📰 Linux Prepares For New USB-C Security Feature On Lenovo ThinkPads

Newer Lenovo ThinkPad systems feature a security feature called USB-C Security Restricted Mode that is in the process of being wired up for reporting under Linux...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/ThinkPad-USB-C-Restricted-Mode

#linux

📰 Wireshark 4.6.7 Released with Updated Protocol Support, Bug and Security Fixes

Wireshark 4.6.7 open-source network protocol analyzer is now available for download with updated protocol and capture file support, as well as various bug and security fixes.

🔗 Source: https://9to5linux.com/wireshark-4-6-7-released-with-updated-protocol-support-bug-and-security-fixes

#opensource

📰 MINISFORUM MS-03 is a compact Panther Lake PC with 10 Gigabit LAN and a PCIe slot

Chinese mini PC maker MINISFORUM unveiled its first mini PC with an Intel Core Ultra (Series 3) “Panther Lake” processor during CES: the upcoming MINISFORUM M2 Pro is a small computer with support for up to an Intel Core Ultra X9 388H processor, 12-core Intel Arc B390 graphics, and up to 96GB of LPDDR5x-9600 memory. .

🔗 Source: https://liliputing.com/minisforum-introduces-ms-03-mini-pc-with-intel-panther-lake/

#intel

📰 KDE Plasma users face a dire omen of change: 6.6.6 arrives

6.7 is now current, and in 6.8 you're getting Wayland whether you like it or not.

🔗 Source: https://www.theregister.com/os-platforms/2026/07/09/kde-plasma-users-face-a-dire-omen-of-change-666-arrives/5269267

#kde #plasma #wayland

📰 Wayland 1.26 RC1 Released With New Event To Help Ensure Correct Pointer Coordinates

In addition to Weston 16 nearing release and its release candidate out today, the Wayland 1.26 release candidate was just issued with a few notable changes on top of the more typical bug fixing...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Wayland-1.26-RC1

#wayland

📰 15-Year-Old Linux Kernel GhostLock Flaw Lets Local Users Gain Root

CVE-2026-43499, dubbed GhostLock by Nebula Security, exposes a long-standing Linux kernel futex bug that can lead to local root access.

🔗 Source: https://linuxiac.com/15-year-old-linux-kernel-ghostlock-flaw-lets-local-users-gain-root/

#kernel #linux

📰 Crowdfunding begins for Open Book Touch, an open source eReader

The Open Book Touch is an eBook reader with a small, front-lit E ink display, a microSD card slot for storage, and support for EPUB and TXT files. But what really makes it different from most eReaders is that it’s a fully open source device with unusual (for eReader) features like a user-replaceable battery. Not only .

🔗 Source: https://liliputing.com/crowdfunding-begins-for-open-book-touch-an-open-source-ereader/

#opensource

📰 Graviton5 CPU Benchmarks: 30% Geo Mean Improvement Over Graviton4

After originally announcing Graviton5 last December, recently AWS finally made the M9g and M9gd instances generally available as the first featuring these new in-house ARM server processors for the EC2 cloud. Graviton5 makes use of Arm Neoverse-V3 cores compared to Neoverse-V2 with Graviton4, support up to 192 cores, and feature a higher 3.3GHz clock speed compared to 2.8GHz on the prior-generation Graviton CPUs.

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/review/aws-graviton5

#arm

📰 Fedora Governance Changes Take Effect as Project Refines Leadership, Policy, and Contributor Oversight

by George WhittakerA series of Fedora governance updates are now taking effect, marking another step in the project's ongoing effort to modernize decision-making processes, improve transparency, and better support Fedora's growing contributor community. The changes come as the Fedora Council and other leadership bodies continue refining how one of the Linux world's largest community-driven projects is managed.

🔗 Source: https://www.linuxjournal.com/content/fedora-governance-changes-take-effect-project-refines-leadership-policy-and-contributor

#fedora #linux

📰 PipeWire 1.6.8 Improves JACK/MIDI Support for Ardour, SOFA Filter, and More

PipeWire 1.6.8 audio/video server for Linux is now available for download with improved JACK support for Ardour, filter-graph improvements, memory leak fixes, and more.

🔗 Source: https://9to5linux.com/pipewire-1-6-8-improves-jack-midi-support-for-ardour-sofa-filter-and-more

#linux

📰 This amazing Raspberry Pi 5-powered device can visualise wireless signals around you

Wireless signals are all around us; in fact, there's a good chance the device you're reading this on is emitting one. But what if the human eye could detect these signals? What would the world look like then?

