📰 I Spent Time With GeForce NOW to See If It's Gameable on Linux

The native Linux client recently left beta, so I tested it on Ubuntu to see how it performed.

🔗 Source: https://feed.itsfoss.com/link/24361/17463310/geforce-now-linux-review

#linux #ubuntu

📰 Linux's Yogafan Driver Prepares Support For Newer Lenovo Laptops

Introduced back in Linux 7.1 was the Yogafan HWMON driver for supporting fan speed monitoring across various Lenovo Yoga, Legion, Flex, Slim, and IdeaPad laptops. An initial set of Lenovo laptops was initially supported by this driver while succeeding kernel versions have continued building out the support...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-7.4-Yogafan-More-Laptops

#kernel #linux

📰 Acronis cPanel Backup Plugin Vulnerability Exploited in Targeted Attacks

Acronis has warned that a high-severity security flaw in its Backup plugin for cPanel and Web Host Manager (WHM) deployments has been exploited in the wild.The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-87886 (CVSS score: 7.8), is described as a case of local privilege escalation due to insecure file permissions. It affects the following versions - Acronis Backup plugin for cPanel & WHM (Linux.

🔗 Source: https://thehackernews.com/2026/09/acronis-cpanel-backup-plugin.html

#linux

📰 OpenVDB Introduces SIMD Framework With Some 2~4x Performance Improvements

OpenVDB is the sparse volume data structure and tooling library maintained by the Academy Software Foundation. OpenVDB in turn is used by various CGI software for dealing with sparse volumetric data such as Houdini, RenderMan, and Cinema 4D to the open-source Blender. It's even won an Academy Award for technical achievement while now in 2026 it's finally establishing a SIMD framework for better leveraging modern x86 ISA capabilities...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/OpenVDB-SIMD--Framework

#opensource

📰 Dash to Panel v74 Is Ready for GNOME 51

Dash to Panel v74 is out, adding GNOME 51 compatibility to the popular GNOME Shell extension.

🔗 Source: https://linuxiac.com/dash-to-panel-74-is-ready-for-gnome-51/

#gnome

📰 AMD Sends Out Linux Patches For Enabling SEV-TIO TDISP With PCIe 6.0+

The newest Linux kernel patches out of AMD for enhancing the upstream support with the new AMD EPYC 9006 "Venice" processors is for enabling SEV-TIO TDISP that is supported with PCI Express 6.0 and beyond...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/AMD-SEV-TIO-TDISP-Linux-Patches

#amd #kernel #linux

📰 Linux Kernel Build Times Ready To Be Significantly Reduced With Latest Patches

The past few weeks we have eagerly been following a Linux kernel patch series after AI found some major bottlenecks in the Linux kernel build code. With AI helping to address these bottlenecks, Linux kernel build times are substantially reduced. These optimizations might be ready in time for Linux 7.4 for reducing incremental kernel build times as much as around 70%.

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-Kbuild-Faster-v3

#kernel #linux

📰 Canonical improving Ubuntu Linux Desktop stability under memory pressure

Canonical developers have been working to improve Ubuntu Linux Desktop performance, specifically when under memory pressure making it a bit smarter.Read the full article on GamingOnLinux.

🔗 Source: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/09/canonical-improving-ubuntu-linux-desktop-stability-under-memory-pressure/

#linux #ubuntu

📰 PipeWire 1.6.9 Improves Bluetooth, JACK, ALSA Plugin, Pulse Server, and More

PipeWire 1.6.9 audio/video server for Linux is now available for download with improved JACK object callbacks, improved passthrough format handling in audioconvert, and more.

🔗 Source: https://9to5linux.com/pipewire-1-6-9-improves-bluetooth-jack-alsa-plugin-pulse-server-and-more

#linux

📰 AMD Sends In More HDMI FRL Updates For Linux 7.4, Fixes For Upcoming Hardware

Linux 7.4 is set to be a very exciting holiday gift for AMD Radeon graphics customers. As covered last week on Phoronix, with this next kernel AMD Is enabling HDMI 2.1 support by default now that FreeSync, VRR, and ALLM support is included too. This week another round of AMDGPU kernel graphics driver updates were sent out ahead of the Linux 7.4 merge window in October...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/More-AMDGPU-For-Linux-7.4

#amd #kernel #linux

📰 SteamOS 0.3.0 for Steam Frame released

Valve are now beginning to announce SteamOS updates for the Steam Frame, with the first public notification being SteamOS 0.3.0 for Steam Frame.Read the full article on GamingOnLinux.

🔗 Source: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/09/steamos-0-3-0-for-steam-frame-released/

#steam

📰 I replaced my Chromecast with a Raspberry Pi running Kodi, and it plays everything without buffering

I replaced my Chromecast with a Pi for a better self-hosted media experience.

🔗 Source: https://www.xda-developers.com/i-replaced-my-chromecast-with-raspberry-pi-running-kodi-plays-everything-without-buffering/

#kodi #raspberry

📰 Factorio gets a full ARM64 Linux port to play anywhere - especially nice for the Steam Frame

Wube Software gave Factorio something players have been asking for 11 years - a full ARM64 Linux port to play anywhere, which is ready for the Steam Frame.Read the full article on GamingOnLinux.

🔗 Source: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/09/factorio-gets-a-full-arm64-linux-port-to-play-anywhere-especially-nice-for-the-steam-frame/

#linux #steam

📰 Linux Ready With Fix For Intel's FRED Crashing Some Games Under Wine / Steam Play

Recently there have been some bug reports to Mesa around Intel Panther Lake graphics crashing with some games like Red Dead Redemption 2 and Elden Ring crashing or freezing quite quickly. This turns out not to be an Intel Xe3 Arc Graphics B390 driver bug with Panther Lake but rather due to a kernel issue with the new Flexible and Return Event Delivery "FRED" that debuted with the Core Ultra Series 3 processors...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-FRED-Fix-For-Wine-Games

#intel #kernel #linux #steam #wine

📰 NVIDIA Introduces CUDA Rust for Writing GPU Kernels

NVIDIA is expanding CUDA with native Rust GPU kernel development through the new cuda-oxide and cutile-rs projects.

🔗 Source: https://linuxiac.com/nvidia-introduces-cuda-rust-for-writing-gpu-kernels/

#kernel #rust

📰 Apple Video Decode Driver Posted For Upstream Linux Kernel Review

The latest Apple Silicon enablement code working its way from the Asahi Linux project toward the upstream Linux kernel is the AVD driver used for accelerated video playback across Apple M1 / M2 / M3 SoCs...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Apple-Video-Decode-AVD-Linux

#kernel #linux

📰 KDE turns 30 and someone's brought an AI-native desktop proposal

Akademy talk imagines Plasma assembling itself around a personal model of each user.

🔗 Source: https://www.theregister.com/software/2026/09/18/kde-turns-30-and-someones-brought-an-ai-native-desktop-proposal/5297282

#kde #plasma