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📰 Flatpak 1.17.7 To Track The Age Of Configurations For Providing Much Better Performance Flatpak 1.17.7 is now available for continuing to advance open-source app sandboxing and distribution on the Linux desktop. Some interesting new features are in tow with this Flatpak update plus there is also an updated XDG-Desktop-Portal release too... 🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Flatpak-1.17.7-Released #flatpak#linux#opensource

📰 New stealthy Quasar Linux malware targets software developers A previously undocumented Linux implant named Quasar Linux (QLNX) is targeting developers' systems with a mix of rootkit, backdoor, and credential-stealing capabilities. 🔗 Source: https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/new-stealthy-quasar-linux-malware-targets-software-developers/ #linux

📰 Orion for Linux adds a content blocker and download manager A new beta build of Orion for Linux is available, with the v0.3 update ready for ‘broader, real-world use and feedback’, according to Kagi, the company behind it. Orion for Linux is a native GTK4/libadwaita web browser powered by WebKitGTK, aiming for feature parity with established macOS version (platform-specific features notwithstanding). It launched an alpha in early 2026 and an initial beta in March. 🔗 Source: https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/05/orion-for-linux-public-beta #linux

📰 Orion for Linux’s latest beta is out A new beta build of Orion for Linux is available, with the v0.3 update described by its makers, the search company Kagi, as being “ready for broader, real-world use and feedback”. Orion for Linux is a native GTK4/libadwaita web browser powered by WebKitGTK. It launched an alpha build in early 2026 followed by early beta in March. The goal is to offer feature parity with the macOS version (platform-specific features notwithstanding). 🔗 Source: https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/05/orion-for-linux-public-beta #linux

📰 Attackers are cashing in on fresh 'CopyFail' Linux flaw Researchers dropped a reliable root exploit and it didn’t sit idle for long CISA is warning that a newly-disclosed Linux kernel bug dubbed "CopyFail" is already being exploited, just days after researchers dropped a working root-level exploit.… 🔗 Source: https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2026/05/05/cisa_sounds_the_alarm_on/ #kernel#linux

📰 Linux is finally ready for gamers, but gamers are still not ready for Linux We're in a golden age of Linux gaming, but most people are not ready to switch. 🔗 Source: https://www.xda-developers.com/linux-ready-for-gamers-but-gamers-not-ready-for-linux/ #linux

📰 Intel Drivers With Mesa 26.2 Ready With Xe In Linux 7.1 To Better Handle vRAM Pressure Merged to the Intel Xe kernel graphics driver with Linux 7.1 is an addition to improve the video RAM memory pressure or out-of-memory behavior for Intel graphics with dedicated video memory. Introduced is support for purgeable buffer objects via a new user-space API to provide usage hints for enhancing what is purged under vRAM pressure. Merged this week to Mesa 26.2-devel is support for the Intel Mesa drivers to make use of this new interface... 🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Intel-Mesa-26.2-Memory-Pressure #intel#kernel#linux

📰Manjaro 26.1 Preview Released With GNOME 50, KDE Plasma 6.6 & Xfce 4.20 Options The preview release of the Arch Linux powered Manjaro 26.1 is now available for testing... 🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Manjaro-26.1-Preview #arch#gnome#kde#linux#plasma

📰 AMD Preps Linux For CPPC HighestFreq Feature Coming With Future ACPI Spec An improvement on the way for the AMD P-State Linux CPU frequency scaling driver and the Linux ACPI Collaborative Processor Performance Control (CPPC) code at large is supporting a new "HighestFreq" register to be standardized by a future revision of the ACPI specification... 🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/AMD-CPPC-HighestFreq #amd#linux

📰 Expanded AMD HDMI 2.1 support is coming to Linux One area that's lacking on Linux right now is support for later versions of HDMI with AMD GPUs, but it seems expanded features are coming.Read the full article on GamingOnLinux. 🔗 Source: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/05/expanded-amd-hdmi-2-1-support-is-coming-to-linux/ #amd#linux

📰 CachyOS Switches Python To Using Tail-Call Interpreter For 5~15% Better Performance CachyOS is a very fast out-of-the-box Linux distribution and for those concerned about Python performance, the newest updates to this Arch Linux based distribution will provide even better performance... 🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/CachyOS-Better-Python-Perf #arch#linux#python

📰 Moving to mainframe can be cheaper than sticking with VMware: Gartner Serious Linux VMs will enjoy big iron – if you can learn to love lock-in risks and skills challenges VMware users considering a new home might find it cheaper to move to an IBM mainframe than adopting Broadcom’s new licenses, according to Gartner Vice President Analyst Alessandro Galimberti.… 🔗 Source: https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2026/05/04/gartner_state_of_mainframes/ #linux