📰 These Linux Distros Can Run on Apple Silicon Mac

Here are a few distros that are making it possible for you to run Linux on Apple Mac. Read the fine prints though, as not all M processors are supported.

🔗 Source: https://feed.itsfoss.com/link/24361/17514520/apple-silicon-linux-distros

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📰 RadeonSI & RADV Now Enabling D16 Support For GFX8 Era GPUs

Thanks to the latest work by Georg Lehmann of Valve's Linux graphics team, the AMD GFX8 generation of GPUs that stretch from GCN Volcanic Islands through Polaris GPUs is still seeing improved Linux support. The latest work to land and benefiting both RadeonSI OpenGL and RADV Vulkan is enabling D16 support...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/RadeonSI-RADV-GFX8-D16

#amd #linux

📰 cPGuard Update Channel Hijacked to Backdoor Linux Servers and Collect Password Hashes

An attacker broke into the update system of the cPGuard security tool on November 2 and used it to send a malicious script to customers' Linux servers.The script installed a backdoor and collected password hashes and other sensitive files from servers that ran it, cPGuard maker OPSSHIELD said in an advisory. The attacker has since taken some of that data.cPGuard 5.88.25 and later versions.

🔗 Source: https://thehackernews.com/2026/11/cpguard-update-channel-hijacked-to.html

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📰 Linux 7.4 Features Steam Frame VR Headset, More AMD Zen 6 Enablement & Initial Apple M4 / A18 Pro Bring-Up

The Linux 7.4 kernel is hopefully going to be this year's Long Term Support (LTS) kernel version and is coming jam-packed with new features and changes.

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/review/linux-74-features

#amd #kernel #linux #steam

📰 What's New in Fedora 45

While the release missed its initial October 20 release target, it comes packed with Linux 7.2, GNOME 51, and Plasma 6.7.

🔗 Source: https://feed.itsfoss.com/link/24361/17514519/fedora-45-features

#fedora #gnome #linux #plasma

📰 Fedora Asahi Remix 45 Released for Apple Silicon Macs with KDE Plasma 6.8

Fedora Asahi Remix 45 distribution is now available for Apple Silicon Macs based on Fedora Linux 45 and featuring the KDE Plasma 6.8 desktop environment.

🔗 Source: https://9to5linux.com/fedora-asahi-remix-45-released-for-apple-silicon-macs-with-kde-plasma-6-8

#fedora #kde #linux #plasma

📰 Chimera Linux Releases New ISOs with Kernel 7.3, GNOME 51, and Plasma 6.8

Chimera Linux refreshes its installation images with Linux kernel 7.3, GNOME 51, KDE Plasma 6.8, and NetworkManager replacing iwd.

🔗 Source: https://linuxiac.com/chimera-linux-releases-new-isos-with-kernel-7-3-gnome-51-plasma-6-8/

#gnome #kde #kernel #linux #plasma

📰 Linux 7.3: Color format control, Tyr progress, and more

Collabora authored 111 patches for Linux 7.3, spanning DRM core, Rust, MediaTek, Rockchip, and more. Highlights include a new color format property, per-connector hotplug events, sparse mappings in Panthor, and continued progress on Tyr.

🔗 Source: https://www.collabora.com/news-and-blog/news-and-events/linux-73-color-format-control-tyr-progress-and-more.html

#linux #rust

📰 Linux's file permissions are over 50 years old, and three letters still decide who can touch every file on your PC

You can see them in action with a single console command.

🔗 Source: https://www.xda-developers.com/linuxs-file-permissions-50-years-old-three-letters-still-decide-who-can-touch-file-pc/

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📰 Domicile Desktop Brings Web Technologies To Building Wayland Desktops

Domicile is a new Wayland compositor that leverages Chromium for allowing custom Linux desktops to be built using HTML, CSS, and JavaScript/TypeScript...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Domicile-Desktop-Wayland

#chromium #linux #wayland