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More AI In Open-Source, CachyOS, Ryzen AI Halo, Framework Laptop 13 Pro & Other Q3 Hits
With the third quarter wrapping up, here is a look back at the most interesting content on Phoronix over the past three months...
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GNOME 50.5 Improves Multi-Monitor Support, HDR Support, and More
The GNOME Project released GNOME 50.5 as the fifth maintenance update to the latest GNOME 50 “Tokyo” desktop environment series to fix more bugs across various core apps and components.
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EDG C/C++ Front-End Open-Sourced
Edison Design Group has open-sourced their EDG C/C++ front-end that has been known in the commercial world for its extensive dialect support and other features. The EDG C++ front-end has been used by the likes of Intel C++ Compiler classic, NVIDIA CUDA NVCC, and even Microsoft Visual Studio for IntelliSense...
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The FSF’s Warning on AI Kill Switches
The FSF’s concerns go beyond whether AI platforms need kill switches. They extend to who controls them—and whether users will have any say.
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OpenStack Hibiscus adds DNS security features and confidential computing to the open-source cloud platform
AI is having an oversized impact on the open-source OpenStack cloud infrastructure platform.AI workloads are driving new hardware and storage requirements in OpenStack, while AI-assisted security research is driving up the number of vulnerability reports. Those are two of the prevailing themes in OpenStack 2026.2, code-named Hibiscus, which reaches general…
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Audacity 4.0.1 Audio Editor Restores Keyboard Shortcuts from Audacity 3
Audacity 4.0.1 has been released today as the first maintenance update to the latest Audacity 4.0 series of this open-source, free, and cross-platform audio editing software for Linux, macOS, and Windows.
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Intel Media Driver 2026Q3 Introduces Crescent Island Support
Released overnight was the Intel Media Driver 2026Q3 stack for providing the latest open-source video encode/decode capabilities on Intel integrated/discrete graphics hardware. Most notable with the new release is rolling out Crescent Island support...
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Mozilla Thunderbird 157 Fixes 100% CPU Usage, OpenPGP, and IMAP Issues
Mozilla Thunderbird 157 rolls out with fixes for a 100% CPU usage bug, OpenPGP key handling, IMAP message saving, Gmail OAuth2, and CalDAV.
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Installing WPS Office on Linux (a free MS Office alternative)
Discover how to install and use WPS Office, a versatile office suite for Linux users, and explore its features, compatibility, and installation methods.
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Archinstall 4.5 For Arch Linux Brings AArch64 Improvements, RT Kernel Options
Ahead of the October ISO refresh of the Arch Linux media, Archinstall 4.5 released today as the newest update to this convenient, text-based Arch Linux installer...
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Best Linux Distros That Run Entirely in RAM (2026 Guide)
Boot from USB, unplug it, and keep working. Compare 10 Linux distros that run entirely in RAM, with pros, cons, RAM needs, and best use cases.
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Dual 2.5GbE and DDR5-6400 across four Wildcat Lake NUC platforms
ASRock Industrial has announced four compact platforms based on Intel Core Series 3 “Wildcat Lake-U” processors. The lineup includes the NUC BOX-320 and NUC BOX-304 mini PCs, alongside the NUC-320 and NUC-304 motherboards, with up to 40 TOPS of AI performance, DDR5 memory, dual 2.5GbE networking, and multi-display support for embedded applications. The…
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hw-monitor 0.6 Released With Per-Process GPU Usage & Memory Reporting
For those after in-depth hardware and system monitoring support from the Linux desktop, hw-monitor continues to advance as one of the modern options. Released on Monday was hw-monitor 0.6 with per-process GPU reporting metrics when using capable DRM drivers like the AMDGPU, Intel i915 and Xe, and Nouveau drivers...
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OpenSSL 4.0.3 Is Out as Another Security Patch Release, Update Now
OpenSSL 4.0.3 has been released today as the third maintenance/security update to the latest OpenSSL 4.0 series of this widely used TLS/SSL and crypto library for providing secure communications over computer networks.
