This Week in Linux

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This week in Linux, we have some distro news like a new release of NixOS and some unfortunate security news for Arch users. Plus we'll check out the new RTX Spark Superchip that Nvidia announced and it's time to celebrate 25 years of DistroWatch as they reached this massive milestone this week!

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Chapters:

00:00 Intro

00:47 DistroWatch.com Celebrates 25 Years

09:56 NVIDIA RTX Spark "Superchip"

16:31 NixOS 26.05 Released

18:50 Arch Linux's AUR Compromised with Malware

27:06 T2 Linux 26.6 Released

29:51 Homebrew 6.0 Released

33:30 Microsoft Coreutils, Wait! What?

37:23 Outro

Links:

DistroWatch.com Celebrates 25 Years

https://distrowatch.com/

https://distrowatch.com/weekly.php?issue=20260601#sitenews

NVIDIA RTX Spark "Superchip"

https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/products/rtx-spark/

https://nvidianews.nvidia.com/news/nvidia-microsoft-windows-pcs-agents-rtx-spark

https://www.phoronix.com/news/NVIDIA-RTX-Spark

https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/products/workstations/dgx-spark/

NixOS 26.05 Released

https://nixos.org/blog/announcements/2026/nixos-2605/

Arch Linux's AUR Compromised with Malware

https://archlinux.org/news/active-aur-malicious-packages-incident/

https://www.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/1u3alhe/comment/or3vhax/

https://discuss.cachyos.org/t/aur-compromised-400-packages-affected-20260611/31040

https://www.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/1u3alhe/roughly_400_aur_packages_compromised/

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T2 Linux 26.6 Released

https://t2linux.com/download/26.6

https://9to5linux.com/t2-linux-26-3-is-out-with-fully-reproducible-wayland-based-kde-plasma-experience

https://distrowatch.com/?newsid=12864

Homebrew 6.0 Released

https://brew.sh/2026/06/11/homebrew-6.0.0/

Microsoft Coreutils, Wait! What?

https://github.com/microsoft/coreutils

https://itsfoss.com/news/windows-coreutils/

https://www.phoronix.com/news/MS-Coreutils-For-Windows

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This week in Linux, we got yet another vulnerability in the Linux kernel to talk about. Is it something to be scared of or is it being blown out of proportion? Stay tuned to find out. Plus we have some great news from the KDE team about a new release of Plasma and new funding to the project. Then we'll talk about some interesting work done over on the Fedora side with Fedora Hummingbird and what that can mean for the future of Linux systems.

And two years ago, on episode 256 of TWIL, I talked about how the HDMI Forum was actively getting in the way of Open Source but apparently, it seems things might have changed and they might be finally getting it.

All of this and more on This Week in Linux, the weekly news show that keeps you up to date with what’s going on in the Linux and Open Source world. Now let's jump right into Your Source for Linux GNews!

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Chapters:

00:00 Intro

00:54 Fragnesia Linux Vulnerability

05:49 €1.2 Million for KDE from Sovereign Tech Fund

09:40 KDE Plasma 6.7 Beta

12:46 Fedora Hummingbird Announced

16:36 Project Bluefin Dakota Alpha 2

21:50 Hyprland 0.55 Released

26:00 HDMI might be finally getting Open Source

30:05 Outro

Links:

Fragnesia Linux Vulnerability

https://lwn.net/Articles/1072647/

https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-Fragnesia

https://ubuntu.com/blog/fragnesia-linux-vulnerability-fixes-available

https://almalinux.org/blog/2026-05-13-fragnesia-cve-2026-46300/

https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/05/fragnesia-and-ssh-keysign-pwn-are-the-latest-linux-security-problems/

https://github.com/v12-security/pocs/tree/main/fragnesia

€1.2 Million for KDE from Sovereign Tech Fund

https://kde.org/announcements/sovereign-tech-fund-invests-kde/

https://www.sovereign.tech/tech/kde

https://www.sovereign.tech/programs/fund

https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/05/kde-sovereign-tech-fund-grant

https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/05/kde-gets-over-1-million-in-funding-from-the-sovereign-tech-fund/

https://www.phoronix.com/news/KDE-1M-EUR-Investment

KDE Plasma 6.7 Beta

https://kde.org/announcements/plasma/6/6.6.90/

https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/05/kde-plasma-6-7-beta-arrives-with-plasma-bigscreen-new-union-theme-system/

https://www.phoronix.com/news/KDE-Plasma-6.7-Beta-Released

https://www.phoronix.com/news/Plasma-6.7-Beta-Big-Screen

https://community.kde.org/Plasma/Plasma_6

https://community.kde.org/Schedules/Plasma_6

https://thisweekinlinux.com/99

Fedora Hummingbird Announced

https://www.redhat.com/en/about/press-releases/fedora-hummingbird-linux-brings-agentic-linux-builders

https://fedoramagazine.org/fedora-hummingbird-linux-taking-the-hummingbird-model-to-the-full-os/

