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📰FEX 2604 Released With Better Memory Savings For Running x86_64 Apps/Games On ARM64Out today is the newest monthly update to FEX for this emulator for running Linux x86/x86_64 binaries on AArch64 (ARM64) Linux systems, including games and the likes of Steam Play with Windows games. This Valve-sponsored project that is quite important for the upcoming Steam Frame has rolled out more performance i...

📰Intel NPU Linux Driver To Allow Limiting Frequency For Power & Thermal ManagementThe Intel IVPU accelerator driver used on Linux for the neural processing unit (NPU) on Core Ultra SoCs saw a patch posted for allowing the NPU clock frequency to be limited in the name of power and thermal management...🔗Source:https://www.phoronix.com/news/Intel-NPU-Linux-Limit-Frequency

📰My $15 Raspberry Pi hosts my password manager and gets rid of expensive subscriptionsUncover the benefits of hosting your password manager on a $15 Raspberry Pi and saying goodbye to costly subscriptions.🔗Source:https://www.xda-developers.com/raspberry-pi-hosts-my-password-manager-and-skips-subscriptions/

📰Wayland 1.25 Documentation UpdateWayland 1.25 refreshes its documentation with three new chapters covering Wayland XML specification, content model updates, and color management design.🔗Source:https://www.collabora.com/news-and-blog/news-and-events/wayland-1.25-documentation-update.html

📰ASUS Armoury Driver Supports A Few More Laptops With Linux 7.0Merged back in Linux 6.19 was the ASUS Armoury driver to enhance support for the ROG Ally gaming handhelds and modern ASUS laptops. The ASUS Armoury driver enables various laptop features to be toggled under Linux and since its introduction it has continued expanding support for more ASUS devices. Ahead of Linux 7.0 coming out on Sund...

📰Nutanix to add KubeVirt support to run VMs on K8s at the edgeArm support is on the agenda, too, because AI is going to run on everything Exclusive Nutanix plans to support KubeVirt to allow its customers to run both containers and VMs on the edge.…🔗Source:https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2026/04/09/nutanix_kubevirt_arm_supoprt/

📰FFmpeg Introduces Vulkan-Accelerated 360 Degree Video ConversionBeyond the capabilities of just the Vulkan Video API, the FFmpeg multimedia library has made interesting Vulkan-accelerated adaptations using compute shaders. With Vulkan compute they've implemented Apple ProRes video acceleration, FFV1 decode, and other features. The newest Vulkan feature now in place for FFmpeg is 360 degree video...

📰AMD Making It Easier To Embed Lemonade AI Capabilities Into Other AppsThe open-source Lemonade local AI server that enables using Ryzen AI NPUs on Linux for LLM usage as well as AMD Radeon GPU support and common x86_64 CPU support (in addition to Microsoft Windows support) is now becoming easier to embed within other apps for AI usage...🔗Source:https://www.phoronix.com/news/Lemonade-SDK-10.2-Re...

📰PipeWire 1.6.3 Improves RAOP Compatibility to Make It Work on More DevicesPipeWire 1.6.3 audio/video server for Linux is now available for downlaod with audio mixer optimizations and various bug fixes.🔗Source:https://9to5linux.com/pipewire-1-6-3-improves-raop-compatibility-to-make-it-work-on-more-devices#linux

📰Miracle-WM 0.9 Makes This Mir-Based Wayland Compositor Truly HackableMiracle-WM 0.9 brings WebAssembly plugins, a new Rust API, cursor theme support, and faster performance for this Mir-based Wayland compositor.🔗Source:https://linuxiac.com/miracle-wm-0-9-makes-this-mir-based-wayland-compositor-truly-hackable/#wayland

📰Dynamic Music Pill brings lyrics to your GNOME desktopA clutch of new features are available in Dynamic Music Pill, the slick now playing and media controller extension for GNOME Shell. The “big” new addition is lyrics support. When you listen to a track with synced lyrics in a compatible player, you can view those lyrics by opening the applet controller and clicking on the album art inside of i...

📰Linux 7.0 Adds Support For New Keys On Upcoming Laptops For Expanded AI Agent InteractionsSince last year the Linux kernel already supported the Microsoft Copilot key appearing on recent laptops to trigger AI agent interactions. That keyboard key is becoming more common but now three additional new keys have been standardized for additional AI integration on future PCs. Merged today for Linux 7....

📰TrueNAS 26 Beta Brings Linux 6.18 LTS + OpenZFS 2.4 Combination For NAS DevicesTrueNAS 26 Beta released today as the initial test release for this next version of this Linux-based operating system for network attached storage (NAS) devices and more...🔗Source:https://www.phoronix.com/news/TrueNAS-26-Beta#linuxbased#linux

📰Lilbits: Vertical tabs for Chrome, Mac OS 10 for the Nintendo Wii, and a CyberDeck PiThe CyberDeck Pi is a DIY handheld computer that looks like something designed for a world where smartphones never existed. It’s a chunky device that probably won’t fit in your pocket. But it’s also a full-fledged computer that can run desktop GNU/Linux software thanks to its Raspberry Pi brains. And it’s made u...

📰Bazzite is chopping 1GB off its image size—here's what got cutIt has never been a better time to be a Linux gamer. With Proton making good headway, we're seeing gaming-oriented distros spring up in the wake of SteamOS to capitalize on the wave of titles Linux can now run. This includes Bazzite, which has posted some excellent performance demonstrations over the past few months, including that on...

📰Little Snitch, the macOS network tool, is now available on LinuxA Linux version of Little Snitch, the iconic network monitoring and firewall tool for macOS, has been released. Little Snitch for Linux is written in Rust and uses eBPF for kernel-level traffic interception (which lets sandboxed code run inside the Linux kernel without modifying it). The tool lists processes on your machine making n...

📰GNU nano 9.0 CLI Text Editor Released with New Features and ImprovementsGNU nano 9.0 command line text editor for Unix-like systems is now available for download as a major update introducing new features and improvements. Here’s what’s new!🔗Source:https://9to5linux.com/gnu-nano-9-0-cli-text-editor-released-with-new-features-and-improvements#gnu

📰I tried Fedora and learned why it's not the beginner Linux distro everyone assumes it isFedora is one of the best Linux distros out there, but if you're a beginner, it's probably not the best place to start.🔗Source:https://www.xda-developers.com/tried-fedora-learned-why-not-beginner-distro-everyone-assumes-it-is/#distro#linux#fedora

📰16 contributors, cross-stack improvements: Collabora's work on GStreamer 1.28Our multimedia engineering team delivered major improvements to GStreamer 1.28: hardware acceleration and zero-copy pipelines, HDR and color support for Wayland, AI inference integration, plus critical codec and RTP/WebRTC interoperability fixes.🔗Source:https://www.collabora.com/news-and-blog/news-and-events/16-contrib...

📰Intel Releases OpenVINO 2026.1 With Backend For Llama.cpp, New Hardware SupportIntel's OpenVINO toolkit for optimizing and deploying AI inferencing across their range of hardware platforms is out with its newest quarterly feature update. There is official support for Intel's latest hardware as well as enabling more large language models and other new AI innovations for this excellent open-source...

📰I stopped recommending the 3GB Raspberry Pi 4, and here's whyAs a hobbyist, I love experimenting with SBCs and microcontrollers. However, the launch of Raspberry Pi 4 with 3GB of RAM has bamboozled me. The new Pi model joins an already bloated lineup. It was introduced at $84 on April 1, 2026 — I had to investigate if it was a joke. Sadly, it isn't.🔗Source:https://www.xda-developers.com/i-stopp...