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📰 Linux Begins Removing Support For Russia's Baikal CPUs Beyond Linux 7.1 beginning to phase out Intel 486 CPU support, this next Linux kernel version is also beginning to remove driver code for supporting Russia's Baikal CPUs... 🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-Dropping-Baikal-CPUs #intel#kernel#linux

📰KDE Gear 26.04 Software Suite Is Out with Many Improvements for KDE Apps KDE Gear 26.04 open-source software suite is now available with improvements for many of your favorite KDE applications. Here’s what’s new! 🔗 Source: https://9to5linux.com/kde-gear-26-04-software-suite-is-out-with-many-improvements-for-kde-apps #kde#opensource

📰 AMD Linux Graphics Driver Introducing "Power Module" To Better Match Windows Behavior With the set of today's AMDGPU kernel graphics driver Display Core (DC) patches is a rather curious addition with wiring up the Linux code to a "power module" that looks like it will better match Microsoft Windows behavior with the AMD Radeon driver around display-related power savings features... 🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/AMDGPU-DC-Power-Module #amd#kernel#linux

📰 Travel computing doesn't need a laptop — the Raspberry Pi 5 proved that to me For the right traveler, the Raspberry Pi 5 is more than just adequate on the road. 🔗 Source: https://www.xda-developers.com/travel-computing-doesnt-need-laptop-raspberry-pi-5-proved/ #raspberry

📰 New AgingFly malware used in attacks on Ukraine govt, hospitals A new malware family named 'AgingFly' has been identified in attacks against local governments and hospitals that steal authentication data from Chromium-based browsers and WhatsApp messenger. 🔗 Source: https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/new-agingfly-malware-used-in-attacks-on-ukraine-govt-hospitals/ #chromium

📰 WQ_AFFN_CACHE_SHARD Merged For Linux 7.1: Significant Win For CPUs With Many Cores Per LLC The workqueue changes merged today for the Linux 7.1 kernel are significant for today's modern high-end processors where there can be many CPU cores per last level cache (LLC / L3 cache). The new WQ_AFFN_CACHE_SHARD affinity scope can reduce some contention on such systems and help achieve greater performance... 🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-7.1-WQ #kernel#linux

📰 Orange Pi Zero 3W is a tiny Allwinner A733 computer with up to 16GB RAM and PCIe 3.0 support The Orange Pi Zero 3W is a tiny computer that measures just 65 x 32mm (2.56″ x 1.26″) and which bears a striking resemblance to a Raspberry Pi Zero 2 W. But Orange Pi’s version supports far more RAM, faster WiFi, and an FPC interface for PCIe 3.0 x1 add-ons. Powered by an Allwinner A733 processor, . 🔗 Source: https://liliputing.com/orange-pi-zero-3w-is-a-tiny-allwinner-a733-computer-with-up-to-16gb-ram-and-pcie-3-0-support/ #orangepi#raspberry

📰 Arch Linux's Archinstall 4.2 Fixes Botched Disk Encryption Security Archinstall 4.2 is now available as the latest update to this very convenient, text-based Arch Linux OS installer... 🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Archinstall-4.2 #arch#linux#security

📰 Decades-old Linux UI bug fixed by dev younger than the window manager Kamila Szewczyk prefers old software, as back then people understood something could actually be finished No one can tell software developer Kamila Szewczyk that newer is better: She just fixed a 20-year-old bug in Enlightenment E16, the old-school Linux window manager she favors partly because, she tells us, it is actually finished software.… 🔗 Source: https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2026/04/15/enlightenment_e16_bug_patched/ #linux

📰 Zorin OS 18.1 released, new Lite edition available The first point release to Zorin OS 18 is now available for download, arriving six months and some 3.3 million downloads after the original launch. Zorin OS 18.1 is a point release update. It’s still based on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS-based but adds a variety of desktop refinements, updated software and a new kernel (courtesy of the recent Ubuntu HWE from Canonical). A new Zorin OS Lite also launches today. 🔗 Source: https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/04/zorin-os-18-1-released #kernel#ubuntu#zorin

📰 Actively Exploited nginx-ui Flaw (CVE-2026-33032) Enables Full Nginx Server Takeover A recently disclosed critical security flaw impacting nginx-ui, an open-source, web-based Nginx management tool, has come under active exploitation in the wild.The vulnerability in question is CVE-2026-33032 (CVSS score: 9.8), an authentication bypass vulnerability that enables threat actors to seize control of the Nginx service. It has been codenamed MCPwn by Pluto Security.". 🔗 Source: https://thehackernews.com/2026/04/critical-nginx-ui-vulnerability-cve.html #nginx#opensource#security

📰 Sched QoS For Linux Aims To Improve Scheduling & Inspired In Part By Apple's QoS Classes Linux developer Qais Yousef with Google has announced the alpha release of Sched QoS as a new initiative for user-space assisted scheduling. The scheduling model in turn is based in part on Apple's quality of service classes used by iOS for classifying software as user interactive, user initiative, utility, or background tasks... 🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-Sched-QoS-v0.1 #linux