📰 NVIDIA Working On New "TLV" Firmware Binary Format For Nova Driver

NVIDIA engineers have been developing a new binary format for their GPU firmware images for use with the in-development, open-source Nova kernel driver. With this new TLV binary firmware format it aims to be easier to parse by their Rust-based driver code...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/NVIDIA-Nova-Driver-TLV

#kernel #opensource

📰 PlayStation 5 Linux project gets upgraded to support new firmware and PS5 Slim

You should be able to do whatever you want with hardware you purchase - and the ps5-linux project for the PlayStation 5 continues expanding Linux support.Read the full article on GamingOnLinux.

🔗 Source: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/07/playstation-5-linux-project-gets-upgraded-to-support-new-firmware-and-ps5-slim/

#linux

📰 ASUS ROG Strix Laptop Sees Driver Fix For Linux Performance Too Low Compared To Windows

With modern laptops, proper platform/WMI drivers are becoming more depended upon not only for supporting all typical functionality from keyboards to backlights and other handling, but also for achieving proper performance. For many laptop vendors, the Linux platform drivers are maintained by the open-source community and actual customers.

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/ASUS-ROG-Strix-G16-Fix

#linux #opensource

📰 6 Backup Tools for Linux Users of All Kind

From desktop servers, from single machine to a fleet, here are the backup tools you could explore for your Linux system(s).

🔗 Source: https://feed.itsfoss.com/link/24361/17370842/linux-backup-tools

#linux

📰 Carbon engine framework powering EVE Online is now open source

Fenris Creations announced today that Carbon, their cross-platform game engine framework behind EVE Online (and EVE Frontier) is now completely open source.Read the full article on GamingOnLinux.

🔗 Source: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/07/carbon-engine-framework-powering-eve-online-is-now-open-source/

#opensource

📰 KDE Plasma finally added per-screen virtual desktops, and it's yet another reason I'm not going back to Windows

KDE Plasma is arguably the best Linux desktop, and it just keeps getting better, to the point where going back to Windows would be a downgrade.

🔗 Source: https://www.xda-developers.com/kde-plasma-added-screen-virtual-desktops-another-reason-not-going-back-windows/

#kde #linux #plasma

📰 RADV & RadeonSI Drivers See New Fixes For AMD GCN 1.0/1.1 GPUs

Timur Kristóf of Valve's Linux graphics driver team continues taking special focus on AMD Radeon GCN 1.0 and GCN 1.1 era GPUs for enhancing the open-source graphics driver support for these aging graphics cards...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/RADV-L2-Flush-Fix-GFX6-GFX7

#amd #linux #opensource

📰 Glibc Introduces /etc/tunables.conf For System-Wide Tunables

Red Hat has contributed new system-wide tunables infrastructure to the GNU C Library "glibc" that allows specifying system-wide tunables via the new /etc/tunables.conf configuration file...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Glibc-System-Tunables

#gnu

📰 Firefox is adding Vulkan video decoding for Nvidia GPUs

Firefox is adding hardware-accelerated Vulkan Video decoding, saving Nvidia users on Linux the hassle of manually configuring the nvidia-vaapi-driver package. The change will be included in Firefox 153, out July 21, but it will not be enabled by default – not to start with. Instead, users will be able to flip a pair of preferences in about:config to try it out, with the awareness that there may be hiccups and edge cases (especially on devices...

🔗 Source: https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/07/firefox-vulkan-video-decoding-nvidia

#firefox #linux

📰 AI-Generated Browser Ransomware Abuses Chromium API on Windows and Android

Cybersecurity researchers have flagged a new malware artifact generated using DeepSeek that constructed a novel attack path combining "unrealistic browser-malware concepts with a real browser capability" to turn it into a working ransomware technique that runs entirely inside the browser on both Windows and Android devices."This is the first documented case where a frontier AI model.

🔗 Source: https://thehackernews.com/2026/07/ai-generated-browser-ransomware-abuses.html

#android #chromium

📰 Tails 7.9.1 Fixes DirtyClone Kernel Flaw, Updates Tor Browser

The privacy-focused Tails 7.9.1 ships with Linux kernel 6.12.94, addressing DirtyClone and another privilege-escalation vulnerability.