https://itsfoss.com/news/fedora-hummingbird-images/

https://www.phoronix.com/news/KDE-1M-EUR-Investment

https://discussion.fedoraproject.org/t/fedora-hummingbird-taking-the-hummingbird-model-to-the-full-operating-system/191184/37

https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2026/04/28/exploring-distroless-containers-project-hummingbird

https://hummingbird-project.io/

Project Bluefin Dakota Alpha 2

https://docs.projectbluefin.io/blog/dakota-alpha-1/

https://docs.projectbluefin.io/blog/the-dinosaur-and-the-hummingbird/

https://docs.projectbluefin.io/blog/making-our-own-fate/

https://projectbluefin.io/dakota/

https://github.com/projectbluefin/dakota

Hyprland 0.55 Released

https://hypr.land/news/update55/

https://hypr.land/news/26_lua

https://www.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/1t8bopd/hyprland_055_is_out_completes_the_transition_to_a/

HDMI might be finally getting Open Source

https://www.phoronix.com/news/AMDGPU-HDMI-2.1-FRL-Patches

https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/05/expanded-amd-hdmi-2-1-support-is-coming-to-linux/

https://www.phoronix.com/news/HDMI-2.1-DSC-AMDGPU-FRL

https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/05/further-expanded-amd-hdmi-2-1-support-is-coming-to-linux-now-with-frl-and-dsc/

https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-7.2-AMDGPU-FRL-Regs

https://www.hdmi.org/announce/detail/172

https://thisweekinlinux.com/256

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This week in Linux, we've got a new release from Bazzite 44 based on the new Fedora 44. Then we've got some Arch Linux related releases with a new CachyOS and a new ISO from Arch itself. Plus we're going to take a look at an upcoming event called the Linux App Summit as well as the recent vulnerability news that is making waves with Copy Fail & Dirty Frag. All of this and more on This Week in Linux, the weekly news show that keeps you up to date with what’s going on in the Linux and Open Source world. Now let's jump right into Your Source for Linux GNews!

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Chapters:

00:00 Intro

00:41 Bazzite 44 Released

04:49 CachyOS April 2026 Release

08:21 Arch Linux with 7.0

11:46 Copy Fail & Dirty Frag Vulnerabilities

20:51 Linux App Summit from GNOME & KDE

23:42 Mesa 26.1 Released

26:49 GhostBSD 26.1 Released

29:41 Outro

Links:

Bazzite 44 Released

https://universal-blue.discourse.group/t/bazzite-44-update/12092

https://fedoramagazine.org/whats-new-fedora-atomic-desktops-in-fedora-linux-44/

https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/04/bazzite-linux-44-lands-for-desktop-gamers-and-its-a-big-release/

CachyOS April 2026 Release

https://cachyos.org/blog/2604-april-release/

https://www.phoronix.com/news/CachyOS-April-2026

https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/04/cachyos-april-2026-release-brings-a-new-package-manager-and-even-more-optimizations/

https://www.phoronix.com/news/CachyOS-Super-Charged-Linux-7.0

https://9to5linux.com/cachyos-iso-release-for-april-2026-brings-shelly-as-default-gui-package-manager

Arch Linux with 7.0

https://archlinux.org/releng/releases/2026.05.01/

https://9to5linux.com/first-arch-linux-iso-powered-by-linux-kernel-7-0-is-now-available-for-download

https://linuxiac.com/arch-linux-may-iso-is-out-with-linux-kernel-7-0/

https://9to5linux.com/archinstall-4-3-arch-linux-installer-adds-support-for-installing-additional-fonts

Copy Fail & Dirty Frag Vulnerabilities

Copy Fail:

https://copy.fail/

https://itsfoss.com/news/copy-fail-linux-exploit/

https://9to5linux.com/copy-fail-linux-kernel-vulnerability-now-patched-in-debian-ubuntu-and-others

https://www.theregister.com/security/2026/05/05/copyfail-attackers-start-cashing-in-on-linux-flaw/5226930

https://xint.io/blog/copy-fail-linux-distributions

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2026/05/01/cve-2026-31431-copy-fail-vulnerability-enables-linux-root-privilege-escalation/

Dirty Frag:

https://github.com/V4bel/dirtyfrag

https://almalinux.org/blog/2026-05-07-dirty-frag/

https://ubuntu.com//blog/dirty-frag-linux-vulnerability-fixes-available

https://lwn.net/Articles/1071719/

https://www.phoronix.com/news/Dirty-Frag-Linux

Linux App Summit from GNOME & KDE

https://linuxappsummit.org/

https://kde.org/community/calendar/2026/las-2026/

https://blogs.gnome.org/aday/2026/02/19/gnome-foundation-update-2026-02-19/

Mesa 26.1 Released

https://mesa3d.org/

https://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/mesa-dev/2026-May/226637.html

https://www.phoronix.com/news/Mesa-26.1-Released

https://9to5linux.com/mesa-26-1-open-source-graphics-stack-officially-released-heres-whats-new

https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/05/mesa-26-1-0-released-bringing-lots-of-linux-graphics-driver-enhancements/

