[$] LWN.net Weekly Edition for June 4, 2026

The LWN.net Weekly Edition for June 4, 2026 is available.

https://lwn.net/Articles/1074950/ #LWN #Linux

@rl_dane @ianthetechie and *raw* mobile #linux is nowhere near ready for primetime

[$] Open-source security is not a solo activity

Over time, many open-source maintainers face the same problem: they lack the time to do all of the work that their project needs, and no one else is stepping up to provide adequate [...]

https://lwn.net/Articles/1075741/ #LWN #Linux #OSS

[$] BPF in the agentic era

Alexei Starovoitov gave "less of a presentation, more of a scream of realization" at the BPF track of the 2026 Linux Storage, Filesystem, Memory-Management, and BPF Summit. He sha [...]

https://lwn.net/Articles/1075067/ #LWN #Linux #kernel #GCC #Rust #BPF #LSFMMBPF

Tridgell: rsync and outrage

https://lwn.net/Articles/1076040/ #LWN #Linux

Security updates for Wednesday

https://lwn.net/Articles/1076117/ #LWN #Linux #security

Just...no

root@debhost:~# mount -o remount /
mount: (hint) your fstab has been modified, but systemd still uses
the old version; use 'systemctl daemon-reload' to reload.
root@debhost:~# systemctl daemon-reload
root@debhost:~# mount -o remount /
root@debhost:~#

#Linux #systemd #IT #SysAdmin

SteamVR 2.16 arrives with a number of Linux fixes for VR fans https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/06/steamvr-2-16-arrives-with-a-number-of-linux-fixes-for-vr-fans/

#SteamVR #VR #Gaming #Linux #PCGaming #VRGaming

If you own a #SteamDeck (or are a #Linux gamer in general), 𝘥𝘰 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘨𝘦𝘵 ProtonDB!!!

I've come across so many users lately who are shocked when I tell them that this exists. It is just a site where users can share their experiences, settings and recommendations on games they play. You can search a game and filter the results by PC, Steam Deck and even the #Chromebook to see everyone's rec's

Here's BioShock Infinite as an example:

https://www.protondb.com/app/8870

Really, invaluable for #gaming now

@system76
Any chance you'll start offering Debian for those that don't like the Ubuntu stance on AI?

#Linux #Ubuntu #system76

The most annoying part of systemd?

"A start/stop job is running.... blah.. blah..." and wait for who knows how long in spite of what is on the screen.

I can _tolerate_ a lot but this type of thing getting in my way really pisses me off.

#Linux #systemd

[$] Caching for extended attributes

Extended attributes (xattrs) provide a way to attach key/value metadata to inodes—files, directories, and the like—in a filesystem. As with many Linux filesystems, the FUSE filesy [...]

https://lwn.net/Articles/1074919/ #LWN #Linux #kernel #XFS #BPF #FUSE

Which Linux distros have officially taken a stand against AI in their OS?

#Linux #NoAI

[$] Trying to make sense of package-manager metadata

Package managers for operating systems and programming languages have been around for decades. Each package manager, and its accompanying packaging format, has been shaped by the n [...]

https://lwn.net/Articles/1074908/ #LWN #Linux #Debian #Python #Perl #OSS

Vim Classic 8.3 released

https://lwn.net/Articles/1075967/ #LWN #Linux

Security updates for Tuesday

https://lwn.net/Articles/1075966/ #LWN #Linux #security

War, climate among high priority topics at Davos meeting

#comic #unix_surrealism #linux #art #mastoart #computers #bash #dillo #lgbt

Alt...

