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COSMIC Stops Accepting LLM-Generated Content in Pull Requests
System76’s COSMIC project now requires contributors to confirm that pull requests contain no LLM-generated code, comments, or descriptions.
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C/C++ Installation and Practical Usage Guide for Linux
In this article, you will learn how to install C/C++ development tools and their libraries in major Linux distributions with practical examples.
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AMD Ryzen AI Developer Platform OS Updated With ROCm 10.0, Linux 7.2
With the AMD Ryzen AI Halo mini PC that launched this summer that focused on local AI, one of the biggest surprises for me when reviewing the unit was finding that the Linux preload wasn't just a stock Ubuntu/Debian OS but rather a customized AMD Linux distribution known as AMD Ryzen AI Developer Platform. Yesterday the newest version of AMD Ryzen AI…
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aerynOS Could Soon Welcome Budgie Desktop
Joshua Strobl has opened a pull request to bring Budgie Desktop 10.10.3, related apps, and required dependencies into aerynOS.
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Intel Ready With A Big Improvement For Battlemage With Linux 7.4
Sent out on Thursday was the last round of planned Intel Xe kernel driver improvements targeting the upcoming Linux 7.4 cycle. There is one big improvement that is set to benefit Intel discrete GPUs with at least Battlemage benefiting nicely...
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Four-port IO-Link module for Raspberry Pi and embedded Linux systems
Pinetek Networks has developed the IOL Core4, a compact IO-Link-compatible master module for embedded systems. It connects up to four industrial sensors or actuators over IEC 61131-9 SDCI and is intended for integration into custom control, monitoring and IIoT hardware. The module uses two Analog Devices MAX14819 dual IO-Link master transceivers. The…
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systemd-appd Out For Review To Centralize Tracking Of User's Apps
The newest systemd component being worked on and drafted for an initial pull request is systemd-appd as a new mechanism to centralizing the tracking of user's apps...
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Wine 11.19 Adds DNS Caching, Unicode 18 Support, Fixes 23 Bugs
Wine 11.19 introduces DNS query caching, Unicode 18.0 character tables, GDIPlus vertical text support, VBScript improvements, and 23 bug fixes.
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Linux 7.4 To Introduce Initial Device Trees For Apple M4, A18 Pro For MacBook Neo
Asahi Linux developer Sven Peter today sent out the pull requests of the Apple SoC Device Tree changes they are ready to upstream for the Linux 7.4 merge window happening later this month. Most notable is the initial Device Tree for Apple systems using the base M4 SoC model as well as for the MacBook Neo with the A18 Pro SoC...
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Latest Debian 13 “Trixie” Kernel Security Update Patches More Than 1300 CVEs
The Debian Project released a new Linux kernel security update on September 29th, 2026, for its Debian 13 “Trixie” stable operating system series to address more than 1300 security vulnerabilities.
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Ubuntu's Next Rust Effort May See OpenPGP Replaced By Sequoia PGP
Canonical engineer Richard Scott McNew published a status update surrounding the Rust programming language efforts in the upcoming Ubuntu 26.10 release. Sequoia PGP is being rolled out to Ubuntu Linux and in a future release may end up replacing OpenPGP...
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LibreOffice 26.8.1 Lands With 40+ Fixes Across the Office Suite
The first maintenance update in the LibreOffice 26.8 series fixes crashes, import issues, PDF export bugs, and Microsoft Office compatibility problems.
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Best Rolling Release Linux Distros for Every Kind of User
Compare the best rolling release Linux distributions, including Arch Linux alternatives like Tumbleweed, Void, and CachyOS, with honest pros and cons.
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Cloudflare Is Building a Free Public CA to Rival Let’s Encrypt
Cloudflare is building a free, public Certificate Authority with ACME support to add more choice and resilience to the TLS ecosystem.
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Speech Synthesis on Linux: Adding a Voice to Scripts and Systems
Linux users have long had a pragmatic relationship with text-to-speech. The classic open-source engines have been available for years, wired into accessibility tools and the occasional script, dependable but unmistakably robotic. They do the job where the job is simply to convert text to some kind of speech, but the mechanical output has kept them out of…
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New Spectre-v2 BTR Attack Can Leak Linux Kernel Memory
Researchers reveal Branch Target Reuse, a new Spectre-v2 attack that exploits stale branch predictions to leak arbitrary Linux kernel memory.
