As first reported on Phoronix in early April, Linux's second-in-command Greg Kroah-Hartman has been leveraging new AI fuzzing tools for uncovering Linux kernel bugs. Prominent due to his position within the Linux kernel community and also being the primary Linux stable maintainer. His AI-assistance for fixing Linux kernel bugs is based on a Framework Desktop powered by AMD Ryzen AI Max. The "gkh_clanker_t1000" continues assisting in Linux kernel development along with the less frequent "gkh_clanker_2000" references..

Catch up on the latest Linux news: Debian 13.5, COSMIC Desktop 1.0.13, Plasma 6.7 Beta, Wine 11.9, Fragnesia vulnerability, new Linux kernel security bug guidelines, and more.

It was another busy week in the Linux 7.1 kernel space that has culminated with the release of Linux 7.1-rc4...

A new open-source project called low_latency_layer is an implicit Vulkan layer that enables AMD Anti-Lag 2 and NVIDIA Reflex 2 to reportedly work in a hardware-agnostic manner so that AMD and Intel graphics cards can both enjoy Reflex or Anti-Lag 2 working on non-AMD graphics cards as well...

From the MX Linux community comes Extrox, a duo of Xfce-based spins—one MX, one Arch—that emphasize audio tooling without sacrificing day-to-day usability.

Similar to Canonical engineers having published "Ubuntu Concept" ISOs for Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite laptops to provide the very latest hardware-specific support that hasn't yet worked its way to the mainline Linux kernel and other packages, Canonical has begun providing Ubuntu Concept ISOs for the CIX P1 as an "AI" focused platform...

APT 3.3.1 package manager is now in Debian unstable, bringing small maintenance fixes for solver3, dirstream handling, and authentication config warnings.

The newly announced RK3572 by Rockchip is an octa-core processor targeting AIoT, edge computing, and embedded applications. Built on an 8nm process, it combines dual Cortex-A73 cores, six Cortex-A53 cores, a 4 TOPS NPU, Mali-G310 GPU, LPDDR5/LPDDR5X support, and 8K video decoding. The RK3572 uses a heterogeneous CPU arrangement consisting of a dual-core Cortex-A73 cluster, […]

The 292nd installment of the 9to5Linux Weekly Roundup is here for the week ending May 17th, 2026, keeping you updated on the most important developments in the Linux world.

Following the Rockchip RK3572 announcement, Forlinx Embedded has introduced the FET3572-C SoM and accompanying OK3572-C development board. The platform combines an octa-core CPU configuration, 4 TOPS NPU, LPDDR5/LPDDR5X support, and multimedia capabilities extending to 8K decoding. As mentioned in our previous article, the RK3572 processor integrates dual Cortex-A73 performance cores together with six Cortex-A53 efficiency […]

Released this week was FluidX3D 3.7, the latest feature update to this computational fluid dynamics (CFD) software that is CPU/GPU accelerated by way of OpenCL...

Linux users have long faced a frustrating limitation with wireless earbuds: basic Bluetooth audio usually works, but advanced features often remain locked behind proprietary mobile apps. A new open-source project called BudsLink is trying to change that.

An open-source developer with the assistance of Claude Code has managed to get the Adobe Lightroom CC software working on Linux under Wine...

Debian 13 "Trixie" receives its fifth refresh (13.5), featuring 144 bug fixes and 103 security updates. Here's more on that.

This week marked the release of the KDE Plasma 6.7 beta and even so there were some last-minute features being squeezed into this popular Linux desktop option. Plasma's built-in remote desktop server enhancements and improved Plasma notification effects are among the changes topping out this week...

Ahead of the Linux 7.1-rc4 kernel test release due out on Sunday, a new round of x86 platform driver fixes were submitted for the week...

The current GNOME System Monitor is on track to be replaced by the GNOME Resources app for as soon as the GNOME 51 desktop release...

Rescuezilla 2.6.2 has been released today as the latest stable version of this Ubuntu-based “Swiss Army Knife of System Recovery” distribution based on the popular Clonezilla open-source disk imaging/cloning software.

The Debian Project announced today the general availability of Debian 13.5 as the fifth update to the latest Debian GNU/Linux 13 “Trixie” operating system series.

Memtest86+ 8.10 is out today as a significant update to this legendary open-source RAM testing software...