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Intel Making More GPU Driver Improvements For Crescent Island With Linux 7.2  Phoronix

Linux exploit instantly grants administrator access on most distributions since 2017 — cryptography optimization snafu grants root privileges to local users  Tom's Hardware

Mike Blumenkrantz of Valve's Linux graphics team has ignited a discussion over potentially shifting some of Mesa's older GPU drivers into a new legacy Git branch in order to better support the more modern OpenGL and Vulkan drivers without having to worry about breaking the legacy drivers and to allow for better cleaning of the Mesa codebase. Among the drivers that could be impacted are the ATI/AMD R300 and R600 drivers and many smaller drivers...

First Arch Linux ISO Powered by Linux Kernel 7.0 Is Now Available for Download  9to5Linux

A lot happened in the Linux and open-source world during the month of April. Ubuntu 26.04 LTS and Fedora 44 shipped, a lot of news around age attestation/verification laws, the Linux 7.0 kernel was released, Linux 7.1 is bringing many exciting changes as well as removing of old hardware drivers, the Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Dual Edition CPU was released, we began testing the Intel Arc Pro B70 "BMG-G31", and much more software and hardware content that made the month interesting. Last month on Phoronix were 303 original news articles and 16 Linux hardware reviews / multi-page featured benchmark articles...

Ubuntu is adding AI features, and it's on a collision course with its own user base  TechSpot

Ubuntu is going all in on Generative AI and other Linux distros might follow  Neowin

Canonical, the company that makes Ubuntu Linux, says its web infrastructure is under a 'sustained, cross-border attack'  PC Gamer

Volla Phone runs Linux in a rugged shell and proves replaceable batteries are still doable  Digital Trends

Security Researcher Publishes Method to Run Linux on PS5, Demonstrating GTA V at 60fps With Ray Tracing  gHacks

Linux Mint begin shipping HWE (Hardware Enablement) ISOs for better hardware support  GamingOnLinux

AT&T’s Unix PC — We Hardly Knew You  Hackaday

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Microsoft brings a Linux-style window trick to Windows 11 via PowerToys, and I can't go back  Windows Latest

Linux App Release Roundup (April 2026)  OMG! Ubuntu

Linux Mint is skipping new releases for 7 months, but its HWE ISOs will make sure your new hardware works  XDA

Linux App Release Roundup (April 2026)  OMG! Ubuntu

‘Trivial’ exploit can give attackers root access to Linux kernel  csoonline.com

Even while the Linux 7.1 merge window was still ongoing this month, the initial "drm-misc-next" pull request to DRM-Next was sent out for beginning to queue new feature material toward the Linux 7.2 kernel coming this summer...

Linux 7.2 To Set Default DRM Scheduler Priority To "Fair", New AIE4 Hardware In AMDXDNA  Phoronix