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Linuxiac Weekly Wrap-Up: Week 30, 2026 (July 20 – 26)  Linuxiac

In working toward releasing the stable Linux 7.2 kernel in less than one month's time, out today is Linux 7.2-rc5 to ship this week's latest bug/regression fixes and help facilitate more testing of this in-development kernel version...

Linux 7.2-rc5 Released: "Once More We Have Quite A Massive -rc5"  Phoronix

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

Chrome for Arm64 Linux is now available to download  OMG! Ubuntu

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...

6 self-hosted apps that are better with Proxmox  How-To Geek

Your Linux kernel keeps getting smarter—here's how  How-To Geek

After a decade on Windows, I finally understand why Linux users never go back  MakeUseOf

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"...

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

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

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...

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

Don't like AI? Linux's creator says go fork yourself  Business Insider

Why homelabbers are ditching Unraid for Proxmox  How-To Geek

Auto-CPUFreq 3.1 Adds Monitoring Mode To GUI, New Configuration Options & Fixes  Phoronix

Auto-CPUFreq is one of the open-source projects striving to be a CPU speed and power optimizer for Linux systems to improve battery life without making any real compromises to the user experience. Out today is v3.1 as the newest feature release of Auto-CPUFreq...

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

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 of a driver". The latest twist is there now being patches for adding Realtek RTL8723BS and RTL8723B onto the existing RTW88 driver...