New story! Emulate Apple II on Raspberry Pi

Recreate the classic 8-bit computer on Raspberry Pi.

New story! EXT4 Lands Optional Buffered IOmap For Significant Performance Win With Large Writes

The EXT4 file-system changes were merged Sunday night for the ongoing Linux 7.4 merge window. The headline feature of EXT4 in this new kernel version is opt-in support for buffered IOmap usage that can lead to "significant" performance improvements for large writes...

New story! LXer hardens against PHP2Shell

When the PHP2Shell vulnerabilities went public on October 21, they put every PHP web application on the internet at risk. Here is what we have done to keep LXer safe for our readers, and the simple steps anyone running PHP on Linux can take today.

New story! Kali Linux 2026.3 Released with KDE Plasma 6.7, Linux Kernel 7.1

Kali Linux 2026.3 arrives with KDE Plasma 6.7, Linux kernel 7.1.5, six new security tools, and major NetHunter improvements.

New story! Mesa 27.0: new Kraid compiler becomes default for Mali GPUs, with 7x faster shader compiles

Starting with Mesa 27.0, all Mali GPUs with Valhall (v9) or newer will use Kraid, the new Panfrost compiler built in under six months. Compared with the old compiler, it produces about 19% fewer shader instructions, cuts spilling by over 80%, and compiles about 7x faster.

New story! Kali Linux 2026.3 Released with Linux 7.1, KDE Plasma 6.7, and New Tools

Offensive Security released Kali Linux 2026.3 today as the latest stable snapshot of this Debian-based GNU/Linux distribution for penetration testing and ethical hacking.

New story! Google's C Binder Driver Removed With Rust Binder Ready For "Few Billion Devices"

Linus Torvalds merged the "char/misc" changes for the Linux 7.4 kernel driver on Saturday. Most notable this cycle for char/misc is what's being removed: Google's C-written Binder driver has left the kernel with the Rust-based modern Binder driver ready to take for the role of being used by all future Android devices...

New story! Tiny controller module has Cortex-M33, CAN FD, and Qwiic

Powering the BeagleConnect QuadESC motor-control board, the BeagleConnect Torque is an open-source controller module developed by BeagleBoard.org for robotics, industrial control, and connected sensing applications. Based on Texas Instruments’ AM13E23019 microcontroller, it features a 200 MHz Arm Cortex-M33 processor, CAN FD connectivity, and expansion interfaces for custom embedded systems. Measuring just 25.4 × 38.1 mm […]

New story! Linuxiac Weekly Wrap-Up: Week 43, 2026 (October 19 – 25)

  • Linuxiac.com; By Bobby Borisov (Posted by bobolin on Oct 26, 2026 4:32 AM EDT)
  • Story Type: Roundups; Groups: Linux
Catch up on the latest Linux news: Kernel 7.3, OBS Studio 33.0, COSMIC 1.11, KeePassXC 2.8, OpenSSL 4.1, BeamFS filesystem proposed for inclusion in the Linux kernel, and more.

New story! Redox OS Landed Nice Performance Improvements In September

  • Phoronix (Posted by bob on Oct 26, 2026 3:01 AM EDT)
  • Story Type: News Story
The Rust-based open-source operating system Redox OS had a very eventful September as they outlined in a status update published this weekend...

New story! qBittorrent 5.3 BitTorrent Client Is Out as a Major Update, Here’s What’s New

  • 9to5linux.com; By Marcus Nestor (Posted by hanuca on Oct 26, 2026 1:29 AM EDT)
  • Story Type: News Story; Groups: Linux
qBittorrent 5.3 open-source BitTorrent client has been released today as a major update that introduces numerous new features and improvements for all supported platforms, including Linux, macOS, and Windows.

New story! Realtek rtl8723bs Driver Deleted From Staging Area In Linux 7.4

After nearly a decade in the Linux kernel's staging area and being worked on by many different kernel developer newcomers, the Realtek rtl8723bs was deleted from the staging area. This comes as Realtek rtl8723bs was added onto the more mature RTW88 driver in the Linux networking subsystem...

New story! PipeWire 1.6.10 Is Out to Improve JACK, Bluetooth, Pulse Server, and ALSA Plugin

  • 9to5linux.com; By Marcus Nestor (Posted by hanuca on Oct 25, 2026 10:26 PM EDT)
  • Story Type: News Story; Groups: Linux
PipeWire 1.6.10 has been released today as the tenth maintenance update in the latest PipeWire 1.6 series of this open-source software for handling audio and video streams under Linux-based operating systems.

New story! Cheap GameSir Nova Lite Gaming Controller Supported By Linux 7.4

Following all the HID driver updates/additions in Linux 7.4, the input subsystem changes were merged this weekend for this new kernel version...

New story! Quad-motor control board with Cortex-M33 and TinyEngine AI

BeagleBoard.org has introduced the BeagleConnect QuadESC, an open-source four-channel brushless DC motor-control board for robotics, drones, and embedded applications. It integrates four three-phase power stages and the BeagleConnect Torque module, featuring a 200 MHz Arm Cortex-M33 processor, dedicated math acceleration, and a TinyEngine neural-network accelerator. The BeagleConnect QuadESC measures 60 × 48 mm and integrates […]

New story! Linux 7.4 Sound Changes Merged: "The AI Flood Continues"

Linux sound subsystem maintainer Takashi Iwai of SUSE began the Linux 7.4 sound pull request by noting that "the AI flood continues" with there continuing to be a lot of new patches coming as a result of AI/LLM agents devising patches as well as uncovering new kernel bugs...

