📰 KDE Plasma 6.7 Enables Overlay Planes For Intel Graphics, More Performance/Efficiency

KDE developers continued to land more feature changes for the upcoming Plasma 6.7 desktop release. It's a busy spring of fixes, optimizations, and shiny new features for Plasma 6.7...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/KDE-Plasma-6.7-Intel-Overlay

#intel #kde #plasma

📰 Fedora 44 Releasing Next Week

After being deemed not ready for debuting this week as an early release target, Fedora stakeholders have decided that Fedora 44 will be ready to officially debut next Tuesday...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Fedora-44-Next-Week

#fedora

📰 New NTFS Driver Sees A Number Of Fixes Ahead Of Linux 7.1-rc1

With the Linux 7.1-rc1 kernel release due out tomorrow to cap off the Linux 7.1 merge window, one of the most notable additions this cycle is the introduction of the new NTFS driver that aims to provide better performance and more modern features than the existing NTFS3 in-kernel driver that was originally contributed by Paragon Software...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/New-NTFS-Driver-Fixes-Linux-7.1

#kernel #linux

📰 Your Gen 5 SSD is probably throttling right now, and you have no idea

You paid a premium for 14,000 MB/s speeds, but during a large Steam download or 4K video export, it feels like your PC is struggling to keep up and overall just comes across quite mushy. Unlike a CPU, which might trigger a loud fan spike, an SSD suffers in silence, making it hard for you to identify when it is actually occurring.

🔗 Source: https://www.xda-developers.com/your-pcie-50-ssd-might-be-throttling-without-you-knowing/

#steam

📰 Microsoft Reportedly Looking At Rebasing Azure Linux On Fedora

Microsoft's in-house Azure Linux operating system used within Azure and for WSL and other purposes is reportedly pursuing an overhaul where it would be derived from Fedora Linux...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/MS-Azure-Linux-Fedora-Based

#fedora #linux

📰 Niri 26.04 Brings Long-Awaited Blur Support to the Wayland Compositor

Niri 26.04 scrollable-tiling Wayland compositor adds long-awaited blur support, improved screencasting, faster rendering, and more.

🔗 Source: https://linuxiac.com/niri-26-04-brings-long-awaited-blur-support-to-the-wayland-compositor/

#wayland

📰 I turned a Raspberry Pi and mini PC into a portable homelab that fits in my backpack

I love my homelab — but accessing it remotely from a hotel or café only gets me so far. That remote connection works fine for simpler tasks like checking dashboards, running scripts, waking up, or shutting down machines. But anything heavier — large file transfers, streaming, or running intensive workloads — quickly reveals public Wi-Fi’s limitations.

🔗 Source: https://www.xda-developers.com/turned-raspberry-pi-mini-pc-into-portable-homelab-that-fits-backpack/

#raspberry

📰 LACT 0.9 Released With UI Updates, Voltage-Frequency Curve Editor For NVIDIA

LACT, one of the leading open-source solutions to provide a graphics card management GUI that works across AMD / NVIDIA / Intel graphics hardware on Linux, is out with a major update this weekend...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/LACT-0.9-Released

#amd #intel #linux #opensource

📰 Void Linux Switches Main NVIDIA Package to Open Kernel Modules

Void Linux now uses NVIDIA’s open DKMS kernel modules in its main NVIDIA package, starting with the 595.xx driver series.

🔗 Source: https://linuxiac.com/void-linux-switches-main-nvidia-package-to-open-kernel-modules/

#kernel #linux

📰 GNOME extensions are basically required, but they're a ticking time bomb for Linux desktops

The unpredictable nature of GNOME extensions, lacking a standard rulebook, often leads to instability and crashes.

🔗 Source: https://www.xda-developers.com/gnome-extensions-are-reason-linux-desktops-break-themselves/

#gnome #linux

📰 BleachBit 6.0 Introduces New Cookie Manager, Improves Browser Cleaning

BleachBit 6.0 open-source and free disk space cleaner, privacy manager, and computer system optimizer software is now available for download with many improvements and major changes.

