Arch Linux 2026.08.01 Ships Kernel 7.1.5 and a New Niri Window Manager Profile
Arch's August ISO is the first to ship Linux kernel 7.1.5 out of the box, bundling Archinstall 4.4 with a new Niri tiling compositor profile and Plymouth boot splash support. »
Six Linux Kernels Patched in One Day to Close a 16-Year-Old POSIX Timer Race Condition
Greg Kroah-Hartman coordinated six simultaneous LTS kernel releases on July 30, all fixing a use-after-free race in POSIX CPU timers that has been present in the kernel since around 2010. »
Ubuntu Touch OTA 2.0: Chromium 134, Widevine Streaming, and Nothing Phone (1) Support
The UBports Foundation shipped Ubuntu Touch OTA 2.0 on July 24, bringing a modern browser engine, DRM streaming support, and new device compatibility to Linux phones and tablets. »
COSMIC Desktop 1.4 Arrives: Sound Theme, GPU Frequency Stats, and Fractional Scaling Fixes
System76's Rust-native desktop adds a default sound theme, fixes pointer edge accuracy on hi-DPI screens, and gives the system monitor real GPU frequency graphs. »
Ubuntu Just Patched Over 500 Vulnerabilities in Its Azure Linux Kernel
Canonical patched over 500 vulnerabilities in the Ubuntu 26.04 LTS Azure kernel on July 25, including AMD Zen 2 speculative execution flaws that enable local privilege escalation from within a VM. »