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📰 Fastfetch 2.61 System Information Tool Drops Windows 7 and 8 Support Fastfetch 2.61 drops Windows 7 and 8 support, introduces faster GPU detection, and transitions to a pure C build on Linux. 🔗 Source: https://linuxiac.com/fastfetch-2-61-system-information-tool-drops-windows-7-and-8-support/ #linux

📰 The One Trick That Made Immutable Linux Easier For Me There's a systemd utility that lets you "inject" tools into a read-only OS at runtime, without rebooting the system. Here's my exploration. 🔗 Source: https://feed.itsfoss.com/link/24361/17309280/systemd-sysext #linux#systemd

📰 Ubuntu 26.04 LTS no longer offers Google Drive access in Nautilus If you’re used to accessing your Google Drive in the Nautilus file manager sidebar, a heads-up that the feature no longer works in GNOME 50, the desktop version Ubuntu 26.04 LTS uses. GNOME Online Accounts integration continues to support linking your Google account to allow supported apps to access your contacts, mail and calendar data. 🔗 Source: https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/03/google-drive-not-working-nautilus-ubuntu-26-04 #ubuntu#gnome

📰 Archinstall 4.0 Arch Linux Installer Released with New Textual UI Archinstall 4.0 Arch Linux menu-based installer is now available for download with a new TUI (text-based user interface), new features, and various improvements. 🔗 Source: https://9to5linux.com/archinstall-4-0-arch-linux-installer-released-with-new-textual-ui #linux#arch

📰 Euro-Office is a free, open source alternative to Microsoft 365 and Google Docs At a recent press event in Berlin, Germany, Nextcloud, Ionos, and a "coalition of other European enterprises and community organizations" announced Euro-Office, an open-source fork of OnlyOffice that aims to provide a viable alternative to restrictive platforms such as Microsoft Office 365 and Google Docs. 🔗 Source: https://www.xda-developers.com/euro-office-free-open-source-alternative-to-microsoft-365-googledocs/ #opensource

📰AMD Sends Out Linux Patches For Their Next-Gen AIE4 NPU Hitting the mailing list today are patches providing initial support for AMD's next-gen NPU "AIE4" platform, complete with SR-IOV support... 🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/AMD-AIE4-NPU-AMDXDNA #linux#amd

📰 Framework becomes a KDE Patron helping to fund open source Hardware vendor Framework has now become a KDE Patron, offering financial support to further push open source like the Plasma desktop.Read the full article on GamingOnLinux. 🔗 Source: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/03/framework-becomes-a-kde-patron-helping-to-fund-open-source/ #kde#opensource#plasma

📰 Ubuntu MATE Leader Stepping Down, Seeking New Contributors After starting and leading the Ubuntu MATE flavor since 2014, Martin Wimpress announced he's looking to step down from leading this flavor of Ubuntu Linux with the MATE desktop environment. He's hoping for new passionate contributors to keep it going... 🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Ubuntu-MATE-Needs-Leader #linux#ubuntu

📰 Intel Graphics Driver For Linux 7.1 Preps Workaround For Dell XPS Panther Lake Laptop Sent out today was the latest batch of drm-intel-next changes as feature work toward DRM-Next for Linux 7.1 winds down. This week's drm-intel-next pull is mostly fixes and some low-level code refactoring. The only item really standing out is some new quirk infrastructure for dealing with laptop display panels that may have buggy Panel Replay handling... 🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Intel-Linux-7.1-Panel-Replay #linux#intel

📰 AMD Revives Linux Kernel Patches For Hardware-Accelerated vIOMMU Back in 2023 AMD posted hardware-accelerated virtualized IOMMU patches for the Linux kernel as a request for comments (RFC). In 2024 they then posted a second iteration of the AMD vIOMMU patches but then seemingly fell off the radar. This morning is now the first set of updated AMD vIOMMU patches sent out on the Linux kernel mailing list with the RFC tag now removed... 🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/AMD-vIOMMU-2026-Linux #linux#amd#kernel

📰 Someone turned a broken Magic 8 Ball into a physics-based Raspberry Pi Pico fortune teller Is this the coolest Magic 8 Ball I've seen? Signs point to yes. 🔗 Source: https://www.xda-developers.com/someone-turned-a-broken-magic-8-ball-into-a-physics-based-raspberry-pi-pico-fortune-teller/ #raspberry

📰 GNOME 51 “A Coruña” Desktop Environment Scheduled for September 16th, 2026 The development cycle of the upcoming GNOME 51 “A Coruña” desktop environment kicks off with a draft release schedule suggesting the final release is expected later this year on September 16th, 2026. 🔗 Source: https://9to5linux.com/gnome-51-a-coruna-desktop-environment-scheduled-for-september-16th-2026 #gnome