📰 Solus 4.9 “Serenity” Released with Linux 6.18 LTS, KDE Plasma 6.6, and More

Solus 4.9 distribution is now available for download with Linux kernel 6.18 LTS, Budgie 10.9.4, KDE Plasma 6.6, GNOME 49.5, and Xfce 4.20.

🔗 Source: https://9to5linux.com/solus-4-9-serenity-released-with-linux-6-18-lts-kde-plasma-6-6-and-more

#budgie #gnome #kde #kernel #linux #plasma

📰 Type with your voice on Linux using this Whisper-based app

Your mouth can say things faster than your hands can type them, yet voice typing is rarely used as a primary input method on desktop (most of us think nothing of it on mobile). That’s despite speech-to-text being available on desktop OSes for decades, natively and through dedicated apps. It never caught on because it was inaccurate and slow (and because what you do at a keyboard is less efficient to speak, but that’s a separate point).

🔗 Source: https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/04/speed-of-sound-linux-voice-typing-app

#linux

📰 Mozilla’s New Firefox Mascot ‘Kit’ Triggers Online Backlash Over Pronouns

From cute mascot to online outrage, Firefox’s “Kit” quickly became the center of a debate no one expected. But is the controversy even justified?

🔗 Source: https://feed.itsfoss.com/link/24361/17321728/mozillas-firefox-mascot-gender-controversy

#firefox

📰 Valve Developer Further Improves Old AMD GPUs: HD 7870 XT Finally Working On Linux

Timur Kristóf of Valve's Linux graphics driver team is the one that worked on improving the old AMD Radeon GCN 1.0/1.1 graphics card support by making AMDGPU driver improvements so it could become the default for these Southern Islands and Sea Islands GPUs rather than the legacy Radeon kernel driver. That meant better performance, RADV Vulkan support out-of-the-box, and other benefits.

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/AMD-Harvested-GPUs-Linux

#amd #kernel #linux

📰 Valve Developer Further Improves Old AMD GPUs: HD 7870 XT Finally Working On Linux

Timur Kristóf of Valve's Linux graphics driver team is the one that worked on improving the old AMD Radeon GCN 1.0/1.1 graphics card support by making AMDGPU driver improvements so it could become the default for these Southern Islands and Sea Islands GPUs rather than the legacy Radeon kernel driver. That meant better performance, RADV Vulkan support out-of-the-box, and other benefits.

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/AMD-Harvested-GPUs-Linux

#amd #kernel #linux

📰 Sunshine and Moonlight let me build my own game streaming service for the cost of one GPU

Gaming on Linux was always viewed as a compromise. Leaving the clutches of Windows was met by roadblocks when it came to running PC games.

🔗 Source: https://www.xda-developers.com/self-hosting-streaming-service-changed-the-way-play-games/

#linux

📰 New Debian Project Leader Elected For 2026

Sruthi Chandran has been elected the new Debian Project Leader "DPL" after running unopposed in this year's elections...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Debian-DPL-Sruthi-Chandran

#debian

📰 These 4 free open-source apps fix what Google left broken on my Pixel phone

Google’s Pixel lineup represents the pinnacle of Android, refined by years of software iteration. Unfortunately, the company may have lost focus on the core pillars of the user experience recently. Every year's Pixel experience seems incrementally better than the last, with most of the hardware bits like the camera sensors, shared, and AI tricks doing the heavy lifting. This makes Pixel devices resemble an on-ramp for Google's subscriptions more...

🔗 Source: https://www.xda-developers.com/free-open-source-apps-fix-google-pixel-phone-basics/

#android #opensource

📰 GIMP 3.2.4 Improves Text and Crop Tools, PDF Export, PSD Import, and More

GIMP 3.2.4 open-source image editor is now available for download with improvements to Text and Crop tools, PDF export, PSD import, and more. Here's what's new!

🔗 Source: https://9to5linux.com/gimp-3-2-4-improves-text-and-crop-tools-pdf-export-psd-import-and-more

#opensource

📰 CachyOS just shipped Linux 7.0, and it has some extra performance tweaks added to the mix

After a few worrying release candidates, Linus released the Linux 7.0 kernel a few days ago. While there seemed to be more bug fixes than usual during the preview builds, Linus felt that the changes were small enough not to warrant a delay. He also believes the increase in fixes was due to AI assistants getting better at finding problems in the code, which is valid.

