📰 Mesa 26.0 Released With Much Better Radeon Ray-Tracing, Many Vulkan Driver Improvements

Mesa 26.0 was just officially released as this quarter's new feature release for these open-source OpenGL / Gallium3D and Vulkan drivers used commonly on Linux systems and elsewhere like within the confines of Microsoft's WSL...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Mesa-26.0-Released

#open-source #linux

📰 AMD's 3D V-Cache is still the best gaming upgrade money can buy

Almost 4 years on, it's still the game-changer it used to be.

🔗 Source: https://www.xda-developers.com/amds-3d-v-cache-is-still-the-best-gaming-upgrade-money-can-buy/

#amd

📰 Linux Mint may publish fewer updates a year, but that's not necessarily a bad thing

Linux distros come in all kinds of shapes and sizes, and there is no "strictly better" distro out there. It all comes down to what you want from your OS and how you want it to act. For instance, I adore how Fedora introduces updates at a rapid rate, but other people will want their OS to take things easy and not cram in new features until it has undergone rigorous testing.

🔗 Source: https://www.xda-developers.com/linux-mint-may-publish-fewer-updates-a-year-but-thats-not-necessarily-a-bad-thing/

#fedora #linux #distro

📰 Linux 7.0 Graphics Drivers See New AMD Hardware, Intel Xe SR-IOV + Multi-Device SVM

The massive set of Linux kernel graphics/display driver Direct Rendering Manager (DRM) updates were sent out and merged today for the Linux 7.0 kernel. This also includes the growing work around accelerator "accel" drivers for AI NPUs and the like...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-7.0-Graphics-Drivers

#intel #kernel #linux #amd

📰 Media Driver Updates Merged For Linux 7.0 - Still Without The AMD ISP4 Driver

All of the media subsystem driver updates have been merged for the in-development Linux 7.0 kernel and brings some new work around AV1 acceleration as well as other driver updates...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-7.0-Media

#kernel #linux #amd

📰 Linux Mint Wants Fewer Releases Each Year (For Good Reasons)

Lead developer says frequent releases leave little time for development.

🔗 Source: https://itsfoss.com/news/linux-mint-longer-release-cycle/

#linux

📰 Steam Deck completely out of stock in the US, Canada and Asia

Seems like the component shortages thanks to AI may have finally hit Valve, as in the US and Canada all models of Steam Deck are completely out of stock.Read the full article on GamingOnLinux.

🔗 Source: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/02/steam-deck-completely-out-of-stock-in-the-us-canada-and-asia/

#steam

📰 Media Driver Updates Merged For Linux 7.0 - Still Without The AMD ISP4 Driver

All of the media subsystem driver updates have been merged for the in-development Linux 7.0 kernel and brings some new work around AV1 acceleration as well as other driver updates...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-7.0-Media

#kernel #linux #amd

📰 Is Ubuntu Treating Its Users as If They Can’t Be Trusted?

Canonical drops the Software & Updates tool from Ubuntu 26.04 LTS defaults, citing usability and maintenance concerns.

🔗 Source: https://linuxiac.com/is-ubuntu-treating-its-users-as-if-they-cant-be-trusted/

#ubuntu

📰 Lazarus Campaign Plants Malicious Packages in npm and PyPI Ecosystems

Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a fresh set of malicious packages across npm and the Python Package Index (PyPI) repository linked to a fake recruitment-themed campaign orchestrated by the North Korea-linked Lazarus Group.The coordinated campaign has been codenamed graphalgo in reference to the first package published in the npm registry. It's assessed to be active since May 2025.".

🔗 Source: https://thehackernews.com/2026/02/lazarus-campaign-plants-malicious.html

#python

📰 AMD Video Decode Now Unified Between RadeonSI & RADV Vulkan Video

Merged today to Mesa 26.1-devel is unifying of the AMD video decode implementation between the RadeonSI Gallium3D and RADV Vulkan drivers...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/AMD-RadeonSI-RADV-Video-Unified

#amd

📰 EXT4 In Linux 7.0 Improves Write Performance For Concurrent Direct I/O Writes

Sent out and already merged today for the Linux 7.0 kernel are the EXT4 file-system updates...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-7.0-EXT4

#kernel #linux

📰 XFS Introducing Autonomous Self-Healing Capabilities With Linux 7.0

The XFS file-system has some interesting new feature work and performance tuning with the Linux 7.0 kernel that will be used by the likes of Fedora 44 and Ubuntu 26.04 LTS this spring...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/XFS-Linux-7.0

#fedora #kernel #linux #ubuntu

📰 Someone used an Arduino to turn the Lego NASA Artemis SLS set into an alarm clock

If you drew a Venn diagram including people who like tinkering with electronics and people who enjoy playing with Lego, you end up with just a circle. We've seen plenty of times in the past where people have combined the two, such as these projects that combine a Raspberry Pi with Lego.

🔗 Source: https://www.xda-developers.com/someone-used-arduino-turn-the-lego-nasa-artemis-sls-set-into-an-alarm-clock/

#raspberry

📰 A Few More ASUS Motherboards Now Support Sensor Reporting With Linux 7.0

All of the hardware monitoring "HWMON" subsystem updates have been merged for the ongoing Linux 7.0 merge window...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-7.0-HWMON

#linux

📰 Haiku OS Lands Improved Touchpad Support, Still Working Toward Beta 6

The Haiku open-source operating system project inspired by BeOS kicked off 2026 by making many improvements to its kernel, device drivers, and user-space software...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Haiku-OS-January-2026

#kernel #opensource

📰 Take Control of systemd with This Rust-Based TUI Tool

systemd-manager-tui provides an interactive TUI for systemd, offering service control, log viewing, and unit inspection in one place.

🔗 Source: https://linuxiac.com/take-control-of-systemd-with-this-rust-based-tui-tool/

#systemd

📰 Sheaves Ready To Play A Bigger Role In Linux 7.0

The slab memory allocator feature updates have been merged for the Linux 7.0 kernel. Most notable this cycle is expanded use of the recently-introduced Sheaves functionality...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-7.0-Slab-Sheaves

#kernel #linux

📰 OldUnreal add new installers for Unreal Tournament 2004, Unreal Tournament: GOTY and Unreal Gold

Along with their new installers for each classic game, they have a big Unreal Tournament 2004 patch in preview with overhauled Linux and macOS support.Read the full article on GamingOnLinux.

🔗 Source: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/02/oldunreal-add-new-installers-for-unreal-tournament-2004-unreal-tournament-goty-and-unreal-gold/

#linux

📰 KDE Frameworks 6.23 Improves the Open/Save Dialogs Across Plasma and KDE Apps

KDE Frameworks 6.23 open-source software suite is out now with various improvements and bug fixes for KDE apps and the Plasma desktop. Here’s what’s new!

🔗 Source: https://9to5linux.com/kde-frameworks-6-23-improves-the-open-save-dialogs-across-plasma-and-kde-apps

#plasma #opensource #kde

📰 NVIDIA Posts Open-Source Nouveau GSP Driver Support For GA100

One of the latest NVIDIA open-source contributions this week wasn't for the in-development Nova kernel driver but for enhancing the existing Nouveau kernel driver. The patch posted is for bringing up the NVIDIA GA100 GPU under Nouveau using the GPU System Processor (GSP)...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Nouveau-GSP-NVIDIA-GA100

#kernel #opensource