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Android's Quick Share finally works on Linux—and it's simpler than KDE Connect  How-To Geek

Over 400 Arch Linux packages compromised to push rootkit, infostealer  BleepingComputer

Linux 7.1 stable is expected to be released this Sunday with its many new features. Immediately following the Linux v7.1 tagging, the Linux 7.2 merge window will open and a lot of new feature material is expected to be merged over the next two weeks...

Apple Officially Supports Linux for a Completely Seamless Experience  36 Kr

Last year when releasing Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10.0, Red Hat announced a RHEL 10.0 developer preview for RISC-V. Since then that RISC-V developer preview hadn't been updated but now Red Hat has published a new developer preview snapshot based on RHEL 10.2...

Red Hat Releases Second Developer Preview Of RHEL 10 For RISC-V  Phoronix

Impressive looking dark point and click adventure Tormentum II gets a demo  GamingOnLinux

On Sunday it's anticipated that Linus Torvalds will released the stable Linux 7.1 kernel. This is a really terrific mid-year update to the Linux kernel! Here's what makes me excited about Linux 7.1...

Among the many new features planned for Ubuntu 26.10 is switching the default D-Bus implementation over to using the high performance Dbus-Broker drop-in replacement...

Ubuntu 26.10 Reaffirms Plans For Switching To Dbus-Broker  Phoronix

Juno Tab 4 Linux tablets launch in 10.5'' and 13'' versions powered by Intel processors  Notebookcheck

Someone built an open-source, modular x86 gaming handheld that dual-boots Linux and Windows  XDA

Systemd-Free Peppermint OS Devuan Is Now Based on Devuan 6 Excalibur  9to5Linux

Ever since AMD announced openSIL in early 2023 for open-source CPU silicon initialization to eventually replace AGESA and enhance their Coreboot support, I have been eager to try it out. The openSIL code drops to date though have just focused on select reference platforms with only aiming for production status in the Zen 6 timeframe. But thanks to 3mdeb porting openSIL and Coreboot to a Gigabyte server motherboard, it's now possible to try out openSIL+Coreboot right now on Zen 5 hardware.

400+ Arch Linux AUR Packages Compromised in a Supply Chain Attack Deploying Infostealers  CyberSecurityNews

One of the exciting additions to the Linux 7.1 kernel is the introduction of the new NTFS file-system kernel driver. While in good shape already and proving advantageous over other NTFS open-source driver options, one of the initial limitations on it is around Windows native symbolic link handling but that is now in the process of being resolved...

Juno Tab 4 Linux tablets launches in 10.5'' and 13'' versions powered by Intel processors  Notebookcheck

The Arch Linux AUR had over 400 packages compromised with malware  GamingOnLinux

Cheat Engine now has a Linux version released  GamingOnLinux

Klei Entertainment classic Eets is now free and updated for modern PCs with a Linux version  GamingOnLinux