🔗 Source: https://www.xda-developers.com/cachyos-just-shipped-linux-70-and-it-has-some-extra-performance-tweaks-added-to-the-mix/

#kernel #linux

📰 DRAGON BALL XENOVERSE 3 gets formally announced

DRAGON BALL XENOVERSE 3 has now been properly announced, and hopefully this time around the online multiplayer will work on Linux / SteamOS.Read the full article on GamingOnLinux.

🔗 Source: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/04/dragon-ball-xenoverse-3-gets-formally-announced/

#linux

📰 Playnix launch their own Steam Machine-like Linux gaming console

Can't wait on the Steam Machine from Valve? Don't want to build your own? Perhaps the Playnix might be what you want then.Read the full article on GamingOnLinux.

🔗 Source: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/04/playnix-launch-their-own-steam-machine-like-linux-gaming-console/

#linux #steam

📰 LXQt 2.4 Released With More Wayland Fixes/Improvements

The LXQt 2.4 desktop released today for joining the modern open-source desktop party alongside the likes of the recently debuted GNOME 50, KDE Plasma 6.6, and others...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/LXQt-2.4-Released

#gnome #kde #opensource #plasma #wayland

📰 JFS Sees Data Integrity Hardening With Linux 7.1

It's pretty rare nowadays seeing any real changes to the JFS file-system on Linux when there are multiple far superior solutions available. But in any event, the JFS file-system driver has seen a few fixes in Linux 7.1...

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

#linux

📰 Firefox 50 brings Linux emoji picker, PDF page ordering + more

Firefox 150 is released this week with an enhanced Split View features, multi-tab sharing and a clutch of welcome PDF editor improvements. Split View debuted in Firefox 149 last month, letting you easily view two web-pages side-by-side in a single tab (no more juggling windows). In Firefox 150, you can right-click a link on a web page and choose Open Link in Split View to, well, do precisely that.

🔗 Source: https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/04/firefox-50-features

#firefox #linux

📰 A Lot Of Memory Management "MM" Improvements Merged For Linux 7.1

Andrew Morton recently sent out his various "MM" related pull requests for the ongoing Linux 7.1 kernel. There are a number of memory management optimizations in this next kernel version, which is always nice to see but all the more so these days with the inflated RAM pricing and other computer component prices...

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

#kernel #linux

📰 GNU Coreutils 9.11 Brings New Performance Improvements: Up To 15x Faster cat

It's not only the uutil's Rust Coreutils project seeing performance improvements but some increased healthy competition now from GNU Coreutils. With today's release of GNU Coreutils 9.11 the wc command is up to multiple times faster and even cat can be up to 15 times faster...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/GNU-Coreutils-9.11

#gnu

📰 I stopped trusting my router's diagnostics after my Raspberry Pi found what it missed

Lately, I’ve been working on a lot of ESP32 projects, so I keep checking my router for connectivity. But those devices kept showing as connected even when powered off. That made me question whether my router was giving me the full picture.

🔗 Source: https://www.xda-developers.com/stopped-trusting-routers-diagnostics-after-raspberry-pi-found-what-missed/

#raspberry

📰 While New NTFS Driver Merged, NTFS3 Driver Sees Fixes & Minor Changes For Linux 7.1

Last week saw the "NTFS resurrection" as Linux Torvalds put it with the new/overhauled NTFS driver having been merged for Linux 7.1. Even still, the NTFS3 driver that was contributed a few years ago by Paragon Software remains in the mainline kernel and today were some fixes/improvements merged for that existing driver...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/NTFS3-Linux-7.1

#kernel #linux

📰 Archinstall 4.3 Arch Linux Installer Adds Support for Installing Additional Fonts

Archinstall 4.3 text-mode installer for the Arch Linux distribution is now available with support for installing additional fonts, as well as other changes and bug fixes.

🔗 Source: https://9to5linux.com/archinstall-4-3-arch-linux-installer-adds-support-for-installing-additional-fonts

#arch #linux

📰 Valve's new Linux VRAM fix almost triples framerates in some games on the 4GB Radeon RX 6500 XT

A little while ago, we saw one of Valve's contractors, Natalie Vock, release a new tool that prevents Linux from stealing your VRAM. Beforehand, when Linux had to free up room on your GPU's VRAM and move stuff to the RAM, it had zero context over which blocks of data were assigned to which apps. As such, it had a tendency to boot the game you're playing off the VRAM to help keep that one random Google Chrome window you have open on the GPU's...

🔗 Source: https://www.xda-developers.com/linuxs-new-vram-saving-feature-almost-triples-the-framerate-in-some-games/

#linux