📰 DXVK-Sarek 1.14.0 released for gaming on older GPUs

DXVK-Sarek version 1.14.0 has arrived, keeping Wine / Proton gaming alive for those of you with older GPUs that don't have modern Vulkan support.Read the full article on GamingOnLinux.

🔗 Source: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/10/dxvk-sarek-1-14-0-released-for-gaming-on-older-gpus/

#proton #wine

📰 AMD Caps Off Linux 7.4 Graphics Driver Development With More HDMI 2.1 Fixes

AMD on Thursday sent out a final pull request of their feature work aiming to be submitted for the upcoming Linux 7.4 merge window. This round of "few last odds and ends" is mostly about landing some bug fixes but of which there are a few worth mentioning...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-7.4-AMDGPU-Final

#amd #linux

📰 SteamOS 0.4 for Steam Frame is out now with better power efficiency and battery lifetime

Valve just released a major stable update for all Steam Frame owners, bringing some great sounding improvements.Read the full article on GamingOnLinux.

🔗 Source: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/10/steamos-0-4-for-steam-frame-is-out-now-with-better-power-efficiency-and-battery-lifetime/

#steam

📰 HDR Support Coming For Qualcomm MSM Driver To Benefit Snapdragon X Laptops On Linux

For those making use of Qualcomm Snapdragon X laptops on Linux, one of the features coming to the MSM DRM kernel driver is static HDR support for DisplayPort outputs and eDP panels...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Qualcomm-MSM-DRM-HDR

#kernel #linux

📰 Immich 3.3 Photo and Video Management Solution Adds People Sharing, Birthday Memories

Immich 3.3 introduces shared people management, birthday memories, automatic photo stacking, and improved image quality.

🔗 Source: https://linuxiac.com/immich-3-3-photo-and-video-management-solution-adds-people-sharing-birthday-memories/

#immich

📰 Linux Patches Finally Make Hibernation Possible In Secure Boot / Lockdown Mode

When booting the Linux kernel using UEFI SecureBoot, the kernel is put in the lockdown mode to restrict the ability to modify the running kernel image or leaking data from kernel memory. Kernel lockdown mode can also be manually enabled by the user/administrator. Among the limitations imposed in Linux's lockdown mode is no hibernation support. But that soon may be relieved with new patches proposed...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-Hibernation-With-Lockdown

#kernel #linux

📰 GNOME 51 Review: New Features, Changes & More
The Learn Linux TV channel has published a comprehensive review of the GNOME 51 desktop environment. In this video, Jay takes a close look at all the new features, visual updates, improvements, and key changes introduced in the latest version of GNOME.
🔗 Source: https://youtu.be/BNgt8QJD5qY
#gnome #linux #desktop #opensource

📰 Boro: NVIDIA's Open-Source Effort For AI-Assisted Linux Kernel Development

Over the past few months NVIDIA has been developing Boro as a new AI-assisted kernel development CLI written in Rust and focused on local AI for enhancing efficiency for kernel development...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/NVIDIA-Boro-Linux-Kernel-AI

#kernel #linux #opensource #rust

📰 Researchers Publish Working Exploit for Pre-Auth AnyDesk Linux Flaw That Gives Root Access

Security researchers have published a full working exploit for a pre-authentication remote code execution flaw in AnyDesk Linux that gives attackers root access before anyone approves the connection.AnyDesk patched the flaw in version 8.0.3 in June, but its changelog described the fix only as "fixed a bug that could lead to a crash," with no CVE assigned and no security.

🔗 Source: https://thehackernews.com/2026/10/researchers-publish-working-exploit-for.html

#linux

📰 Canonical Announces Official Ubuntu Desktop Images for RISC-V

Canonical announces official Ubuntu Desktop images for RISC-V hardware, along with unofficial Xubuntu Minimal images for the Ubuntu 26.10 release.

🔗 Source: https://9to5linux.com/canonical-announces-official-ubuntu-desktop-images-for-risc-v

#ubuntu

📰 Ubuntu 26.10 Sticks To Using GCC 15 By Default

From a performance and enthusiast perspective, what I personally find most disappointing and puzzling with the imminent release of Ubuntu 26.10 comes down to its default compiler version...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Ubuntu-26.10-GCC-15-Default

#ubuntu

📰 Python 3.15 Released With Experimental JIT Compiler Running Faster

Python 3.15 is out today as the newest annual feature release for the Python programming language...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Python-3.15-Released

#python

📰 AMD PerfOpt Boosting Prior-Gen Ryzen APU Performance For AI

Last week I ran benchmarks of the new AMD PerfOpt feature being introduced in Linux 7.4. In those PerfOpt benchmarks on current-gen AMD Ryzen AI APUs/SoCs the AI performance improved as much as 18~23%. Several Phoronix readers expressed interest in seeing how prior-gen AMD Ryzen hardware benefited or not from PerfOpt, so here are some additional benchmarks.

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/review/amd-perfopt-prior-gen

#amd #linux

📰 KDE Frameworks 6.31 Released with File Management and Text Encoding Improvements

KDE Frameworks 6.31 improves file copying and moving, text encoding detection, text editing, metadata extraction, and more.

🔗 Source: https://linuxiac.com/kde-frameworks-6-31-released-with-file-management-and-text-encoding-improvements/

#kde

📰 Your artwork could be featured in the next Debian release

Debian Linux has put a call out for artist submissions for its next release: Forky.

🔗 Source: https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2026/10/your-artwork-could-be-featured-in-the-next-debian-release/

#debian #linux

📰 I gave an old Raspberry Pi one job, and it's been running untouched for a year

A dusty Pi Zero 2 W repurposed as a lightweight Vaultwarden server running DietPi and reachable via Tailscale for remote use.

🔗 Source: https://www.xda-developers.com/old-unmanaged-raspberry-pi-runs-one-job-for-a-year/

#raspberry

📰 Proton 11.0-2e brings EA App fixes, and there's a much bigger Proton 11.0-3 Release Candidate

Valve released two Proton updates to bring more Windows game compatibility to SteamOS / Linux. A small Proton 11.0-2e and a Proton 11.0-3 Release Candidate.Read the full article on GamingOnLinux.

🔗 Source: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/10/proton-11-0-2e-brings-ea-app-fixes-and-theres-a-much-bigger-proton-11-0-3-release-candidate/

#linux #proton

📰 KNOD Progressing For Linux In-Kernel GPU Offloading For Network Packet Processing

A while back we covered KNOD as an experimental solution for in-kernel network offloading to AMD GPUs. The open-source KNOD project allows leveraging GPUs to handle packet processing in a very performant and energy efficient manner without needing any specialized hardware. KNOD has continued and a development update was shared this week at the Linux Plumbers Conference in Prague...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/KNOD-2026-GPU-Network-Process

#amd #kernel #linux #opensource

📰 Two characters open up a world of typosquatting opportunities in Chromium browsers

Attackers abusing rare Cyrillic and Latin letters to impersonate popular websites.

🔗 Source: https://www.theregister.com/security/2026/10/10/two-characters-open-up-a-world-of-typosquatting-opportunities-in-chromium-browsers/5302383

#chromium

📰 Linux Networking Diverts 50+ Fixes To Next Kernel, Still Bombarded With AI Fueled Churn

Ahead of the Linux 7.3-rc7 kernel due for release on Sunday, this week's batch of networking fixes were submitted and merged. The vast networking subsystem of wired and wireless drivers plus the various other networking features continues to see a lot of activity due to AI-driven bug reports and patches...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-7.3-rc7-Networking

#kernel #linux