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Linuxiac Weekly Wrap-Up: Week 18, 2026 (Apr 27 – May 3)  Linuxiac

Linux 7.1-rc2 Released With Audio Fix For Steam Deck OLED, Other Fixes  Phoronix

Linux 7.1-rc2 is out for testing with its accumulation of initial bug and regression fixes that have been collected over the past week since the Linux 7.1 merge window was capped off...

qBittorrent 5.2 Open-Source BitTorrent Client Released with Many New Features  9to5Linux

4 Devices Your Steam Deck Can Connect To  bgr.com

Linux 7.1 update fixes Valve console sound driver bugs  GameGPU

I left GNOME for COSMIC, tried KDE next, and only one felt right in the end  MakeUseOf

My dream Google Chrome extension didn't exist, so I vibe coded it with Claude  How-To Geek

Brush v0.4 debuted today for this "Bourne Rusty Shell" as a Bash/POSIX-compatible shell written in the Rust programming language...

After months of desktop hopping, I finally understand why Linux users can't agree on anything  MakeUseOf

Copy Fail Linux Kernel Vulnerability Now Patched in Debian, Ubuntu, and Others  9to5Linux

I ditched desktop apps for these 5 Linux terminal apps—and I'm not going back  How-To Geek

ReactOS as the "open-source Windows" operating system project striving for binary compatibility with Microsoft Windows has seen some exciting improvements this week...

NixOS forced me to declare my entire system, and now I can't imagine Linux any other way  MakeUseOf

This week Google announced the selected Google Summer of Code "GSoC" 2026 projects for providing stipends to student developers for engaging in different open-source projects. This year a lot of open-source projects involve AI/LLM adoption but there are also a number of other interesting student projects at large from GNOME Mutter GPU reset recovery to adding new features to FreeBSD...

Update Linux Now As 9-Year-Old Root Hack Confirmed, CISA Warns Users  Forbes

Update Linux Now As 9-Year-Old Root Hack Confirmed, CISA Warns Users  Yahoo News Malaysia

Steam Deck OLED finally gets proper Linux audio fix after 2 years  VideoCardz.com

It's been an interesting 2026 in Linux development with beginning to phase out i486 CPU support, dropping ISDN and amateur "ham" radio support, and other code cleaning in the name of a diminishing user base -- or perhaps even no users left -- for those running such vintage hardware with a modern, up-to-date kernel. Yet ISA sound card drivers have seen an uptick in activity...

Turtle Beach WaveFront ISA Sound Cards Seeing Suspend/Resume Support On Linux In 2026  Phoronix