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Branch Target Reuse, BTR: New Spectre V2 Attack Targeting JIT Compilers
It's been a while since any new Spectre vulnerabilities have come to light but that's changing today. The embargo has now lifted on BTR, Branch Target Reuse as a new Spectre-V2 attack affecting just-in-time (JIT) compilers...
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Archinstall 4.5 Arch Linux Installer Adds AArch64 Support for GRUB and Limine
Archinstall 4.5 has been released today as the latest stable version of the official installer for the Arch Linux distribution, with new features, improvements, and bug fixes.
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Ubuntu 24.04 LTS Users Can Now Upgrade to Ubuntu 26.04.1 LTS
Canonical has enabled upgrades from Ubuntu 24.04 LTS to Ubuntu 26.04.1 LTS, with the rollout beginning gradually through Update Manager.
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Debian-Based and systemd-Free antiX Linux 26.1 Released with Updated Kernels
antiX Linux 26.1 (codename Stephen Kapos) is out today as a maintenance update to the antiX Linux 26 series, addressing bugs reported since the initial release and updating the kernels.
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Meta Releases OpenZL 0.3 With Decompression Speed 144% Faster Than Zstd
Just shy of one year ago Meta announced OpenZL as a format-ware compression framework focused on delivering both high compression ratios and high speed compression/decompression. OpenZL has continued making more optimizations and out today is OpenZL v0.3 and advertising some huge gains over Zstandard (Zstd) that is also worked on by Meta engineers...
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NVIDIA Developing "Display Config Server" To Improve Linux/Wayland On Display Walls
As an initiative from NVIDIA for improving the Linux ecosystem outside the world of AI, they have been developing Display-Config-Server as a new solution to help enhance the Linux capabilities for complex display walls...
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Git 2.56 Adds New Options for Cleaning Up Branches and Resolving Conflicts
Git 2.56 has been released today as the latest stable update to this free and open-source distributed version control system designed to handle everything from small to very large projects with speed and efficiency.
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Fedora 45 To Feature Smoother Experience For Snapdragon X1 Laptops
Qualcomm hiring one of Red Hat's top x86_64 Linux laptop experts last year, Hans de Goede, is indeed having a positive benefit on enhancing the Fedora Linux support for Qualcomm Snapdragon X powered hardware...
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Mozilla Firefox 158 Enters Public Beta Testing with Better PDF Handling
With the release of Firefox 157 rolling out to all supported platforms, Mozilla promoted the next major release, Firefox 158, to the beta channel for public testing, so it’s time to take a look at the new features and improvements.
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Git 2.56 Released With Safer Conflict Resolution and Performance Gains
The latest Git release brings a dedicated resolved-files staging mode, new maintenance commands, and substantial scalability improvements.
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"Shiva" Being Developed For Mesa Vulkan Drivers, Akin To Gallium3D
Shiva is entering development for Mesa Vulkan drivers as a new framework akin to Gallium3D but for Vulkan drivers rather than OpenGL. It's going to be some time before the work will come to fruition but should hopefully lead to more code sharing and a better Mesa Vulkan driver development experience in the future...
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Emmabuntüs Debian Edition 1.03 Adds New Accessibility Features, Debian 13.7 Base
Emmabuntüs Debian Edition 6 1.03 has been released today as the third point release in the latest Emmabuntüs Debian Edition 6 series of this Debian-based distribution designed to facilitate the reconditioning of old computers.
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Thorium is the Fastest Browser on Earth (Installation + Tips)
Discover in this article Thorium, a high-speed browser based on the Chromium engine, offering optimized performance, along with installation and additional tips.
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Mozilla Firefox 157 Is Now Available for Download with Brand-New Design
Today, Mozilla has published the final builds of the Firefox 157 open-source web browser ahead of its official unveiling on September 29th, 2026, so it’s time to take a look at the new features and improvements.
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Dutch Government Ditches Windows for NixOS, Following France's Lead
The Dutch government is building DAWO, a NixOS based replacement for Windows and Office, following similar moves already underway in France and Denmark.
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Linux 7.4 To Introduce The Steal Governor For Helping Virtualized Workloads
Now queued up for introduction in the Linux 7.4 merge window later in October is the steal governor driver for preferred CPUs and steal-driven vCPU backoff for today's virtualized world...