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📰 Some great Native Linux games to grab in the Steam Summer Sale 2026

For those of you who stick by your guns and only go for Native Linux games - here's some gems that you should be looking to pick up.Read the full article on GamingOnLinux.

🔗 Source: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/07/some-great-native-linux-games-to-grab-in-the-steam-summer-sale-2026/

#linux #steam

📰 GNU Guix Package Manager Hit by Four Security Flaws

The Guix team urges users to upgrade after vulnerabilities were found in its substitute handling and channel update mechanisms.

🔗 Source: https://linuxiac.com/gnu-guix-package-manager-hit-by-four-security-flaws/

#gnu

📰 NetworkManager 1.58 Is Now Available for Public Testing with Many New Features

NetworkManager 1.58 open-source network connection manager for Linux-based operating systems is now available for public testing as a major update with many new features and improvements.

🔗 Source: https://9to5linux.com/networkmanager-1-58-is-now-available-for-public-testing-with-many-new-features

#linux #linuxbased #opensource

📰 Coreboot + AMD openSIL On MSI Ryzen Motherboard Now Works With Windows 11

With 3mdeb's Dasharo port of AMD openSIL and Coreboot running on the Gigabyte EPYC motherboard, 3mdeb engineers have been devoting more time to their bring-up of Coreboot+openSIL on the MSI PRO B850-P consumer motherboard for desktop AMD Ryzen. They now even have Microsoft Windows 11 working atop this open-source firmware alternative along with other features implemented...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Coreboot-openSIL-MSI-Windows

#amd #opensource

📰 UPower 1.91.3 Fixes Behavior To Avoid Degrading Your Laptop Battery Faster

The UPower abstraction layer used for power management on Linux systems, especially laptops and desktops, is out with an important fix today to avoid inadvertently falling back to the laptop battery "fast" charging mode on some laptops that in turn could degrade your laptop battery faster...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/UPower-1.91.3

#linux

📰 CachyOS proved that SteamOS's biggest limitation isn't the Steam Deck — it's the philosophy behind it

The restrictions that make the Steam Deck viable hold back your desktop experience.

🔗 Source: https://www.xda-developers.com/cachyos-proved-that-steamos-biggest-limitation-isnt-the-steam-deck/

#steam

📰 Apple Container 1.0 Released as a Native Docker Alternative for macOS

Apple’s Swift-powered container tool for macOS hits 1.0 with persistent Linux machines, host integration, and broader workflow improvements.

🔗 Source: https://linuxiac.com/apple-container-1-0-released-as-a-native-docker-alternative-for-macos/

#linux

📰 Intel Prepares More Nova Lake Graphics/Display Enablement For Linux 7.3

On Thursday Intel sent out their first batch of Intel kernel graphics driver changes of new feature material targeting the Linux 7.3 kernel. This first batch of drm-intel-next for v7.3 continues to focus heavily on lining up Nova Lake's Xe3P integrated graphics/display support...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Intel-DRM-First-For-Linux-7.3

#intel #kernel #linux

📰 Linux Tops 2026 CVE Charts, Greg KH Says That’s a Good Thing

Greg Kroah-Hartman says Linux leads CVE counts for the first half of 2026, arguing the numbers reflect responsible reporting, not poor security.

🔗 Source: https://linuxiac.com/linux-tops-2026-cve-charts/

#linux

📰 Rust Coreutils cp Ended Up Breaking Ubuntu Image Builds With Latest Incompatibility

While the Rust Coreutils offers better memory safety than GNU Coreutils due to being written in the Rust programming language, subtle incompatibilities continue to be spotted in the Rust Coreutils implementations of the different commands. The latest coming to light this week was the Rust Coreutils cp command breaking Ubuntu image builds due to differences in argument handling...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Rust-Coreutils-cp-Ubuntu-Images

#gnu #ubuntu

📰 ClamAV 1.5.3 Open-Source Antivirus Fixes Multiple Security Vulnerabilities

ClamAV 1.5.3 open-source antivirus engine released with fixes for multiple security vulnerabilities affecting file parsing, archive scanning, and executable unpacking.

