📰 Benchmarking The Different CachyOS Linux Kernel Flavors

CachyOS ships with a good Linux kernel configuration by default balancing the different features as well as performance. But they also ship a variety of other kernel builds for those preferring a more leading-edge kernel or the current LTS series, a hardened kernel configuration, and more. In this article are some fresh benchmarks of the Arch Linux based CachyOS Linux distribution with some of its main kernel flavors.

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/review/cachyos-linux-flavors

#arch #kernel #linux

📰 Clonezilla Live 3.3.2 Brings Linux Kernel 7.0 and New Encryption

Clonezilla Live 3.3.2 updates its Debian Sid base, adds Linux kernel 7.0, Partclone 0.3.47, and switches image encryption to gocryptfs.

🔗 Source: https://linuxiac.com/clonezilla-live-3-3-2-brings-linux-kernel-7-0-and-new-encryption/

#debian #kernel #linux

📰 Dell XPS 14 laptop is now available with Ubuntu Linux

The Dell XPS 14 is a premium thin and light laptop with an Intel Panther Lake processor that launched earlier this year as part of the revived Dell XPS brand. Measuring less than 0.6 inches thick and weighing less than 3 pounds, the laptop also has a much more usable keyboard and touchpad than earlier models. .

🔗 Source: https://liliputing.com/dell-xps-14-laptop-is-now-available-with-ubuntu-linux/

#intel #linux #ubuntu

📰 Canonical’s Steam Snap for ARM64 is now stable

Canonical has bumped its Steam Snap for ARM64 to the stable channel. First announced in January, the snap has been tested across ARM64 hardware including the NVIDIA DGX Spark, Radxa Orion O6 and Lenovo ThinkPad X13s, with Canonical now reporting ‘solid performance’ across many popular games. Valve doesn’t provide a native ARM Linux client (not yet, anyway), so Canonical bundles the Intel/AMD Steam binary with the FEX emulator.

🔗 Source: https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/06/steam-arm64-snap-stable

#amd #arm #intel #linux #steam

📰 Marek Olšák Scores Up To 100% Pixel Throughput Optimization For RADV Driver

Marek Olšák who had been a longtime AMD Linux driver engineer specializing in the RadeonSI Gallium3D driver, recently began working for Valve on their Linux graphics driver team. His focus has understandably shifted to working on the RADV Vulkan driver and one of his early optimizations now with the Valve hat on is up to a 100% pixel throughput optimization for the RADV driver, which is already quite well optimized thanks to years of investment...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Marek-100p-Pixel-Throughput-Opt

#amd #linux

📰 Transmission 4.1.2 Open-Source BitTorrent Client Released with Important Fixes

Transmission 4.1.2 open-source BitTorrent client is now available for download with various bug fixes and improvements for the Qt client, GTK client, Web client, and macOS client.

🔗 Source: https://9to5linux.com/transmission-4-1-2-open-source-bittorrent-client-released-with-important-bug-fixes

#opensource

📰 MINISFORUM N4 is an Intel Wildcat Lake-powered 4-bay NAS

MINISFORUM continues to expand its line of network-attached storage systems. Since releasing the MINISFORUM N5 Pro in the summer of 2025, the company has added several additional models including the N5 and N5 Air, while also teasing new models like the higher-performance N5 Max (with an AMD Strix Halo processor) and the fanless, SSD-only S5 .

🔗 Source: https://liliputing.com/minisforum-n4-is-an-intel-wildcat-lake-powered-4-bay-nas/

#amd #intel

📰 Google Patches Android Zero-Day Vulnerability in June 2026 Security Update

Google’s June 2026 Android update fixes dozens of flaws, including a potentially exploited Framework vulnerability and critical system bugs...

🔗 Source: https://www.techrepublic.com/article/news-google-june-2026-android-security-update/

#android

📰 New HTTP/2 Bomb Vulnerability Allows Remote DoS on NGINX, Apache, IIS, Envoy & Cloudflare

Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a remote denial-of-service exploit that affects major web servers, including NGINX, Apache HTTPD, Microsoft IIS, Envoy, and Cloudflare Pingora.The vulnerability has been codenamed HTTP/2 Bomb by Calif."The vulnerable behavior exists in each server's default HTTP/2 configuration," the company said, adding it was discovered by OpenAI Codex by chaining.