GhostBSD 26.1 Released

https://www.ghostbsd.org/

https://ghostbsd.org/news/GhostBSD_26.1-R15.0p2_Is_Now_Available

https://www.phoronix.com/news/GhostBSD-26.1-R15.0p2

https://www.theregister.com/2026/02/24/ghostbsd_plans_to_adopt_xlibre/

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This week in Linux, we have a TON of distro news to talk about with release from Ubuntu and Fedora. Ubuntu 26.04 LTS and Fedora Linux 44 were released recently. That's not all, we also have releases Zorin OS and more. We also have some exciting hardware news from Valve and Framework. Valve revealed the date and price for their new Steam Controller. Framework recently had their [Next Gen] event where they revealed a bunch of cool stuff including the new Framework Laptop 13 Pro which they described it as the Macbook Pro for Linux users. All of this and more on This Week in Linux, the weekly news show that keeps you up to date with what’s going on in the Linux and Open Source world. Now let's jump right into Your Source for Linux GNews!

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Chapters:

00:00 Intro

00:51 Ubuntu 26.04 LTS Released

08:33 Ubuntu's AI Future

12:29 Fedora Linux 44 Released

16:15 Framework Laptop 13 Pro & more

24:46 Valve Steam Controller

26:51 Zorin OS 18.1 Released

31:23 Trisquel 12 Released

34:54 Linux Mint 23 coming this Christmas plus HWE ISOs

39:47 Outro

Links:

Ubuntu 26.04 LTS Released

https://canonical.com/blog/canonical-releases-ubuntu-26-04-lts-resolute-raccoon

https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/04/ubuntu-26-04-lts-released

https://itsfoss.com/ubuntu-26-04-faq/

https://www.phoronix.com/news/Ubuntu-26.04-LTS

https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/04/ubuntu-26-04-resolute-raccoon-lts-is-out-now/

Ubuntu's AI Future

https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/the-future-of-ai-in-ubuntu/81130

https://fossforce.com/2026/04/from-copilot-to-canonical-how-ubuntu-plans-to-add-ai-without-taking-over-your-pc/

https://www.phoronix.com/news/Ubuntu-AI-Kill-Switch-Opt-In

https://itsfoss.com/news/ubuntu-is-getting-ai/

https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/04/canonical-clarify-their-ai-plans-for-ubuntu-linux-opt-in-and-easy-to-remove/

Fedora Linux 44 Released

https://fedoramagazine.org/announcing-fedora-linux-44/

https://fedoramagazine.org/whats-new-in-fedora-kde-plasma-desktop-44/

https://fedoramagazine.org/whats-new-fedora-workstation-44/

https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/04/fedora-linux-44-is-out-now-as-one-of-the-best-linux-distributions/

https://www.phoronix.com/news/Fedora-44-Released

https://lwn.net/Articles/1070198/

Framework Laptop 13 Pro & more

https://frame.work/nextgen

https://frame.work/laptop13pro

https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/04/framework-13-pro-ubuntu-certified

https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/04/framework-laptop-13-pro-revealed-with-major-changes-and-great-linux-support/

https://www.phoronix.com/news/Framework-Laptop-13-Pro

Valve Steam Controller

https://store.steampowered.com/news/group/45479024/view/508485755865137686

https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/04/the-new-steam-controller-releases-may-4th/

https://www.phoronix.com/news/Steam-Controller-4-May

Zorin OS 18.1 Released

https://blog.zorin.com/2026/04/15/zorin-os-18.1-is-released/

https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/04/zorin-os-18-1-released

https://9to5linux.com/zorin-os-18-1-boosts-windows-app-support-by-40-improves-window-tiling

Trisquel 12 Released

https://trisquel.info/en/trisquel-120-ecne-release-announcement

https://9to5linux.com/trisquel-gnu-linux-12-0-lts-released-with-gnu-linux-libre-6-8-kernel-mate-1-26

https://www.phoronix.com/news/Trisquel-12-Linux

Linux Mint 23 coming this Christmas plus HWE ISOs

https://blog.linuxmint.com/?p=5019

https://blog.linuxmint.com/?p=5022

https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/04/linux-mint-next-release-christmas-2026

https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/04/linux-mint-confirm-longer-release-cycles-the-next-release-is-planned-for-christmas-2026/

https://www.phoronix.com/news/Mint-23-Alfa

https://9to5linux.com/linux-mint-will-adopt-a-longer-development-cycle-starting-with-linux-mint-23

https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/04/linux-mint-hwe-isos-announced#google_vignette

https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-Mint-HWE-ISOs

https://9to5linux.com/linux-mint-22-3-hwe-isos-now-available-for-download-with-linux-kernel-6-17

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