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The EU Is About to Make Linux’s Vulnerability Management Problem Harder to Ignore
More CVEs, sprawling deployments, and new EU reporting rules are turning vulnerability management into a matter of evidence as well as patching.
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Rust 1.99 Released With C Variadic Functions, New Stable APIs
Rust 1.99 adds support for defining C-compatible variadic functions, expands raw pointer layout APIs, and stabilizes a new batch of standard library features.
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Systemd-Free Nitrux 7.0 Released with Linux Kernel 7.2 and Hyprland 0.55.4
Nitrux 7.0 immutable, systemd-free GNU/Linux distribution is now available for download with Linux kernel 7.2, Hyprland 0.55.4, Maui Apps 4.0.4, an updated Calamares installer, and other changes.
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Fedora 45 Beta Performance: The Satisfyingly Boring Benchmarks
While there have been a number of Ubuntu 26.10 development benchmarks in recent weeks and more on the way, some Phoronix readers have asked about the lack of any early Fedora 45 tests given its recent beta. For good reason, it's largely boring but here are some to illustrate.
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How to Install, Update, and Run Go on Linux
In this article, you will learn how to install Go (Golang) on your preferred Linux distribution via the package manager or source code, with practical examples.
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Siemens Slams The Door Shut On Promising Open-Source Radioss Project
As a major disappointment to the open-source community, Siemens has decided to end -- and close-up access -- to the OpenRadioss project as the open-source version opened up by Altair Engineering under the GNU AGPL License back in 2022. This was an open-source version of the industry-leading finite element solver that Altair developed. Siemens acquired…
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Raspberry Pi 5 2GB Price Increases To $77.50 USD
During the last round of price hikes on Raspberry Pi devices due to RAM pricing, they were able to keep the 1GB and 2GB single board computer versions steady. But Eben Upton announced today that the RAM pricing has become "unsustainable" and even the 2GB versions now are facing steep price hikes...
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Arch Linux ISO Release for October 2026 Ships with the ArchInstall 4.5 Installer
Arch Linux 2026.10.01 has been released today as the Arch Linux ISO snapshot for October 2026 for those who want to install this lightweight and flexible GNU/Linux distribution on their PCs.
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OpenMandriva Lx 26.09 “ROME” Released with KDE Plasma 6.7 and Linux Kernel 7.2
OpenMandriva Lx 26.09 ROME has been officially released today, October 1st, 2026, as the rolling-release version of OpenMandriva Lx, the successor of the Mandriva Linux operating system.
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qBittorrent 5.2.4 Open-Source BitTorrent Client Released with WebUI Improvements
qBittorrent 5.2.4 has been released today as the fourth maintenance update to the latest qBittorrent 5.2 series of this open-source, cross-platform, and free BitTorrent client for GNU/Linux, macOS, and Windows.
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Valve's Work On Foveated Rendering For The Open-Source Turnip Driver On The Steam Frame
As part of Valve's work on developing the Steam Frame VR headset, they worked on foveated rendering support for the Mesa Turnip driver that supports the Qualcomm Adreno graphics with open-source Vulkan API support. Foveated rendering is the technique to more closely mimic human vision by rendering high detail at your direct gaze point and lower quality in…
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Tcl/Tk 9.1 Released With Screen Reader Support and RTL Text
Tcl/Tk 9.1 adds screen reader accessibility, initial right-to-left text support, a new toggle switch widget, and several Tcl improvements.
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OpenJDK vs. GraalVM vs. Eclipse Temurin vs. Semeru Java Performance
Immediately following the OpenJDK 8 through OpenJDK 27 benchmarks I expanded the scope of testing to look at how recent OpenJDK releases have been comparing to alternative JVMs like GraalVM, Temurin, and Semeru. Here are those benchmarks if curious about the Java performance in those different environments.
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PeaZip 11.3 Archive Manager Improves ZPAQ Support, Adds New Themes
PeaZip 11.3 has been released today as a new point release in the latest PeaZip 11 series of this open-source, free, and cross-platform archive manager for GNU/Linux, macOS, and Windows platforms.