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Ubuntu is shipping a kernel that can make certain AMD workloads up to 42 times slower. Linus Torvalds is drawing clearer boundaries around AI-generated code in the kernel. Secure Boot just passed a major certificate expiration deadline. COSMIC Desktop 1.3 brings a polished new Frosted Glass design. And one developer decided to add another place and that's a Sega Genesis from 1994.

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Chapters:

00:00 Intro

00:44 Ubuntu publishes Update that introduces regression for AMD users

03:52 Linus Torvalds talks on AI Code in Linux

07:12 Secure Boot Linux Certificates Expired?

09:27 COSMIC 1.3 with Frosted Glass

11:33 AppManager for AppImages

14:51 FreeBSD Removes All GPL Code

17:16 Rapid Fire Lightning Round

17:40 stillOS 10.2 Released

18:32 Blender 5.2 LTS Released

19:00 Clonezilla Live 3.3.3 Released

19:31 Linux on Sega Genesis and 32X Addon

20:26 Outro

Links:

Ubuntu publishes Update that introduces regression for AMD users

https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/amdgpu-performance-regression-in-kernel-7-0-0-28-28/85237

Linus Torvalds talks on AI Code in Linux

https://lore.kernel.org/linux-media/CAHk-=wi4zC+Ze8e+p3tMv8TtG_80KzsZ1syL9anBtmEh5Z40vg@mail.gmail.com/

https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-Is-Not-Anti-AI

https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/07/linux-creator-linus-torvalds-puts-foot-down-on-anti-ai-comments/

https://itsfoss.com/news/linus-torvalds-on-ai/

Secure Boot Linux Certificates Expired?

https://lwn.net/Articles/1079808/

https://almalinux.org/blog/2026-07-14-secure-boot-2023-certificates/

https://linuxiac.com/debian-13-6-released-with-120-security-fixes-and-124-stability-updates/

COSMIC 1.3 with Frosted Glass

https://9to5linux.com/cosmic-1-3-desktop-environment-released-with-frosted-glass-effect

https://www.phoronix.com/news/COSMIC-Epoch-1.3

AppManager for AppImages

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

https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/07/appmanager-appimage-installer-linux

https://github.com/VHSgunzo/uruntime

FreeBSD Removes All GPL Code

https://www.phoronix.com/news/FreeBSD-16-Goes-GPL-Free

https://fossforce.com/2026/07/freebsd-16-cleans-house-no-gpl-left-in-the-base-system/

https://www.phoronix.com/news/FreeBSD-Intern-AMD-ROCm

https://www.phoronix.com/news/FreeBSD-Laptops-June-2026

https://www.phoronix.com/news/FreeBSD-Desktop-Install-NVIDIA

stillOS 10.2 Released

https://stillhq.io/stillos-gets-gnome-49-a-better-first-boot-and-major-swai-improvements/

Blender 5.2 LTS Released

https://www.blender.org/download/releases/5-2/

Clonezilla Live 3.3.3 Released

https://clonezilla.org/downloads/stable/release-notes.php

Linux on Sega Genesis and 32X Addon

https://cakehonolulu.github.io/linux-on-32x/

https://github.com/LinuxMD/linuxmd

https://www.tomshardware.com/software/linux/developer-successfully-ports-linux-to-1994-sega-32x-genesis-and-megadrive-expansion-runs-open-source-os-on-paltry-23mhz-processors-and-256kb-of-ram

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This week in Linux, we have a really jam-packed episode for you. Linux Mint says that Cinnamon is ready for Wayland. We also have some drama news that's happening with OpenMandriva. So we're going to talk about that later. Also, we have some gaming news as well as two new distros that I want to show you. And also, Hannah Montana Linux is back, apparently.

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

00:37 TuxDigital Memberships, support the show

01:35 Linux Mint says Cinnamon is Wayland Ready

03:19 Proton 11 Released

04:55 Sabotage in OpenMandriva?