🔗 Source: https://linuxiac.com/clamav-1-5-3-open-source-antivirus-fixes-multiple-security-vulnerabilities/

#opensource

📰 NVIDIA VR-NVL BMC Device Tree Being Upstreamed For OpenBMC Support

NVIDIA's latest Linux kernel mailing list patches are for providing the Device Tree for the baseboard management controller (BMC) of their Vera Rubin VR-NVL server platform. With the Linux kernel patches and also for U-Boot, it's part of the upstreaming effort for supporting the open-source OpenBMC software on their latest hardware...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/NVIDIA-VR-NVL-BMC-DT

#kernel #linux #opensource

📰 Valve open source the Steam Machine e-ink screen so you can make your own

While Valve will not be making and providing their own e-ink display for the Steam Machine, they have opened it up so anyone can now do it.Read the full article on GamingOnLinux.

🔗 Source: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/07/valve-open-source-the-steam-machine-e-ink-screen-so-you-can-make-your-own/

#opensource #steam

📰 Linux Preparing To Retire Its 32-bit MSR Interfaces

Currently measuring in at 32 patches, SUSE engineer Juergen Gross has been leading the effort to end the Linux kernel's usage of their 32-bit model specific register (MSR) interfaces so the more modern 64-bit interfaces can be exclusively used. This allows for better code unification and cleaning up the MSR code...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-Ending-32-bit-MSR-Work

#kernel #linux

📰 Valve fixed Diablo IV on Linux / SteamOS via Proton Hotfix

Blizzard broke Diablo IV on Linux / SteamOS machines with the Season 14 update, but Valve have now fixed it themselves in Proton Hotfix.Read the full article on GamingOnLinux.

🔗 Source: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/07/valve-fixed-diablo-iv-on-linux-steamos-via-proton-hotfix/

#linux #proton

📰 Calibre 9.11 E-Book Manager Adds Support for Exporting Annotations as HTML Pages

Calibre 9.11 open-source e-book manager is now available for download with support for exporting annotations as a standalone web page in the HTML format and other changes.

🔗 Source: https://9to5linux.com/calibre-9-11-e-book-manager-adds-support-for-exporting-annotations-as-html-pages

#opensource

📰 Ubuntu 26.04 LTS has fixed its missing video/audio thumbnails

If you installed Ubuntu 26.04 LTS and noticed video and music files weren’t showing image thumbnails in the file manager, a packaging oversight was to blame, not anything you did. It turns out that Ubuntu’s Default install option (aka minimal install) wasn’t pulling in the gst-audio-thumbnailer and gst-video-thumbnailer packages which generate media thumbnails when you open a folder full of compatible files.

🔗 Source: https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/07/ubuntu-2604-video-audio-thumbnails-fix

#ubuntu

📰 Valve just open-sourced the Steam Machine e-ink faceplate, and you can 3D print one today

The Steam Machine has only just hit the market, and people are already doing all sorts of creative things. Not with the hardware itself, but instead replicating something somewhat similar to the Steam Machine's specifications but $300 cheaper. One company has even begun selling prebuilt gaming PCs that have SteamOS preinstalled.

🔗 Source: https://www.xda-developers.com/valve-just-open-sourced-the-steam-machine-e-ink-faceplate-and-you-can-3d-print-one-today/

#steam

📰 Ubuntu 26.10 Snapshot 2 is out (with a ‘breaking change’)

Ubuntu 26.10 Snapshot 2 is available to download, the second of four snapshots planned for the ‘Stonking Stingray’ development cycle ahead of a stable release in October. As with the first snapshot, there’s not a lot “new” stuff to see or test out, so unless you’re a developer or an avid bug hunter there’s little reason to rush off and try it.

🔗 Source: https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/06/ubuntu-26-10-snapshot-2-released

#ubuntu

📰 ReactOS Implements First Windows NT6 System Call In Step Toward Vista Compatibility

The ReactOS project that is striving to be the "open-source Windows" with Windows driver and software binary compatibility hit another milestone today. ReactOS to date has primarily targeted Windows NT 5.2 as the architecture from Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 but with an eye toward Windows NT 6.0 for Windows Vista and later compatibility with software. ReactOS has now landed their first NT6 system call...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/ReactOS-First-NT6-Syscall

#opensource