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Intel 486 Support Likely To Be Removed In Linux 7.1  Hackaday

In addition to the release today of Flatpak 1.16.4 for shipping new security fixes including a sandbox escape and the ability to delete host files, XDG-Desktop-Portal 1.20.4 is also now available with another security fix of its own to prevent sandboxed apps from being able to trash arbitrary host files...

That Flatbox app sandboxing and distribution system is out today with important security updates...

Jay is a new open-source shader compiler being developed for Intel's open-source OpenGL and Vulkan Linux drivers. Ultimately this Jay shader compiler should help in delivering better Linux graphics performance with modern Intel hardware...

Jay: A New Open-Source Shader Compiler Being Developed For Intel GPUs  phoronix.com

Linux gamers didn't do anything wrong, but they might pay for Windows piracy anyway  XDA

For those that like to make remarks about AMD "fine wine" especially when it comes to open-source Linux drivers and/or nostalgic about feature work on really old hardware, to much amusement there are new patches today for the AMD InterWave ISA sound card from the 1990s...

AMD InterWave ISA Sound Card Driver Seeing New Linux Patches In 2026  phoronix.com

CIQ launches C3 compatibility catalogue for Rocky Linux  IT Brief Australia

Why I'm learning to code in the age of vibe coding  How-To Geek

Debian’s APT 3.2 Released with History, Undo, Redo, and Rollback Support  9to5Linux

Linux kernel maintainers are following through on removing Intel 486 support  Ars Technica

Love window snapping on Linux? You should try a tiling window manager - here's why  ZDNET

Why I returned to Enlightenment Linux after 30 years: Testing the new Elive beta  ZDNET

Claude Code found a Linux vulnerability hidden for 23 years  Adafruit

Last week I provided benchmarks to quantify how the AMD Strix Halo graphics performance has evolved since launch one year ago, in today's article is a look at how the Zen 5 CPU performance with the flagship Ryzen AI Max+ 395 has evolved under Linux in the year since these exciting APUs began making their way to high-end laptops and desktops. Complementing the nice Radeon 8060S performance gains are also some nice CPU performance benefits quantified when using Ubuntu 26.04.

Ubuntu 26.04 Provides More Performance For AMD Ryzen AI Max "Strix Halo"  Phoronix

The Intel QuickAssist "QAT" driver for the mainline Linux 7.1 kernel is adding support for Zstd offloading across QuickAssist Gen 4 / Gen 5 / Gen 6 accelerators for Zstandard compression as well as Zstandard decompression (limited there to the latest Gen 6 hardware)...

Intel QAT Driver With Linux 7.1 Adding Zstd Offload Support  Phoronix

3 Linux distros to try now that you've outgrown Linux Mint  How-To Geek