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📰Rust stalks IBM mainframes, but only in nightly form Patch series would bring memory-safe code to Linux's s390 port, with compiler caveats attached. 🔗 Source: https://www.theregister.com/on-prem/2026/05/13/rust-stalks-ibm-mainframes-but-only-in-nightly-form/5239710 #linux

📰Fragnesia Made Public As Latest Linux Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability Following last week's disclosure of the Dirty Frag vulnerability for the Linux kernel, which only finished being patched up in mainline on Monday, Fragnesia is now public as a similar local privilege escalation (LPE) vulnerability... 🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-Fragnesia #kernel#linux

📰 Your Old Potato PC Might Game Better With This Linux Kernel Patch A proposed scheduler update shows frame time improvements on aging hardware under heavy CPU load. 🔗 Source: https://feed.itsfoss.com/link/24361/17339878/linux-scheduler-patch-gaming-old-hardware #kernel#linux

📰 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

📰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

📰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