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The Linux News this week was jam packed. Linus Torvalds announced a new release of the Linux kernel. KDE announced a new release of the Plasma desktop. We've got an update on the AUR Malware from last week, it got better and then worse. Commodore revealed their next product, the Commodore Callback a Smart dumb phone. Yea I know. Plus there's some rumbles going on about the Return of Antergos Linux, we'll talk about that
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Chapters:
00:00 Intro
00:50 Linux 7.1 Released
03:36 KDE Plasma 6.7 Released
08:40 Antergos Linux Returns?!
16:08 AUR Malware Update for Arch Linux Users
19:39 Commodore Callback, a Smart Dumbphone
25:48 Epic Games Launches Lore Version Control System
28:24 DistroWatch Goes Down, Backups Save the Day
29:59 Outro
Links:
- Linux 7.1 Released
- https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/06/linux-7-1-kernel-features
- https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-7.1-Released
- https://9to5linux.com/linux-kernel-7-1-officially-released-heres-whats-new
- https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/06/linux-kernel-7-1-out-now-with-new-ntfs-driver-lots-of-hardware-improvements/
- KDE Plasma 6.7 Released
- Antergos Linux Returns?!
- AUR Malware Update for Arch Linux Users
- https://lwn.net/Articles/1077619/
- https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/06/the-security-situation-with-the-arch-linux-aur-got-a-lot-worse/
- https://www.phoronix.com/news/Arch-Linux-AUR-More-Malware
- https://www.phoronix.com/news/Arch-Linux-AUR-More-Than-1500
- https://itsfoss.com/news/yay-v13-release/
- https://itsfoss.com/news/arch-linux-aur-malware-flood/
- https://fossforce.com/2026/06/arch-says-alls-clear-after-aur-malware-incident-affects-1500-packages/
- https://fossforce.com/2026/06/aur-registrations-blocked-amid-ongoing-malware-mess/
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