08:49 RakuOS Linux 44 2026.07.05

11:56 Hannah Montana Linux Is Back

16:52 Galactic Mandate Linux 99

19:17 Sony Kills Physical Media for Games

24:33 Stop Killing Games Update

29:05 Outro

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Linux Mint says Cinnamon is Wayland Ready

https://blog.linuxmint.com/?p=5046

https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/07/linux-mint-wayland-fully-supported

https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/07/linux-mint-cinnamon-is-finally-wayland-ready/

Proton 11 Released

https://github.com/ValveSoftware/Proton/releases/tag/proton-11.0-1

https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/07/proton-11-0-1-officially-released-to-expand-windows-games-on-steamos-linux/

https://www.phoronix.com/news/Proton-11.0-1

https://9to5linux.com/proton-11-officially-released-with-support-for-more-games-running-on-linux

Sabotage in OpenMandriva?

https://forum.openmandriva.org/t/statement-regarding-attempted-distribution-sabotage/8997

https://www.phoronix.com/news/OpenMandriva-Disrupted

https://fossforce.com/2026/07/in-an-angry-fit-dev-sabotages-openmandriva-repository/

RakuOS Linux 44 2026.07.05

https://rakuos.org/

https://rakuos.org/forum/channel/releases

Hannah Montana Linux Is Back

https://youtu.be/VKx5UZsX9jw

https://gitlab.com/DecaCagle/hannahmontanalinux26

https://itsfoss.com/news/return-of-hannah-montana-linux/

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Galactic Mandate Linux 99

https://mr-richardson.com/galactic-mandate-linux/

https://distrowatch.com/?newsid=12889

Sony Kills Physical Media for Games

https://blog.playstation.com/2026/07/01/physical-disc-production-ending-in-january-2028-for-new-games-releasing-on-playstation-consoles/

https://www.theguardian.com/games/2026/jul/07/playstation-sony-ending-physical-game-production

https://www.reddit.com/r/playstation5/comments/1us6b4a/the_definitive_debunk_sony_isnt_killing_physical/

https://slate.com/technology/2026/07/sony-playstation-discs-physical-media.html

https://www.ampereanalysis.com/insight/sony-to-drop-support-for-physical-media-confirming-post-disc-gaming-world

Stop Killing Games Update

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

https://www.stopkillinggames.com/

https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip_26_1369

https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/06/european-commission-rejects-new-laws-for-stop-destroying-videogames/

https://www.pcgamer.com/games/stop-killing-games-says-the-fight-goes-on-after-european-commission-rejects-proposed-rule-changes-were-much-more-than-just-this-single-petition/

https://www.thegamebusiness.com/p/publishers-score-us-victory-against

https://www.gamesindustry.biz/the-california-state-assembly-passes-ab-1921-stop-killing-games-protect-our-games-act

https://www.theguardian.com/games/2026/jun/19/stop-killing-games-activists-campaigning-online-gaming

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The Linux news this week was jam packed with distro news, developer releases, and some security topics. We'll take look at new releases from Mageia Linux with Mageia 10, then Fyra Labs has announced Ultramarine Linux 44 and the offensive security distro Kali Linux has a brand new version this week. Plus there was a report of Arbitrary Code Execution vulnerability affecting KDE Plasma. Then we'll take a look at the latest version of Git.

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

00:43 Mageia 10 Released

03:36 Ultramarine Linux 44 Released

06:18 Kali Linux 2026.2 Released

09:29 KDE Plasma Affected by Arbitrary Code Execution

11:59 Git 2.55 Released

14:24 Wine 11.12 Released with Wayland Fractional Scaling

15:58 Microsoft Announces Linux Containers on WSL

18:14 Outro

Links:

Mageia 10 Released

https://www.mageia.org/en/10/

https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Mageia_10_Release_Notes

https://www.phoronix.com/news/Mageia-10-Released

https://linuxiac.com/mageia-10-revives-the-mandrake-spirit-with-plasma-6-and-kernel-6-18/

https://9to5linux.com/mageia-10-officially-released-with-linux-kernel-6-18-lts-kde-plasma-6-5-and-more

Ultramarine Linux 44 Released

https://ultramarine-linux.org/

https://blog.fyralabs.com/ultramarine-44-release/

https://linuxiac.com/ultramarine-linux-44-released-with-fedora-44-base-and-desktop-updates/

https://9to5linux.com/ultramarine-44-is-out-based-on-fedora-linux-44-linux-7-0-and-kde-plasma-6-7

