.com//blog/dirty-frag-linux-vulnerability-fixes-available https://lwn.net/Articles/1071719/ https://www.phoronix.com/news/Dirty-Frag-Linux Linux App Summit from GNOME & KDE https://linuxappsummit.org/ https://kde.org/community/calendar/2026/las-2026/ https://blogs.gnome.org/aday/2026/02/19/gnome-foundation-update-2026-02-19/ Mesa 26.1 Released https://mesa3d.org/ https://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/mesa-dev/2026-May/226637.html https://www.phoronix.com/news/Mesa-26.1-Released https://9to5linux.com/mesa-26-1-open-source-graphics-stack-officially-released-heres-whats-new https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/05/mesa-26-1-0-released-bringing-lots-of-linux-graphics-driver-enhancements/ GhostBSD 26.1 Released https://www.ghostbsd.org/ https://ghostbsd.org/news/GhostBSD_26.1-R15.0p2_Is_Now_Available https://www.phoronix.com/news/GhostBSD-26.1-R15.0p2 https://www.theregister.com/2026/02/24/ghostbsd_plans_to_adopt_xlibre/ Support the show https://tuxdigital.com/membership https://store.tuxdigital.com/

video: https://youtu.be/by87gJcTTzA This week in Linux, we have a TON of distro news to talk about with release from Ubuntu and Fedora. Ubuntu 26.04 LTS and Fedora Linux 44 were released recently. That's not all, we also have releases Zorin OS and more. We also have some exciting hardware news from Valve and Framework. Valve revealed the date and price for their new Steam Controller. Framework recently had their [Next Gen] event where they revealed a bunch of cool stuff including the new Framework Laptop 13 Pro which they described it as the Macbook Pro for Linux users. All of this and more on This Week in Linux, the weekly news show that keeps you up to date with what’s going on in the Linux and Open Source world. Now let's jump right into Your Source for Linux GNews! Download as MP3 Support the Show Become a Patron = tuxdigital.com/membership Store = tuxdigital.com/store Chapters: 00:00 Intro 00:51 Ubuntu 26.04 LTS Released 08:33 Ubuntu's AI Future 12:29 Fedora Linux 44 Released 16:15 Framework Laptop 13 Pro & more 24:46 Valve Steam Controller 26:51 Zorin OS 18.1 Released 31:23 Trisquel 12 Released 34:54 Linux Mint 23 coming this Christmas plus HWE ISOs 39:47 Outro Links: Ubuntu 26.04 LTS Released https://canonical.com/blog/canonical-releases-ubuntu-26-04-lts-resolute-raccoon https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/04/ubuntu-26-04-lts-released https://itsfoss.com/ubuntu-26-04-faq/ https://www.phoronix.com/news/Ubuntu-26.04-LTS https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/04/ubuntu-26-04-resolute-raccoon-lts-is-out-now/ Ubuntu's AI Future https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/the-future-of-ai-in-ubuntu/81130 https://fossforce.com/2026/04/from-copilot-to-canonical-how-ubuntu-plans-to-add-ai-without-taking-over-your-pc/ https://www.phoronix.com/news/Ubuntu-AI-Kill-Switch-Opt-In https://itsfoss.com/news/ubuntu-is-getting-ai/ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/04/canonical-clarify-their-ai-plans-for-ubuntu-linux-opt-in-and-easy-to-remove/ Fedora Linux 44 Released https://fedoramagazine.org/announcing-fedora-linux-44/ https://fedoramagazine.org/whats-new-in-fedora-kde-plasma-desktop-44/ https://fedoramagazine.org/whats-new-fedora-workstation-44/ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/04/fedora-linux-44-is-out-now-as-one-of-the-best-linux-distributions/ https://www.phoronix.com/news/Fedora-44-Released https://lwn.net/Articles/1070198/ Framework Laptop 13 Pro & more https://frame.work/nextgen https://frame.work/laptop13pro https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/04/framework-13-pro-ubuntu-certified https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/04/framework-laptop-13-pro-revealed-with-major-changes-and-great-linux-support/ https://www.phoronix.com/news/Framework-Laptop-13-Pro Valve Steam Controller https://store.steampowered.com/news/group/45479024/view/508485755865137686 https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/04/the-new-steam-controller-releases-may-4th/ https://www.phoronix.com/news/Steam-Controller-4-May Zorin OS 18.1 Released https://blog.zorin.com/2026/04/15/zorin-os-18.1-is-released/ https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/04/zorin-os-18-1-released https://9to5linux.com/zorin-os-18-1-boosts-windows-app-support-by-40-improves-window-tiling Trisquel 12 Released https://trisquel.info/en/trisquel-120-ecne-release-announcement https://9to5linux.com/trisquel-gnu-linux-12-0-lts-released-with-gnu-linux-libre-6-8-kernel-mate-1-26 https://www.phoronix.com/news/Trisquel-12-Linux Linux Mint 23 coming this Christmas plus HWE ISOs https://blog.linuxmint.com/?p=5019 https://blog.linuxmint.com/?p=5022 https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/04/linux-mint-next-release-christmas-2026 https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/04/linux-mint-confirm-longer-release-cycles-the-next-release-is-planned-for-christmas-2026/ https://www.phoronix.com/news/Mint-23-Alfa https://9to5linux.com/linux-mint-will-adopt-a-longer-development-cycle-starting-with-linux-mint-23 https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/04/linux-mint-hwe-isos-announced#google_vignette https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-Mint-HWE-ISOs https://9to5linux.com/linux-mint-22-3-hwe-isos-now-available-for-download-with-linux-kernel-6-17 Support the show https://tuxdigital.com/membership https://store.tuxdigital.com/