New story! New Wayland Protocol Proposed For VNC/Remote Software

Prominent Wayland developer Simon Ser sent out a merge request today for introducing the new ext-transient-output protocol. With ext-transient-output, it's intent is for helping remoting software like VNC servers in a Wayland world...

New story! Meet Riff, an Open-Source Spotify Client Built for GNOME

  • Linuxiac.com; By Bobby Borisov (Posted by bobolin on Oct 25, 2026 2:49 PM EDT)
  • Story Type: News Story
Riff offers Linux users a native Spotify experience with GTK4, libadwaita, playlist management, playback controls, and GNOME integration.

New story! Ubuntu Touch 24.04-2.2 Released with Security Fixes, VoLTE Improvements

Ubuntu Touch 24.04-2.2 and 24.04-1.6 are out with certificate security fixes, VoLTE improvements, and AppArmor updates.

New story! Rockchip RK3668 Targets Edge AI with 44 TOPS NPU and PCIe 5.0

Rockchip’s upcoming RK3668 is a 6nm octa-core processor featuring six Arm Cortex-A725 cores, two Cortex-A520 cores, and a Mali-G2 Pro MC4 GPU. The SoC integrates a 44 TOPS NPU, LPDDR6 memory support, and high-speed interfaces including PCIe 5.0, SATA 3.1, and 10 Gigabit Ethernet, targeting edge AI, networking, industrial automation, and multimedia systems. According to […]

New story! 539 MM Patches Merged For Linux 7.4 From Optimizations To More DAMON

  • Phoronix (Posted by bob on Oct 25, 2026 6:58 AM EDT)
  • Groups: Linux; Story Type: News Story
Andrew Morton sent out the big set of memory management "MM" related patches for the Linux 7.4 merge window. This cycle it topped out at 539 total patches and a reviewed rate of 76%...

New story! systemd Officially Adds Rust Support for New Components

  • Linuxiac.com; By Bobby Borisov (Posted by bobolin on Oct 25, 2026 5:26 AM EDT)
  • Story Type: News Story
systemd introduces optional Rust support for new components, using Meson instead of Cargo while keeping its existing C architecture intact.

New story! SteamOS 3.9.5 Released With Linux 7.2 Kernel, KDE Plasma 6.7 Desktop & Other Updates

On Friday Valve released SteamOS 3.9.5 as their first stable release in the SteamOS 3.9 series. This brings all the great improvements previously available in preview form with many package updates and other enhancements...

New story! WireGuard Easy 15.5 Adds AmneziaWG 3.1 Support, Security Fixes

  • Linuxiac.com; By Bobby Borisov (Posted by bobolin on Oct 25, 2026 2:23 AM EDT)
  • Story Type: News Story
WireGuard Easy 15.5 adds AmneziaWG 3.1 support, security fixes, configurable WireGuard interfaces, and improved proxy handling.

New story! GNU Linux-Libre 7.3 Kernel Released for Those Seeking 100% Freedom for Their PCs

The GNU Linux-libre project announced today the release and general availability of the GNU Linux-libre 7.3 kernel for those who seek 100% freedom for their GNU/Linux computers and software freedom lovers.

New story! Linux 7.4 Block Updates Range From Floppy Disk Driver Fixes To Apple M4 NVMe Support

  • Phoronix (Posted by bob on Oct 24, 2026 11:20 PM EDT)
  • Groups: Linux; Story Type: News Story
The Linux 7.4 block/storage and IO_uring updates were merged today for the ongoing merge window. With the breadth of Linux hardware support, the pull request varies from fixes to Linux's floppy driver to enabling support for NVMe storage on Apple M4 devices...

New story! Firefox 158.0.1 Is Out to Block Compromised eMudhra Intermediate Certificates

Mozilla released Firefox 158.0.1 today as an emergency update to the latest Firefox 158 series of this open-source, free, and cross-platform web browser to address several issues.

New story! Meet Linksy, a KDE Connect Alternative with More Features

  • Linuxiac.com; By Bobby Borisov (Posted by bobolin on Oct 24, 2026 6:57 PM EDT)
  • Story Type: News Story
Meet Linksy, an open-source KDE Connect alternative offering file sharing, clipboard sync, remote desktop access, and more for Linux and Android.

New story! systemd Merges Support For Rust Programs

  • Phoronix (Posted by bob on Oct 24, 2026 5:26 PM EDT)
  • Story Type: News Story
As of today in systemd Git it's now possible for the systemd programs to be written in the Rust programming language as an alternative to C...

New story! Fwupd 2.1.9 Linux Firmware Updater Released with New Features

  • 9to5linux.com; By Marcus Nestor (Posted by hanuca on Oct 24, 2026 3:54 PM EDT)
  • Story Type: News Story; Groups: Linux
fwupd 2.1.9 has been released today as a new stable update in the fwupd 2.1 series of this open-source project for updating and managing the firmware of various hardware on your Linux distribution.

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