347: DistroWatch turns 25, NixOS 26.05, NVIDIA RTX Spark, AUR Malware, & more Linux news

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This week in Linux, we have some distro news like a new release of NixOS and some unfortunate security news for Arch users. Plus we'll check out the new RTX Spark Superchip that Nvidia announced and it's time to celebrate 25 years of DistroWatch as they reached this massive milestone this week!

All of this and more on This Week in Linux, the weekly news show that keeps you up to date with what’s going on in the Linux and Open Source world. Now let's jump right into Your Source for Linux GNews!

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Chapters:

00:00 Intro
00:47 DistroWatch.com Celebrates 25 Years
09:56 NVIDIA RTX Spark "Superchip"
16:31 NixOS 26.05 Released
18:50 Arch Linux's AUR Compromised with Malware
27:06 T2 Linux 26.6 Released
29:51 Homebrew 6.0 Released
33:30 Microsoft Coreutils, Wait! What?
37:23 Outro

Links:

• DistroWatch.com Celebrates 25 Years
  • https://distrowatch.com/
  • https://distrowatch.com/weekly.php?issue=20260601#sitenews
• NVIDIA RTX Spark "Superchip"
  • https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/products/rtx-spark/
  • https://nvidianews.nvidia.com/news/nvidia-microsoft-windows-pcs-agents-rtx-spark
  • https://www.phoronix.com/news/NVIDIA-RTX-Spark
  • https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/products/workstations/dgx-spark/
• NixOS 26.05 Released
  • https://nixos.org/blog/announcements/2026/nixos-2605/
• Arch Linux's AUR Compromised with Malware
  • https://archlinux.org/news/active-aur-malicious-packages-incident/
  • https://www.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/1u3alhe/comment/or3vhax/
  • https://discuss.cachyos.org/t/aur-compromised-400-packages-affected-20260611/31040
  • https://www.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/1u3alhe/roughly_400_aur_packages_compromised/
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• T2 Linux 26.6 Released
  • https://t2linux.com/download/26.6
  • https://9to5linux.com/t2-linux-26-3-is-out-with-fully-reproducible-wayland-based-kde-plasma-experience
  • https://distrowatch.com/?newsid=12864
• Homebrew 6.0 Released
  • https://brew.sh/2026/06/11/homebrew-6.0.0/
• Microsoft Coreutils, Wait! What?
  • https://github.com/microsoft/coreutils
  • https://itsfoss.com/news/windows-coreutils/
  • https://www.phoronix.com/news/MS-Coreutils-For-Windows
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