📰 Over 400 Arch Linux packages compromised to push rootkit, infostealer

More than 400 packages in the Arch User Repository (AUR) are distributing a Linux rootkit and infostealer malware targeting credentials and access tokens.

🔗 Source: https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/over-400-arch-linux-packages-compromised-to-push-rootkit-infostealer/

#arch #linux

📰 China-Linked Hackers Backdoored Linux Login Software to Hide for Nearly a Decade

Instead of hiding on the laptops and servers defenders watch most closely, a China-nexus group spent close to a decade hidden inside the Linux login system itself.Sygnia, which tracks the group as Velvet Ant, says it backdoored the PAM and OpenSSH components that decide who is allowed to sign in, planting its access where ordinary cleanup could not reach it. The network it targeted had no.

🔗 Source: https://thehackernews.com/2026/06/china-linked-hackers-backdoored-linux.html

#linux

📰 AMD Opens Pre-Orders For The Linux-Friendly Ryzen AI Halo Developer Platform

AMD today announced the opening of pre-orders for their Ryzen AI Halo petite PC powered by AMD Ryzen AI Max+ "Strix Halo" and working with either Microsoft Windows or Linux...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/AMD-Ryzen-AI-Halo-Pre-Order

#amd #linux

📰 MX Linux 25.2 provides possible refuge from AI as well as systemd

MX Linux 25.2 is here, now with kernel 7.0 if you choose – although the Raspberry Pi edition still needs some work.

🔗 Source: https://www.theregister.com/software/2026/06/12/mx-linux-252-arrives-with-switchable-init-and-pi-refresh/5255017

#kernel #linux #raspberry #systemd

📰 First Look at Antergos NeXT: A Modern Revival of Antergos Linux with KDE Plasma

A first look at Antergos NeXT, a modern revival of the Antergos Linux distribution based on Arch Linux and featuring the KDE Plasma desktop environment.

🔗 Source: https://9to5linux.com/first-look-at-antergos-next-a-modern-revival-of-antergos-linux-with-kde-plasma

#arch #kde #linux #plasma

📰 Yserver Is a New X11 Server for Linux Written from Scratch in Rust

Yserver is a new X11 server written in Rust, with working support for MATE, Xfce, Cinnamon, and classic window managers.

🔗 Source: https://linuxiac.com/yserver-is-a-new-x11-server-for-linux-written-from-scratch-in-rust/

#linux

📰 OpenZFS 2.4.3 Adds Linux Kernel 7.0 Compatibility

OpenZFS 2.4.3 is now available with storage fixes, improved Linux mount option handling, and compatibility with Linux kernels up to 7.0.

🔗 Source: https://linuxiac.com/openzfs-2-4-3-adds-linux-kernel-7-0-compatibility/

#kernel #linux

📰 Arch Linux Now Believes Malware Incident Under Control: More Than 1,500 Affected Packages

The day started out with Arch Linux's AUR user-contributed repository seeing more than 400 packages compromised with malware. Now in ending out the day they believe all affected commits have been addressed. But it ended up being more than 1,500 affected packages...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Arch-Linux-AUR-More-Than-1500

#arch #linux

📰 5 Raspberry Pi projects I'm self-hosting this year instead of wasting money on monthly subscriptions

Self-hosting tools like Jellyfin, Nextcloud, and BentoPDF on a Raspberry Pi can save you money and offer better features than paid services.

🔗 Source: https://www.xda-developers.com/raspberry-pi-projects-self-hosting-this-year-instead-of-paying-monthly/

#raspberry

📰 Chrome Closes Another Door on Classic uBlock Origin

Chrome closes another path for classic uBlock Origin as Chromium removes a leftover Manifest V2 flag from the browser codebase.

🔗 Source: https://linuxiac.com/chrome-closes-another-door-on-classic-ublock-origin/

#chromium

📰 GCC 17 Merges Function Multi-Versioning For APX & AVX10.2

Earlier this month I wrote about Intel working on function multi-versioning support for APX and AVX10.2 with the GCC compiler. This allows developers to write optimized code paths specifically targeting Advanced Performance Extensions (APX) or Advanced Vector Extensions 10.2 capabilities of future processors while being able to otherwise fall-back to generic or other optimized code paths for other ISA target features.

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/GCC-17-FMV-For-APX-AVX10.2

#intel

📰 Valve's Steam Deck price hike might be warning sign that the Steam Machine is DOA

What happens when a mass-market product doesn't have mass-market prices?

🔗 Source: https://www.xda-developers.com/valves-steam-deck-price-hike-is-a-warning-sign-for-the-steam-machine/

#steam

📰 AVX-512 Optimization For Linux RAID Showing Up To 41% Improvement On AMD Ryzen 9 9950X

Linux cryptography subsystem expert Eric Biggers Eric Biggers of Google worked on some pretty nice Intel/AMD x86_64 optimizations over the years. Especially around AVX-512 optimizations within the Linux kernel's crypto code has been one of his many nice improvements to the kernel in recent times. Today he's out with another enticing AVX-512 optimization and this time it's for the software RAID code...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/AVX-512-Linux-RAID-Optimization

#amd #intel #kernel #linux

📰 I share my Immich photos publicly without exposing my server, and here's how

Sharing self-hosted photo albums doesn't mean opening your server to the internet.

🔗 Source: https://www.xda-developers.com/how-securely-share-self-hosted-immich-albums-without-risking-home-network/

#immich

📰 Arch Linux AUR Hit By Another Wave Of Now More Sophisticated Malware Attack

Just a day after Arch Linux developers believed they got their malware AUR incident under control with 1,500+ packages affected by malware, another round of of AUR malware is now being discovered. This latest round is more sophisticated as with code obfuscation to better conceal the intent...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Arch-Linux-AUR-More-Malware

#arch #linux

📰 pkgcli As PackageKit's Modern, Nicer Command Line Interface

Open-source developer Matthias Klumpp wrote a blog post today outlining his recent work developing pkgcli, a new and modern command-line interface (CLI) around the PackageKit package management abstraction layer...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/PackageKit-pkgcli

#opensource

📰 An AI Agent Infiltrated Fedora's Bug Tracker and Wreaked Havoc

A hijacked contributor account let an AI agent loose on Fedora's bug tracker, closing bugs, posting hallucinated fixes, and getting bad code into Anaconda.

🔗 Source: https://feed.itsfoss.com/link/24361/17360848/fedora-bug-tracker-infiltrated-by-ai-agent

#fedora

📰 AppGrid 1.9 KDE Plasma Launcher Brings Compact Mode

AppGrid 1.9 updates the KDE Plasma 6 launcher with Compact mode, smarter search, inline autocompletion, Discover integration, and more.

🔗 Source: https://linuxiac.com/appgrid-1-9-kde-plasma-launcher-brings-compact-mode/

#kde #plasma

📰 Linux Kernel 7.1 Officially Released, Here’s What’s New

Linux kernel 7.1 is now available for download with new features, enhanced hardware support through new and updated drivers, improvements to filesystems and networking, and much more.

🔗 Source: https://9to5linux.com/linux-kernel-7-1-officially-released-heres-whats-new

#kernel #linux

📰 Building a Retro Linux Gaming Computer Part 52: What Am I Going to Do With All This Cheese

Following the demise of Loki Software the future became very uncertain for commercial gaming on Linux.Read the full article on GamingOnLinux.

🔗 Source: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/06/building-a-retro-linux-gaming-computer-part-52-what-am-i-going-to-do-with-all-this-cheese/

#linux