📰 Arduino has just been acquired by Qualcomm, and they're already launching a new product that runs Linux

#Arduino's new UNO Q can run #Linux, and it's the company's first product after being acquired by #Qualcomm.

🔗 Source: https://www.xda-developers.com/arduino-acquired-qualcomm-uno-q-launched/

Google Posts Device Trees For Booting #Pixel 10 Hardware With The Mainline #Linux Kernel

https://www.phoronix.com/news/Google-Pixel-10-Google-DTs

Steam Hardware Announcement

Learn more and wishlist now: https://steampowered.com/hardware
Announcing new #Steam Hardware from #Valve: Steam Controller, Steam Machine, and Steam Frame are coming in 2026. Just like Steam Deck, all three devices are optimized for Steam and designed for players to get even more out of their Steam library.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OmKrKTwtukE

#Linux #gaming

Collabora Launches Desktop #Office Suite for #Linux

https://itsfoss.com/news/collabora-launches-desktop-office-suite/

https://www.collaboraonline.com/collabora-office/

Valve: HDMI Forum Continues to Block #HDMI 2.1 for #Linux
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Linux Kernel Rust Code Sees Its First CVE Vulnerability
17 December 2025 - CVE-2025-68260

The first CVE #vulnerability has been assigned to a piece of the #Linux kernel's #Rust code.

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#Phoronix #LinuxKernel

This is Magic: #X86 Windows Games Running on #ARM #Linux

Sometimes it's worth stopping to marvel at how truly amazing some modern technology is. FEX, #Proton, #Valve's #Steam Frame... pure technical wizardry.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cCy3ft-dqAo

Is Germany government Looking to Put a Backdoor into Arch Linux?

The German #government paid $500,000+, to #Arch #Linux, to re-write Arch Package Management in Rust. Is #Germany hoping to inject #backdoors, or other #spyware, into Arch using #Rust?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lt0aXTRsRis

A list of software #alternatives and resources for professional #audio #video and live events production on #Linux

https://gitlab.com/nodiscc/awesome-linuxaudio

https://github.com/nodiscc/awesome-linuxaudio/releases/tag/1.0.0

AppManager

GTK/Libadwaita developed desktop utility in Vala that makes installing and uninstalling #AppImages on #Linux desktop painless. It supports both SquashFS and DwarFS AppImage formats, features a seamless background auto-update process, and leverages zsync delta updates for efficient bandwidth usage. Double-click any .AppImage to open a macOS-style drag-and-drop window, just drag to install and AppManager will move the app, wire up desktop entries, and copy icons.

Features
Drag-and-drop installer: Mimics the familiar macOS Applications install flow.
Smart install modes: Can choose between portable (move the AppImage) and extracted (unpack to ~/Applications/.installed/AppRun) while letting you override it.
Desktop integration: Extracts the bundled .desktop file via 7z or dwarfs, rewrites Exec and Icon, and stores it in ~/.local/share/applications.
Simple uninstall: Right click in app drawer and choose Move to Trash, can uninstall in AppManager or simply delete from ~/Applications folder.
Install registry + preferences: Main window lists installed apps, default mode, and cleanup behaviors, all stored with GSettings.
Background app updates: Optional automatic update checks with configurable interval (daily, weekly, monthly) and notifications when updates are found.

Your Linux AppImages don't need to be disorganized. 
https://itsfoss.com/appmanager/

https://github.com/kem-a/AppManager/releases

📰 I replaced Android with a full Linux desktop on my old phone, and it's shockingly usable

Pocketblue, based on Fedora Atomic, is great on the OnePlus 6.

🔗 Source: https://www.xda-developers.com/replaced-android-full-linux-desktop-old-phone/

#linux #fedora #android

📰 AMD Ryzen AI NPUs Are Finally Useful Under Linux For Running LLMs

Over the past two years AMD has developed the AMDXDNA accelerator driver in the mainline Linux kernel for supporting the AMD Ryzen AI NPUs. But when it comes to user-space software on Linux actually able to leave the Ryzen AI NPUs it's been... extremely limited with nothing really useful besides some niche bits of code. Even AMD's own software like their GAIA on Linux has used Vulkan with their iGPUs rather than any NPU support.

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/AMD-Ryzen-AI-NPUs-Linux-LLMs

#kernel #linux #amd

RIP DEBIAN LINUX

The only candidate to lead #Debian #Linux says her primary goal is to have "more women (both cis and trans), trans men, and genderqueer people."

#Systemd Adds #Age #Verification & #Reddit #Linux Censors Age Verification Posts

Plus: Which Open Source Operating Systems plan to include Age Verification? The Lunduke Journal compiles a list.

Does It Age Verify?:
https://github.com/BryanLunduke/DoesItAgeVerify

https://lunduke.com

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M3erhbwqIAM

Lennart Poettering
#microsoft #stalking #surveillance #backdoor #trojan

SystemD Root Access Exploit Found, Devuan Team Calls SystemD "Unicorn Sh*t"

"Yet another high severity #systemd bug in #Ubuntu. Let us wish all #Devuan users a wonderful day out with their family, instead of shoveling unicorn sh*t."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_yukEnElXUg

Lennart Poettering
#microsoft #Linux #stalking #surveillance #backdoor #trojan

antiX 26 Released as Systemd-Free Debian 13 Distro with Five Init Systems

antiX Linux 26 arrives based on Debian 13 Trixie with five init systems, a systemd-free design, and a fast, lightweight environment built for efficiency.

🔗 Source: https://linuxiac.com/antix-26-released-as-systemd-free-debian-13-distro-with-five-init-systems/

#debian #systemd #linux #distro

#waydroid in Linux is the best way to run Android apps on your PC, and it's not close

Running Android apps on my PC used to feel wrong, but Linux makes them feel right at home, and it's better than any Windows solution.

🔗 Source: https://www.xda-developers.com/linux-best-way-run-android-apps-on-pc-until-gaming/

#linux #android

📰 Fedora Project Leader Suggests Linux Distros Could Adopt Apple's Age Verification API

He thinks a cross-distro API standard can be a practical solution to tackle age verification.

🔗 Source: https://feed.itsfoss.com/link/24361/17306020/fedora-leader-suggests-age-verification-api

#fedora #linux #distro

CachyOS Censors "Radicals" Opposed to Age Verification

In response to concerns about #Age #Verification features in #SystemD, the #CachyOS team says, "If you don’t want to use SystemD find another distribution," tells users to "STOP being radical".

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IJN6UWZPrzk

#Linux #trojan #backdoor #stalking #surveillance

#Ubuntu Now Has Higher System Requirements Than #Windows

As of this month, Ubuntu #Linux requires 2X the CPU speed and 50% more RAM than Windows 11

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=COIYdcrFnnU