(more Linux news in original post)

KDE Plasma 6.6.4 Is Out to Reduce CPU and GPU Load for Full-Screen Windows:
https://9to5linux.com/kde-plasma-6-6-4-is-out-to-reduce-cpu-and-gpu-load-for-full-screen-windows

KDE 4’s Air Theme Making a Comeback, Oxygen Gets Major Revamp for Plasma 6.7:
https://9to5linux.com/kde-4s-air-theme-making-a-comeback-oxygen-gets-major-revamp-for-plasma-6-7

KDE Frameworks 6.25 Adds Support for Converting Momme Units in KRunner:
https://9to5linux.com/kde-frameworks-6-25-adds-support-for-converting-momme-units-in-krunner

GNOME-Aligned Amberol 2026.1 Music Player Released, Phosh Improves X11 Support:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/GNOME-Amberol-2026.1

Rust API and a new plugin system added to Miracle-WM:
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/04/miracle-wm-rust-plugins

Phosh 0.54.0 released with status page for location quick setting, other smaller improvements:
https://phosh.mobi/releases/rel-0.54.0/

Ghostty terminal is now available in the Ubuntu repos:
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/04/ghostty-terminal-ubuntu-26-04-apt-install

First Look at Shelly, a Modern Graphical Package Manager for Arch Linux:
https://9to5linux.com/first-look-at-shelly-a-modern-graphical-package-manager-for-arch-linux

Valve dev fixes up VRAM management on AMD GPUs to improve performance:
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/04/valve-dev-fixes-up-vram-management-on-amd-gpus-to-improve-performance/

Proton Experimental brings fixes for classic Resident Evil 1 & 2, Dino Crisis 1 & 2 and more:
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/04/proton-experimental-brings-fixes-for-classic-resident-evil-1-2-dino-crisis-1-2-and-more/

Wine Staging 11.6 Ships Big Patch Series For Working On DirectComposition:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Wine-Staging-11.6

D7VK 1.7 Brings More Improvements For Legacy Direct3D On Vulkan:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/D7VK-1.7-Released

Flatpak 1.16.4 Linux App Sandboxing Framework Brings Important Security Fixes:
https://9to5linux.com/flatpak-1-16-4-linux-app-sandboxing-framework-brings-important-security-fixes

XDG-Desktop-Portal 1.20.4 Released To Protect Against Apps Trashing Arbitrary Host Files:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/XDG-Desktop-Portal-1.20.4

PipeWire 1.6.3 Improves RAOP Compatibility to Make It Work on More Devices:
https://9to5linux.com/pipewire-1-6-3-improves-raop-compatibility-to-make-it-work-on-more-devices

GStreamer 1.28.2 Adds Caching Support to NVCodec Plugin to Speed Up Initialization:
https://9to5linux.com/gstreamer-1-28-2-adds-caching-support-to-nvcodec-plugin-to-speed-up-initialization

Rust Coreutils 0.8 Brings Significant Performance Gains:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Rust-Coreutils-0.8-Released

TUXEDO Laptops Will Enjoy More Features With The Upstream Linux 7.1 Kernel:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/TUXEDO-More-Uniwill-Linux-7.1

(FOSS news in comments)

#WeeklyNews #News #Linux #LinuxNews #KDE #KDEPlasma #GNOME #MiracleWM #Phosh #Ghostty #Proton #Wine #D7VK #Flatpak #PipeWire #GStreamer #RustCoreutils #TUXEDO #Shelly #FosseryTech

(more Linux news in previous posts)

Proton Experimental brings fixes for Crimson Desert, Steam Overlay with EA games, Death Stranding 2:
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/03/proton-experimental-brings-fixes-for-crimson-desert-steam-overlay-with-ea-games-death-stranding-2/

GE-Proton 10-34 brings fixes for God of War Ragnarök, Assassin's Creed, Final Fantasy XIV:
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/03/ge-proton-10-34-brings-fixes-for-god-of-war-ragnarok-assassins-creed-final-fantasy-xiv/

D7VK version 1.6 gets improved vertex processing and VSync handling:
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/03/d7vk-version-1-6-gets-improved-vertex-processing-and-vsync-handling/

Pine64 teases PineTime Pro with AMOLED, GPS and ‘custom’ chip:
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/03/pine64-tease-pinetime-pro-smartwatch

GTK3 Toolkit Winding Down To One Release Per Year:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/GTK3-Annual-Release-Cadence

