New story! Intel Announces The GPU D Series For Crescent Island

  • Phoronix (Posted by bob on Oct 13, 2026 6:38 AM EDT)
  • Groups: Intel; Story Type: News Story
Intel announced today the GPU D Series for the enterprise-focused, inference-optimized GPU accelerators known to now as Crescent Island...

New story! (Updated) 32-channel logic analyzer supports 1.4GS/s sampling and USB 3.2 Gen2 streaming

  • LinuxGizmos.com (Posted by bob on Oct 13, 2026 5:07 AM EDT)
  • Groups: Linux; Story Type: News Story
Sipeed’s SLogic32U3 is a 32-channel logic analyzer designed for high-speed digital capture over USB 3.2 Gen2. The device supports configurable sample rates based on the number of active channels, direct streaming to a host system, optional analog acquisition modules, and software support across Windows, Linux, and macOS. According to the campaign, the SLogic32U3 can sample […]

New story! Ubuntu's Myna Speech-To-Text Now Available In Tech Preview

A few months ago Canonical announced Myna as a speech-to-text solution for Ubuntu 26.10 as part of their effort for building a context-aware desktop. Myna as of today is available in "tech preview" form not only for Ubuntu 26.10 but also the LTS releases...

New story! What is C Shell (and Tcsh) in UNIX/Linux System

The C shell (or CSH) and Tcsh were the earliest UNIX/Linux shell interpreters in the late 1970s, inspired by the C programming language.

New story! Ubuntu’s Myna Speech-to-Text App Is Now Available as a Technology Preview

Today, Ubuntu maker Canonical announced the general availability of a technology preview of the Myna local speech-to-text dictation tool for Ubuntu users who find it easier to speak than to type.

New story! Linus Torvalds "Did What I Preach", Used AI To Make Code Decipherable & Uncovered More Bugs

After using Claude Code to draft code to help make a fundamental improvement to the Linux kernel, Linux creator Linus Torvalds continued using AI this weekend and talking up its benefits. Beyond generating initial patches and a test program for that noted I/O enhancement, he separately talked up using AI/LLMs for making patches more decipherable to understand in the process the AI noted more long-standing bugs within the Linux kernel...

New story! LumineCapture Is a New Screenshot Tool Built for Speed on Linux

  • Linuxiac.com; By Bobby Borisov (Posted by bobolin on Oct 12, 2026 9:29 PM EDT)
  • Story Type: News Story
Written in Rust, LumineCapture offers fast screenshots on Linux Wayland, with built-in editing, OCR, and support for KDE Plasma and COSMIC.

New story! "My Hands Are Shaking While Writing" About IBM's Mass Layoffs at Red Hat (Bluewashing)

Those aren't the words spoken by people who voluntarily leave a job.

New story! Linux 7.3-rc7 Released With Linux 7.3 Hopefully Out Next Weekend

  • Phoronix (Posted by bob on Oct 12, 2026 6:26 PM EDT)
  • Groups: Linux; Story Type: News Story
Linus Torvalds has made available what is hopefully the final release candidate before Linux 7.3 is ideally minted next Sunday...

New story! Q4OS 6.10 “Andromeda” Is Out with KDE Plasma 6.3.6 and Trinity Desktop 14.1.5

The Q4OS team announced today the release and general availability of Q4OS 6.10 as the tenth update to the Q4OS 6 “Andromeda” series of this Debian-based Linux distro featuring KDE Plasma and Trinity Desktop Environment.

New story! Zymbit ZYMKEY 5 Security Module Offers 640 Key Slots for Raspberry Pi

Zymbit’s ZYMKEY 5 is a compact hardware security module for Raspberry Pi systems, offering 640 key slots, filesystem encryption, device authentication, and physical tamper detection. It also supports additional cryptographic algorithms compared to its predecessor. The ZYMKEY 5 measures 39 × 14 × 5.3mm and uses a mini-HAT form factor that connects to the first […]

New story! Linuxiac Weekly Wrap-Up: Week 41, 2026 (October 5 – 11)

  • Linuxiac.com; By Bobby Borisov (Posted by bobolin on Oct 12, 2026 4:45 AM EDT)
  • Story Type: Roundups; Groups: Linux
Catch up on the latest Linux news: Python 3.15, COSMIC Desktop 1.10, OpenSSH 10.6, Tmux 3.8, NVIDIA 615.78.08, Flathub reverses AI-generated app ban, and more.

New story! What is SystemD on Linux?

This article will teach you what systemd is and why it replaced SysVinit; what systemd unit files are; how to list all and specific unit files; and how to view the content of a unit configuration file.

New story! Pebble Round 2 Open-Source Smartwatch Finally Starts Shipping

  • Linuxiac.com; By Bobby Borisov (Posted by bobolin on Oct 12, 2026 1:42 AM EDT)
  • Story Type: News Story
Pebble Round 2 begins shipping after production delays, bringing its circular e-paper display, PebbleOS, and updated battery life to users.

New story! Blender 5.3 Enters Public Beta Testing with Vulkan Backend by Default on Linux

  • 9to5linux.com; By Marcus Nestor (Posted by hanuca on Oct 12, 2026 12:10 AM EDT)
  • Story Type: News Story; Groups: Linux
The Blender Foundation released today the beta version of the upcoming Blender 5.3 series of this open-source, free, and cross-platform 3D computer graphics software suite.

