π° Wayfire Wayland Compositor Closing In On v1.0 Release
The Wayfire modular and extensible Wayland compositor formally used by default on Raspberry Pi SBCs is nearing its v1.0 release. Wayfire 0.11 was released on Sunday for this Compiz-inspired, wlroots-powered compositor with that being their hopeful last planned version before Wayfire 1.0 releases...
π Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Wayfire-0.11-Released
#raspberry #wayland
The Wayfire modular and extensible Wayland compositor formally used by default on Raspberry Pi SBCs is nearing its v1.0 release. Wayfire 0.11 was released on Sunday for this Compiz-inspired, wlroots-powered compositor with that being their hopeful last planned version before Wayfire 1.0 releases...
π Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Wayfire-0.11-Released
#raspberry #wayland
Phoronix
Wayfire Wayland Compositor Closing In On v1.0 Release
The Wayfire modular and extensible Wayland compositor formerly used by default on Raspberry Pi SBCs is nearing its v1.0 release
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π° NVIDIA and Linux Foundation Form Open Secure AI Alliance
NVIDIA, the Linux Foundation, Red Hat, Microsoft, IBM, Hugging Face, and dozens of industry leaders unite to develop open technologies for securing AI agents and software.
π Source: https://linuxiac.com/nvidia-and-linux-foundation-form-open-secure-ai-alliance/
#linux
NVIDIA, the Linux Foundation, Red Hat, Microsoft, IBM, Hugging Face, and dozens of industry leaders unite to develop open technologies for securing AI agents and software.
π Source: https://linuxiac.com/nvidia-and-linux-foundation-form-open-secure-ai-alliance/
#linux
Linuxiac
NVIDIA and Linux Foundation Form Open Secure AI Alliance
NVIDIA, the Linux Foundation, Red Hat, Microsoft, IBM, Hugging Face, and dozens of industry leaders unite to develop open technologies for securing AI agents and software.
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π° Qualcomm announce a big price rise - bad news for Valve's Steam Frame
Valve don't seem to be able to catch a break with their hardware releases - as Qualcomm reportedly plan to raise prices a lot.Read the full article on GamingOnLinux.
π Source: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/07/qualcomm-announce-a-big-price-rise-bad-news-for-valves-steam-frame/
#steam
Valve don't seem to be able to catch a break with their hardware releases - as Qualcomm reportedly plan to raise prices a lot.Read the full article on GamingOnLinux.
π Source: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/07/qualcomm-announce-a-big-price-rise-bad-news-for-valves-steam-frame/
#steam
GamingOnLinux
Qualcomm announce a big price rise - bad news for Valve's Steam Frame
Valve don't seem to be able to catch a break with their hardware releases - as Qualcomm reportedly plan to raise prices a lot.
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π° Ubuntu To Provide Virtualization HWE Stack For Ubuntu 26.04 LTS
Ubuntu has long provided hardware enablement "HWE" stacks for Ubuntu LTS releases to provide a newer kernel and Mesa drivers and more for better supporting new/modern hardware on the long-term support Ubuntu Linux releases. With Ubuntu 26.04 LTS, Canonical will also now be providing a virtualization HWE stack for shipping newer virtualization / confidential computing features...
π Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Ubuntu-Virtualization-HWE-Stack
#kernel #linux #ubuntu
Ubuntu has long provided hardware enablement "HWE" stacks for Ubuntu LTS releases to provide a newer kernel and Mesa drivers and more for better supporting new/modern hardware on the long-term support Ubuntu Linux releases. With Ubuntu 26.04 LTS, Canonical will also now be providing a virtualization HWE stack for shipping newer virtualization / confidential computing features...
π Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Ubuntu-Virtualization-HWE-Stack
#kernel #linux #ubuntu
Phoronix
Ubuntu To Provide Virtualization HWE Stack For Ubuntu 26.04 LTS
Ubuntu has long provided hardware enablement 'HWE' stacks for Ubuntu LTS releases to provide a newer kernel and Mesa drivers and more for better supporting new/modern hardware on the long-term support Ubuntu Linux releases
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Mission Center (Linux system monitor) adds battery stats + more
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/07/mission-center-battery-power-draw-reporting
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/07/mission-center-battery-power-draw-reporting
OMG! Ubuntu
Mission Center adds battery, partition and power draw info
A new version of Linux system monitoring app Mission Center is available for download, adding new hardware stats, first-run setup prompt and bug fixes.
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π° Pironman 5 Pro Max Review: SunFounder's Most Capable Pi 5 Case Doubles as an AI Desktop
SunFounder's flagship Pironman case now ships with a 4.3" touchscreen, a camera mount, and room for an AI accelerator, built for Raspberry Pi 5 owners who want to experiment with local AI, not just add cooling and storage.
π Source: https://feed.itsfoss.com/link/24361/17388096/pironman-5-pro-max-review
#raspberry
SunFounder's flagship Pironman case now ships with a 4.3" touchscreen, a camera mount, and room for an AI accelerator, built for Raspberry Pi 5 owners who want to experiment with local AI, not just add cooling and storage.
π Source: https://feed.itsfoss.com/link/24361/17388096/pironman-5-pro-max-review
#raspberry
It's FOSS
Pironman 5 Pro Max Review: SunFounder's Most Capable Pi 5 Case Doubles as an AI Desktop
SunFounder's flagship Pironman case now ships with a 4.3" touchscreen, a camera mount, and room for an AI accelerator, built for Raspberry Pi 5 owners who want to experiment with local AI, not just add cooling and storage.