Qt 6.11 Toolkit Released With "The Same 3D Capabilities As A Game Engine":
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Qt-6.11-Toolkit

wlroots 0.20 Released,Sway 1.12-rc1 Available For Testing With Color Management:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/wlroots-0.20-Sway-1.12-rc1

Fish 4.6 Shell Brings Support For Recent systemd Environment Variables:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Fish-4.6-Released

GStreamer 1.30 to Support HDR10+ Metadata Parsing from H.265 & AV1 Bitstreams:
https://9to5linux.com/gstreamer-1-30-to-support-hdr10-metadata-parsing-from-h-265-av1-bitstreams

Mesa 26.0 Will Make It In Time For The Fedora 44 Release:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Mesa-26.0-For-Fedora-44

NVIDIA 595 Linux Graphics Driver Released as Latest Production Branch Version:
https://9to5linux.com/nvidia-595-linux-graphics-driver-released-as-latest-production-branch-version

Electron's Investment Into Good Wayland Support:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Electron-Good-Wayland-Support

(FOSS news in comments)

#WeeklyNews #News #Linux #LinuxNews #Proton #ProtonExperimental #GEProton #D7VK #Pine64 #PineTime #PineTimePro #GTK #GTK3 #Qt #wlroots #FishShell #GStreamer #Mesa #NVIDIA #NVIDIADriver #Electron #Smartwatch #LinuxSmartwatch #FosseryTech

(more Linux news in original post)

Exclusive Preview Of System76's Completely Redesigned Thelio Desktop:
https://www.phoronix.com/review/system76-new-thelio

MSI PRO B850-P WiFi: A Special AMD Ryzen AM5 Motherboard For Linux / Open-Source Enthusiasts:
https://www.phoronix.com/review/msi-pro-b850p-wifi

Proton Experimental brings fixes for REDLauncher, HELLDIVERS 2, Atelier Yumia, KILLER INN and more:
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/03/proton-experimental-brings-fixes-for-redlauncher-helldivers-2-atelier-yumia-killer-inn-and-more/

D7VK 1.5 Released With Direct3D 3 Now Implemented Over Vulkan:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/D7VK-1.5-Released

NVIDIA 580.142 Production-Ready Linux Graphics Driver Released with Bug Fixes:
https://9to5linux.com/nvidia-580-142-production-ready-linux-graphics-driver-released-with-bug-fixes

NVIDIA 595.44.03 Linux Driver Released With VK_KHR_device_address_commands:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/NVIDIA-595.44.03-Linux

NVIDIA Adds Official Support For RHEL-Compatible Distributions Like AlmaLinux With CUDA 13.2:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/NVIDIA-Official-RHEL-Compat

Open-Source "GreenBoost" Driver Aims To Augment NVIDIA GPUs vRAM With System RAM & NVMe To Handle Larger LLMs:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Open-Source-GreenBoost-NVIDIA

Mesa 26.0.2 arrives with more bug-fixes for Linux graphics drivers:
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/03/mesa-26-0-2-arrives-with-more-bug-fixes-for-linux-graphics-drivers/

Mesa driver developers discuss expanding profiles and driver tuning for specific apps and games:
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/03/mesa-driver-developers-discuss-expanding-profiles-and-driver-tuning-for-specific-apps-and-games/

OpenRazer 3.12 Released With Support For Newer Razer Products On Linux:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/OpenRazer-3.12

Intel NPU Driver 1.30 Released For Linux:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Intel-NPU-Driver-Linux-1.30

New Rust Driver Aims To Improve Upstream Linux On Synology NAS Devices:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Synology-Microp-Linux-Driver

Rust Coreutils 0.7 Released With Many Performance Optimizations:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Rust-Coreutils-uutils-0.7

Ubuntu's AppArmor Hit By Several Security Issues - Can Yield Local Privilege Escalation:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Ubuntu-AppArmor-Security-Issues

systemd 260-rc3 Released With AI Agents Documentation Added:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/systemd-260-rc3

Fwupd 2.1.1 Linux Firmware Updater Released as a Massive Update:
https://9to5linux.com/fwupd-2-1-1-linux-firmware-updater-released-as-a-massive-update

(FOSS news in comments)

#WeeklyNews #News #Linux #LinuxNews #System76 #Thelio #MSIPRO #Proton #ProtonExperimental #D7VK #NVIDIA #NVIDIADriver #Mesa #OpenRazer #Intel #IntelNPU #Synology #RustCoreutils #AppArmor #Systemd #Fwupd #GreenBoost #Motherboard #FosseryTech