📰 Linux Foundation & Others Launch "Akrites" To Defend Open-Source Software From AI-Enabled Exploits

The Linux Foundation along with others like Amazon, Anthropic, OpenAI, NVIDIA, Microsoft, Red Hat, and others have joined forces to launch Akrites. The Akrites project is aiming to help defend critical open-source software from the brisk pace of new AI/LLM-discovered software bugs and vulnerabilities in ensuring that said issues are effectively addressed before they can be exploited by bad actors...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Akrites

#linux #opensource

📰 Fed up with complex note taking apps? Try Whisp for Linux

New GTK4/libadwaita app Whisp is positioning itself as the note-taking app for people fed up with note-taking apps (the best one is always the next one, right?). Scratch that; Whisp pitches itself as “the anti-note for GNOME”, a riff on Antinote, a macOS app with a similar look and feature set. Developer Tanay Bhomia describes it as “a fluid, gesture-driven scratchpad designed for absolute speed”.

🔗 Source: https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/06/whisp-linux-scratchpad

#gnome #linux

📰 Coreboot 26.06 Brings Support For Intel Nova Lake, AMD Strix Halo & 31 New Boards

Coreboot 26.06 is out today as the latest quarterly feature release for this software project providing open-source system firmware support for a growing number of platforms...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Coreboot-26.06-Released

#amd #intel #opensource

📰 Calibre 9.10 Open-Source E-Book Manager Brings New UI to the Content Server

Calibre 9.10 open-source e-book management software is now available for download with a new "modern" interface for the Content Server that features a sidebar for easier navigation and other changes.

🔗 Source: https://9to5linux.com/calibre-9-10-open-source-e-book-manager-brings-new-ui-to-the-content-server

#opensource

📰 Experimental Code Enables Per-Monitor Backgrounds For GNOME Shell

One of the limitations of GNOME's current multi-monitor handling is that the same background is used across the displays. For those that want to enjoy per-monitor background selection, some experimental / proof-of-concept code is now working to allow such per-monitor backgrounds to work with the modern GNOME desktop...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/PoC-Per-Background-GNOME

#gnome

📰 NVIDIA 580.173.02 released for Linux for those on older GPUs

For those of you sticking with older NVIDIA GPUs - you're still getting some fixes with driver 580.173.02 released for Linux.Read the full article on GamingOnLinux.

🔗 Source: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/06/nvidia-580-173-02-released-for-linux-for-those-on-older-gpus/

#linux

📰 New DirtyClone Linux Kernel Flaw Lets Local Users Gain Root via Cloned Packets

DirtyClone is a new Linux kernel privilege escalation in the DirtyFrag family. JFrog Security Research published a working exploit walkthrough for the flaw on June 25, the first public demonstration for this variant.Tracked as CVE-2026-43503 (CVSS 8.8), it lets a local user corrupt file-backed memory through a cloned network packet and gain root. The patch landed in.

🔗 Source: https://thehackernews.com/2026/06/new-dirtyclone-linux-kernel-flaw-lets.html

#kernel #linux

📰 Intel ANV Vulkan Driver Now Enables Descriptor Heaps By Default

Back in early May was the experimental enabling of Vulkan descriptor heaps for the Intel ANV open-source driver. After nearly two months of continued testing and improvements, the VK_EXT_descriptor_heap support for Intel graphics on Linux is now enabled by default...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Intel-ANV-Descriptor-Heaps-On

#intel #linux #opensource

📰 New Linux pedit COW Exploit Enables Root Access by Poisoning Cached Binaries

A flaw in the Linux kernel's traffic-control subsystem can let a local unprivileged user gain root on affected systems.CVE-2026-46331, nicknamed "pedit COW," is an out-of-bounds write in the packet-editing action (act_pedit) that corrupts shared page-cache memory. A public, working exploit appeared within a day of the CVE assignment on June 16. Red Hat rates the flaw as.