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Ubuntu 26.04 LTS Gets an Optional Virtualization HWE Stack
https://linuxiac.com/ubuntu-26-04-lts-gets-an-optional-virtualization-hwe-stack/
https://linuxiac.com/ubuntu-26-04-lts-gets-an-optional-virtualization-hwe-stack/
Linuxiac
Ubuntu 26.04 LTS Gets an Optional Virtualization HWE Stack
Canonical introduces an optional virtualization HWE stack for Ubuntu 26.04 LTS, bringing newer QEMU, libvirt, EDK2, and SeaBIOS versions.
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KDE Developer Fixing Long-Standing Bug Over Very Long Small-File Copy Times - Phoronix
https://www.phoronix.com/news/KDE-Ridiculous-File-Copy-Times
https://www.phoronix.com/news/KDE-Ridiculous-File-Copy-Times
Phoronix
KDE Developer Fixing Long-Standing Bug Over Very Long Small-File Copy Times
Since 2014 there has been a KDE bug report titled Ridiculously slow file copy (multiple small files)
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OpenUK Wants Britain to Stop Giving Away Open Source Creations
https://itsfoss.com/news/british-flavored-linux-foundation-proposal/
https://itsfoss.com/news/british-flavored-linux-foundation-proposal/
It's FOSS
OpenUK Wants Britain to Stop Giving Away Open Source Creations
They point to MCP, built by two engineers in London, that ended up under US-based governance.
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Ubuntu 26.04 virtualization HWE stack offers newer QEMU & libvirt
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/07/ubuntu-26-04-virtualization-hwe-stack
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/07/ubuntu-26-04-virtualization-hwe-stack
OMG! Ubuntu
Ubuntu 26.04 virtualization HWE stack offers newer QEMU & libvirt
Ubuntu's hardware enablement (HWE) effort has expanded to include backports of newer virtualisation tech to users of the current LTS release.
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FreeBSD's Kernel Still Has A Bit Of GPL Code While Its Base User-Space Is GPL-Free - Phoronix
https://www.phoronix.com/news/FreeBSD-Bits-Of-GPL-Kernel
https://www.phoronix.com/news/FreeBSD-Bits-Of-GPL-Kernel
Phoronix
FreeBSD's Kernel Still Has A Bit Of GPL Code While Its Base User-Space Is GPL-Free
A few weeks ago there was excitement in the FreeBSD camp with FreeBSD 16 set to retire the last of its GPL code from the base system
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Russia Charges Telegram Founder Pavel Durov With Aiding Terrorist Activity
https://thehackernews.com/2026/07/russia-charges-telegram-founder-pavel.html?m=1
https://thehackernews.com/2026/07/russia-charges-telegram-founder-pavel.html?m=1
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Fooyin 0.12 Music Player Adds Audio Conversion and New Visualizations
https://linuxiac.com/fooyin-0-12-music-player-adds-audio-conversion-and-new-visualizations/
https://linuxiac.com/fooyin-0-12-music-player-adds-audio-conversion-and-new-visualizations/
Linuxiac
Fooyin 0.12 Music Player Adds Audio Conversion and New Visualizations
Fooyin 0.12 introduces built-in audio conversion, PulseAudio output support, and new Spectrogram, Oscilloscope, and projectM visualizations.
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Starling: A New Linux Desktop Written In Swift, Own Wayland Compositor & Written With AI - Phoronix
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Starling-Swift-Desktop
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Starling-Swift-Desktop
Phoronix
Starling: A New Linux Desktop Written In Swift, Own Wayland Compositor & Written With AI
There's yet another new open-source desktop option for Linux users in the era of new open-source projects largely written via AI/LLMs
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Mosaic is an i3-style auto-tiling extension for GNOME Shell - OMG! Ubuntu
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/07/mosaic-automatic-window-tiling-gnome-shell
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/07/mosaic-automatic-window-tiling-gnome-shell
OMG! Ubuntu
Mosaic adds automatic window tiling to GNOME Shell
Mosaic brings automatic tiling to GNOME Shell, but without asking you to use it permanently. Turn it on when you want windows to arrange themselves, turn
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FreeBSD's Kernel Still Has A Bit Of GPL Code While Its Base User-Space Is GPL-Free - Phoronix
https://www.phoronix.com/news/FreeBSD-Bits-Of-GPL-Kernel
https://www.phoronix.com/news/FreeBSD-Bits-Of-GPL-Kernel
Phoronix
FreeBSD's Kernel Still Has A Bit Of GPL Code While Its Base User-Space Is GPL-Free
A few weeks ago there was excitement in the FreeBSD camp with FreeBSD 16 set to retire the last of its GPL code from the base system
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COSMIC Desktop 1.5 Improves Chromium Scaling and Wallpaper Management
https://linuxiac.com/cosmic-desktop-1-5-improves-chromium-scaling-and-wallpaper-management/
https://linuxiac.com/cosmic-desktop-1-5-improves-chromium-scaling-and-wallpaper-management/
Linuxiac
COSMIC Desktop 1.5 Improves Chromium Scaling and Wallpaper Management
System76 releases COSMIC Desktop 1.5 with fixes for Chromium app scaling, excessive panel CPU usage, GPU resets, and external displays.
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Huawei Considers Open-Sourcing A Half-Hearted Mesa Vulkan Driver - Phoronix
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Huawei-Half-Open-Mesa-Vulkan
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Huawei-Half-Open-Mesa-Vulkan
Phoronix
Huawei Considers Open-Sourcing A Half-Hearted Mesa Vulkan Driver
A Huawei engineer posted to the Mesa mailing list today over potentially upstreaming a Vulkan driver they have developed for an in-house GPU
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Critical OpenWrt DHCPv6 Flaw Could Let Unauthenticated Attackers Run Code as Root
https://thehackernews.com/2026/07/critical-openwrt-dhcpv6-flaw-could-let.html
https://thehackernews.com/2026/07/critical-openwrt-dhcpv6-flaw-could-let.html
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