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📰 Intel Core Ultra 5 250K Plus Provides Exceptional Value For Linux Users After looking at the new Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus processor earlier this month with its nice performance evolution for Arrow Lake on Linux, today we are looking at the other new Intel desktop CPU offering: the Core Ultra 5 250K Plus that retails for just $219 USD. 🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/review/intel-core-ultra-5-250k-plus #intel#linux

📰With Linux 7.1 The Mainline Kernel Now Supports Real-Time "RT" On ARM The Linux 7.1 mainline kernel will allow building a real-time "PREEMPT_RT" kernel for the ARM architecture with no longer needing any out-of-tree patches... 🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-7.1-ARM-RT #arm#kernel#linux

📰 Canonical developer lays out some AI plans for Ubuntu Linux AI in your Ubuntu Desktop? Eventually, it seems. Canonical will need to tread very carefully on this one but plans are being made for it.Read the full article on GamingOnLinux. 🔗 Source: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/04/canonical-developer-lays-out-some-ai-plans-for-ubuntu-linux/ #linux#ubuntu

📰 In the beginning was the Bork: 'Heart of the Earth' exhibit reveals Raspberry Pi in existential crisis Dynamic Earth's ancient rock holds not primordial crystal, but a tiny Linux box having a bad day Bork!Bork!Bork! From the beginning of time, there has always been Bork. Lurking within the heart of this ancient rock is not a precious crystal or a rare fossil. No, it's a Raspberry Pi desktop and dialog.… 🔗 Source: https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2026/04/27/the_raspberry_pi_turns_up/ #linux#raspberry

📰Linux GPU tool (LACT) gets a new UI and a NVIDIA Voltage-Frequency Curve Editor The popular open source app, Linux GPU Configuration And Monitoring Tool (LACT), has a huge new release out now with a brand new UI and major new features.Read the full article on GamingOnLinux. 🔗 Source: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/04/linux-gpu-tool-lact-gets-a-new-ui-and-a-nvidia-voltage-frequency-curve-editor/ #linux#opensource

📰The gaming Linux distro everyone's switching to just made sudo way more secure with your fingerprint 2026 has been a great year for CachyOS, and we're only a quarter of the way in. Earlier in the year, we saw CachyOS dethrone Arch Linux as the top distro for reports in ProtonDB, which ended a year-long reign and showed a pattern of people checking out CachyOS for their gaming needs. 🔗 Source: https://www.xda-developers.com/the-gaming-linux-distro-everyones-switching-to-just-made-sudo-way-more-secure-with-your-fingerprint/ #arch#distro#linux

📰Linus Torvalds Announces First Linux Kernel 7.1 Release Candidate Linus Torvalds announced the general availability of the first Release Candidate version of the upcoming Linux 7.1 kernel series for public testing. Here’s what to expect! 🔗 Source: https://9to5linux.com/linus-torvalds-announces-first-linux-kernel-7-1-release-candidate #kernel#linux

📰CachyOS Introduces New Default GUI Package Manager, Kyber For NVMe I/O Scheduler The April 2026 ISO refresh of the Arch Linux based CachyOS is now available with a variety of refinements, new hardware support, and other polishing... 🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/CachyOS-April-2026 #arch#linux

📰 The New Linux Kernel AI Bot Uncovering Bugs Is A Local LLM On Framework Desktop + AMD Ryzen AI Max Earlier this month on Phoronix we were the first to draw attention to a new fuzzing tool / AI bot uncovering kernel bugs by Greg Kroah-Hartman, the "second in command" for Linux kernel development and stable maintainer. Greg has now shared more light on the "gregkh_clanker_t1000" for this tool that has been uncovering more Linux kernel bugs the past few weeks... 🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Clanker-T1000-AMD-Ryzen-AI-Max #amd#kernel#linux

📰 Asahi Linux Improves Apple Silicon Support as Fedora Asahi Remix 44 Nears Asahi Linux moves Apple Silicon support forward with a new installer, Mac Pro support, firmware updates, and Fedora Asahi Remix 44 preparations. 🔗 Source: https://linuxiac.com/asahi-linux-improves-apple-silicon-support-as-fedora-asahi-remix-44-nears/ #fedora#linux

📰 GNOME extensions are basically required, but they're a ticking time bomb for Linux desktops The unpredictable nature of GNOME extensions, lacking a standard rulebook, often leads to instability and crashes. 🔗 Source: https://www.xda-developers.com/gnome-extensions-are-reason-linux-desktops-break-themselves/ #gnome#linux

📰 Void Linux Switches Main NVIDIA Package to Open Kernel Modules Void Linux now uses NVIDIA’s open DKMS kernel modules in its main NVIDIA package, starting with the 595.xx driver series. 🔗 Source: https://linuxiac.com/void-linux-switches-main-nvidia-package-to-open-kernel-modules/ #kernel#linux