New story! LineageOS 24.0 Open-Source Mobile OS Released with Android 17

  • Linuxiac.com; By Bobby Borisov (Posted by bobolin on Oct 11, 2026 10:39 PM EDT)
  • Story Type: News Story; Groups: Mobile
The open-source mobile OS LineageOS 24.0 launches with Android 17, a new photo editor, improved updates, and redesigned system applications.

New story! Linus Torvalds Working On A Hefty Linux Kernel Improvement With Claude Code

Linux creator Linus Torvalds has been known to use AI to help with kernel debugging and outside of the kernel tree has also done some vibe coding with Google's Antigravity. He has previously said he views AI as a useful tool. It turns out he's even now using Claude Code for working on new Linux kernel features...

New story! Linux Landing Kernel Workaround For AMD TLBI Erratum #1718

AMD TLBI Erratum #1718 was worked around in CPU microcode for addressing a defect in certain Zen CPUs where the Translation Lookaside Buffer Invalidate Instruction use could lead to to stale translation entries. But for those on affected AMD CPUs and not running the updated microcode, a kernel workaround is being introduced with today's Linux 7.3-rc7 kernel and to be back-ported to prior kernel versions...

New story! 9to5Linux Weekly Roundup: October 11th, 2026

  • 9to5linux.com; By Marcus Nestor (Posted by hanuca on Oct 11, 2026 5:54 PM EDT)
  • Story Type: Roundups; Groups: Linux
The 313th installment of the 9to5Linux Weekly Roundup is here for the week ending October 11th, 2026, keeping you updated on the most important developments in the Linux world.

New story! Cloudflare Acquires Deno JavaScript Runtime, Core Development to End in 2027

  • Linuxiac.com; By Bobby Borisov (Posted by bobolin on Oct 11, 2026 4:23 PM EDT)
  • Story Type: News Story
Cloudflare acquires Deno, shifting its developers to Workers while the open-source JavaScript runtime faces an uncertain future.

New story! 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...

New story! Abietec AX61 Wireless Modules Leverage Wi-Fi 6, Bluetooth 5.4, and Matter

image Abietec, a subsidiary of Raytac, offers the AX61 series of wireless modules based on NXP’s RW612 and RW610 microcontrollers. The compact modules support Wi-Fi 6, Bluetooth 5.4, and Matter connectivity, with multiple antenna configurations and an accompanying development kit for embedded and IoT applications. The AX61 series integrates a 260MHz Arm Cortex-M33 processor with […]

New story! Fresh Eyes on Old Code: AI and Open Source Security

Open source speeds up application development — but is it making our software insecure?

New story! Drgn 0.3 Released For This "Natural" Programmable Debugger From Meta

  • Phoronix (Posted by bob on Oct 11, 2026 10:17 AM EDT)
  • Story Type: News Story
Drgn is the open-source project out of Meta developing a very versatile debugger with the intent being a debugger focused on programmability with it striving to "make scripting as natural as possible so that debugging feels like coding." Drgn 0.3 released this weekend with the latest round of improvements...

New story! SQLite 3.54 Released with Performance Boost, Query Optimizations

  • Linuxiac.com; By Bobby Borisov (Posted by bobolin on Oct 10, 2026 10:40 PM EDT)
  • Story Type: News Story
SQLite 3.54 delivers a 4% performance boost, query planner optimizations, command-line improvements, and new database analysis capabilities.

New story! Many Laptop & Gaming Handheld Support Improvements Coming For Linux 7.4

Many x86 platform driver improvements have been queuing ahead of the upcoming Linux 7.4 merge window to offer a variety of laptop and gaming handheld device improvements with this next kernel version...

New story! Python 3.15 Released with Faster JIT, Lazy Imports, and UTF-8 by Default

  • Linuxiac.com; By Bobby Borisov (Posted by bobolin on Oct 10, 2026 7:37 PM EDT)
  • Story Type: News Story; Groups: Python
Python 3.15 introduces lazy imports, UTF-8 as the default encoding, faster experimental JIT performance, and new profiling tools.

New story! Rolling Release Distros Superior To LTS Distros In The Patch-Heavy GenAI Era?

As some interesting food for thought and weekend forum discussions, this week at the Linux Plumbers Conference in Prague, Qualcomm engineer Khem Raj questioned the relevance of Linux Long Term Support (LTS) distributions in the era of generative AI with the constantly heavy patch flow and bug reports. Khem Raj argued the benefits of rolling release distributions in the GenAI era and the benefits it provides staying up-to-date with mainline...

New story! Let’s Encrypt to Cut SSL Certificate Lifetimes to 64 Days in February 2027

Let's Encrypt will reduce TLS certificate validity from 90 to 64 days starting February 10, 2027, with a further reduction to 45 days planned for 2028.

New story! Ubuntu 26.10 To Include Desktop Images For RISC-V

Ubuntu Linux ISOs for RISC-V 64-bit to date have just been the server/CLI version without any desktop environment pre-seeded. But with next week's Ubuntu 26.10 release, there will now be Ubuntu 26.10 RISC-V desktop ISOs for both Ubuntu proper and a Xubuntu minimal ISO...

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