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📰 LACT 0.9 Released With UI Updates, Voltage-Frequency Curve Editor For NVIDIA LACT, one of the leading open-source solutions to provide a graphics card management GUI that works across AMD / NVIDIA / Intel graphics hardware on Linux, is out with a major update this weekend... 🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/LACT-0.9-Released #amd#intel#linux#opensource

📰 HDMI FRL Support Achieved With Open-Source Nouveau For NVIDIA GPUs While the AMDGPU open-source driver has struggled with HDMI 2.1 support due to the HDMI Forum blocking open-source implementations, HDMI Fixed Rate Link (FRL) as a feature of the HDMI 2.1 specification is enjoying success now with the open-source Nouveau graphics driver on Linux for NVIDIA GPUs... 🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/HDMI-FRL-On-Nouveau-Linux #linux#opensource

📰 Godot 4.7 Will Finally Have HDR Output, Including On Linux With Wayland The upcoming Godor 4.7 open-source, cross-platform game engine release is rolling out support for high dynamic range (HDR)... 🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Godot-4.7-With-HDR #linux#opensource#wayland

📰FreeRDP 3.25 Adds Experimental AV1 Support FreeRDP as a leading open-source implementation of the Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) has introduced experimental AV1 codec support... 🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/FreeRDP-3.25-Released #opensource

📰 Firefox 151 Is Now Available for Public Beta Testing with Improved Settings Firefox 151 open-source web browser is now available for public beta testing with an improved Settings page, easier access to translations, and many new features for web developers. 🔗 Source: https://9to5linux.com/firefox-151-is-now-available-for-public-beta-testing-with-improved-settings #firefox#opensource

📰 New Framework 13 Pro is the first to be Ubuntu Certified Framework’s new 13 Pro laptop is the company’s first to ship as certified for Ubuntu, who say you can buy it knowing you’ll get “guaranteed support right out of the box”. Framework hardware have been popular with Linux users for years, not just for the company’s ethos around upgradeable and repairable hardware but their kernel contributions and financial support for open-source projects and developers. 🔗 Source: https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/04/framework-13-pro-ubuntu-certified #kernel#linux#opensource#ubuntu

📰 Linux may get a hall pass from one state age-check bill, but Congress plays hall monitor Colorado amendments could exempt open source OSes, code repos, and containers The prospect of OS-level age checks applying to open source systems is a serious concern for FOSS advocates. Campaigners appear to have secured proposed exemptions for open source operating systems, code repositories, and containers in one US state, but stricter federal legislation has already been introduced in Congress.… 🔗 Source: https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2026/04/22/linux_us_state_age_verificaiton_laws/ #linux#opensource

📰 Intel Media Driver 2026Q1 Continues Nova Lake S Enablement Intel today published their official quarterly feature release to their open-source Media Driver providing Video Acceleration API (VA-API) support on Linux... 🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Intel-Media-Driver-2026Q1 #intel#linux#opensource

📰 Mozilla Thunderbird 150 Brings Support for Generating Unobtrusive Signatures Mozilla Thunderbird 150 open-source email client is now available for download with support for generating unobtrusive signatures for OpenGPG, Account Hub improvements, and many other changes. 🔗 Source: https://9to5linux.com/mozilla-thunderbird-150-brings-support-for-generating-unobtrusive-signatures #opensource

📰 Colorado Age Attestation Bill May Exclude Open Source OSes and Apps System76 CEO Carl Richell confirms that the upcoming Colorado age attestation bill may exclude Open Source OSes and apps, as well as popular code repos and containers. 🔗 Source: https://9to5linux.com/colorado-age-attestation-bill-may-exclude-open-source-oses-and-apps #opensource

📰 RADV Driver Enables Host Image Copy By Default For RDNA2 & Newer Introduced back in 2023 with Vulkan 1.3.258 was VK_EXT_host_image_copy to copy data between host memory and images on the host processor without needing to stage the data through a CPU-accessible buffer. This direct CPU-to-GPU image data transfer path can reduce memory usage during asset loads and all around more efficiency and performance. Finally now the RADV open-source Radeon driver is enabling support by default... 🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/RADV-Default-Host-Image-Copy #opensource

📰 CoolerControl 4.2 adds auto detection of new devices, stress-testing and more The open-source app for monitoring and controlling supported cooling devices on Linux, CoolerControl, has a big new release out with major new features.Read the full article on GamingOnLinux. 🔗 Source: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/04/coolercontrol-4-2-adds-auto-detection-of-new-devices-stress-testing-and-more/ #linux#opensource