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📰 Lilbits: Vertical tabs for Chrome, Mac OS 10 for the Nintendo Wii, and a CyberDeck Pi The CyberDeck Pi is a DIY handheld computer that looks like something designed for a world where smartphones never existed. It’s a chunky device that probably won’t fit in your pocket. But it’s also a full-fledged computer that can run desktop GNU/Linux software thanks to its Raspberry Pi brains. And it’s made using a combination . 🔗 Source: https://liliputing.com/lilbits-vertical-tabs-for-chrome-mac-os-10-for-the-nintendo-wii-and-a-cyberdeck-pi/ #gnu#raspberry#linux

📰Bazzite is chopping 1GB off its image size—here's what got cut It has never been a better time to be a Linux gamer. With Proton making good headway, we're seeing gaming-oriented distros spring up in the wake of SteamOS to capitalize on the wave of titles Linux can now run. This includes Bazzite, which has posted some excellent performance demonstrations over the past few months, including that one time it outperformed Windows on Microsoft's branded handheld console. 🔗 Source: https://www.xda-developers.com/bazzite-chopping-1gb-off-its-image-size/ #linux

📰 Little Snitch, the macOS network tool, is now available on Linux A Linux version of Little Snitch, the iconic network monitoring and firewall tool for macOS, has been released. Little Snitch for Linux is written in Rust and uses eBPF for kernel-level traffic interception (which lets sandboxed code run inside the Linux kernel without modifying it). The tool lists processes on your machine making network connections, with options to block them. 🔗 Source: https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/04/little-snitch-linux #linux#kernel

📰 I tried Fedora and learned why it's not the beginner Linux distro everyone assumes it is Fedora is one of the best Linux distros out there, but if you're a beginner, it's probably not the best place to start. 🔗 Source: https://www.xda-developers.com/tried-fedora-learned-why-not-beginner-distro-everyone-assumes-it-is/ #distro#linux#fedora

📰Glass UI Is Making a Comeback on Linux — Thanks to KDE For those who never warmed up to Breeze, Oxygen and Air are shaping up to be compelling alternatives again. 🔗 Source: https://feed.itsfoss.com/link/24361/17315702/kde-plasma-oxygen-air-comeback #kde#linux

📰 Arch Linux Users Can Now Upgrade to GNOME 50 GNOME 50 is now available for Arch Linux users, bringing the latest desktop release to systems ready for upgrade. 🔗 Source: https://linuxiac.com/arch-linux-users-can-now-upgrade-to-gnome-50 #linux#arch#gnome

📰 GParted Live 1.8.1-3 Released with Linux Kernel 6.19.10 and GParted 1.8.1 GParted Live 1.8.1-3 Debian-based live system for performing disk partitioning tasks using the GParted partition editor is now available for download with Linux kernel 6.19. 🔗 Source: https://9to5linux.com/gparted-live-1-8-1-3-released-with-linux-kernel-6-19-10-and-gparted-1-8-1 #linux#kernel#debian

📰 Jay: A New Open-Source Shader Compiler Being Developed For Intel GPUs Jay is a new open-source shader compiler being developed for Intel's open-source OpenGL and Vulkan Linux drivers. Ultimately this Jay shader compiler should help in delivering better Linux graphics performance with modern Intel hardware... 🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Intel-Jay-Mesa-Shader-Compiler #linux#opensource#intel

📰 AMD InterWave ISA Sound Card Driver Seeing New Linux Patches In 2026 For those that like to make remarks about AMD "fine wine" especially when it comes to open-source Linux drivers and/or nostalgic about feature work on really old hardware, to much amusement there are new patches today for the AMD InterWave ISA sound card from the 1990s... 🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/AMD-InterWave-2026-Linux- #linux#amd#opensource

📰 Linux kernel maintainers are following through on removing Intel 486 support Linux devs think even one second spent on 486 support is a second too many. 🔗 Source: https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2026/04/linux-kernel-maintainers-are-following-through-on-removing-intel-486-support/ #linux#kernel#intel

📰 Intel QAT Driver With Linux 7.1 Adding Zstd Offload Support The Intel QuickAssist "QAT" driver for the mainline Linux 7.1 kernel is adding support for Zstd offloading across QuickAssist Gen 4 / Gen 5 / Gen 6 accelerators for Zstandard compression as well as Zstandard decompression (limited there to the latest Gen 6 hardware)... 🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Intel-QAT-Linux-7.1-Zstd #linux#kernel#intel

📰 Linux's Second-In-Command Turns To New Fuzzing Tools For Uncovering Kernel Bugs Greg Kroah-Hartman, the main Linux stable kernel maintainer and typically viewed as the second-in-command to the Linux kernel development, has turned to new "gregkh_clanker_t1000" fuzzing tooling to help uncover new kernel bugs... 🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Greg-KH-Clanker-Linux-Bugs #linux#kernel