🔗 Source: https://thehackernews.com/2026/06/new-linux-pedit-cow-exploit-enables.html

#kernel #linux

📰 Experimental Code Enables Per-Monitor Backgrounds For GNOME Shell

One of the limitations of GNOME's current multi-monitor handling is that the same background is used across the displays. For those that want to enjoy per-monitor background selection, some experimental / proof-of-concept code is now working to allow such per-monitor backgrounds to work with the modern GNOME desktop...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/PoC-Per-Background-GNOME

#gnome

📰 Linux Gets Dirty Again: DirtyClone Kernel Flaw Can Lead to Local Root Access

After DirtyFrag, DirtyClone exposes another Linux kernel flaw that may let local attackers gain root access on vulnerable systems.

🔗 Source: https://linuxiac.com/linux-gets-dirty-again-dirtyclone-kernel-flaw-can-lead-to-local-root-access/

#kernel #linux

📰 New Intel Linux Driver Patches Enable HDR Over DP MST Connections

One of the limitations of the Intel Linux driver's high dynamic range (HDR) display support is that it currently doesn't work for any DisplayPort Multi-Stream Transport "DP MST" connections, such as for daisy chaining monitors or multi-monitor docking stations. But the good news is patches are being worked on to address this Intel Linux kernel display driver shortcoming...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Intel-HDR-Over-DP-MST

#intel #kernel #linux

📰 Meet Drawy, KDE’s Infinite Whiteboard App for Linux

KDE’s Drawy brings an Excalidraw-like infinite whiteboard to Linux desktops, built for quick sketches, diagrams, annotations, and visual notes.

🔗 Source: https://linuxiac.com/meet-drawy-kde-infinite-whiteboard-app-for-linux/

#kde #linux

📰 How NVIDIA GB10 CPU Performance Compares To Vera

Since delivering NVIDIA Vera CPU benchmarks one month ago and follow-ups like how the ARM Linux server performance has evolved in 8 years or how Vera compares to Ampere Altra that is still quite common in the marketplace, another frequent discussion point and inquiry is about the performance of NVIDIA Vera relative to NVIDIA's GB10 chip.

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/review/nvidia-vera-gb10

#arm #linux

📰 Raspberry Pi 4 with a slower processor now discounted

Global RAM shortages have spiked computer prices, even for cheap Raspberry Pi models. However, Cytron is now selling Raspberry Pi 4 Model B boards at a slight discount.

🔗https://liliputing.com/raspberry-pi-4-with-a-slower-processor-is-now-available-for-a-slight-discount/

#raspberry

📰 Immich finally delivers Google Photos' best feature with one open-source tool

I finally got Google Photos style memories on my Immich server using this open source tool.

🔗 Source: https://www.xda-developers.com/immich-finally-delivers-google-photos-best-feature-with-one-open-source-tool/

#immich #opensource

📰 Shotcut 26.6 Open-Source Video Editor Released with Vulkan on Linux Support

Shotcut 26.6 open-source video editor is now available for download with initial support for OpenFX plugins, Vulkan on Linux support, initial support for VST2 and LV2 audio plugins, and more.

🔗 Source: https://9to5linux.com/shotcut-26-6-open-source-video-editor-released-with-vulkan-on-linux-support

#linux #opensource

📰 KDE Plasma 6.7.2 To Fix KWin's Most Common Crash, Plasma 6.8 To Not Crash When Ejecting CDs

While Plasma 6.7.1 was just released this week following the recent stable debut of Plasma 6.7, there are already a number of fixes piling up for Plasma 6.7.2 due out in July. Plus more feature work and fixes for Plasma 6.8 as the next desktop version going Wayland-only...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/KDE-Plasma-This-Week-Crashes

#kde #plasma #wayland

📰 COSMIC's New System Monitor Is Looking Very Slick

Not only is GNOME 51 working to replace GNOME System Monitor with its new replacement, but over in System76's COSMIC space they have been baking their own new system monitor too...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/COSMIC-System-Monitor

#gnome

📰 Linux MD RAID5 Seeing Scalability Improvements Up To 17%

Posted to the Linux kernel mailing list this week was a new patch series working on scalability enhancements to the MD RAID5 software RAID code. Up to a 10~17% improvement was observed in some configurations with these RAID5 scalability patches...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-MD-RAID5-Scalability-Work

#kernel #linux