📰 More ASUS & HP Laptops See Platform Driver Support For Linux 7.1-rc5

This week's x86 platform driver fixes include not only a handful of bug fixes but also enabling some additional laptops within existing drivers for HP and ASUS devices...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-7.1-rc5-Platform-Drivers

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📰 Dirty Frag, Copy Fail, Fragnesia: The start of a worrisome Linux security trend

Or is it just life today, with AI constantly digging through code repositories in search of security holes?

🔗 Source: https://www.theregister.com/security/2026/05/23/dirty-frag-copy-fail-fragnesia-the-start-of-a-worrisome-linux-security-trend/5244742

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📰 Linux Mint Making Improvements To Its File Manager, Theme & Dialogs

The Linux Mint project today published their May 2026 status report to outline recent work done to this Ubuntu/Debian-based Linux platform and much of their focus in recent weeks on enhancements to their Cinnamon desktop environment...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-Mint-May-2026

#debian #linux #ubuntu

📰 Shelly 2.3.1 GUI Package Manager for Arch Linux Improves Notifications

Shelly 2.3.1 open-source graphical package manager for Arch Linux-based distributions is now available for download with various new features and improvements.

🔗 Source: https://9to5linux.com/shelly-2-3-1-gui-package-manager-for-arch-linux-improves-notifications

#arch #linux #linuxbased #opensource

📰 Packagist Supply Chain Attack Infects 8 Packages Using GitHub-Hosted Linux Malware

A new "coordinated" supply chain attack campaign has impacted eight packages on Packagist including malicious code designed to run a Linux binary retrieved from a GitHub Releases URL."Although the affected packages were all Composer packages, the malicious code was not added to composer.json," Socket said. "Instead, it was inserted into package.json, targeting projects that ship JavaScript.

🔗 Source: https://thehackernews.com/2026/05/packagist-supply-chain-attack-infects-8.html

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📰 Phosh 0.55 GNOME-Based Mobile Shell Released with Syncthing Quick Settings

Phosh 0.55 adds a Syncthing quick setting, screen dimming fixes, Phoc 0.55 with wlroots 0.20, and more mobile Linux updates.

🔗 Source: https://linuxiac.com/phosh-0-55-gnome-based-mobile-shell-released/

#gnome #linux

📰 Linux on the desktop isn't winning, but Linux on my handheld already has

The Penguin is ruling handheld gaming, and no one is surprised.

🔗 Source: https://www.xda-developers.com/linux-on-the-desktop-isnt-winning-but-linux-in-my-handhelds-already-has/

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📰 Picking a Linux distro is the wrong first question — here's what you should ask instead

Before you settle with a distro, you have to learn how to wield it.

🔗 Source: https://www.xda-developers.com/picking-linux-distro-wrong-first-question/

#distro #linux

📰 Rust-Based Wild Linker 0.9 Brings New Platform Coverage, Linker Plugin API

Wild Linker 0.9 was released today as the latest version of this very fast linker for Linux systems that is written in the Rust programming language...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Wild-Linker-0.9

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📰 Boot-Time Wizard Aims To Help Reduce Linux Boot Times

While in the past decade or so Linux desktop/laptop users likely have little to complain about boot times and there hasn't been much emphasis around trying to make boot times even faster on the Linux desktop especially in an era where many systems are always-on and suspend/resume working more reliably these days, boot times are still an important factor in the embedded Linux world.

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Boot-Time-Wizard-Linux

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📰 KernelScript: A Programming Language For Kernel Customization & App Optimizations

Multikernel Technologies Inc has been working on a multi-kernel architecture for the Linux kernel while in addition to that they have been developing KernelScript as a domain-specific language for carrying out Linux kernel customizations and app-specific optimizations...

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

#kernel #linux

📰 Linux To Remove ISA Speech Synthesizer Driver That Likely Hasn't Been Used In Decades

Following the process of phasing out Intel 486 CPU support and other old hardware drivers that were dropped in the Linux 7.1 kernel cycle for reducing the kernel maintenance burden, the upcoming Linux 7.2 cycle is continuing the trend of phasing out some of the old hardware support that is very obsolete, likely having no users on the latest upstream kernels, and no one formally maintaining the obsolete drivers...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-Dropping-Double-Talk

#intel #kernel #linux

📰 AI eyes scanning for bugs create a worrisome Linux security trend

Dirty Frag, Copy Fail, and Fragesia show the new reality.

🔗 Source: https://www.theregister.com/security/2026/05/23/ai-eyes-scanning-for-bugs-create-a-worrisome-linux-security-trend/5244742

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📰 GitHub Copilot & Claude Code Helped With Graphics, WiFi Linux Driver Issues This Week

For those curious about the growing use of AI and coding agents within the Linux kernel, this week there was another large batch of new patches fixed that were generated or co-authored by agents like Claude Code and GitHub Copilot...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-7.1-rc5-AI-This-Week

#kernel #linux

📰 Linux 7.1-rc5 Released With Fixes Ramping Up From AI Coding Agents

In the road to releasing Linux 7.1 in June, out today is Linux 7.1-rc5 that continues coming on heavy with fixes...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-7.1-rc5-Released

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📰 Cinnamon’s new screenshot tool fixes app window shadow quirks

Linux Mint developers are building a new screenshot utility for the Cinnamon desktop, ahead of its next major release. The home-grown tool will give users more options when taking screenshots and will “accommodate the differences between CSD (Client Side Decoration) and SSD (Server Side Decoration) windows” to provide ‘cleaner’ looking screenshots. Currently, Cinnamon rolls with the GTK-based gnome-screenshot .

🔗 Source: https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/05/linux-mint-new-cinnamon-screenshot-tool

#gnome #linux

📰 Rhino Linux 2026.1 Released with Lomiri Desktop Images

Ubuntu-based Rhino Linux 2026.1 is out with new Lomiri desktop images for x86_64 and ARM64, updated kernels, and Pacstall improvements.

🔗 Source: https://linuxiac.com/rhino-linux-2026-1-released-with-lomiri-desktop-images/

#linux #ubuntu

📰 MX Linux 25.2 “Infinity” Released with Linux Kernel 7.0, Based on Debian 13.5

MX Linux 25.2 distribution is now available for download with a new text-mode installer, Debian 13.5 base, and Linux kernel 7.0 on the AHS builds. Here’s what’s new!

🔗 Source: https://9to5linux.com/mx-linux-25-2-infinity-released-with-linux-kernel-7-0-based-on-debian-13-5

#debian #kernel #linux

📰 AMD Pulls a Bait-and-Switch on Linux Users with Vivado Licensing Changes

Tells Linux users to either pay up or get stuck on an aging, unsupported version forever.

🔗 Source: https://feed.itsfoss.com/link/24361/17347774/amd-vivado-bait-and-switch-on-linux-users

#amd #linux

📰 Intel Introducing USB4STREAM Protocol For Linux - Opening Up Some Nifty Uses For USB4

An exciting Intel innovation expected to be added for the upcoming Linux 7.2 kernel is introducing the new USB4STREAM protocol for USB4/Thunderbolt as a "super simple" way to "basically just transfer raw packets from one host to another". This can be useful for quickly backing up a system from one host to another, sharing of web cameras or other peripherals across systems, or other environments where not having networking or wanting to avoid the...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Intel-Linux-USB4STREAM

#intel #kernel #linux