📰 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...

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

📰 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.

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

📰 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.

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

📰 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).

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

📰 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.

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

📰 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.

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

📰 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...

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

📰 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...

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

📰 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...

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

Linux App Release Roundup (June 2026)

June was sweltering, yet the heat didn’t affect developers too badly as a slew of updates to popular open-source Linux software made it out last month. We saw Firefox 152 released with its new-look settings page. The media converter HandBrake wrangled its WebM handling on Linux. And the Audacity 4.0 beta made its brand-new design available for public scrutiny – mainly of the ‘finally, it doesn’t look bad’ variety. But scores of smaller, minor and maintenance updates made it out too. Cine gained Watch History I spotlighted the Cine Linux video player earlier this year. It’s an MPV-based player with […]
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https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/07/linux-app-release-roundup-june-2026

📰 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

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Выпуск утилиты для проверки целостности файлов Precizer 0.16.0

Опубликован выпуск Precizer 0.16.0, консольной утилиты Precizer, предназначенной для проверки целостности больших деревьев файлов и выявления расхождений после синхронизации данных. Код проекта написан на языке Си и распространяется под лицензией GPLv3. Готовые сборки ранее были доступны для Linux и macOS, а ключевым изменением нового выпуска стала экспериментальная поддержка Windows.

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https://www.opennet.ru/opennews/art.shtml?num=65823

Выпуск дистрибутива ArchBang Linux 010726

Представлен релиз легковесного Linux-дистрибутива ArchBang 010726, основанного на наработках Arch Linux и предоставляющего интерфейс пользователя на базе композитного менеджера MangoWM. Дистрибутив предлагает непрерывный цикл выпуска обновлений, позволяющий всегда работать с самыми последними версиями программ из репозиториев Arch Linux. Размер iso-образа 1.4 ГБ.

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https://www.opennet.ru/opennews/art.shtml?num=65824

В Fedora 45 намерены включить защиту на основе теневого стека

В выпуске Fedora Linux 45, намеченном на осень 2026 года, на системах x86_64 планируют по умолчанию включить использование теневого стека (shadow stack) для блокирования работы эксплоитов, перезаписывающих адрес возврата функций в случае переполнения буфера в стеке. Защиту намерены активировать для всех приложений и библиотек, собранных при помощи компиляторов gcc (C, C++), clang (C, C++) и rustc (Rust). План пока не утверждён комитетом FESCo (Fedora Engineering Steering Committee), отвечающим за техническую часть разработки Fedora Linux. Инициатором включения теневого стека в Fedora является Арджун Шанкар (Arjun Shankar) из компании Red Hat, сопровождающий пакеты с glibc в Fedora и RHEL.

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https://www.opennet.ru/opennews/art.shtml?num=65825

📰 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...

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

📰 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.

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

Linux портирован для игровых приставок Sega MegaDrive

Опубликован первый выпуск проекта LinuxMD, развивающего порт Linux для игровых приставок Sega MegaDrive, выпущенных в 1988 году. Приставки были оснащены 72 Кб ОЗУ и поставлялись с двумя процессорами: Motorola 68000 (7.6 МГц, 16-разрядный АЛУ c 32-разрядной адресацией) для основных вычислений и Zilog Z80 (3.58 МГц, 8-разрядный) для совместимости с Sega Master System. Загрузка Linux на приставке реализована при использовании картриджей Mega EverDrive "Core" и "Pro", позволяющих запускать игры с SD-карты и оснащённые USB-портом.

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https://www.opennet.ru/opennews/art.shtml?num=65826

Обновление OpenWrt 25.12.5

Представлен корректирующий выпуск дистрибутива OpenWrt 25.12.5, развиваемого для сетевых устройств, таких как маршрутизаторы, коммутаторы и точки доступа. OpenWrt поддерживает более 2200 устройств и предлагает систему сборки, упрощающую кросс-компиляцию и создание собственных сборок. Подобные сборки позволяют формировать готовые прошивки с желаемым набором предустановленных пакетов, оптимизированные под конкретные задачи. Готовые сборки опубликованы для 41 целевой платформы.

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https://www.opennet.ru/opennews/art.shtml?num=65827

Trojanized GitHub exploits deliver ChocoPoC malware via malicious Python dependencies

Threat actors are targeting security researchers and penetration testers by distributing weaponized proof-of-concept exploits on GitHub. Unlike traditional attacks that embed malware directly into exploit files, this campaign utilizes malicious Python packages hosted on the Python Package Index. When a user clones a repository and installs the listed dependencies, a chain of trojanized packages eventually downloads the ChocoPoC remote access trojan.
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https://4sysops.com/archives/trojanized-github-exploits-deliver-chocopoc-malware-via-malicious-python-dependencies/

📰 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

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