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This week in Linux, we got yet another vulnerability in the Linux kernel to talk about. Is it something to be scared of or is it being blown out of proportion? Stay tuned to find out. Plus we have some great news from the KDE team about a new release of Plasma and new funding to the project. Then we'll talk about some interesting work done over on the Fedora side with Fedora Hummingbird and what that can mean for the future of Linux systems.

And two years ago, on episode 256 of TWIL, I talked about how the HDMI Forum was actively getting in the way of Open Source but apparently, it seems things might have changed and they might be finally getting it.

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Chapters:

00:00 Intro

00:54 Fragnesia Linux Vulnerability

05:49 €1.2 Million for KDE from Sovereign Tech Fund

09:40 KDE Plasma 6.7 Beta

12:46 Fedora Hummingbird Announced

16:36 Project Bluefin Dakota Alpha 2

21:50 Hyprland 0.55 Released

26:00 HDMI might be finally getting Open Source

30:05 Outro

Links:

Fragnesia Linux Vulnerability

https://lwn.net/Articles/1072647/

https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-Fragnesia

https://ubuntu.com/blog/fragnesia-linux-vulnerability-fixes-available

https://almalinux.org/blog/2026-05-13-fragnesia-cve-2026-46300/

https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/05/fragnesia-and-ssh-keysign-pwn-are-the-latest-linux-security-problems/

https://github.com/v12-security/pocs/tree/main/fragnesia

€1.2 Million for KDE from Sovereign Tech Fund

https://kde.org/announcements/sovereign-tech-fund-invests-kde/

https://www.sovereign.tech/tech/kde

https://www.sovereign.tech/programs/fund

https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/05/kde-sovereign-tech-fund-grant

https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/05/kde-gets-over-1-million-in-funding-from-the-sovereign-tech-fund/

https://www.phoronix.com/news/KDE-1M-EUR-Investment

KDE Plasma 6.7 Beta

https://kde.org/announcements/plasma/6/6.6.90/

https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/05/kde-plasma-6-7-beta-arrives-with-plasma-bigscreen-new-union-theme-system/

https://www.phoronix.com/news/KDE-Plasma-6.7-Beta-Released

https://www.phoronix.com/news/Plasma-6.7-Beta-Big-Screen

https://community.kde.org/Plasma/Plasma_6

https://community.kde.org/Schedules/Plasma_6

https://thisweekinlinux.com/99

Fedora Hummingbird Announced

https://www.redhat.com/en/about/press-releases/fedora-hummingbird-linux-brings-agentic-linux-builders

https://fedoramagazine.org/fedora-hummingbird-linux-taking-the-hummingbird-model-to-the-full-os/

https://itsfoss.com/news/fedora-hummingbird-images/

https://www.phoronix.com/news/KDE-1M-EUR-Investment

https://discussion.fedoraproject.org/t/fedora-hummingbird-taking-the-hummingbird-model-to-the-full-operating-system/191184/37

https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2026/04/28/exploring-distroless-containers-project-hummingbird

https://hummingbird-project.io/

Project Bluefin Dakota Alpha 2

https://docs.projectbluefin.io/blog/dakota-alpha-1/

https://docs.projectbluefin.io/blog/the-dinosaur-and-the-hummingbird/

https://docs.projectbluefin.io/blog/making-our-own-fate/

https://projectbluefin.io/dakota/

https://github.com/projectbluefin/dakota

Hyprland 0.55 Released

https://hypr.land/news/update55/

https://hypr.land/news/26_lua

https://www.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/1t8bopd/hyprland_055_is_out_completes_the_transition_to_a/

HDMI might be finally getting Open Source

https://www.phoronix.com/news/AMDGPU-HDMI-2.1-FRL-Patches

https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/05/expanded-amd-hdmi-2-1-support-is-coming-to-linux/

https://www.phoronix.com/news/HDMI-2.1-DSC-AMDGPU-FRL

https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/05/further-expanded-amd-hdmi-2-1-support-is-coming-to-linux-now-with-frl-and-dsc/

https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-7.2-AMDGPU-FRL-Regs

https://www.hdmi.org/announce/detail/172

https://thisweekinlinux.com/256

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This week in Linux, we've got a new release from Bazzite 44 based on the new Fedora 44. Then we've got some Arch Linux related releases with a new CachyOS and a new ISO from Arch itself. Plus we're going to take a look at an upcoming event called the Linux App Summit as well as the recent vulnerability news that is making waves with Copy Fail & Dirty Frag. 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

