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While the Fwupd 2.1 series is the latest stable channel for this open-source firmware updating solution, Fwupd 2.0.21 was released today to backport fixes for more than 250 potential security issues recently uncovered in the codebase...

The Linux 8250 serial driver as the universal/legacy driver for 8250 and 16550 type serial ports has been seeing some modernization work recently with a number of 8250 serial patches having now been merged for the Linux 7.2 kernel...

New Hygon Model 8 "Suzhou" x86 CPU Support Appears In The GCC Compiler  Phoronix

A seemingly new generation of Hygon x86 processors are on the way with the GNU Compiler Collection (GCC) seeing support today for the Hygon Model 8 "Suzhou" c86-4g-m8 processors...

Linux Phone OS postmarketOS Ships 26.06: GNOME 50, Plymouth, and 254 Devices  Tech Times

Along with the many x86/x86_64 improvements and some ARM64 architecture improvements (albeit slowed down by the AI/LLM noise affecting the development pace), the RISC-V architecture changes were merged last week for the ongoing Linux 7.2 kernel development...

Linux 7.2 RISC-V Reduces Kernel Startup Overhead, Eswin SoC Support By Default  Phoronix

15 Best Linux Network Monitoring Tools in 2026  CyberSecurityNews

Following last week's major Plasma 6.7 release, Plasma 6.7.1 is now available today with an initial assortment of bug fixes...

KDE Plasma 6.7.1 Desktop Is Out with Fixes for Kickoff, Discover, and KWin  9to5Linux

The Steam Machine should launch with around 30,000 playable games  GamingOnLinux

RANsemi baseband integrates Linux OCUDU CU/DU stack for small cell deployment  Electronics Weekly

I Finally Tried Niri, The New Way Of Tiling Linux Users Are Going Crazy About  It's FOSS

Y2K destroyed everything in the monster taming survival game MonCraft 199X  GamingOnLinux

Why is Windows 11 so disliked by programmers – and can Microsoft do anything to change things?  IT Pro

Canonical Announces Live Kernel Patching Support for Ubuntu on ARM64  9to5Linux

Kubuntu Focus M2 and Zr Linux Laptops Now Ship with Intel Core Ultra 9 290HX Plus  9to5Linux

Home Assistant OS 18.0 is out, and it'll stop devouring your RAM on low-end devices  XDA

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