🔗 Source: https://9to5linux.com/bleachbit-6-0-introduces-new-cookie-manager-improves-browser-cleaning

#opensource

📰 Asahi Linux Improves Apple Silicon Support as Fedora Asahi Remix 44 Nears

Asahi Linux moves Apple Silicon support forward with a new installer, Mac Pro support, firmware updates, and Fedora Asahi Remix 44 preparations.

🔗 Source: https://linuxiac.com/asahi-linux-improves-apple-silicon-support-as-fedora-asahi-remix-44-nears/

#fedora #linux

📰 The New Linux Kernel AI Bot Uncovering Bugs Is A Local LLM On Framework Desktop + AMD Ryzen AI Max

Earlier this month on Phoronix we were the first to draw attention to a new fuzzing tool / AI bot uncovering kernel bugs by Greg Kroah-Hartman, the "second in command" for Linux kernel development and stable maintainer. Greg has now shared more light on the "gregkh_clanker_t1000" for this tool that has been uncovering more Linux kernel bugs the past few weeks...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Clanker-T1000-AMD-Ryzen-AI-Max

#amd #kernel #linux

[Release] rockchip-vaapi - VA-API hardware video decode driver for RK3588 (Orange Pi 5 Plus, Rock 5B, etc.)
--> https://www.reddit.com/r/OrangePI/s/hovQdXveM4

📰 CachyOS Introduces New Default GUI Package Manager, Kyber For NVMe I/O Scheduler

The April 2026 ISO refresh of the Arch Linux based CachyOS is now available with a variety of refinements, new hardware support, and other polishing...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/CachyOS-April-2026

#arch #linux

📰 Linus Torvalds Announces First Linux Kernel 7.1 Release Candidate

Linus Torvalds announced the general availability of the first Release Candidate version of the upcoming Linux 7.1 kernel series for public testing. Here’s what to expect!

🔗 Source: https://9to5linux.com/linus-torvalds-announces-first-linux-kernel-7-1-release-candidate

#kernel #linux

📰 D7VK v1.8 Continues Improving Legacy Direct3D Atop The Vulkan API

D7VK as what began as an implementation of the Direct3D 7 API on top of the Vulkan API, based off DXVK as part of Steam Play (Proton) for D3D8 through D3D11 support, continues enhancing its legacy D3D API support that over time has stretched now from D3D7 to D3D3...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/D7VK-1.8-Released

#proton #steam

📰 The gaming Linux distro everyone's switching to just made sudo way more secure with your fingerprint

2026 has been a great year for CachyOS, and we're only a quarter of the way in. Earlier in the year, we saw CachyOS dethrone Arch Linux as the top distro for reports in ProtonDB, which ended a year-long reign and showed a pattern of people checking out CachyOS for their gaming needs.

🔗 Source: https://www.xda-developers.com/the-gaming-linux-distro-everyones-switching-to-just-made-sudo-way-more-secure-with-your-fingerprint/

#arch #distro #linux

📰 Linux GPU tool (LACT) gets a new UI and a NVIDIA Voltage-Frequency Curve Editor

The popular open source app, Linux GPU Configuration And Monitoring Tool (LACT), has a huge new release out now with a brand new UI and major new features.Read the full article on GamingOnLinux.

🔗 Source: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/04/linux-gpu-tool-lact-gets-a-new-ui-and-a-nvidia-voltage-frequency-curve-editor/

#linux #opensource

📰 In the beginning was the Bork: 'Heart of the Earth' exhibit reveals Raspberry Pi in existential crisis

Dynamic Earth's ancient rock holds not primordial crystal, but a tiny Linux box having a bad day Bork!Bork!Bork! From the beginning of time, there has always been Bork. Lurking within the heart of this ancient rock is not a precious crystal or a rare fossil. No, it's a Raspberry Pi desktop and dialog.…

🔗 Source: https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2026/04/27/the_raspberry_pi_turns_up/

#linux #raspberry

📰 Canonical developer lays out some AI plans for Ubuntu Linux

AI in your Ubuntu Desktop? Eventually, it seems. Canonical will need to tread very carefully on this one but plans are being made for it.Read the full article on GamingOnLinux.

🔗 Source: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/04/canonical-developer-lays-out-some-ai-plans-for-ubuntu-linux/

#linux #ubuntu