00:41 Bazzite 44 Released

04:49 CachyOS April 2026 Release

08:21 Arch Linux with 7.0

11:46 Copy Fail & Dirty Frag Vulnerabilities

20:51 Linux App Summit from GNOME & KDE

23:42 Mesa 26.1 Released

26:49 GhostBSD 26.1 Released

29:41 Outro

Links:

Bazzite 44 Released

https://universal-blue.discourse.group/t/bazzite-44-update/12092

https://fedoramagazine.org/whats-new-fedora-atomic-desktops-in-fedora-linux-44/

https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/04/bazzite-linux-44-lands-for-desktop-gamers-and-its-a-big-release/

CachyOS April 2026 Release

https://cachyos.org/blog/2604-april-release/

https://www.phoronix.com/news/CachyOS-April-2026

https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/04/cachyos-april-2026-release-brings-a-new-package-manager-and-even-more-optimizations/

https://www.phoronix.com/news/CachyOS-Super-Charged-Linux-7.0

https://9to5linux.com/cachyos-iso-release-for-april-2026-brings-shelly-as-default-gui-package-manager

Arch Linux with 7.0

https://archlinux.org/releng/releases/2026.05.01/

https://9to5linux.com/first-arch-linux-iso-powered-by-linux-kernel-7-0-is-now-available-for-download

https://linuxiac.com/arch-linux-may-iso-is-out-with-linux-kernel-7-0/

https://9to5linux.com/archinstall-4-3-arch-linux-installer-adds-support-for-installing-additional-fonts

Copy Fail & Dirty Frag Vulnerabilities

Copy Fail:

https://copy.fail/

https://itsfoss.com/news/copy-fail-linux-exploit/

https://9to5linux.com/copy-fail-linux-kernel-vulnerability-now-patched-in-debian-ubuntu-and-others

https://www.theregister.com/security/2026/05/05/copyfail-attackers-start-cashing-in-on-linux-flaw/5226930

https://xint.io/blog/copy-fail-linux-distributions

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2026/05/01/cve-2026-31431-copy-fail-vulnerability-enables-linux-root-privilege-escalation/

Dirty Frag:

https://github.com/V4bel/dirtyfrag

https://almalinux.org/blog/2026-05-07-dirty-frag/

https://ubuntu.com//blog/dirty-frag-linux-vulnerability-fixes-available

https://lwn.net/Articles/1071719/

https://www.phoronix.com/news/Dirty-Frag-Linux

Linux App Summit from GNOME & KDE

https://linuxappsummit.org/

https://kde.org/community/calendar/2026/las-2026/

https://blogs.gnome.org/aday/2026/02/19/gnome-foundation-update-2026-02-19/

Mesa 26.1 Released

https://mesa3d.org/

https://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/mesa-dev/2026-May/226637.html

https://www.phoronix.com/news/Mesa-26.1-Released

https://9to5linux.com/mesa-26-1-open-source-graphics-stack-officially-released-heres-whats-new

https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/05/mesa-26-1-0-released-bringing-lots-of-linux-graphics-driver-enhancements/

GhostBSD 26.1 Released

https://www.ghostbsd.org/

https://ghostbsd.org/news/GhostBSD_26.1-R15.0p2_Is_Now_Available

https://www.phoronix.com/news/GhostBSD-26.1-R15.0p2

https://www.theregister.com/2026/02/24/ghostbsd_plans_to_adopt_xlibre/

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This week in Linux, we have a TON of distro news to talk about with release from Ubuntu and Fedora. Ubuntu 26.04 LTS and Fedora Linux 44 were released recently. That's not all, we also have releases Zorin OS and more. We also have some exciting hardware news from Valve and Framework. Valve revealed the date and price for their new Steam Controller. Framework recently had their [Next Gen] event where they revealed a bunch of cool stuff including the new Framework Laptop 13 Pro which they described it as the Macbook Pro for Linux users. 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

00:51 Ubuntu 26.04 LTS Released

08:33 Ubuntu's AI Future

12:29 Fedora Linux 44 Released

16:15 Framework Laptop 13 Pro & more

24:46 Valve Steam Controller

26:51 Zorin OS 18.1 Released

31:23 Trisquel 12 Released

34:54 Linux Mint 23 coming this Christmas plus HWE ISOs

39:47 Outro

Links:

Ubuntu 26.04 LTS Released

https://canonical.com/blog/canonical-releases-ubuntu-26-04-lts-resolute-raccoon

https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/04/ubuntu-26-04-lts-released

https://itsfoss.com/ubuntu-26-04-faq/

https://www.phoronix.com/news/Ubuntu-26.04-LTS

https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/04/ubuntu-26-04-resolute-raccoon-lts-is-out-now/

