📰 Google to verify all Android devs to block malware on Google Play

Google is introducing a new defense for Android called 'Developer Verification' to block malware installations from sideloaded apps sourced from outside the official Google Play app store.

🔗 Source: https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/google-to-verify-all-android-devs-to-block-malware-on-google-play/

📰 Patches Posted To Allow Writing USB Rust Drivers For Linux

An initial set of Linux kernel patches were posted this week for allowing USB Rust kernel drivers to be developed for Linux...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-USB-Rust-Drivers

📰 GhostBSD 25.02 adds 'Gershwin' desktop for a Mac-like twist

Hybrid of GNUstep and Xfce channels classic NeXT vibes The latest release of GhostBSD, an easy graphical FreeBSD distribution, includes a brand new macOS-like desktop environment, "Gershwin."…

🔗 Source: https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2025/08/27/ghostbsd_2502/

📰 Intel hires developer who reverse engineered the Apple M1 GPU, bringing open source Linux graphics to Apple Silicon

When the Asahi Linux team released its first alpha version of a GNU/Linux-based operating system for Macs with Apple M-series processors in 2022, things were still pretty rough around the edges. Thunderbolt, Bluetooth, cameras, and sleep mode weren’t working yet. And neither was hardware-accelerated graphics. That’s all changed over the past few years. Last fall .

🔗 Source: https://liliputing.com/intel-hires-developer-who-reverse-engineered-the-apple-m1-gpu-bringing-open-source-linux-graphics-to-apple-silicon/

📰 The new Framework Laptop 16 brings AMD Ryzen AI 300 Series and modular GPU upgrades

Framework just revealed the new Framework Laptop 16, which brings CPU and GPU upgrades to their popular modular laptop..Read the full article on GamingOnLinux.

🔗 Source: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/08/the-new-framework-laptop-16-brings-amd-ryzen-ai-300-series-and-modular-gpu-upgrades/

📰 5 reasons the $15 Raspberry Pi Zero W is still great for your home lab tinkering

From network services to IoT projects, this unassuming board punches above its weight.

🔗 Source: https://www.xda-developers.com/reasons-raspberry-pi-zero-w-still-great-home-lab-tinkering/

📰 Mesa 25.1.9 Released To End Out The Mesa 25.1 Series

With Mesa 25.2.1 recently having been released, the prior quarter's Mesa 25.1 series is now drawing to a close. Excellent Mesa release manager Eric Engestrom released Mesa 25.1.9 as one last point release for Mesa 25.1 before ending this branch...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Mesa-25.1.9-Released

📰 New Default Apps Finally Hit Ubuntu 25.10 Daily Builds

Ubuntu 25.10’s new terminal and image viewer apps are part of the latest development builds, along with a much-hyped switch to Rust-based sudo (and, less-hyped, the inclusion of new ubuntu-insights and hwctl packages). At the start of this cycle developers working on Ubuntu announced plans to ship Ptyxis and Loupe as default terminal emulator and image viewer respectively.

🔗 Source: https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/08/new-apps-arrive-in-ubuntu-25-10-daily-builds

Atari acquires the rights to five classic Ubisoft noscripts | GamingOnLinux
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/08/atari-acquires-the-rights-to-five-classic-ubisoft-noscripts/

📰 ACEMAGIC F5A is a Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 mini PC with OcuLink and WiFi 7

The ACEMAGIC F5A is a mini PC with an AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 Strix Point 12-core, 24-thread processor featuring 16-core RDNA 3.5 graphics and an NPU that delivers up to 50 TOPS of AI performance. The little computer supports up to two PCIe 4.0 NVMe SSDs and has two SODIMM slots for up to 96GB .

🔗 Source: https://liliputing.com/acemagic-f5a-is-a-ryzen-ai-9-hx-370-mini-pc-with-oculink-and-wifi-7/

Bazaar is a Slick New Desktop Flathub Frontend - OMG! Ubuntu
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/08/bazaar-new-flatpak-app-store-gnome-linux

📰 VESA DRM Driver Ready With 8-Bit Color Palette Mode For Linux 6.18

This week's drm-misc-next pull of feature updates to the small Direct Rendering Manager (DRM) driver bring a few updates worth pointing out ahead of the Linux 6.18 cycle...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-6.18-VESA-DRM-8C

📰 Wayfire 0.10 3D Wayland Compositor Brings Vulkan Support

Compiz-inspired Wayfire 0.10 3D Wayland compositor is out with Vulkan and Pixman rendering, per-device input settings, and new animations.

🔗 Source: https://linuxiac.com/wayfire-0-10-3d-wayland-compositor-brings-vulkan-support/

📰 You don't need an NVR for your home security system, you just need Frigate

Discover why Frigate, an open-source NVR software, offers better flexibility, smart detection, and privacy compared to traditional NVR systems for your home security needs.

🔗 Source: https://www.xda-developers.com/you-dont-need-an-nvr-for-your-home-security-system-you-just-need-frigate/

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Microsoft's DocumentDB Finds New Home with Linux Foundation

DocumentDB joins the Linux Foundation to ensure open, vendor-neutral development.

—> https://news.itsfoss.com/documentdb-moves-to-linux-foundation/

📰 Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds is Steam Deck Verified but requires internet even for single-player

Valve have now rated Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds as Steam Deck Verified ahead of release, but we also now know you need to always be online to play it..Read the full article on GamingOnLinux.

🔗 Source: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/08/sonic-racing-crossworlds-is-steam-deck-verified-but-requires-internet-even-for-single-player/

📰 AMD ISP4 Driver Updated As It Nears The Mainline Linux Kernel

Posted today to the Linux kernel mailing list was the patch series for introducing the AMD ISP4 driver to the mainline kernel. This supports the image signal processor IP that to date is found with HP's Strix Halo powered ZBook Ultra G1a laptop. With time, future AMD Ryzen laptops will also likely be leveraging this ISP technology for offloading more webcamera work from the CPU, but for now the HP ZBook Ultra G1a is the main beneficiary of this...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/AMD-ISP4-Linux-Driver-v3

📰 First Look at KDE’s Initial System Setup (KISS) Tool in KDE Plasma 6.5

Meet KDE's Initial System Setup (KISS) tool as part of the KDE Plasma 6.5 desktop environment, designed for OEM installations to provide an out-of-the-box user experience when buying a new computer.

🔗 Source: https://9to5linux.com/first-look-at-kdes-initial-system-setup-kiss-tool-in-kde-plasma-6-5

📰 Passwordstate dev urges users to patch auth bypass vulnerability

Click Studios, the company behind the Passwordstate enterprise-grade password manager, has warned customers to patch a high-severity authentication bypass vulnerability as soon as possible.

🔗 Source: https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/passwordstate-dev-urges-users-to-patch-auth-bypass-vulnerability-as-soon-as-possible/

📰 RCORE V2 is a 2nd-gen RK3588 module for MNT Reform laptops

The MNT Reform line of laptops are hacker-friendly computers that are designed to be modular, repairable, upgradeable, and customizable. At launch the MNT Reform and MNT Pocket Reform both shipped with NXP i.MX8M series processors, but since the processor is part of a removable module, MNT has also offered other options including modules with Allwinner .

🔗 Source: https://liliputing.com/rcore-v2-is-a-2nd-gen-rk3588-module-for-mnt-reform-laptops/