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Razer Is Certifying the Blade 18 for Ubuntu Linux — But Won't Make a Linux Version of Its Control Software

Wed, 08 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0800

Razer is quietly pushing its Blade 18 laptop through Ubuntu Linux certification — reviving a promise its CEO made nearly a decade ago.

The machine in question, model RZ09-0582, packs an Intel Core Ultra 9 290HX Plus processor and an RTX 5090 GPU. If it passes certification, it would become one of the most powerful officially Linux-certified laptops on the market.

'Bad Epoll' Linux Vulnerability Gives Attackers Root Access — Android Phones Are Affected Too

Sun, 05 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0800

Jaeyoung Chung, a security researcher at Seoul National University, found something worrying in the Linux kernel earlier this year. The vulnerability, now tracked as CVE-2026-46242 and nicknamed “Bad Epoll,” lives in the epoll subsystem, a core piece of the Linux kernel that handles how applications respond to I/O events. It earned a CVSS score of 7.8, putting it in the high-severity bucket, and its reach extends well beyond desktop Linux.

Fedora scraps AI desktop plan after community backlash

Sun, 05 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0800

Ubuntu is leaning hard into AI. Fedora just went the other direction — and the community made sure of it.

kernel.org Went Dark for 12 Hours — a Mirror Config Was to Blame

Sun, 05 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0800

On the evening of July 2, anyone trying to download a Linux kernel from the official website hit a wall. The latest releases returned 404 errors. Archived versions returned 403 errors. For more than half a day, kernel.org was effectively broken for its most basic function.

Linux Bumps RISC-V CPU Core Limit From 64 to 256 — Hardware Is Already Running Ahead

Sat, 04 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0800

Linux’s default cap on how many CPU cores a RISC-V system can support just got a lot bigger — from 64 to 256 — and the change is already merged into the 7.2-rc2 tree.

Linux Had 2,308 CVEs in the First Half of 2026 — More Than Any Other Platform

Sat, 04 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0800

Greg Kroah-Hartman, one of Linux’s most active maintainers, posted the first-half 2026 vulnerability stats on his social feed Thursday. The numbers are striking — and they tell a story that goes well beyond which vendor had the worst quarter.

Linux 7.2-rc1 goes live with cache-aware scheduling, tops 43 million lines of code

Mon, 29 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0800

Linux 7.2-rc1 is out, and it’s the kind of release that tells you two things at once: how fast the kernel keeps growing, and where the next wave of performance work is really focused.

Linus Torvalds opened the merge window two weeks ago, closed it this weekend, and the numbers are in. The kernel now sits at over 43 million lines of code. About a third of that delta comes from a single source: AMD submitted a fresh batch of header files packed with GPU register definitions for their ever-expanding hardware lineup. The rest covers the usual ground — architecture updates, tooling improvements, and documentation.

KDE Plasma 6.8 Re-enables Triple Buffering for NVIDIA GPUs After Two-Year Bug Hunt

Sun, 28 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0800

Some Linux bugs take years to hunt down. KDE Plasma just closed one of its longest-running ones: triple buffering for NVIDIA GPUs is coming back by default in Plasma 6.8.

New 'DirtyClone' Linux Vulnerability Lets Attackers Gain Root Access — CVSS 8.8

Sat, 27 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0800

Another week, another Linux kernel bug with roots in how the system handles memory. This time it’s DirtyClone, tracked as CVE-2026-43503 and carrying a CVSS score of 8.8 — high severity, local privilege escalation, and potentially worse.

One-Line GCC Patch Delivers 12% Performance Boost for Modern Intel and AMD Processors

Wed, 24 Jun 2026 17:24:00 +0800

A single-line change to the GNU Compiler Collection (GCC) has been found to deliver double-digit performance improvements across modern Intel and AMD processors, a discovery that could quietly accelerate millions of Linux applications without requiring a single code change from developers.

Ubuntu 26.04 LTS Livepatch Brings Zero-Downtime Kernel Patching to Arm64

Tue, 23 Jun 2026 15:28:00 +0800

Canonical announced today that its Canonical Livepatch zero-downtime kernel hot-patching technology now supports the Arm64 architecture. For the first time, Ubuntu systems running on Arm64 processors can apply critical kernel security updates without interrupting services or requiring a reboot — a significant milestone for the rapidly expanding Arm server and edge computing ecosystem.

Valve Confirms It's Working Closely with NVIDIA to Bring SteamOS Support to GeForce GPUs

Tue, 23 Jun 2026 11:44:00 +0800

Valve is steadily expanding the reach of its Linux-based SteamOS beyond the Steam Deck, and the next major frontier is clear: proper support for NVIDIA graphics cards. While the recently released SteamOS 3.8 lets users run the same operating system and code stack that powers Steam Machines on their existing PC hardware, it remains exclusive to AMD GPUs for now — but that won’t be the case forever.

Microsoft Surface RT Gets Mainline Linux Kernel Driver After 14 Years

Mon, 22 Jun 2026 18:40:00 +0800

Fourteen years after Microsoft launched the original Surface RT in a bid to challenge Apple’s iPad, the aging ARM-powered tablet has received an unexpected revival: a mainline Linux kernel driver that brings proper battery and charging status support to the device.