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📰 Linux File-System Proliferation A Burden: Requirements Laid Out For Any Future File-Systems The growing number of file-systems within the Linux kernel source tree is causing an ongoing burden for upstream developers maintaining the virtual file-system (VFS) code around it and associated code. As a result of the continuing rise of new file-systems being proposed for the Linux kernel, documentation is being introduced to establish clear guidelines for getting new file-systems accepted into the mainline kernel... 🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-FS-Proliferation-Burden #kernel#linux

📰 Telegram Mini Apps abused for crypto scams, Android malware delivery Cybersecurity researchers have uncovered a large-scale fraud operation that uses Telegram's Mini App feature to run crypto scams, impersonate well-known brands, and distribute Android malware. 🔗 Source: https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/telegram-mini-apps-abused-for-crypto-scams-android-malware-delivery/ #android

📰 ReactOS Introduces Unified Live/Install Media, New Storage Driver ReactOS as the "open-source Windows" operating system project striving for binary compatibility with Microsoft Windows has seen some exciting improvements this week... 🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/ReactOS-Unified-ISO #opensource

📰 Turtle Beach WaveFront ISA Sound Cards Seeing Suspend/Resume Support On Linux In 2026 It's been an interesting 2026 in Linux development with beginning to phase out i486 CPU support, dropping ISDN and amateur "ham" radio support, and other code cleaning in the name of a diminishing user base -- or perhaps even no users left -- for those running such vintage hardware with a modern, up-to-date kernel. Yet ISA sound card drivers have seen an uptick in activity... 🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Turtle-Beach-WaveFront-SnR #kernel#linux

📰 CISA Adds Actively Exploited Linux Root Access Bug CVE-2026-31431 to KEV The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Friday added a recently disclosed security flaw impacting various Linux distributions to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, citing evidence of active exploitation in the wild.The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-31431 (CVSS score: 7.8), is a case of local privilege escalation (LPE) flaw that could allow an. 🔗 Source: https://thehackernews.com/2026/05/cisa-adds-actively-exploited-linux-root.html #linux

📰 I replaced my Raspberry Pis with $5 ESP32s for smart home projects, and they do everything I need My smart home doesn't need a Raspberry Pi anymore, and the ESP32 just proved it. 🔗 Source: https://www.xda-developers.com/i-replaced-raspberry-pis-with-5-esp32s-for-home-assistant/ #raspberry

📰 AMD's GAIA Defaults To Better Model, Continued Improvements For Local AI AMD software engineers on Friday released a new version of GAIA "Generative AI Is Awesome" as their open-source software for Windows and Linux leveraging the Lemonade SDK and aiming to make it easy to build AI agents on your PC with all local AI processing across AMD's CPUs, GPUs, and NPUs... 🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/AMD-GAIA-0.17.5 #amd#linux#opensource

📰 I always tweak my Proxmox host's settings before spinning up a single VM or LXC Over the last couple of years, I’ve installed Proxmox on PCs of all shapes and sizes, including enterprise-grade servers, dinosaur machines, single-board computers, and gaming laptops. After all, Proxmox’s lightweight nature lets me run this killer platform on anything with an x86 CPU, and since it supports Linux containers and KVM-based virtual machines, I can use my PVE-powered systems as hybrid project-building workstations and self-hosting... 🔗 Source: https://www.xda-developers.com/i-always-tweak-my-proxmox-hosts-settings/ #linux

📰 Steam Survey for April 2026 shows Linux still trending well With the Steam Hardware & Software Survey for April 2026 now live, we've seen a decrease compared with the all-time high from last month but still a good trend.Read the full article on GamingOnLinux. 🔗 Source: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/05/steam-survey-for-april-2026-shows-linux-still-trending-well/ #linux#steam

📰 VideoLAN Publishes Dav2d For Open-Source AV2 Decoder While the Alliance For Open Media had been aiming for the AV2 release by the end of 2025, as of right now the AV2 specification remains in a draft status. VideoLAN developers though for months have already been working on dav2d as an open-source AV2 decoder and that code was published this weekend... 🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Dav2d-Open-Source-AV2-Decode #opensource

📰 NVIDIA Ships Fixes For Descriptor Heaps, More Vulkan Performance Optimizations NVIDIA on Friday released the 595.44.06 beta driver build as their newest Vulkan developer beta for Linux. This was joined by the NVIDIA 595.46 Windows Vulkan beta and there are performance improvements in tow and more work on their descriptor heaps support... 🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/NVIDIA-595.44.06-Vulkan-Beta #linux

📰 Steam On Linux In April Pulled Back From Its Record High Marketshare Steam on Linux use in March had skyrocketed to 5.33%, a 3.1% boost month-over-month and easily the highest level we've seen Steam on Linux at since its inception more than a decade ago. This record growth came amid the ongoing success of the Steam Deck handheld and Steam Play (Proton) for enabling more Windows games to run well on Linux. The April numbers are in and the Linux gaming marketshare pulled back somewhat but still remaining healthy... 🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Steam-April-2026-Survey #linux#proton#steam