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Linux Fu: Fake Webcams Have Many Uses  Hackaday

FOSS Weekly #26.22: Win for Linux, Firefox New AI Feature, AMD Betrayal, Rust Linux Commands and More  It's FOSS

QEMU Shifting On AI Policy To Allow Some AI/LLM-Generated Contributions  Phoronix

The QEMU processor emulator that plays an important role in the open-source Linux virtualization stack had a policy that forbid any contributions including or derived from AI-generated content. But there are now second thoughts with a proposed patch that will permit AI/LLM contributions in non-critical areas...

For competing with the Apple MacBook Neo, Google Chromebooks, and other entry-level laptops, Qualcomm today announced the Snapdragon C series SoCs...

Ahead of Computex, Intel today announced the introduction of the Arc G-Series. While taking on the "Arc" branding, this isn't a new graphics card from Intel but rather their new processors with integrated graphics for handheld gaming devices...

Building off the KDE Plasma 6.7 Beta release earlier in May, a second beta was declared today in preparing for the Plasma 6.7 stable debut in mid-June...

AI agents get their own phone directory built atop DNS  The Register

Linux Foundation Launches DNS-AID Protocol to Revolutionize AI Agent Connectivity  streamlinefeed.co.ke

Stylish 2.5D action brawler Skroyder Rumble brings a weird Brazilian-inspired cartoon world  GamingOnLinux

Anthropic’s Mythos AI Finds Decades-Old Open-Source Bugs  LinuxInsider

While there has been talk of potentially branching off the older Mesa graphics drivers, the ATI R300 Gallium3D driver just won't die yet. The R300 Gallium3D driver for supporting ATI R300 through R500 graphics cards saw a big rework merged today in restructuring the driver's intemediate representation (IR) handling...

ThinkPad T14 Gen 7: These features work with Linux - and these do not  Notebookcheck

OviOS Linux 6 makes the switch from SysV to systemd  Notebookcheck

KRAID is a new Rust-written shader compiler currently being developed for the Panfrost/PanVK open-source Arm Mali driver code. KRAID is designed for Mali's Valhall graphics processors and new as a modern, clean sheet design...

It's been nearly five years already since the start of O3DE as the Open 3D Engine that began as Amazon's Lumberyard project spun into an open-source project under the Linux Foundation umbrella. Out this week is O3DE 26.05 for shipping the latest improvements to this cross platform game engine...

O3DE 26.05 Released With New Open Particle System, Other Engine Improvements  Phoronix

AlmaLinux 10.2 & 9.8 drop with updated compilers, improved security, and more  Notebookcheck

The upcoming GTK 4.23.1 development release is introducing a new feature called Snapping, which should enhance the experience when dealing with fractional scaling on today's high resolution displays...

My favorite Zorin OS settings and why you'll love them too  ZDNET