📰 Intel Media Driver Update Brings Nova Lake S Support, AV1 Improvements

While at the end of February, today Intel released the Intel Media Driver 2025Q4 release as well as the latest VPL GPU Runtime for their media stack...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Intel-Media-Driver-2025Q4

#intel

📰 The OrangePi Neo gaming handheld with Manjaro Linux is now "on ice" due to component prices

The latest update for the OrangePi Neo handheld with Manjaro Linux is not a positive one, with the whole thing now unfortunately "on ice".Read the full article on GamingOnLinux.

🔗 Source: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/02/the-orangepi-neo-gaming-handheld-with-manjaro-linux-is-now-on-ice-due-to-component-prices/

#linux

📰 Linux runs most PC games now, and you don't need SteamOS to do it

Linux gaming is slowly gaining prominence, and while it's definitely not mainstream, it has crossed a line of viability that sounded ridiculous even a few years ago. It's no longer a hobby project, but a real way to enjoy most of your favorite games. Not every title works, and a handful of popular multiplayer games still treat Linux like a second-class citizen, but by and large, even games that aren't supported by Linux natively will run...

🔗 Source: https://www.xda-developers.com/linux-runs-most-pc-games-now-and-you-dont-need-steamos-to-do-it/

#linux

📰 ONLYOFFICE 9.3 makes document editing easier than ever

A new version of ONLYFFICE Desktop Editors, a open source office suite for Windows, macOS and Linux, is out with a fresh set of features and tools. ONLYOFFICE 9.3 adds more signature options for PDF forms, multipage view for documents, new solver tools and regex formulas in the spreadsheets and support for animated GIFs in presentation slides made with the suite’s PowerPoint equivalent.

🔗 Source: https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/02/onlyoffice-9-3-desktop-editors-released

#linux #opensource

📰 elementary OS 8.1.1 Released With Linux kernel 6.17

elementary OS 8.1.1 arrives with Linux kernel 6.17 and the latest Ubuntu 24.04 LTS Hardware Enablement stack.

🔗 Source: https://linuxiac.com/elementary-os-8-1-1-released-with-linux-kernel-6-17/

#ubuntu #linux #kernel

📰 GNOME GitLab Redirecting Some Git Traffic To GitHub For Reducing Costs

If you are cloning from a GNOME repository on their GitLab and now finding your Git traffic being redirected to GitHub, you are not alone. GNOME's infrastructure team is now redirecting Git traffic from the GNOME.org GitLab over to GitHub mirrors for reducing bandwidth costs...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/GNOME-GitHub-GitLab-Redirect

#gnome

📰 BunsenLabs Carbon Is Here with Support for Wayland Sessions, Based on Debian 13

BunsenLabs Carbon Linux distribution is now available for download with support for Wayland session, based on Debian GNU/Linux 13 "Trixie". Here's what's new!

🔗 Source: https://9to5linux.com/bunsenlabs-carbon-is-here-with-support-for-wayland-sessions-based-on-debian-13

#linux #debian #gnu #wayland

📰 Open source devs consider making hogs pay for every Git pull

Careless big-time users are treating FOSS repos like content delivery networks Opinion I'm at the Linux Foundation Members Summit, and Sonatype's CTO Brian Fox introduced me to a new open source problem. I wouldn't have thought that was possible, but here I am.…

🔗 Source: https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2026/02/28/open_source_opinion/

#linux #opensource

📰 Your Linux LTS Kernel Will Be Supported Longer Than You Thought

More breathing room for distros and enterprise Linux users as LTS kernels get extended EOL dates.

🔗 Source: https://itsfoss.com/news/linux-lts-kernel-support-extension/

#linux #kernel

📰 KDE Plasma 6.7 Preps Rounded Style UI Enhancement For QtWidgets-Based Apps

KDE Plasma 6.7 development continues heating up following the Plasma 6.6 desktop release earlier this month...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Plasma-6.7-Rounded-UI-QtWidgets

#kde #plasma

📰 AMD Prepares Linux For Instruction-Based Sampling Improvements With Zen 6

A set of patches recently posted to the Linux kernel mailing list have now been queued up to a tip/tip.git branch for planned introduction in Linux 7.1. These patches are for enhancing the Linux perf subsystem support for AMD Instruction-Based Sampling (IBS) improvements with next-gen Zen 6 processors...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-Perf-AMD-IBS-Zen-6

#amd #linux #kernel

📰 I'm Low-key Hyped for This Data Center Sim (Though It Has No Official Linux Support)

There's a free demo up on Steam right now, and I took it for a spin.