Ubuntu's AI Future

https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/the-future-of-ai-in-ubuntu/81130

https://fossforce.com/2026/04/from-copilot-to-canonical-how-ubuntu-plans-to-add-ai-without-taking-over-your-pc/

https://www.phoronix.com/news/Ubuntu-AI-Kill-Switch-Opt-In

https://itsfoss.com/news/ubuntu-is-getting-ai/

https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/04/canonical-clarify-their-ai-plans-for-ubuntu-linux-opt-in-and-easy-to-remove/

Fedora Linux 44 Released

https://fedoramagazine.org/announcing-fedora-linux-44/

https://fedoramagazine.org/whats-new-in-fedora-kde-plasma-desktop-44/

https://fedoramagazine.org/whats-new-fedora-workstation-44/

https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/04/fedora-linux-44-is-out-now-as-one-of-the-best-linux-distributions/

https://www.phoronix.com/news/Fedora-44-Released

https://lwn.net/Articles/1070198/

Framework Laptop 13 Pro & more

https://frame.work/nextgen

https://frame.work/laptop13pro

https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/04/framework-13-pro-ubuntu-certified

https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/04/framework-laptop-13-pro-revealed-with-major-changes-and-great-linux-support/

https://www.phoronix.com/news/Framework-Laptop-13-Pro

Valve Steam Controller

https://store.steampowered.com/news/group/45479024/view/508485755865137686

https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/04/the-new-steam-controller-releases-may-4th/

https://www.phoronix.com/news/Steam-Controller-4-May

Zorin OS 18.1 Released

https://blog.zorin.com/2026/04/15/zorin-os-18.1-is-released/

https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/04/zorin-os-18-1-released

https://9to5linux.com/zorin-os-18-1-boosts-windows-app-support-by-40-improves-window-tiling

Trisquel 12 Released

https://trisquel.info/en/trisquel-120-ecne-release-announcement

https://9to5linux.com/trisquel-gnu-linux-12-0-lts-released-with-gnu-linux-libre-6-8-kernel-mate-1-26

https://www.phoronix.com/news/Trisquel-12-Linux

Linux Mint 23 coming this Christmas plus HWE ISOs

https://blog.linuxmint.com/?p=5019

https://blog.linuxmint.com/?p=5022

https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/04/linux-mint-next-release-christmas-2026

https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/04/linux-mint-confirm-longer-release-cycles-the-next-release-is-planned-for-christmas-2026/

https://www.phoronix.com/news/Mint-23-Alfa

https://9to5linux.com/linux-mint-will-adopt-a-longer-development-cycle-starting-with-linux-mint-23

https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/04/linux-mint-hwe-isos-announced#google_vignette

https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-Mint-HWE-ISOs

https://9to5linux.com/linux-mint-22-3-hwe-isos-now-available-for-download-with-linux-kernel-6-17

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This week in Linux, we have a brand new version of the Linux kernel with Linux 7.0. We also have some distro news to cover with an update to Bazzite and Gentoo as well as a new distro that hit my radar called stillOS. Plus we have some drama news to talk about with various office suites and AI tools are back in the news this week with Anthropic making some waves.

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

00:40 Housekeeping

02:15 Linux 7.0 Released

09:28 AI Tools vs the Security Landscape with Anthropic's Mythos and Project Glasswing

16:46 Linux is now at 5% marketshare on Steam

20:19 stillOS, a new Linux distro

25:47 Bazzite April 2026 Update

27:52 France is Switching to Linux

31:23 Europe Forks ONLYOFFICE

38:10 The Document Foundation Removes Collabora Developers

41:44 Session's Call for Donations

43:17 Gentoo GNU/Hurd

45:13 Outro

Links:

Linux 7.0 Released

https://kernelnewbies.org/Linux_7.0

https://lwn.net/Articles/1067330/

https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/04/linux-kernel-7-0-is-out-now/

https://itsfoss.com/news/linux-kernel-7-0-release/

https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-7.0-Released

Anthropic Mythos and Project Glasswing

https://www.anthropic.com/glasswing

https://www.theregister.com/2026/04/10/project_glasswing/

https://red.anthropic.com/2026/mythos-preview/

https://www.theregister.com/2026/04/07/anthropic_all_your_zerodays_are_belong_to_us/

Linux at 5% marketshare on Steam

https://store.steampowered.com/hwsurvey/Steam-Hardware-Software-Survey-Welcome-to-Steam

https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/04/linux-smashes-past-5-percent-on-the-steam-survey-for-the-first-time/

https://www.gamingonlinux.com/steam-tracker/

stillOS, a new Linux distro

https://stillhq.io/stillos-10-1-is-here/

https://stillhq.io

Bazzite April 2026 Update

https://universal-blue.discourse.group/t/bazzite-april-2026-update/11907

https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/04/bazzite-linux-gets-some-major-upgrades-for-the-april-2026-update/

