video: https://youtu.be/lBJDyzkJbCILinux 7.2 is here with a ton of new kernel improvements. Desktop Linux has crossed a major milestone for usage with more than 10% in North America and 7% globally. Arch Linux has announced some changes they are making to the way the AUR works because of the latest Malware attacks. Plus there's some big KDE news this week. KDE is bringing back LTS support with a much bigger "Bullet-Proof KDE" approach, and Framework has announced the next edition of the Framework Laptop 12 and it's coming with a preinstalled option of Fedora KDE.There is a LOT happening in the Linux world right now, and some of these stories get pretty wild. So here's Your Source for Linux GNews and see what's happened This Week in Linux.Download as MP3Support the ShowBecome a Patron = tuxdigital.com/membershipStore = tuxdigital.com/storeChapters:Links:Linux 7.2 Releasedhttps://lwn.net/Articles/1089033/https://kernelnewbies.org/Linux_7.2https://www.phoronix.com/review/linux-72-featureshttps://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-7.2-ReleasedLinux crosses 10% in Desktop Market Sharehttps://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/north-america#monthly-202505-202606https://radar.cloudflare.com/explorer?dataSet=http&groupBy=os&dt=2026-07-01_2026-07-31&loc=north-america&filters=deviceType%253DDESKTOP%252CbotClass%253DLIKELY_AUTOMATEDhttps://store.steampowered.com/hwsurvey/https://www.linux-magazine.com/Online/News/Linux-Surpasses-Double-Digit-Market-ShareArch Linux changes how AUR Adoptions work after Malware waveshttps://lists.archlinux.org/archives/list/aur-general%40lists.archlinux.org/thread/DRDEU3JUSC72CB265XHXPFA3DFSLXPBP/https://lists.archlinux.org/archives/list/aur-general%40lists.archlinux.org/thread/P5C7GZ4C3OJIH4EXJ62JAF6X6PY2BCQ4/https://archlinux.org/news/active-aur-malicious-packages-incident/https://lists.archlinux.org/hyperkitty/list/aur-general%40lists.archlinux.org/latest?count=200https://lists.archlinux.org/archives/list/aur-general%40lists.archlinux.org/message/NNNGQYXYGBYGESV35AEQV2PLAVMMLW64/"Bullet-Proof KDE" brings LTS Support back to KDEhttps://www.kubuntu.org/news/plasma-6.6-lts/https://pointieststick.com/2026/08/https://www.phoronix.com/news/KDE-Bullet-Proof-SoftwareFramework Laptop 12 with Fedora Linux Preinstalledhttps://frame.work/blog/framework-laptop-12-now-with-core-series-3https://frame.work/laptop12https://youtu.be/459a7YBmBOEhttps://youtu.be/yE48_MN8Ng4https://www.phoronix.com/news/Framework-Laptop-12-WCLNVIDIA, GOG, & Epic Games to compete with Valve on Linux Gaming Ecosystemhttps://blogs.nvidia.com/blog/geforce-now-thursday-linux-native-app/https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/the-native-linux-app-for-nvidia-geforce-now-is-now-in-beta/https://www.phoronix.com/review/nvidia-geforce-now-linuxhttps://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/07/gog-confirm-they-are-working-towards-gog-galaxy-on-linux/https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/08/epic-games-store-will-get-a-linux-version-sometime-soon/https://www.pcgamer.com/hardware/the-epic-games-launcher-will-be-available-on-linux-soon-says-dev-after-its-had-a-bit-of-workSteam Deck 1% lows improve by as much as 32%https://www.phoronix.com/news/AMD-P-State-Better-1p-Lowshttps://www.pcgamer.com/hardware/handheld-gaming-pcs/linux-kernel-patch-can-boost-the-steam-decks-1-percent-low-frame-rate-by-as-much-as-31-percent-in-early-testing/Ubuntu Touch 24.04-2.0 Releasedhttps://ubports.com/blog/ubports-news-1/ubuntu-touch-24-04-2-0-and-24-04-1-4-release-4007NVIDIA Becomes a Premier Sponsor of LVFS/Fwupdhttps://www.linuxfoundation.org/press/linux-foundation-announces-key-industry-support-for-linux-vendor-firmware-servicehttps://www.phoronix.com/news/NVIDIA-Premier-Sponsor-LVFShttps://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/08/nvidia-now-supporting-the-linux-vendor-firmware-service-lvfs-as-a-premier-sponsor/https://www.fwupd.org/FFmpeg 9.0 Releasedhttps://www.ffmpeg.org/https://ffmpeg.org/releases/https://www.phoronix.com/news/FFmpeg-9.0-ReleasedSupport the showhttps://tuxdigital.com/membershiphttps://store.tuxdigital.com/