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📰 Linux's adorable Tux the Penguin mascot turns 30 today, and the OG design is still being used Whenever people think of Linux, the first thing that springs to mind, regardless of whether they're an open-source vet or if they've never even touched a Linux PC before, is Tux. Tux is the penguin associated with the Linux kernel as a whole, and he's found his way onto operating systems, merch, and various memes that depict the image creator's distaste for Windows. 🔗 Source: https://www.xda-developers.com/linuxs-tux-the-penguin-mascot-turns-30-today/ #kernel#linux#opensource

📰 Shelly 2.2.4 Arch Linux GUI Package Manager Brings Smarter Fuzzy Search Shelly 2.2.4 open-source graphical package manager for Arch Linux distributions is now available for download with various improvements. Here's what's new! 🔗 Source: https://9to5linux.com/shelly-2-2-4-arch-linux-gui-package-manager-brings-smarter-fuzzy-search #arch#linux#opensource

📰 NVIDIA-VAAPI-Driver 0.0.17 Fixes Support For GB10 Powered Systems The open-source, community-developed NVIDIA-VAAPI-Driver that provides a Video Acceleration API (VA-API) implementation built atop NVIDIA's NVDEC video decode interface is out with a new release. This is the open-source project that's motivated by getting accelerated video decoding to work within Mozilla Firefox and other apps when running with NVIDIA's packaged Linux driver... 🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/NVIDIA-VAAPI-Driver-0.0.17 #firefox#linux#opensource

📰 Linux Foundation Launches Open Driver Initiative to Strengthen Hardware Support Across Linux by George WhittakerThe Linux Foundation has announced a new Open Driver Initiative, a collaborative effort aimed at improving the development, maintenance, and long-term sustainability of open-source hardware drivers across the Linux ecosystem.The initiative reflects growing demand for better hardware compatibility in areas ranging from desktops and gaming systems to cloud infrastructure, automotive platforms, AI hardware, and next-generation... 🔗 Source: https://www.linuxjournal.com/content/linux-foundation-launches-open-driver-initiative-strengthen-hardware-support-across-linux #linux#opensource

📰 Nintendo 64 emulator gopher64 adds controller hotkeys and auto-reconnect The free and open source Nintendo 64 emulator gopher64 has another useful new release out now, bringing a few more features to make it easier.Read the full article on GamingOnLinux. 🔗 Source: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/05/nintendo-64-emulator-gopher64-adds-controller-hotkeys-and-auto-reconnect/ #opensource

📰vm2 Node.js Library Vulnerabilities Enable Sandbox Escape and Arbitrary Code Execution A dozen critical security vulnerabilities have been disclosed in the vm2 Node.js library that could be exploited by bad actors to break out of the sandbox and execute arbitrary code on susceptible systems.vm2 is an open-source library used to run untrusted JavaScript code inside a secure sandbox by intercepting and proxying JavaScript objects to prevent sandboxed code from accessing the host. 🔗 Source: https://thehackernews.com/2026/05/vm2-nodejs-library-vulnerabilities.html #opensource

📰Mesa 26.1 Released With Many Improvements For Open-Source Vulkan Drivers Eric Engestrom just announced another timely feature release of the Mesa drivers. Mesa 26.1 is out today for this collection of predominantly OpenGL and Vulkan drivers for a variety of hardware as well as the likes of Rusticl for OpenCL, Zink for OpenGL-on-Vulkan, various Windows acceleration components, and more... 🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Mesa-26.1-Released #opensource

📰 Inkscape 1.4.4 SVG Editor Released with a New Palette, Performance Improvements Inkscape 1.4.4 open-source SVG (Scalable Vector Graphics) editor is now available for download with a new palette, performance improvements,and bug fixes. Here’s what’s new! 🔗 Source: https://9to5linux.com/inkscape-1-4-4-svg-editor-released-with-a-new-palette-performance-improvements #opensource

📰 Nouveau vs. NVIDIA R595 Linux Driver For Workstation Graphics Performance When having the HP Z6 G5 A workstation in the lab for benchmarking, one of the curiosity-driven tests was seeing how well the latest open-source and upstream Nouveau driver stack is competing against the latest official NVIDIA R595 driver for workstations. The official NVIDIA Linux driver stack remains the best positioned software solution for RTX (PRO) hardware but Nouveau continues evolving while awaiting the Nova kernel driver to reach the... 🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/review/nvidia-nouveau-nvk-may2026 #kernel#linux#opensource

📰 Intel's Vulkan Linux Driver Now Supports Device Generated Commands "DGC" Exciting yesterday in the land of Intel's open-source Vulkan driver "ANV" for Linux systems was introducing experimental support for descriptor heaps with the VK_EXT_descriptor_heap extension. Today there is another separate exciting development for this open-source Intel driver: Vulkan device generated commands are finally merged!... 🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Intel-ANV-Vulkan-DGC #intel#linux#opensource

📰 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

📰 BlueZ-powered Auracast broadcasting on Genio 700 Collabora brought Bluetooth Auracast broadcasting to MediaTek Genio 700 for Embedded World 2026. Here's the complete, fully Open Source setup featuring Debian, BlueZ, PipeWire, with all the code and configs from our live booth demo. 🔗 Source: https://www.collabora.com/news-and-blog/blog/2026/05/05/bluez-powered-auracast-broadcasting-on-genio-700/ #debian#opensource