📰 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

📰 Pop!_OS Rolls Out Its "Frosted Glass" Desktop Style For COSMIC

System76 developers have for the past number of weeks been working on developing a "frosted glass" appearance for the COSMIC desktop environment featured on their Pop!_OS Linux distribution. For Pop!_OS users this frosted glass feature is now available and will become more widespread for other Linux distributions once the next COSMIC release is formally tagged...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/COSMIC-Frosted-Glass-Arrives

#linux

📰 This open-source camera turns your Raspberry Pi Zero 2 W into an 80s-styled delight

Back in March, we covered an open-source camera called the Saturnix. Back then, it was a work-in-progress, but it was still cool enough to check out. The creator said they'd get something out as soon as they could, but much like everything else in life, it took more time than expected.

🔗 Source: https://www.xda-developers.com/this-open-source-camera-turns-your-raspberry-pi-zero-2-w-into-an-80s-styled-delight/

#opensource #raspberry

📰 Azure Linux 4.0 Released: Microsoft Expands Its Enterprise Linux Platform Beyond the Cloud

by George WhittakerMicrosoft has officially unveiled Azure Linux 4.0, the latest version of its open-source Linux distribution designed for cloud infrastructure, enterprise workloads, and modern data centers. Formerly known as CBL-Mariner, Azure Linux has powered Microsoft's internal cloud services for years, but version 4.

🔗 Source: https://www.linuxjournal.com/content/azure-linux-40-released-microsoft-expands-its-enterprise-linux-platform-beyond-cloud

#linux #opensource

📰 Valve fix up Marvel Rivals on SteamOS / Linux with Proton Hotfix

Another constantly updated game that broke with newer Proton recently is Marvel Rivals, but now thanks to Valve it should work again with Proton Hotfix.Read the full article on GamingOnLinux.

🔗 Source: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/07/valve-fix-up-marvel-rivals-on-steamos-linux-with-proton-hotfix/

#linux #proton

📰 KDE Developers Continue Landing More Features For Plasma 6.8

KDE developers continue to be very busy this summer landing more features for the upcoming Plasma 6.8 desktop...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Plasma-6.8-Spectacle-Audio

#kde #plasma

📰 DLSS Updater 4.3.0 for Linux has "grown into a full Proton Upscalers panel"

Open source is awesome, and tools like the DLSS Updater can be incredibly useful and the Linux support just keeps on getting better.Read the full article on GamingOnLinux.

🔗 Source: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/07/dlss-updater-4-3-0-for-linux-has-grown-into-a-full-proton-upscalers-panel/

#linux #opensource #proton

📰 Linux 7.2-rc3 Bringing Display Detection Improvement To Help Some Multi-GPU Systems

Sent out today was this week's round of x86 (x86_64) fixes ahead of the Linux 7.2-rc3 kernel test candidate due out on Sunday...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-7.3-rc3-Multi-GPU-Fix

#kernel #linux

📰 I Mined and Built My Way Through Space Haven

An indie game studio out of Finland, Linus Torvalds' birth country, built this game, treating Linux as a first-class citizen.

🔗 Source: https://feed.itsfoss.com/link/24361/17376559/space-haven-review

#linux

📰 Debian 13.6 “Trixie” Released with 124 Bug Fixes and 120 Security Updates

Debian 13.6 is now available for download as a new point release to Debian 13 “Trixie” with 124 bug fixes and 120 security updates.

🔗 Source: https://9to5linux.com/debian-13-6-trixie-released-with-124-bug-fixes-and-120-security-updates

#debian

📰 Llama.cpp, Speeches, and Open WebUI turned my Raspberry Pi into a voice assistant that actually works

The best part? This voice assistant runs entirely locally.

🔗 Source: https://www.xda-developers.com/i-built-a-voice-assistant-with-my-raspberry-pi/

#raspberry

📰 COSMIC Desktop’s Big Visual Upgrade Is Finally Here

Pop!_OS 24.04 users can now enable COSMIC’s long-awaited Frosted Glass effect, with a wider Linux rollout expected next week.

🔗 Source: https://linuxiac.com/cosmic-desktop-big-visual-upgrade-is-finally-here/

#linux

📰 Compromised jscrambler 8.14.0 npm Release Drops Rust Infostealer During Install

Version 8.14.0 of the jscrambler npm package shipped with a malicious preinstall hook that silently drops and runs a native infostealer during installation, one build each for Windows, macOS, and Linux.Published on July 11, 2026, it needs no import and no CLI call. Installing 8.14.0 is enough to run it.Socket flagged the release six minutes after it was.

🔗 Source: https://thehackernews.com/2026/07/compromised-jscrambler-8140-npm-release.html

#linux

📰 COSMIC just hit version 1.2, and it's quietly doing things GNOME and KDE still make you fight for

The world of Linux desktops is rich and varied, with plenty of options to suit your preferences. But while KDE and GNOME dominate the landscape, a relative newcomer is starting to make waves with features other desktops still don't fully support. It's called COSMIC, and it recently hit version 1.2.

🔗 Source: https://www.xda-developers.com/cosmic-hit-version-1-2-quietly-doing-things-gnome-kde-still-make-you-fight-for/

#gnome #kde #linux

📰 Claude desktop app for Linux enters beta

Anthropic has released a beta of its Claude desktop app for Linux, launching alongside an apt repo Ubuntu users can add for ongoing updates. According to the official docs, Claude desktop for Linux offers “the same Chat, Cowork, and Claude Code experience as macOS and Windows: parallel sessions, visual diff review, an integrated terminal and editor, and live app preview”. However, not all of the app’s features are yet available.

🔗 Source: https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/07/claude-desktop-linux-beta

#linux #ubuntu

📰 Reworked System Call Entry Handling Slated For Linux 7.3

Stemming from looking at a proposed Linux kernel patch to alter the Linux kernel's system call number handling, veteran Linux kernel developer Thomas Gleixner went down a rabbit hole of the kernel's system call entry handling to make a number of clean-ups and improvements to the code. That rework to the system call entry handling is now expected to land for the Linux 7.3 kernel cycle...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Rework-Sysclal-Entry-Linux-7.3

#kernel #linux

ESP32 Keeps Tabs On Your Local Airspace | Hackaday
https://hackaday.com/2026/07/08/esp32-keeps-tabs-on-your-local-airspace/

📰 Heavy Metal Death Can is a retro survival horror set on a Cold War–era submarine - now on Linux

Heavy Metal Death Can released back in May and just recently the developer updated the game to include Native Linux and macOS support.Read the full article on GamingOnLinux.

🔗 Source: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/07/heavy-metal-death-can-is-a-retro-survival-horror-set-on-a-cold-war-era-submarine-now-on-linux/

#linux

Orange Pi 6 SBC delivers 45 TOPS AI with dual 2.5GbE
https://www.electronics-lab.com/orange-pi-6-sbc-packs-cix-p1-soc-45-tops-ai-dual-2-5gbe-and-lpddr5/