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📰 RK3588 and RK3576 video decoders support merged in the upstream Linux Kernel Support for Rockchip’s VDPU381 and VDPU383 decoders is now upstream in Linux, bringing mainline H.264/HEVC decode support, robust IOMMU-reset recovery, and new HEVC V4L2 UAPI controls aligned with Vulkan Video. 🔗 Source: https://www.collabora.com/news-and-blog/news-and-events/rk3588-and-rk3576-video-decoders-support-merged-in-the-upstream-linux-kernel.html #linux#kernel

📰 Linux 6.18 LTS / 6.12 LTS / 6.6 LTS Support Periods Extended Greg Kroah-Hartman today extended the planned maintenance periods of the latest Linux 6.18, Linux 6.12, and Linux 6.6 Long Term Support (LTS) kernel series... 🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-6.18-LTS-6.12-6.6-Extend #linux#kernel

📰 Kernel 6.19: GPU, SoC, and Rust improvements Collabora continues to be a key contributor to the Linux kernel, with 125 patches from 21 developers! Highlights include Arm Mali GPU improvements, expanded MediaTek and Rockchip SoC support, Rust integration progress, and new Rockchip video capture functionality. 🔗 Source: https://www.collabora.com/news-and-blog/news-and-events/kernel-619-gpu-soc-rust-improvements.html #linux#kernel#arm

📰 React Moves to the Linux Foundation With Launch of the React Foundation React and React Native will now operate under the newly formed React Foundation, hosted by the Linux Foundation and backed by major industry members. 🔗 Source: https://linuxiac.com/react-moves-to-the-linux-foundation-with-launch-of-the-react-foundation/ #linux

📰 systemd 260-rc1 Released: New "mstack" Feature, System V Service Scripts No Longer Supported The first release candidate of systemd 260 is now available for testing. Systemd 260 finally does away with System V service scripts support. Also notable to systemd 260 is the work around the new "mstack" feature... 🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/systemd-260-rc1 #systemd

📰 The OpenClaw Hype: Analysis of Chatter from Open-Source Deep and Dark Web OpenClaw has sparked heavy Telegram and dark web chatter, but Flare's data shows more research hype than mass exploitation. Flare explains how its telemetry found real supply-chain risk in the skills marketplace, yet limited signs of large-scale criminal operationalization. 🔗 Source: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/the-openclaw-hype-analysis-of-chatter-from-open-source-deep-and-dark-web/ #opensource

📰 Someone is Bringing Fedora Linux to Phones (And It’s Not Red Hat) A small community project is building immutable Fedora images for tablets and phones. 🔗 Source: https://itsfoss.com/news/fedora-pocketblue-remix-overview/ #linux#fedora

📰 GTK 4.22 In Good Shape With Better SVG Support Matthias Clasen shared an update today concerning the state of Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) within GNOME's GTK toolkit... 🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/GTK-4.22-SVG-2026 #gnome

📰 OpenZFS 2.4.1 Released With Linux 6.19 Compatibility, Many Fixes Following the big OpenZFS 2.4 release back in December, OpenZFS 2.4.1 was released overnight to ship support for the latest Linux 6.19 stable kernel plus a variety of different bug fixes... 🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/OpenZFS-2.4.1-Released #linux#kernel

📰 AMD Posts Linux Patches For SEV-SNP BTB Isolation It's quite a mouthful but today AMD posted Linux kernel patches for preparing SEV-SNP BTB isolation support for further enhancing the security of virtual machines (VMs) for confidential computing... 🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/AMD-SEV-SNP-BTB-Isolation #amd#linux#kernel

📰 Dynamic Music Pill puts slick media controls in your GNOME panel Dynamic Music Pill is a GNOME Shell extension that embeds a pill-shaped media controller into your desktop panel or dock. It shows album art, artist name and track title alongside an animated waveform visualiser. If that sounds unashamedly blingy, it’s because it is – nothing wrong in that, right? The extension received an update today, which seem a good hook to actually take this off my “to write about” list. 🔗 Source: https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/02/dynamic-music-pill-gnome-panel-media-controller #gnome

📰 Nvidia Readies New Arm-Based Chips for Dell, Lenovo Laptops Nvidia is returning to consumer PCs through new partnerships with Intel and MediaTek, aiming to power AI-enabled laptops that rival Apple’s efficiency... 🔗 Source: https://www.techrepublic.com/article/news-nvidia-return-consumer-pc-ai-laptops/ #intel#arm