FUNHOLE CONTENT REVIEW CUM PUBLISHING YOU WILL FUCK COMPUTERS AND YOU WILL LIKE IT --- LINUX --- 'How girls take it when they are alone' sudo rm -rofl am i rite xd actually, ai in the kernel is natural and prevents prostate cancer gay? 6 desktop environments you must try! people exist :-( colorado support group one free session is dillo fatphobic? [deep dive]

Mina the Hollower is another absolute gem from Yacht Club Games https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/06/mina-the-hollower-is-another-absolute-gem-from-yacht-club-games/

#MinatheHollower #IndieGames #PCGaming #Linux

Minecraft Chaos Cubed update release date revealed for June 16 https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/06/minecraft-chaos-cubed-update-release-date-revealed-for-june-16/

#Minecraft #MinecraftJava #Gaming #PCGaming #Linux #ChaosCubed

Latest Steam update brings Steam Controller firmware updates and bug fixes https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/06/latest-steam-update-brings-steam-controller-firmware-updates-and-bug-fixes/

#SteamController #Linux #SteamOS #Valve #PCGaming

X.Org Security Advisory released for 9 new vulnerabilities in X.Org X server and Xwayland https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/06/x-org-security-advisory-released-for-9-new-vulnerabilities-in-x-org-x-server-and-xwayland/

#OpenSource #Security #Linux #Xwayland #xorg

Steam Deck price rises point toward high prices for the new Valve hardware, Lenovo puts its name to a cheap retro handheld and regrets it, Wikipedia management seems to be acting like a typical big tech company and the workers are organising, Bambu pisses off its 3D printer customers and Joe got given a free unrelated 3D printer, and we don’t believe that the Raspberry Pi 6 will arrive as late as 2028.

https://latenightlinux.com/late-night-linux-episode-388/

#podcast #linux #opensource

Alt...

Late Night Linux artwork

Immutable Linux distros are great until you need to add something to /usr. Here's the fix. 🛠️

https://itsfoss.com/systemd-sysext/

#linux #immutable

Poor man's calc (more like bc wrapper):
```
calc ()
{
echo "$@" | tr -d ',₹' | bc -l
}
```

The `tr -d ',₹'` used to remove unwanted stuff that i often copy from emails or pdf and then pass everything to the bc for actual calculations.

#unix #linux #tips #tricks

Alt...

My bash terminal window displaying a Linux or Unix CLI. The command `type -a calc` to display the definition of a bash function named calc, which removes commas and the other symbol from input before passing it to the bc calculator tool. Finally, I demonstrates the function by running calc '10,000.5+₹5000', resulting in the output 15000.5.

Ombredanne: An AI agent ported our codebase from Python to Rust

https://lwn.net/Articles/1075832/ #LWN #Linux #Rust

[$] Representing the true signatures of kernel functions

Optimizing compilers can, under some circumstances, infer when a parameter to a function is not needed, and remove it. This is all well and good until the kernel's tracing or BPF s [...]

https://lwn.net/Articles/1073762/ #LWN #Linux #kernel #GCC #Clang #Rust #BPF #LSFMMBPF

Seven stable kernels for the first day of June

https://lwn.net/Articles/1075806/ #LWN #Linux #kernel

Typing this from a sysext built off of StardustXR's bootstrap repo! (PR incoming c:)

https://github.com/StardustXR/bootstrap

#vr #stardustxr #linux #foss #immutable #fedora #bootc

Alt...

Screenshot of a terminal running stardustXR server on the left + atmosphere, with the output from a systemd-sysext command showing that the sysext was correctly applied. On the right, stardustXR is running with a "yay!" drawn on it via comet, its also running the_grid example from atmosphere.

DistroWatch turns 25

https://lwn.net/Articles/1075766/ #LWN #Linux

On #Linux, I had been using Sway, but moved on to try Swayfx, Scroll, Niri, Hyprland and even a couple tiling solutions for Gnome and now I'm back on Swaywm.

I'll give some quick thoughts on each:

- Swayx: Great incremental improvement to Sway with rounded corners and drop shadows. If better supported on Ubuntu (work requirement), maybe I'll return.
- Niri. Nice scroller. Missing left/right alignment. 🧵

[$] Reconsidering x32 — again

The x32 ABI was meant to be the best of both worlds, providing the expanded registers and instruction set of the x86-64 architecture while preserving the lower memory use of 32-bit [...]

https://lwn.net/Articles/1074897/ #LWN #Linux #kernel #Debian #Gentoo #GCC #Rust

Multiple redhat-cloud-services npm packages compromised (StepSecurity Blog)

https://lwn.net/Articles/1075742/ #LWN #Linux #security #RedHat