🔗 Source: https://www.xda-developers.com/this-amazing-raspberry-pi-5-powered-device-can-visualise-wireless-signals-around-you/

#raspberry

📰 AMD Enabling CACP Feature On Linux For Greater OLED Power Savings

Today's batch of AMDGPU Display Code "DC" updates bring a few noteworthy items for benefiting modern hardware under Linux...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/AMDGPU-DC-Enabling-CACP

#amd #linux

📰 Red Hat offers RHEL support ‘forever’ for those who need to lock in to legacy tech

Red Hat has created a new support offering for its flagship Enterprise Linux that it characterizes as “RHEL forever” and has “no pre-determined end date.”

🔗 Source: https://www.theregister.com/os-platforms/2026/07/10/red-hat-offers-rhel-support-forever-for-those-who-need-to-lock-in-to-legacy-tech/5269640

#linux

📰 Steam Machine and SteamOS compatibility ratings appear on Steam

After a bit of a wait, Valve have now rolled out Steam Machine and SteamOS compatibility ratings to the Steam store and mobile app.Read the full article on GamingOnLinux.

🔗 Source: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/07/steam-machine-and-steamos-compatibility-ratings-appear-on-steam/

#steam

📰 DankMaterialShell 1.5 Adds Frame Mode for a More Polished Wayland Desktop

DMS 1.5 introduces Frame Mode, calendar integration, display profiles, and Hyprland Lua configs for a more complete Wayland desktop experience.

🔗 Source: https://linuxiac.com/dankmaterialshell-1-5-adds-frame-mode-for-a-more-polished-wayland-desktop/

#wayland

📰 HiZ Plane Optimization Merged For Intel Vulkan Linux Driver For Some Performance Benefit

After two years being on the TODO list for a possible performance optimization, the Intel open-source "ANV" Vulkan driver has now merged an HiZ plane optimization that can yield up to a few percent frame-rate improvement for Linux gaming/graphics on newer Intel integrated and discrete graphics hardware...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Intel-HiZ-Plane-Optimization

#intel #linux #opensource

📰 Linux DT Patches Provide Very Basic Support For Apple M3 Pro / Max / Ultra

Upstreamed for the Linux 7.2 kernel was initial support for booting Linux on the Apple M3 SoC devices. But just the barebones suppport for booting with not yet any accelerated graphics or other typical function needed for daily use of M3 Apple devices on Linux, just booting to a console. Now this work is complemented by additional Device Tree patches for also booting M3 Pro / Max / Ultra devices on Linux...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-DT-Apple-M3-Pro-Max-Ultra

#kernel #linux

📰 Linux 7.3 Enabling Second Graphics Pipe For Modern AMD APUs

AMD on Thursday sent out another round of AMDGPU kernel graphics driver and AMDKFD kernel compute driver updates to DRM-Next of new feature material ahead of the Linux 7.3 merge window...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-7.3-Second-Pipe-GFX11-APU

#amd #kernel #linux

📰 I ditched Chrome and Firefox for this snappy open-source browser, and it exceeded expectations

Google Chrome might be one of the three most recognizable web browsers for Windows, topping Microsoft's pre-installed Edge and Mozilla Firefox, built on the Gecko engine. While Chrome and Edge share the Chromium underpinnings, they aren't the lone exemplars of the engine's capabilities. Since Chromium is open-source, it has spawned an array of web browsers that hope to edge out Chrome (pun intended) with distinct features.

🔗 Source: https://www.xda-developers.com/i-ditched-chrome-and-firefox-for-this-snappy-open-source-browser-and-it-exceeded-expectations/

#chromium #firefox #opensource

📰 Mesa's Rusticl Now Enables Arm Mali Panfrost Driver Support By Default

A change upstreamed to Mesa by an Arm engineer now enables the Panfrost Gallium3D driver for Arm Mali graphics to work with the Rusticl driver by default...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Mesa-Rusticl-Panfrost-Default

#arm

📰 Ubuntu 26.10 retires dbus-daemon after 22 year run as default

Ubuntu 26.10 is replacing its D-Bus implementation for the first time since 2004, swapping dbus-daemon for dbus-broker – a change end-users are unlikely to notice. Processes on your desktop talk to each other and to the host system using D-Bus, a ‘message’ bus. This is what the Ubuntu Dock uses to show unread-count badges for apps, what tells your desktop a USB drive has been plugged in, and so on. Two buses are in play.

🔗 Source: https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/07/ubuntu-26-10-dbus-broker

#ubuntu