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📰 This $30 app is the best purchase I've made for my Steam Deck Linux and Windows don't play nicely with each other, but this app solves that problem. 🔗 Source: https://www.xda-developers.com/this-app-is-the-best-purchase-ive-made-for-my-steam-deck/ #linux#steam

📰 The best cheap Linux-based desktop you can buy was never designed to run Linux The M1 Mac mini wasn’t designed to be a Linux desktop, but Asahi Linux has turned it into one of the best cheap machines around. 🔗 Source: https://www.xda-developers.com/best-cheap-linux-based-desktop-never-designed-run/ #linux#linuxbased

📰 Linux gains more critical Windows apps: 3D Movie Maker and Space Cadet Pinball Further demonstrating its role as industry default OS the versatility of modern porting tools. 🔗 Source: https://www.theregister.com/oses/2026/05/13/linux-gains-more-critical-windows-apps-3d-movie-maker-and-space-cadet-pinball/5239455 #linux

📰 Arm Preparing The Linux Kernel For 128-bit Page Table Entries "FEAT_D128" A new core infrastructure improvement for the Linux kernel on ARM being worked on is enabling 128-bit page table entries (PTEs) with FEAT_D128 as a new optional feature of Armv9.3 and later... 🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Arm-Linux-FEAT-D128-Patches #arm#kernel#linux

📰 KDE gets €1.2m funding from the Sovereign Tech Fund KDE has announced it’s getting a €1.28 million grant from the Sovereign Tech Fund (STF) to help improve the Plasma desktop, KDE Linux and the communication frameworks used by both. The German government-backed fund, which sees its work as “strategic investments in the digital infrastructure of our economy and society”, will disburse €1,285,200 ($1,512,680) to KDE across 2026 and 2027. 🔗 Source: https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/05/kde-sovereign-tech-fund-grant #kde#linux#plasma

📰 Unreal Engine 5.8 adds experimental Steam Frame support, Qualcomm give the Steam Frame a dedicated page Valve's new VR kit the Steam Frame appears to be inching closer to a release announcement - here's two more fun bits of news on it for you.Read the full article on GamingOnLinux. 🔗 Source: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/05/unreal-engine-5-8-adds-experimental-steam-frame-support-qualcomm-give-the-steam-frame-a-dedicated-page/ #steam

📰Discord joke that it's The Year of the Linux Desktop The Year of the Linux Desktop is finally here! Sort of. Well, not really but it's getting there and Discord has seen some nice improvements lately.Read the full article on GamingOnLinux. 🔗 Source: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/05/discord-joke-that-its-the-year-of-the-linux-desktop/ #linux

📰 Malware found in Linux builds of Cemu Wii U emulator If you’ve downloaded the Cemu Wii U emulator for Linux from the project’s official GitHub in the past few weeks, bad news: it may have added malware to your system when you ran it. The team who develop the the open-source emulator recently discovered that both the Linux AppImage and ZIP package of Cemu 2.6 on Github were “compromised” packages containing malware. The Cemu Flatpak and installers for Windows and macOS are not affected. 🔗 Source: https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/05/cemu-linux-malware #appimage#flatpak#linux#opensource

📰 Downloaded Cemu for Linux recently? You may have malware If you recently downloaded the Cemu emulator for Linux from the project’s GitHub, be aware: it may have added malware to your system. The team behind the Wii U emulator discovered that both the official AppImage and its Ubuntu ZIP assets for the Cemu 2.6 release available to download from GitHub were “compromised”. Cemu’s Flatpak was not affected, nor were the GitHub installers for Windows and macOS. To wit: if you downloaded Cemu 2. 🔗 Source: https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/05/cemu-linux-malware #appimage#flatpak#linux#ubuntu

📰 FreeBSD 15.2 Will Aim For The Nice KDE Desktop Installation Experience FreeBSD 15.0 had aimed to provide a KDE desktop install option from its text-based OS installer to make for a more compelling FreeBSD out-of-the-box desktop experience. That was then delayed to FreeBSD 15.1 but that didn't end up materializing. Now the KDE desktop install option is diverted to FreeBSD 15.2... 🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/FreeBSD-15.2-KDE-Desktop #kde

📰AMD & Intel Roll Out New Linux Updates For Today's Patch Tuesday Today's Patch Tuesday is a busier one than normal for the quarter. Both AMD and Intel have rolled out new updates for Linux customers among other security disclosures today. Thankfully though the vulnerabilities don't appear to be too widespread or impactful... 🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Patch-Tuesday-May-2026 #amd#intel#linux

📰IBM s390 Is The Latest Architecture Seeing Rust Linux Kernel Support An IBM engineer posted the first set of patches enabling the Rust programming language support for the Linux kernel to be built on the s390 architecture... 🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/IBM-s390-Linux-Kernel-Rust #kernel#linux