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📰 CoolerControl 4.2 adds auto detection of new devices, stress-testing and more The open-source app for monitoring and controlling supported cooling devices on Linux, CoolerControl, has a big new release out with major new features.Read the full article on GamingOnLinux. 🔗 Source: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/04/coolercontrol-4-2-adds-auto-detection-of-new-devices-stress-testing-and-more/ #linux#opensource

📰 Linux 7.1 Lands Workaround For Arm C1-Pro Erratum Merged yesterday to the Linux 7.1 kernel is a workaround for an Arm C1-Pro CPU hardware bug around its Scalable Matrix Extension implementation... 🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-7.1-Arm-C1-Pro-Fix #arm#kernel#linux

📰 NGate Android malware uses HandyPay NFC app to steal card data A new variant of the NGate malware that steals NFC payment data is targeting Android users by hiding in a trojanized version of HandyPay, a legitimate mobile payments processing tool. 🔗 Source: https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/ngate-android-malware-uses-handypay-nfc-app-to-steal-card-data/ #android

📰 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

📰 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

📰 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

📰 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

📰 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

📰 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

📰 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

📰 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

📰 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