🔗 Source: https://linuxiac.com/tails-7-9-1-fixes-dirtyclone-kernel-flaw-updates-tor-browser/

#kernel #linux

📰 AMD Sends Out Latest Linux Patches For RMPOPT Optimization

Earlier this year AMD disclosed the RMPOPT instruction that given the timing will seemingly be introduced with upcoming Zen 6 EPYC "Venice" processors. The RMPOPT feature amounts to a performance optimization for AMD EPYC SEV-SNP enabled servers by cutting down on the associated Reverse Map Table (RMP) overhead. Linux enablement of AMD RMPOPT remains ongoing and out this week is the latest iteration of the enablement...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/AMD-RMPOPT-Linux-v10

#amd #linux

📰 Fwupd 2.1.6 Linux Firmware Updater Released with New Features and Bug Fixes

Fwupd 2.1.6 Linux firmware updater is now available for download with a new HSI attribute for coreboot verified boot, hashes for the latest DBX for offline machines, as well as various other improvements.

🔗 Source: https://9to5linux.com/fwupd-2-1-6-linux-firmware-updater-released-with-new-features-and-bug-fixes

#linux

📰 Linux 7.3 To Overcome "Significant Bottleneck" For Small I/O With PCIe Gen5 NVMe SSDs

While the Linux 7.2 feature merge window ended just days ago and the better part of two months now before v7.2 will be released as stable, there are already features beginning to accumulate that will target the Linux 7.3 cycle. The most exciting change I've seen to kick off that dance ahead of Linux 7.3 is addressing a "significant" bottleneck affecting small direct I/O performance with speedy storage such as PCIe Gen5 NVMe SSDs...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-7.3-Faster-Small-Direct

#linux

📰 RootBoard is a Raspberry Pi-powered handheld PC with a 3.5 inch screen, 70-key keyboard (crowdfunding)

The RootBoard is a handheld computer kit with a 3.5 inch color display, a 70-key thumb keyboard complete with function keys, and a built-in speaker plus what looks like a decent set of ports for such a small computer. RootBoard designer Dian Lieu is running a Kickstarter crowdfunding campaign for the device with reward levels starting .

🔗 Source: https://liliputing.com/rootboard-is-a-raspberry-pi-powered-handheld-pc-with-a-3-5-inch-screen-70-key-keyboard-crowdfunding/

#raspberry

📰 System76 Launches New Lemur Pro Laptop Powered By Intel Panther Lake

System76 today announced their new Lemur Pro high-end Linux laptop that is now powered by the Core Ultra Series 3 "Panther Lake" SoCs...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/System76-Lemur-Pro-Panther-Lake

#intel #linux

📰 KDE Gear 26.04.3 Apps Collection Lands with More App Stability Improvements

KDE Gear 26.04.3 delivers another round of maintenance fixes for KDE’s application suite, covering video editing, file transfers, audio output, and more.

🔗 Source: https://linuxiac.com/kde-gear-26-04-3-apps-collection-lands-with-more-app-stability-improvements/

#kde

📰 New ChocoPoC RAT Targets Vulnerability Researchers via Fake PoC Exploit Repos

Attackers are hiding a data-stealing trojan inside fake exploit code aimed at the people who hunt bugs for a living. The malware, called ChocoPoC, travels in Python proof-of-concept (PoC) repositories on GitHub that claim to exploit hot new CVEs.Run one, and it quietly lifts your saved passwords, browser cookies, and files, then hands the attacker a shell on your machine. YesWeHack and.

🔗 Source: https://thehackernews.com/2026/07/new-chocopoc-rat-targets-vulnerability.html

#python

📰 Box3D Debuts As New Open-Source 3D Physics Engine

Erin Catto who has been developing the Box2D 2D physics engine for games announced the release of Box3D. Box3D is now providing a new open-source 3D physics engine that is forked off from the Box2D code...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Box3D-Open-Source-3D-Physics

#opensource

📰 Linux Looking To Retire A Number Of Old ARM Platforms In Early 2027

It's not only old x86 i486 CPU support being removed from the Linux kernel but a number of older ARM platforms and features are on the chopping block too. A proposal has been laid out for deprecating and then removing a number of outdated ARM platforms and features from the Linux kernel in early 2027...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-Drop-Old-ARM-2027

#arm #kernel #linux