🔗 Source: https://itsfoss.com/data-center-game/

#steam #linux

📰 Slackware-Based PorteuX 2.6 Released with Linux 6.19, TLP Support, and More

PorteuX 2.6 Linux distribution is now available for download with Linux kernel 6.19, GNOME 49.4, KDE Plasma 6.5.5, Cinnamon 6.6, and more. Here’s what else is new!

🔗 Source: https://9to5linux.com/slackware-based-porteux-2-6-released-with-linux-6-19-tlp-support-and-more

#linux #gnome #kde #plasma #kernel

📰 AerynOS 2026.02 Brings More Wayland Compositor Options, Other Improvements

AerynOS 2026.02 was released for closing out February as the newest alpha release for this Linux distribution formerly known as Serpent OS. In AerynOS 2026.02 are many package updates plus continued work on the tooling and other innovations around this Linux distribution...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/AerynOS-2026.02

#linux #wayland

📰 Koffan is a self-hosted grocery list you can share with your family, and it runs on a Raspberry Pi Zero W

It'll give you a fast, shared grocery list your whole household can use without subscriptions or lock-in.

🔗 Source: https://www.xda-developers.com/koffan-self-hosted-grocery-list-share-family-raspberry-pi-zero-w/

#raspberry

📰 AerynOS Feb 2026 Snapshot Updates Desktops, MOSS Gets Faster

AerynOS February 2026 snapshot updates COSMIC, GNOME, and KDE Plasma while significantly improving MOSS atomic update performance and tooling.

🔗 Source: https://linuxiac.com/aerynos-feb-2026-snapshot-updates-desktops-moss-gets-faster/

#gnome #kde #plasma

📰 GNU Hurd Finally Runs on x86_64 With New 64-Bit Port

GNU Hurd now supports x86_64 through GNU Guix, marking its first official move beyond 32-bit architecture after decades of development.

🔗 Source: https://linuxiac.com/gnu-hurd-finally-runs-on-x86-64-with-new-64-bit-port/

#gnu

📰 Intel's Clear Linux Website No Longer Online

Last July Intel sadly ended their Clear Linux distribution amid cost-cutting measures at the company. Clear Linux for a decade served at the forefront of Linux performance innovations and was consistently the fastest out-of-the-box Linux x86_64 distribution until Intel ended the Linux distribution without any advanced notice for its users. Intel had kept up the ClearLinux.

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Clear-Linux-Org-No-More

#linux #intel

📰 Arch Linux March ISO Is Out With Kernel, Desktop, and Security Updates

Arch Linux has released its updated March 2026 installation ISO, bringing a new kernel, refreshed system libraries, desktop updates, and security fixes.

🔗 Source: https://linuxiac.com/arch-linux-march-iso-is-out-with-kernel-desktop-and-security-updates/

#linux #arch #kernel

📰 New to Linux? These 4 systemd Tools Help You Fix Common Issues

Stop guessing, start investigating. Here are 4 systemd tools that make Linux troubleshooting easy.

🔗 Source: https://itsfoss.com/systemd-troubleshoot-tools/

#linux #systemd

📰 Orange Pi Neo Linux-powered handheld gaming PC delayed indefinitely due to RAM & SSD increases

It’s been nearly two years since Manjaro Linux developed revealed they were working with single board PC maker Orange Pi to launch a handheld gaming PC called the Orange Pi Neo, which was set to feature an AMD Ryzen processor and Linux-based software. But it looks we’ll have to wait at least a little longer for .

🔗 Source: https://liliputing.com/orange-pi-neo-linux-powered-handheld-gaming-pc-delayed-indefinitely-due-to-ram-ssd-increases/

#amd #orangepi #linux #linuxbased