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KDE Developer Fixing Long-Standing Bug Over Very Long Small-File Copy Times - Phoronix
https://www.phoronix.com/news/KDE-Ridiculous-File-Copy-Times

Ubuntu 26.04 LTS Gets an Optional Virtualization HWE Stack
https://linuxiac.com/ubuntu-26-04-lts-gets-an-optional-virtualization-hwe-stack/

📰 Pironman 5 Pro Max Review: SunFounder's Most Capable Pi 5 Case Doubles as an AI Desktop

SunFounder's flagship Pironman case now ships with a 4.3" touchscreen, a camera mount, and room for an AI accelerator, built for Raspberry Pi 5 owners who want to experiment with local AI, not just add cooling and storage.

🔗 Source: https://feed.itsfoss.com/link/24361/17388096/pironman-5-pro-max-review

#raspberry

Mission Center (Linux system monitor) adds battery stats + more
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/07/mission-center-battery-power-draw-reporting

📰 Ubuntu To Provide Virtualization HWE Stack For Ubuntu 26.04 LTS

Ubuntu has long provided hardware enablement "HWE" stacks for Ubuntu LTS releases to provide a newer kernel and Mesa drivers and more for better supporting new/modern hardware on the long-term support Ubuntu Linux releases. With Ubuntu 26.04 LTS, Canonical will also now be providing a virtualization HWE stack for shipping newer virtualization / confidential computing features...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Ubuntu-Virtualization-HWE-Stack

#kernel #linux #ubuntu

📰 Qualcomm announce a big price rise - bad news for Valve's Steam Frame

Valve don't seem to be able to catch a break with their hardware releases - as Qualcomm reportedly plan to raise prices a lot.Read the full article on GamingOnLinux.

🔗 Source: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/07/qualcomm-announce-a-big-price-rise-bad-news-for-valves-steam-frame/

#steam

📰 NVIDIA and Linux Foundation Form Open Secure AI Alliance

NVIDIA, the Linux Foundation, Red Hat, Microsoft, IBM, Hugging Face, and dozens of industry leaders unite to develop open technologies for securing AI agents and software.

🔗 Source: https://linuxiac.com/nvidia-and-linux-foundation-form-open-secure-ai-alliance/

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Linux Gaming Distros Aren't About FPS

By Brodie Robertson

--> https://youtu.be/jkGCVUFMK-I

📰 Wayfire Wayland Compositor Closing In On v1.0 Release

The Wayfire modular and extensible Wayland compositor formally used by default on Raspberry Pi SBCs is nearing its v1.0 release. Wayfire 0.11 was released on Sunday for this Compiz-inspired, wlroots-powered compositor with that being their hopeful last planned version before Wayfire 1.0 releases...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Wayfire-0.11-Released

#raspberry #wayland

📰 AMD "Low Power" CPU Core Type Patches Queued Ahead Of Linux 7.3

Last month I wrote bout new AMD Linux patches introducing a new "low power" CPU core type as an alternative to their standard performance cores and dense efficiency cores. That work now is poised to land with the upcoming Linux 7.3 kernel...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/AMD-Low-Power-Core-Linux-7.3

#amd #kernel #linux

📰 8 self-hosted services a total beginner can set up in a single weekend

Self-hosting is a hot trend of 2026, albeit with a reputation problem. Mention it to a friend, and they picture a rack of servers humming in a basement. Sounds cliché, but it’s true to an extent. Eventually, most folks end up there, but that isn’t necessary to get started. All you need is a computer, which could be a laptop, old desktop, a mini PC, or a single-board computer like a Raspberry Pi. Even without much Linux experience, a spare...

🔗 Source: https://www.xda-developers.com/self-hosted-services-a-total-beginner-can-set-up-in-a-single-weekend/

#linux #raspberry

📰 FireDragon v13 Released as a Complete Rewrite of Garuda Linux’s Browser

Garuda Linux has released FireDragon v13, a full reimplementation of its privacy-focused Firefox-based browser with new search, privacy, and performance controls.

🔗 Source: https://linuxiac.com/firedragon-v13-released-as-a-complete-rewrite-of-garuda-linux-browser/

#firefox #linux

📰 Chrome for Arm64 Linux is now available to download

You can now install an official Google Chrome build on Arm64 Linux devices, including the Raspberry Pi. Back in March, Google promised Chrome for Arm64 Linux in “Q2 2026” so users on SBCs, AI desktops and the growing-fleet of Snapdragon laptops out there, could use the flagship browser and benefit from the handful of extras it offers over a vanilla Chromium build.

🔗 Source: https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/07/chrome-arm64-linux-available

#chromium #linux #raspberry

📰 GNU Binutils 2.47 Released With More RISC-V Extensions, New Options

Along with this weekend's release of GNU C Library 2.44, the GNU Binutils 2.47 release is also now available for this important set of binary utilities common to Linux systems and other platforms with the GNU toolchain...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/GNU-Binutils-2.47

#gnu #linux

📰 "KVM Chainsaw" Expected To Hit Linux 7.3 For Dealing With God Data Structure

A patch series that appears destined for the upcoming Linux 7.3 merge window is what's dubbed the "KVM Chainsaw" as a major code clean-up in dealing with the kvm_mmu "god data structure"...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/KVM-Chainsaw-Linux-7.3

#linux

GitHub, PyPI add time-based defenses against supply chain attacks

GitHub and PyPI (Python Package Index) have introduced a time-based mechanism in the Dependabot dependency management tool to protect against supply-chain attacks and to limit their impact.

—> https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/github-pypi-add-time-absed-defenses-against-supply-chain-attacks/

📰 Decommissioned office PCs are the secret home lab upgrade nobody talks about

When I outgrew my Raspberry Pi 4 for my home lab, I assumed upgrading would cost a lot. I’d had Pi-hole and Tailscale running happily on that board for a few years. The moment I started experimenting with Jellyfin and a proper Docker stack, the SBC wasn’t cutting it anymore. So I weighed my options, which ranged from enterprise workstations to mini PCs everyone in the home lab community loves to talk about. Pricing for either ran well past what...

🔗 Source: https://www.xda-developers.com/used-office-pcs-are-the-secret-home-lab-upgrade-nobody-talks-about/

#raspberry

📰 User Frustrations Over The "Tragic State of FreeBSD Audio/Sound" Support

Besides the FreeBSD graphics and WiFi drivers lagging behind Linux and other operating systems, the FreeBSD audio driver support and handling of audio streams with FreeBSD on the desktop can be problematic depending upon the hardware/system. One of the most active mailing list threads this week in the FreeBSD camp was over the "tragic state" of FreeBSD audio/sound support...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Tragic-FreeBSD-Audio-Support

#linux

📰 JOPDF Offers Linux Users Free, Full-Featured PDF Editing

JOPDF is a cross-platform PDF editor that lets Linux users edit text and images, annotate, convert, compress, and manage PDF files for free.

🔗 Source: https://linuxiac.com/jopdf-offers-linux-users-free-full-featured-pdf-editing/

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📰 Realtek RTL8723B/RTL8723BS Trying To Be Tacked On To The RTW88 Linux Driver

Since 2017 in Linux 4.12 has been the Realtek rtl8723bs WiFi driver where it was introduced into the staging area and remains there nearly a decade later. The rtl8723bs driver for this Realtek 802.11n WiFi SDIO driver has seen a lot of code cleaning over the years and all these years later still is needing lots of code clean-ups from unnecessary code abstractions to dealing with malicious WiFi APs for what Greg Kroah-Hartman has called a "beast...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Realtek-RTL8723B-RTW88-Patches

#linux