COSMIC 1.2 Arrives With AVIF Wallpapers, Wayland Fixes, and Smoother Intel GPU Support
System76's Rust-native desktop gets its second stable update, shipping AVIF wallpaper support, compositor flickering fixes, and better compatibility with newer Intel graphics hardware. »
Greg KH Ships Seven Linux Kernels at Once to Patch a Container-Escape Root Exploit
A single July 4th release wave covering kernels from 5.10 to 7.1 patched a critical IPv6 bug that could let a process inside a container gain root access on the host. »
GNOME 51 'A Coruña' Alpha Drops — Maps Go Offline, Old NVIDIA Cards Left Behind
GNOME 51 'A Coruña' enters alpha with offline map downloads, 73 refreshed modules, and the removal of legacy NVIDIA driver support ahead of its September 16 stable release. »
Linux 7.2-rc1 Is Here — AMD Gets Native 4K/120Hz HDMI and the Kernel Hits 43 Million Lines
Linus Torvalds dropped Linux 7.2's first release candidate on June 28, delivering AMD's long-awaited HDMI 2.1 FRL support, ISP4 camera drivers, post-quantum signatures, and a kernel source tree that just broke 43 million lines. »
Coreboot 26.06 Arrives With Early Intel Nova Lake and AMD Strix Halo Support, Plus 31 New Boards
The open-source firmware project's latest quarterly release starts unlocking Intel's Nova Lake and AMD's Strix Halo months before those chips hit store shelves, and expands its board list with 31 new entries including Framework Laptop models. »