Linuxiac Weekly Wrap-Up: Week 18, 2026 (Apr 27 – May 3)
Catch up on the latest Linux news: Fedora 44, EndeavourOS Titan Neo, APT 3.3, Arch Linux May ISO, Wine 11.8, GCC 16, Copy Fail Linux kernel flaw, and more.
VideoLAN Releases dav2d 0.0.1 as Early Preview AV2 Decoder
VideoLAN releases dav2d 0.0.1 “Merbanan,” an early preview AV2 decoder and successor to its widely used dav1d AV1 project.
NHS England May Make Public GitHub Repositories Private Over AI Concerns
National Health Service England reportedly plans to make most public code repositories private due to concerns about AI-assisted vulnerability scanning.
GCC 16.1 Released as First GCC 16 Series Release with C++20 Default
GCC 16.1 arrives as the first GCC 16 release, switching the default C++ dialect from GNU C++17 to GNU C++20.
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