France is Switching to Linux

https://www.numerique.gouv.fr/sinformer/espace-presse/souverainete-numerique-reduction-dependances-extra-europeennes/

https://numerique.gouv.fr/sinformer/espace-presse/achats-publics-numeriques-letat-precise-sa-doctrine/

https://lasuite.numerique.gouv.fr/

https://tchap.numerique.gouv.fr/

https://itsfoss.com/news/france-government-linux-switch/

https://linuxiac.com/france-launches-government-linux-desktop-plan-as-windows-exit-begins/

https://techcrunch.com/2026/04/10/france-to-ditch-windows-for-linux-to-reduce-reliance-on-us-tech/

Europe Forks ONLYOFFICE

https://itsfoss.com/news/onlyoffice-forked/

https://github.com/Euro-Office

https://www.onlyoffice.com/blog/2026/03/onlyoffice-flags-license-violations-in-euro-office-project-by-nextcloud-and-ionos

https://www.onlyoffice.com/blog/2026/04/onlyfacts-about-onlyoffice

https://www.gnu.org/licenses/agpl-3.0.en.html

https://www.onlyoffice.com/blog/2026/03/partnership-with-nextcloud-suspended

The Document Foundation Removes Collabora Developers

https://itsfoss.com/news/document-foundation-collabora-feud/

https://www.collaboraonline.com/blog/tdf-ejects-its-core-developers/

https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2026/04/05/lets-put-an-end-to-the-speculation/

https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2026/04/01/comment-about-collabora-blog-post/

https://www.osnews.com/story/144731/open-source-office-suites-erupt-in-forking-and-licensing-drama/

Session's Call for Donations

https://getsession.org/donate

https://getsession.org/blog/a-personal-appeal-from-cofounder-of-session-chris-mccabe

https://x.com/session_app/status/2042047514749342020

https://itsfoss.com/news/session-call-for-donations/

Gentoo GNU/Hurd

https://www.gentoo.org/news/2026/04/01/gentoo-hurd.html

https://lwn.net/Articles/1066241/

https://www.phoronix.com/news/Gentoo-GNU-Hurd-Experimental

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This week in Linux, we're going to be talking about GNOMEs latest release with GNOME 50. There's also new releases from Blender and GIMP as well as Samba and many more. Plus, we're also going to be talking about a new effort from the Linux Foundation related to ai slop in terms of pull requests for various different open source projects. And we're also going to be talking about Manjaro and they have a little bit of a potential turmoil or drama that's happening right now because of the Manjaro 2.0 Manifesto. We're going to talk about that and much more because we have so much to cover 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

00:54 Thank You Patrons!

01:10 GNOME 50 Released

10:02 Manjaro 2.0 Manifesto Drama

17:41 Blender 5.1 Relesaed

20:27 Linux Foundation effort to shield FOSS projects from AI Slop Bug Reports

24:40 Samba 4.24 Released

26:26 GIMP 3.2 Released

30:00 Germany’s Deutschland-Stack Mandates Open Document Format (ODF)

31:42 Fedora Asahi Remix 43 Released

34:46 Outro

Links:

GNOME 50 Released

https://release.gnome.org/50/

https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/03/gnome-50-released

Manjaro 2.0 Manifesto

https://forum.manjaro.org/t/manjaro-2-0-manifesto/186171

Blender 5.1 Relesaed

https://www.blender.org/download/releases/5-1/

Linux Foundation effort to shield FOSS projects from AI Slop Bug Reports

https://www.linuxfoundation.org/press/linux-foundation-announces-12.5-million-in-grant-funding-from-leading-organizations-to-advance-open-source-security?ref=itsfoss.com

https://alpha-omega.dev/blog/linux-foundation-announces-12-5-million-in-grant-funding-from-leading-organizations-to-advance-open-source-security/

https://itsfoss.com/news/ai-companies-fund-open-source-security/

https://www.theregister.com/2026/03/18/linux_foundation_ai_slop_defense/

Samba 4.24 Released

https://www.samba.org/

https://www.samba.org/samba/history/samba-4.24.0.html

https://www.phoronix.com/news/Samba-4.24-Released

GIMP 3.2 Released

https://www.gimp.org/release-notes/gimp-3.2.html

https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/03/gimp-3-2-release-new-features

Germany’s Deutschland-Stack Mandates Open Document Format (ODF)

https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2026/03/19/germanys-sovereign-digital-stack-mandates-odf/

Fedora Asahi Remix 43 Released

https://fedoramagazine.org/fedora-asahi-remix-43-is-now-available/

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