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📰AMD Preps More GFX12.1 Enablement For Linux 7.1, Initial VCN 5.0.2 & JPEG 5.0.2 IP AMD today sent out another batch of AMDGPU kernel graphics driver and AMDKFD kernel compute driver changes to DRM-Next ahead of next month's Linux 7.1 merge window... 🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/AMD-More-GFX12.1-Linux-7.1 #kernel#linux#amd

📰Ubuntu 26.04 has a new boot animation (blink and you’ll miss it) Chances are Ubuntu boots so fast you rarely get time to stare at the boot screen, but if you’re somehow able to slow time down, there’s a new boot spinner to enjoy in 26.04 LTS. The new animation you’ll see on the Plymouth boot screen reuses the sunburst-come-tail from the official Resolute Raccoon mascot, albeit without a bemused Raccoon face staring out at you like he climbed in the washing machine and is now stuck on a spin cycle. 🔗 Source: https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/03/ubuntu-26-04-boot-spinner #ubuntu

📰 Wayland 1.25 Released With Color Management Now Fully Documented Article from Phoronix. Read more at the original link. 🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Wayland-1.25-Released #wayland

📰 New Perseus Android Banking Malware Monitors Notes Apps to Extract Sensitive Data Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed a new Android malware family called Perseus that's being actively distributed in the wild with an aim to conduct device takeover (DTO) and financial fraud.Perseus is built upon the foundations of Cerberus and Phoenix, at the same time evolving into a "more flexible and capable platform" for compromising Android devices through dropper apps distributed. 🔗 Source: https://thehackernews.com/2026/03/new-perseus-android-banking-malware.html #android

📰 OpenGL Lands New Extension To Benefit Wine The OpenGL API is still seeing new extensions introduced in 2026. Merged today to the OpenGL Registry is a new extension intended to help Wine usage for 32-bit Windows games/apps on 64-bit Linux systems... 🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/OpenGL-Mesa-Wine-Ext #linux

📰 Virtual Swap Space Patches Updated For Improving Linux's Swap Design The fourth iteration of patches implementing Virtual Swap Space for Linux were sent out on Wednesday. This stems from ideas going back years for an abstraction to better separate a swap entry from its physical backing storage... 🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Virtual-Swap-Space-Linux-v4 #linux

📰 GParted Live 1.8.1 Released With Linux Kernel 6.19 GParted Live 1.8.1, a bootable Linux system for disk partitioning, is out with Linux kernel 6.19, Debian Sid updates, and the stable GParted 1.8.1 release. 🔗 Source: https://linuxiac.com/gparted-live-1-8-1-released-with-linux-kernel-6-19/ #kernel#linux#debian

📰 AI Companies Put $12.5M Into Open Source Security to Fix a Problem Their Tools Helped Create The move targets the problem of maintainers drowning in AI-generated vulnerability reports. 🔗 Source: https://feed.itsfoss.com/link/24361/17301879/ai-companies-fund-open-source-security #opensource

📰 Linux Distributions Begin Blocking Brazil Access Over New Digital Law Several Linux distributions are restricting access from Brazil due to concerns about a new digital law impacting online software distribution. 🔗 Source: https://linuxiac.com/linux-distributions-begin-blocking-brazil-access-over-new-digital-law/ #linux

📰 Intel Ends Work On Open-Source kAFL-Fuzzer For Fuzzing VMs An Intel project developed the past several years was kAFL-Fuzzer as a hardware-assisted feedback fuzzer for x86 virtual machines (VMs) to help with security. While it saw a lot of work in prior years, development activity slowed down last year and now the project has been formally ended... 🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Intel-Ends-kAFL-Fuzzer #intel#opensource

📰 How to Install Zabbix Server on Ubuntu 24.04 (Noble Numbat) Zabbix is an open-source enterprise-class monitoring software that tracks the performance and availability of servers, network devices, and applications in real-time. It uses a server-client model, where the central system needs the Zabbix server installed and the systems being monitored require the Zabbix agent. The. 🔗 Source: https://linuxtldr.com/install-zabbix-server-on-ubuntu/ #ubuntu#opensource

📰 Running Mainline Linux, U-Boot, and Mesa on Rockchip: A year in review Get the recap of Nicolas Frattaroli's FOSDEM talk detailing Rockchip’s mainline progress, including Vulkan 1.4 and NPU support as a vital path to sustainable, affordable hardware. 🔗 Source: https://www.collabora.com/news-and-blog/blog/2026/03/02/running-mainline-linux-u-boot-and-mesa-on-rockchip-a-year-in-review/ #linux