FFmpeg 9.0 Released with Animated WebP Decoding and New Hardware Acceleration
FFmpeg 9.0 arrives with animated WebP support, Vulkan acceleration for APV, ProRes RAW VideoToolbox decoding, and new GPU-powered filters.
Rhythmbox 3.5 Music Player Arrives After Nearly a Decade in the 3.4 Series
Rhythmbox 3.5 music player debuts with a new default playback backend, improved lyrics support, podcast upgrades, and a gPodder.net plugin.
NVIDIA 610.57 Linux Driver Lands with Dozens of Vulkan, Gaming, and Kernel Fixes
NVIDIA releases its 610.57 New Feature Branch driver for Linux, delivering fixes for Vulkan, kernel module builds, displays, and stability.
Google Chrome Quietly Arrives on ARM64 Linux
Google has started offering native ARM64 Linux builds of Chrome for Debian, Ubuntu, Fedora, and openSUSE through its official download page.
KDE Linux Nears Beta with New Java and DOS App Support
KDE Linux is now 83% of the way toward its Beta milestone, while adding automatic runtime installation for Java and DOS applications.
Linuxiac Weekly Wrap-Up: Week 31, 2026 (July 27 – August 2)
Catch up on the latest Linux news: Arch Linux August ISO, COSMIC 1.5, Shotcut 26.7, Nano 9.2, Xen 4.22, Linux desktop market share surpasses 10% in North America, and more.
Valve Backs RADV Vulkan Driver Port to Windows
Collabora is bringing Mesa’s open-source RADV Vulkan driver to Windows, with the experimental port already capable of launching Counter-Strike 2.
AerynOS 2026.08 ISO Released with OpenZFS Support and systemd 261
The new AerynOS installation image adds experimental OpenZFS data-drive support, systemd 261.2, and the latest repository changes.
EU Age Verification Project Mandates Hardware-Bound Attestation
The EU’s age verification project confirms hardware-bound attestation is mandatory, raising concerns over Linux, custom ROMs, and open-source access.
Woodpecker CI 3.17 Adds AppArmor Support for Docker Pipelines
The latest Woodpecker CI release introduces custom AppArmor profiles for the Docker backend, stronger security defaults, and improved Kubernetes handling.