🔗 Source: https://thehackernews.com/2026/06/new-http2-bomb-vulnerability-allows.html

#nginx

📰 Intel XPU Manager Adds Support For Arc Pro B65 + Arc Pro B70

Intel this week rolled out new versions of their open-source XPU Manager and Linux NPU driver software...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Intel-XPU-Manager-B65-B70

#intel #linux #opensource

📰 Ubuntu To Ship Newer AMD ROCm Updates Via SRUs

As noted back in April, with Ubuntu 26.04 LTS it's now possible to simply "apt install rocm" on Ubuntu Linux for installing AMD's open-source GPU compute stack. But as prominently noted there, what's shipped right now in Ubuntu 26.04 LTS is already months out of date compared to upstream ROCm. Fortunately, Canonical shared today that moving forward they plan to ship newer ROCm versions as stable release updates (SRUs)...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Ubuntu-Newer-ROCm-SRUs

#amd #linux #opensource #ubuntu

📰 T2 Linux 26.6 Brings Linux 7.0, Refined KDE Plasma Desktop with Flatpak Support

T2 Linux SDE 26.6 is now available for download as a hefty update for this highly portable source-based Linux distribution adding a refined KDE Plasma desktop with Flatpak support and Linux 7.0.

🔗 Source: https://9to5linux.com/t2-linux-26-6-brings-linux-7-0-refined-kde-plasma-desktop-with-flatpak-support

#flatpak #kde #linux #plasma

📰 Radxa Dragon Q8B is a single-board PC with Snapdragon 8cx Gen 3, PCIe 3.0 and dual 2.5 GbE LAN

Last year Rada introduced a credit card-sized computer called the Dragon Q6A that looks like a Raspberry Pi, but which features a Qualcomm DragonWing QCS6490 processor and a PCIe 3.0 x2 connector. Now the company has launched a new model that’s a little larger, but which also brings a higher-performance processor and more I/O capabilities. .

🔗 Source: https://liliputing.com/radxa-dragon-q8b-is-a-single-board-pc-with-snapdragon-8cx-gen-3-pcie-3-0-and-dual-2-5-gbe-lan/

#raspberry

📰 X.Org Is Still Alive and Just Patched Nine Security Flaws

X.Org Server 21.1.23 and Xwayland 24.1.12 fix multiple security flaws affecting both X11 and Wayland compatibility.

🔗 Source: https://linuxiac.com/x-org-is-still-alive-and-just-patched-nine-security-flaws/

#wayland

📰 Intel Preps GCC Function Multi-Versioning To Support APX & AVX10.2

Along with some GCC compiler tuning for Nova Lake and Diamond Rapids to deal with some new APX capabilities not proving beneficial for performance, new patch activity today is preparing GCC for function multi-versioning (FMV) for the AVX10.2 and APX instruction set extensions...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/GCC-FMV-Patches-APX-AVX10.2

#intel

📰 CISA warns of active attacks exploiting Android, Linux bugs

The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) is warning that hackers are exploiting vulnerabilities in the Linux kernel and Android operating system.

🔗 Source: https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/cisa-warns-of-active-attacks-exploiting-android-linux-bugs/

#android #kernel #linux

📰 I tried Winpodx, WinBoat, and WinApps for running Windows software on Linux, and one is clearly ahead

There are more solutions than you'd expect for running Windows apps on Linux, but one clearly comes out on top.

🔗 Source: https://www.xda-developers.com/tried-winpodx-winboat-winapps-running-windows-software-linux-one-clearly-ahead/

#linux

📰 COSMIC Now Implements Wayland Pointer Constraints For Better Gaming Experience

COSMIC Epoch 1.0.15 was released today and while it doesn't yet contain the new "Frosted Glass" option for the desktop UI, COSMIC Epoch 1.0.15 does contain some other notable enhancements...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/COSMIC-Epoch-1.0.15

#wayland

📰 WhatsApp, Slack Notifications Could Hijack Google Gemini on Android

A single poisoned notification from WhatsApp, Slack, SMS, Signal, Instagram, or Messenger could have hijacked Google Gemini's voice assistant on Android and made it open a victim's connected windows, fake a message from their boss, push the phone into a Zoom call, or quietly poison its long-term memory.No malicious app on the phone is required. The assistant just had to treat a hostile.

🔗 Source: https://thehackernews.com/2026/06/whatsapp-slack-notifications-could.html

#android

📰 Widely-Used libinput Updated Due To Arbitrary Root Code Execution

The libinput input handling library used by both X.Org and Wayland environments on modern Linux desktops is out with a new security fix release. A new vulnerability is now public allowing for arbitrary root code execution...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/libinput-1.31.2-Security-Fix

#linux #wayland