Kali Linux 2026.2 Released

https://www.kali.org/blog/kali-linux-2026-2-release/

https://linuxiac.com/kali-linux-2026-2-released-with-gnome-50-kde-plasma-6-6-kernel-6-19/

https://9to5linux.com/kali-linux-2026-2-released-with-gnome-50-kde-plasma-6-6-and-new-tools

KDE Plasma Affected by Arbitrary Code Execution

https://www.mallory.ai/stories/019f2bf6-2236-78c8-835e-af28d529ba9c

https://blog.kimiblock.top/2026/07/01/arbitrary-code-execution-in-kde-plasma/

https://invent.kde.org/plasma/plasma-workspace/-/merge_requests/6817

https://www.phoronix.com/news/KDE-Plasma-ACE-New-Window

Git 2.55 Released

https://about.gitlab.com/blog/whats-new-in-git-2-55-0/

https://github.blog/open-source/git/highlights-from-git-2-55/

https://www.phoronix.com/news/Git-2.55-Released

https://lwn.net/Articles/1080188/

Wine 11.12 Released with Wayland Fractional Scaling

https://www.winehq.org/news/2026062901

https://gitlab.winehq.org/wine/wine/-/releases/wine-11.12

https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/06/wine-11-12-released-bringing-new-features-like-wayland-fractional-scaling/

https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/06/wine-wayland-gains-fractional-scaling-support/

Microsoft Announces Linux Containers on WSL

https://devblogs.microsoft.com/commandline/wsl-container-is-now-available-for-public-preview/

https://github.com/microsoft/wsl/releases

https://www.phoronix.com/news/Microsoft-Preview-WSL-WSLC

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This week's Linux news is packed with all kinds of stuff to talk about from new hardware devices, desktop environments, and a blast from the past. Valve has some exciting news about their new Steam Machine, their latest SteamOS update and also hide your wallets because the Steam Summer Sale is happening right now. Then PINE64 announced a new Home Assistant powered Smart Speaker as a local alternative to Amazon Echos and all those. We've got some desktop news from Xfce as their new Wayland Compositor has Preview Release ready for testing and tinkerers. The COSMIC desktop also has a new release with new features and lots of polish but is it ready to go. Then later we've got a blast from the past because for some reason someone made a Flatpak of GIMP 0.54 the version from 1996.

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 Sourcewe are for Linux GNews!

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Chapters:

00:00 Intro

01:19 Steam Machine, SteamOS, and Steam Summer Sale

08:14 Akrites from Linux Foundation

11:49 PINE64 Smart Speaker with Home Assistant

14:41 Home Assistant OS 18.0 Released

17:37 GIMP 0.54 as a Flatpak

22:23 COSMIC 1.1 Released

26:46 Xfce’s Wayland Compositor Preview Release

29:08 Outro

Links:

Steam Machine, SteamOS, and Steam Summer Sale

https://store.steampowered.com/news/group/45479024/view/685257114654870245

https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/06/steam-summer-sale-2026-is-live-heres-our-budget-recommendations/

https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/06/steam-machine-pricing-and-launch-announced-and-yes-its-pricey/

https://www.phoronix.com/news/Steam-Machine-1049

https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/06/valve-upgraded-the-steamos-installation-image-to-the-big-steamos-3-8-release/

Akrites from Linux Foundation

https://akrites.org/

https://akrites.org/linux-foundation-and-industry-leaders-launch-akrites-to-defend-critical-open-source-software-against-ai-enabled-cyber-threats/

https://www.phoronix.com/news/Akrites

https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/06/linux-foundation-and-leading-orgs-launch-akrites-to-protect-open-source-from-ai-threats/

https://lwn.net/Articles/1079657/

PINE64 Smart Speaker with Home Assistant

https://pine64.org/documentation/PineVoice/

https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/06/pine64-pinevoice-riscv-smart-speaker-launch

https://itsfoss.com/news/pinevoice-smart-speaker/

Home Assistant OS 18.0 Released

https://www.home-assistant.io/

https://www.home-assistant.io/blog/2026/06/23/the-matter-upgrade-youve-been-waiting-for/

https://github.com/home-assistant/operating-system/releases/tag/18.0

GIMP 0.54 as a Flatpak

https://gimp-0-54-410d78.pages.gitlab.gnome.org/

https://fossforce.com/2026/06/its-1996-all-over-again-on-the-new-gimp-0-54-flatpak/

https://www.phoronix.com/news/GIMP-0.54-Flatpak

https://www.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/1ub8xae/gimp_v054_from_1996_with_motif_toolkit_now/

