📰 JOPDF Offers Linux Users Free, Full-Featured PDF Editing

JOPDF is a cross-platform PDF editor that lets Linux users edit text and images, annotate, convert, compress, and manage PDF files for free.

🔗 Source: https://linuxiac.com/jopdf-offers-linux-users-free-full-featured-pdf-editing/

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📰 User Frustrations Over The "Tragic State of FreeBSD Audio/Sound" Support

Besides the FreeBSD graphics and WiFi drivers lagging behind Linux and other operating systems, the FreeBSD audio driver support and handling of audio streams with FreeBSD on the desktop can be problematic depending upon the hardware/system. One of the most active mailing list threads this week in the FreeBSD camp was over the "tragic state" of FreeBSD audio/sound support...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Tragic-FreeBSD-Audio-Support

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https://lxer.com/module/newswire/ext_link.php?rid=366426

📰 "KVM Chainsaw" Expected To Hit Linux 7.3 For Dealing With God Data Structure

A patch series that appears destined for the upcoming Linux 7.3 merge window is what's dubbed the "KVM Chainsaw" as a major code clean-up in dealing with the kvm_mmu "god data structure"...

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https://www.phoronix.com/news/KVM-Chainsaw-Linux-7.3

📰 GNU Binutils 2.47 Released With More RISC-V Extensions, New Options

Along with this weekend's release of GNU C Library 2.44, the GNU Binutils 2.47 release is also now available for this important set of binary utilities common to Linux systems and other platforms with the GNU toolchain...

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https://www.phoronix.com/news/GNU-Binutils-2.47

📰 Chrome for Arm64 Linux is now available to download

You can now install an official Google Chrome build on Arm64 Linux devices, including the Raspberry Pi. Back in March, Google promised Chrome for Arm64 Linux in “Q2 2026” so users on SBCs, AI desktops and the growing-fleet of Snapdragon laptops out there, could use the flagship browser and benefit from the handful of extras it offers over a vanilla Chromium build.

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https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/07/chrome-arm64-linux-available

📰 FireDragon v13 Released as a Complete Rewrite of Garuda Linux’s Browser

Garuda Linux has released FireDragon v13, a full reimplementation of its privacy-focused Firefox-based browser with new search, privacy, and performance controls.

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https://linuxiac.com/firedragon-v13-released-as-a-complete-rewrite-of-garuda-linux-browser/

📰 8 self-hosted services a total beginner can set up in a single weekend

Self-hosting is a hot trend of 2026, albeit with a reputation problem. Mention it to a friend, and they picture a rack of servers humming in a basement. Sounds cliché, but it’s true to an extent. Eventually, most folks end up there, but that isn’t necessary to get started. All you need is a computer, which could be a laptop, old desktop, a mini PC, or a single-board computer like a Raspberry Pi. Even without much Linux experience, a spare...

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https://www.xda-developers.com/self-hosted-services-a-total-beginner-can-set-up-in-a-single-weekend/

📰 AMD "Low Power" CPU Core Type Patches Queued Ahead Of Linux 7.3

Last month I wrote bout new AMD Linux patches introducing a new "low power" CPU core type as an alternative to their standard performance cores and dense efficiency cores. That work now is poised to land with the upcoming Linux 7.3 kernel...

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https://www.phoronix.com/news/AMD-Low-Power-Core-Linux-7.3

📰 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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https://linuxiac.com/nvidia-and-linux-foundation-form-open-secure-ai-alliance/

📰 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...

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https://www.phoronix.com/news/Ubuntu-Virtualization-HWE-Stack