Popular Rust-Based Database Turns To AI For Up To 1.5x Speedup, Other Improvements https://www.phoronix.com/news/Redb-4.1-Released

LXQt 2.4 Desktop Environment Released with Better Wayland Support https://linuxiac.com/lxqt-2-3-desktop-environment-released-with-better-wayland-support-2/

Debian Names a New Leader for the Project https://linuxiac.com/debian-names-a-new-leader-for-the-project/

Ultimate 2026.04.19 https://distrowatch.com/ultimate

New Lenovo Legion Go Drivers & More Sony HID Device Support In Linux 7.1 https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-7.1-HID

NuTyX 26.04.3 https://distrowatch.com/nutyx

GIMP 3.2.4 Released With A Fix For Its XCF Code That Has Existed Since 1999 https://www.phoronix.com/news/GIMP-3.2.4-Released

Linuxiac Weekly Wrap-Up: Week 16, 2026 (Apr 13 – 19) https://linuxiac.com/linuxiac-weekly-wrap-up-week-16-2026-apr-13-19/

Gitea 1.26 Released With Security Fixes and Actions Upgrades https://linuxiac.com/gitea-1-26-released-with-security-fixes-and-actions-upgrades/

Kader⁴² 2026.04.19 https://distrowatch.com/kader42

GNOME Fixes Screencasting Issue With H.264 Recordings Being ~18x Larger Than VP8 https://www.phoronix.com/news/GNOME-Fixes-VA-API-H264-Rate

Linux 7.1 Adds Some New PCIe Drivers While Nuking Some PCI Drivers https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-7.1-PCI

Ezarcher 2604-1 https://distrowatch.com/ezarcher

Valve Developer Further Improves Old AMD GPUs: HD 7870 XT Finally Working On Linux https://www.phoronix.com/news/AMD-Harvested-GPUs-Linux

GIMP 3.2.4 released with fresh set of bug fixes https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/04/gimp-3-2-4-bug-fix-update

Linux 7.1 Sound Code Adds Bus Keepers: Aiming For Better Apple Silicon Support https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-7.1-Sound

CachyOS Rolls Out A Super-Charged Linux 7.0 Kernel https://www.phoronix.com/news/CachyOS-Super-Charged-Linux-7.0

Mozilla’s New Firefox Mascot ‘Kit’ Triggers Online Backlash Over Pronouns https://feed.itsfoss.com/link/24361/17321728/mozillas-firefox-mascot-gender-controversy

Won’t Somebody Think of the Children? Why Big Tech’s ‘Tobacco Moment’ Isn’t What It Seems https://feed.itsfoss.com/link/24361/17321709/age-verification-tobacco-moment

Type with your voice on Linux using this Whisper-based app https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/04/speed-of-sound-linux-voice-typing-app

Linux 7.1 Sees RAID Fixes, IO_uring Enhancements https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-7.1-Block-Changes

GhostBSD 26.1 Now Based On FreeBSD 15.0, Switches to XLibre X Server https://www.phoronix.com/news/GhostBSD-26.1-R15.0p2

Linux 7.1 Adds New AMD SMCA Bank Types, Presumably For Upcoming EPYC Venice https://www.phoronix.com/news/AMD-2026-New-SMCA-Bank-Types

WireGuard For Windows Reaches v1.0 https://www.phoronix.com/news/WireGuard-For-Windows-1.0

Solus 4.9 Released With Linux 6.18, Mesa 26, and Installer Upgrades https://linuxiac.com/solus-4-9-released-with-linux-6-18/

Seven stable kernels for Saturday https://lwn.net/Articles/1068473/

Fedora 44 Faces Second Release Delay, New Target Set for April 28 https://linuxiac.com/fedora-44-faces-second-release-delay-new-target-set-for-april-28/

Linux 7.1 Scheduler Changes May Benefit Some Workloads https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-7.1-Scheduler

GNOME's Maps, Graphs, RustConn & Other App Improvements https://www.phoronix.com/news/GNOME-Graphs-2.0-Maps-Transit

FOSS Force’s Top Five Articles — For the Week Ending April 17, 2026 https://fossforce.com/2026/04/foss-forces-top-five-articles-for-the-week-ending-april-17-2026/

The "NTFS Resurrection" Has Occurred For Linux 7.1 https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-7.1-New-NTFS-Driver

Wine 11.7 Begins MSXML Rework and Fixes 35 Bugs https://linuxiac.com/wine-11-7-begins-msxml-rework-and-fixes-35-bugs/

AI Pushes Cal.com to Shutter Open and Go Nonfree https://fossforce.com/2026/04/ai-pushes-cal-com-to-shutter-open-and-go-nonfree/

[$] A more efficient implementation of Shor's algorithm https://lwn.net/Articles/1066156/

Intel Xe2 Lunar Lake Linux Graphics Performance Up ~17% Over Past Year https://www.phoronix.com/review/ubuntu-2604-xe2-lunar-lake

Valve Developer Lands RADV/ACO Changes For AMD's GFX11.7 / RDNA 4m https://www.phoronix.com/news/AMD-RDNA4m-RADV-ACO

Glibc Lands A Big Optimization For LoongArch CPUs https://www.phoronix.com/news/Faster-LoongArch-glibc-THP

Cal.com Goes Close Source Because "AI Can Easily Exploit Open Source Software" https://feed.itsfoss.com/link/24361/17320788/cal-com-goes-proprietary

GCC Compiler Adds Arm AGI CPU Target https://www.phoronix.com/news/GCC-Arm-AGI-CPU

New Lenovo Fan Driver, More ASUS Motherboards With Sensor Monitoring For Linux 7.1 https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-7.1-HWMON

Russian Baikal CPUs Are Losing Their Place in the Linux Kernel https://feed.itsfoss.com/link/24361/17320657/linux-kernel-baikal-cpu-support-removal

Orange Pi Zero 3W arrives with A733 SoC in 65 × 32 mm design https://linuxgizmos.com/orange-pi-zero-3w-expands-lineup-with-a733-based-compact-sbc/

New NTFS File-System Driver Submitted For Linux 7.1 https://www.phoronix.com/news/New-NTFS-Driver-Submitted-Linux

Proton 11.0 Beta Released With More Games Playable On Steam Play https://www.phoronix.com/news/Proton-11.0-Beta

Nationwide bill to put age verification in operating systems introduced in the US https://www.osnews.com/story/144803/nationwide-bill-to-put-age-verification-in-operating-systems-introduced-in-the-us/

AlmaLinux Kitten 10 Adds i686 Userspace Support https://linuxiac.com/almalinux-kitten-10-adds-i686-userspace-support/

You can try Linux 7.0 now on these distros - here's what's new https://www.zdnet.com/article/try-new-linux-7-0-kernel-on-these-distributions

[$] LWN.net Weekly Edition for April 16, 2026 https://lwn.net/Articles/1066922/

You can try Linux 7.0 now on these distros - here's what's new https://www.zdnet.com/article/try-new-linux-7-0-kernel-on-these-distributions

Linus Torvalds Merged The Code Beginning To Remove Intel 486 CPU Support In Linux 7.1 https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-7.1-Begins-Removing-i486