COSMIC 1.1 Released

https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/06/cosmic-desktop-update-system-monitor

https://www.phoronix.com/news/COSMIC-Epoch-1.1

https://9to5linux.com/cosmic-1-1-desktop-environment-released-with-cosmic-monitor-more-improvements

Xfce’s Wayland Compositor Preview Release

https://www.spurint.org/journal/2026/06/xfwl4s-first-preview-release

https://www.phoronix.com/news/Xfwl4-First-Release

https://linuxiac.com/xfce-wayland-compositor-gets-its-first-preview-release/

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The Linux News this week was jam packed. Linus Torvalds announced a new release of the Linux kernel. KDE announced a new release of the Plasma desktop. We've got an update on the AUR Malware from last week, it got better and then worse. Commodore revealed their next product, the Commodore Callback a Smart dumb phone. Yea I know. Plus there's some rumbles going on about the Return of Antergos Linux, we'll talk about that

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Chapters:

00:00 Intro

00:50 Linux 7.1 Released

03:36 KDE Plasma 6.7 Released

08:40 Antergos Linux Returns?!

16:08 AUR Malware Update for Arch Linux Users

19:39 Commodore Callback, a Smart Dumbphone

25:48 Epic Games Launches Lore Version Control System

28:24 DistroWatch Goes Down, Backups Save the Day

29:59 Outro

Links:

Linux 7.1 Released

https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/06/linux-7-1-kernel-features

https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-7.1-Released

https://9to5linux.com/linux-kernel-7-1-officially-released-heres-whats-new

https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/06/linux-kernel-7-1-out-now-with-new-ntfs-driver-lots-of-hardware-improvements/

KDE Plasma 6.7 Released

https://kde.org/announcements/plasma/6/6.7.0/

https://quantumproductions.info/articles/2026-05/union-spring-2026-update

Antergos Linux Returns?!

https://github.com/Antergos-NeXT

https://9to5linux.com/first-look-at-antergos-next-a-modern-revival-of-antergos-linux-with-kde-plasma

https://distrowatch.com/dwres.php?resource=showheadline&story=20201

AUR Malware Update for Arch Linux Users

https://lwn.net/Articles/1077619/

https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/06/the-security-situation-with-the-arch-linux-aur-got-a-lot-worse/

https://www.phoronix.com/news/Arch-Linux-AUR-More-Malware

https://www.phoronix.com/news/Arch-Linux-AUR-More-Than-1500

https://itsfoss.com/news/yay-v13-release/

https://itsfoss.com/news/arch-linux-aur-malware-flood/

https://fossforce.com/2026/06/arch-says-alls-clear-after-aur-malware-incident-affects-1500-packages/

https://fossforce.com/2026/06/aur-registrations-blocked-amid-ongoing-malware-mess/

https://fossforce.com/2026/06/aur-to-arch-houston-weve-got-a-problem-were-under-attack-again/

https://www.phoronix.com/news/Arch-Linux-AUR-Russian-Spam

Commodore Callback, a Smart Dumbphone

https://commodore.net/callback/

https://itsfoss.com/news/commodore-callback-8020-launch/

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2026/06/commodores-newest-gadget-is-a-flip-phone-that-blocks-social-media-and-browsers/

https://www.tomshardware.com/phones/commodore-announces-linux-based-flip-phone-with-no-social-media-no-browser-the-callback-8020-will-be-available-in-five-retro-colorways-starting-at-usd499-runs-99-percent-of-android-apps

https://www.wired.com/story/commodore-callback-8020-is-a-digital-detox-phone-that-isnt-dumb/

Epic Games Launches Lore Version Control System

https://lore.org/

https://www.phoronix.com/news/Epic-Games-Lore-VCS

https://itsfoss.com/news/lore-launched/

https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/06/unreal-engine-6-is-all-about-generative-ai-fortnite-and-the-verse/

https://www.theregister.com/devops/2026/06/17/git-good-with-epic-games-new-open-source-vcs-lore/5257978

DistroWatch Goes Down, Backups Save the Day

https://distrowatch.com/

https://www.patreon.com/distrowatch/posts/server-outage-161521259

https://mastodon.social/@distrowatch

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