Getting complex Linux applications to work in the same way across many setups seems tricky at first, but all you need to do is “think with portals”.

Nitrux devs announced the deprecation of their KDE Plasma-based NX Desktop environment for Hyprland and the adoption of CachyOS' kernel.

Sasha Levin just sent out an initial 'request for comments' patch series for the Linux kernel in aiming to establish a Kernel API Specification Framework.

A new Rust-based library, rust-hwlib, is included by default in Ubuntu 25.10 'Questing Quokka' to help support Ubuntu Pro.

The new sudo-rs is meant to be a near drop-in replacement for sudo, but some of the less secure aspects of sudo will not be supported.

PeaZip 10.5 open-source archive manager is now available for download with major performance improvements to the file and archive browsing.

The X.Org Server has been seeing a lot of commits this week..

Valve's rating system for Steam Deck and SteamOS seems to have sped up recently, with 20,000 games now rated at least playable.

Mixxx 2.5.2 open-source virtual DJ software for performing live mixes is now available for download with various improvements and bug fixes.

More than 46,000 internet-facing Grafana instances remain unpatched and exposed to a client-side open redirect vulnerability that allows executing a malicious plugin and account takeover.

Another round of Bcachefs file-system fixes were submitted and merged this week for the ongoing Linux 6.16 cycle, including the ability to auto-fix more file-system check 'fsck' errors.

Valve updated Proton Experimental for June 13th bringing more game fixes to Linux, SteamOS / Steam Deck to get Windows games running nicely.

High Tide, an unofficial desktop TIDAL client for Linux, is now available on Flathub. It also adds Discord integration, animated covers, and more.

The Ultra Ethernet Consortium today published the UEC Specification 1.0 release

: We take a quick look at the headline features – and the growing differences

I found myself really invested in the platform.

This state made the open-source shift, and chances are it won't be the last.