Linux 7.3 introduces the FailFS filesystem, an overhauled CPU scheduler, OverlayFS improvements, and expanded Rust and hardware support.

Last week I wrote about Linus Torvalds leveraging AI to come up with a hefty Linux kernel improvement using Claude Code. The code is for reading from the page cache without folio references to help workloads of small reads from a single file across many CPU threads. Meta engineer Kiryl Shutsemau has taken that code and reworked it and showing extremely promising performance results...

Following below is review/verification approach to Thin XFS LVs provisioning and Libvirt hooks proposed by Google AI. In case of openSUSE Tumbleweed YaST Installer requires minimal manual CLI intervention due to GUI interface enables thin pools and thin LVs . In case Debian 14 network installation you have an option to associate vg_debian group with physical volume. All command stack is supposed to be executed manually upon instance reboot.

The 314th installment of the 9to5Linux Weekly Roundup is here for the week ending October 18th, 2026, keeping you updated on the most important developments in the Linux world.

Omarchy 4.0.5 released this weeekend as the newest version of this Arch Linux based distribution built around the Hyprland desktop. Omarchy 4.0.5 pulls in the latest Linux 7.2 stable kernel with BORE scheduler, updates against the Qt 6.12 toolkit, and a variety of smaller improvements...

Gentoo is preparing to drop Chromium as maintaining the source-built browser becomes increasingly difficult. Google Chrome and Flatpak remain alternatives.

Adafruit has previewed Floppsy Rev D, an RP2350-based floppy disk archiver and emulator designed to preserve and access legacy computer storage media. The standalone device supports floppy drives used with PCs and Apple Disk II systems, offering disk imaging, flux-level data capture, and emulation capabilities alongside a touchscreen interface and removable storage. The board uses […]

The Linux 7.3 kernel is out today for an on-time release of this next stable kernel version...

Catch up on the latest Linux news: Ubuntu 26.10, GNOME OS Preview, KDE Plasma 6.8, Firefox 158, Wine 11.20, Linus Torvalds rejects AI coding bans, and more.

Linux kernel 7.3 is now available for download, as announced today by Linus Torvalds himself, featuring enhanced hardware support, filesystem and networking improvements, security enhancements, new drivers, and many other changes.

The GNOME project released GNOME 51.1 today as the first point release in the latest GNOME 51 desktop environment series to fix bugs, update translations, and add a few enhancements.

Fedora developers have postponed Fedora Linux 45 until October 27 after no suitable final release candidate was available for evaluation.

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LILYGO’s latest e-paper development board pairs an ESP32-S3 with a 4.7-inch display offering 960 × 540 resolution and 16-level grayscale. The board also includes battery monitoring, removable storage, and Wi-Fi and BLE connectivity for portable information displays and wireless embedded projects. The board is powered by an ESP32-S3 microcontroller with a dual-core Xtensa LX7 processor […]

Omarchy 4.0.5 ships with Linux kernel 7.2.8, Qt 6.12 compatibility fixes, desktop performance improvements, and better support for NVIDIA laptops and audio devices.

The Linux 7.3 kernel is expected to be released as stable later today and with that version there are many exciting changes and improvements. However, the Linux 7.4 kernel merge window will then open up and there are even more exciting changes expected to be merged for this follow-on kernel cycle. Here is a preview of some of the many exciting feature changes expected for Linux 7.4...

The Linux kernel is dropping its Assisted-by tag for AI patches. Linus Torvalds answered the pushback with compilers, assembler and a text editor.

Among the flurry of last minute patch activity ahead of tomorrow's presumed Linux 7.3 stable kernel release is a fix for addressing some rare hangs at boot time. The reports varied but ultimately tracked down to a kernel change made two years ago...

The GNOME Project released GNOME 50.6 as the sixth maintenance update to the latest GNOME 50 “Tokyo” desktop environment series to fix more bugs across various core apps and components.

Meet ZimaOS, a Linux-based NAS operating system that simplifies file storage, backups, Docker apps, and home server management.

MeshXFS is a clustered open-source file-system in which "no human wrote any of its own code". Depending upon your views of AI, not necessarily something you want to hear for entrusting your data in an AI-created solution. Instead, Claude Opus was tasked with adapting the XFS file-system driver into a clustered file-system...

The UBports Foundation released Ubuntu Touch OTA 2.1 today as a minor update to this open-source and free mobile operating system for smartphones and tablets.

M5Stack has introduced the PaperDIY Assembly Kit, an ESP32-S3-based development platform featuring a 4.7-inch e-paper display with 960 × 540 resolution and 16-level grayscale. The kit combines Wi-Fi connectivity, battery power management, and expansion interfaces in an open design intended for custom information displays, electronic signage, and embedded development projects. The main control board integrates […]

Starling, the open-source desktop environment written in Swift and with its own Wayland compositor too and written largely via Claude Code, has now rolled out its own AI-generated office suite...

From the creators of the Shelly package manager for Arch Linux, I am happy to introduce you to Devario OS, a modern Linux distro based on Arch Linux and built around in-house projects.

The Linux 7.3 kernel is slated to be officially released on Sunday, 18 October, barring any last minute issues from coming about. With that said, here's a reminder about some of the most exciting features to look forward to in this next kernel version...

Fedora Linux 45 is almost here! Developers, packagers, and quality assurance engineers are hard at work putting the remaining polish on Fedora 45, which means it’s time for our Global Virtual Release Party! It is almost time to celebrate! If all goes according to plan, we will celebrate Fedora 45 just after its actual final […]

Just shy of two weeks since a dozen vulnerabilities were published for the X.Org Server and XWayland, more than one dozen vulnerabilities were made public today affecting multiple X.Org client libraries...

OpenRGB 1.1 fixes command-line and SDK server issues, improves device hotplug handling, and introduces a new hidapi-hotplug dependency on Linux.

Wine 11.20 is out today as the newest bi-weekly development release of this software for enjoying Windows games and apps on Linux. We are quickly approaching the point where this development work will culminate into the Wine 12.0 stable release in early 2027...