📰 System76’s New Pangolin Pro Brings Ryzen AI Power to a 3.64 lb Linux Laptop

System76 has introduced the Pangolin Pro, a new Linux laptop with Ryzen AI 7 350, a 16-inch 2K 165Hz display, and OCuLink eGPU support.

🔗 Source: https://linuxiac.com/system76-pangolin-pro-linux-laptop/

#linux

📰 Godot 4.7 Will Finally Have HDR Output, Including On Linux With Wayland

The upcoming Godor 4.7 open-source, cross-platform game engine release is rolling out support for high dynamic range (HDR)...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Godot-4.7-With-HDR

#linux #opensource #wayland

📰 Your GNOME desktop can do what Hyprland does, and you don't need to switch

You might think you need a new Linux desktop to get a tiling window manager, but GNOME can give you that with a single extension.

🔗 Source: https://www.xda-developers.com/forge-brings-hyprlands-best-feature-gnome-actually-works/

#gnome #linux

📰 Bazzite is what most Linux gaming distros wish they were

Choose Bazzite if you want a console-like experience on Linux.

🔗 Source: https://www.xda-developers.com/bazzite-is-what-most-gaming-distros-wish-they-were/

#linux

📰 Gentoo-Based Redcore Linux Hardened 2601 Released with Kernel 6.19

Redcore Linux Hardened 2601 Vulpecula has been released, featuring Linux kernel 6.19, FFmpeg 8, and updates to the Sisyphus package manager.

🔗 Source: https://linuxiac.com/gentoo-based-redcore-linux-hardened-2601-released-with-kernel-6-19/

#ffmpeg #kernel #linux

📰 Waydroid runs Android apps on Linux better than Windows ever ran them on WSA

The Windows Subsystem for Android (WSA) is history now. Microsoft caved in and killed the project, which angered a lot of users because it was one of the main highlights of the Windows 11 launch. Microsoft failed to anticipate the demand for running Android apps with Google Play Store support, and the option to only download apps via the Amazon Appstore didn’t appeal to a lot of users. I thought WSA would kill third-party Android emulators on...

🔗 Source: https://www.xda-developers.com/waydroid-runs-android-apps-on-linux-better-than-windows-wsa/

#android #linux

📰 HDMI FRL Support Achieved With Open-Source Nouveau For NVIDIA GPUs

While the AMDGPU open-source driver has struggled with HDMI 2.1 support due to the HDMI Forum blocking open-source implementations, HDMI Fixed Rate Link (FRL) as a feature of the HDMI 2.1 specification is enjoying success now with the open-source Nouveau graphics driver on Linux for NVIDIA GPUs...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/HDMI-FRL-On-Nouveau-Linux

#linux #opensource

📰 5 Reasons to Upgrade to Ubuntu 26.04 (and 3 Reasons to Stay Away)

Should you skip this new release or jump on the bandwagon and upgrade to 26.04? Let me help you with that.

🔗 Source: https://feed.itsfoss.com/link/24361/17324480/ubuntu-26-04-upgrade-or-not

#ubuntu

📰 Pull Request For Linux To Remove Old Network Drivers, ISDN Subsystem Due To AI/LLM Noise

It was just days ago we reported on a proposal to drop old network drivers due to AI-driven bug reports becoming a burden on upstream kernel developers. Last night that culminated with an initial pull request to clear out some old, unused networking drivers plus also clearing out the entire ISDN subsystem and more...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-7.1-PR-Remove-Old-Net

#kernel #linux

📰 Arm C1-Ultra Scheduling Model Merged For LLVM/Clang 23

Merged recently to the latest LLVM/Clang compiler development tree is the Arm C1-Ultra scheduling model for helping with delivering optimal binaries for that flagship next-gen Arm mobile CPU...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Arm-C1-Ultra-Sched-LLVM-Clang

#arm

📰 Firefox Has Quietly Integrated Brave's Adblock Engine

Mozilla shipped it in Firefox 149 without a mention in the release notes.

🔗 Source: https://feed.itsfoss.com/link/24361/17324714/firefox-ships-brave-adblock-engine

#firefox

📰 Tails 7.7 Anonymous Distro Adds Detection of Outdated Secure Boot Certificates

Tails 7.7 anonymous Linux distribution is now available for download with automatic detection of outdated Secure Boot certificates, Tor Browser 15.0.10, and other changes.

🔗 Source: https://9to5linux.com/tails-7-7-anonymous-distro-adds-detection-of-outdated-secure-boot-certificates

#distro #linux

📰 Fedora is becoming the default Linux recommendation, and Ubuntu did this to itself

Ubuntu used to be the easiest recommendation for a new Linux user, but recent bad decisions have caused things to shift in favor of Fedora.

🔗 Source: https://www.xda-developers.com/fedora-becoming-default-linux-recommendation-ubuntu-fault/

#fedora #linux #ubuntu

📰 Many Intel & AMD Laptop Improvements Merged For Linux 7.1

As usual in recent years, there were many x86 platform driver changes merged this cycle for benefiting modern AMD Ryzen and Intel Core (Ultra) laptops. A variety of new features and laptop hardware support additions were merged for Linux 7.1...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-7.1-x86-Platform-Drivers

#amd #intel #linux

📰 More ancient Linux device support faces the chop

One way to deal with bug hunting LLMs: ditch the old drivers One tactic to deal with LLM-powered vulnerability detection is simple – just speed up the removal of old code. If it's gone, it no longer matters if it's buggy.…

🔗 Source: https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2026/04/24/ancient_linux_drivers_going/

#linux

📰 Canonical finally gives Launchpad (a bit of) a glow-up

Launchpad, the home of Ubuntu development, has finally received some design attention. Canonical last updated the site’s homepage back in 2024, but many of the pages that the distro’s developers actually use or reference on a regular basis have remained untouched for the best part of a decade. Now that’s starting to change.

🔗 Source: https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/04/ubuntu-launchpad-website-revamp

#distro #ubuntu

📰 Farewell ISDN, Ham Radio & Old Network Drivers: Linus Torvalds Merges 138k L.O.C. Removal

Linus Torvalds did it! He merged the pull request to rid the Linux kernel of the old Integrated Services Digital Network (ISDN) subsystem and various other old network drivers largely for PCMCIA era network adapters. This was the code suggested for removal given the recent influx of AI/LLM-generated bug reports against this dated code that likely has no active upstream users remaining...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-7.1-Removes-Old-Net

#kernel #linux