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📰 Secure Boot bypass risk on nearly 200,000 Linux Framework sytems
Around 200,000 Linux computer systems from American computer maker Framework were shipped with signed UEFI shell components that could be exploited to bypass Secure Boot protections.
🔗 Source: https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/secure-boot-bypass-risk-on-nearly-200-000-linux-framework-sytems/
GNOME Flatpak Runtime Drops 32-Bit Compatibility Extension
https://linuxiac.com/gnome-flatpak-runtime-drops-32-bit-compatibility-extension/
📰 Mir 2.23 Released With New Documentation For Building A Desktop Environment
Mir 2.23 is out today as the newest version of this Canonical-led library for crafting Wayland-based shells and for smaller desktops to ease the adoption of Wayland, with a focus on Ubuntu Linux platforms...
🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Mir-2.23-Released
📰 Box64 0.3.8 Brings DynaCache As Disk Cache For Generated Native Code From x86_64
Box64 0.3.8 is now available for this x86_64 user-space emulator for Linux that allows ARM64 and RISC-V 64-bit and LoongArch 64-bit systems to enjoy running x86_64 games and applications. Box64 along with the likes of FEX-Emu are the leading options for those needing to run x86_64 programs on ARM64 and elsewhere...
🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Box64-0.3.8-Released
Take on the role of a curious baby boar in the demo for Adorable Adventures | GamingOnLinux
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/10/take-on-the-role-of-a-curious-baby-boar-in-the-demo-for-adorable-adventures/
📰 Ghostty 1.2 Brings Quick Terminal, New Icon to Linux
Ghostty 1.2.0 released on September 15, 2025 with 6 months worth of changes (over 2,600 commits). As a cross-platform terminal, there are improvements to Windows, macOS and Linux (and newly added support for FreeBSD). Ubuntu 25.10 includes a new default terminal app that, for most of us, offers everything one needs.
🔗 Source: https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/10/ghostty-1-2-new-features-for-linux
📰 Say goodbye to Linux audio headaches: how PipeWire simplifies everything
Tired of juggling multiple audio systems on Linux? This development unifies them all, offering a seamless experience like never before.
🔗 Source: https://www.xda-developers.com/goodbye-to-linux-audio-headaches-pipewire-simplifies-everything/
📰 Intel Posts Patches For New VFIO Xe PCI Linux Driver
Intel engineers continue working on SR-IOV support for the Xe open-source kernel driver as part of Project Battlematrix for ensuring good virtualization support for the latest Intel GPUs on Linux...
🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Intel-VFIO-Xe-PCI-Driver-Linux
Solus Begins a New Epoch with Polaris Repository and Python 2 Removal
https://linuxiac.com/solus-begins-a-new-epoch-with-polaris-repository-and-python-2-removal/
📰 LMDE (Linux Mint Debian Edition) 7 Is Now Available for Download
Linux Mint Debian Edition (LMDE) 7 distribution is now available for download based on the Debian GNU/Linux 13 "Trixie" operating system. Here's what's new!
🔗 Source: https://9to5linux.com/lmde-linux-mint-debian-edition-7-is-now-available-for-download
📰 CachyOS is the best Arch-based Linux distro out there
Arch Linux is one of the more popular Linux distros already, but CachyOS takes that base and makes it even better and more accessible.
🔗 Source: https://www.xda-developers.com/cachyos-best-arch-based-linux-distro/
📰 Phosh 0.50 Released, GNOME App Aims To Help You Learn Assembly
For going along with the recent release of the GNOME 49 desktop, Phosh 0.50 has been released for this Wayland compositor focused on mobile devices...
🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Phosh-0.50-Released
📰 Linux Now Disabling TPM Bus Encryption By Default For Performance Reasons
Introduced last year in Linux 6.10 was TPM bus encryption and integration protection for Trusted Platform Module 2 (TPM2) handling. The intent was on better TPM security after a prior security demonstration showed TPM key recovery from Microsoft Windows BitLocker as well as TPM sniffing attacks. Shortly after being merged it was limited to just an x86_64 default where it had been tested the most at the time.
🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-Default-Disable-TPM2-HMAC
📰 Zero-day in file-sharing software leads to RCE, and attacks are ongoing
Usually we’d say patch up… not this time Security research firm Huntress is warning all users of Gladinet's CentreStack and Triofox file-sharing tools to urgently apply an available mitigation, as a zero-day is being actively exploited and there's no patch available.…
🔗 Source: https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2025/10/10/zeroday_in_filesharing_software_leads/
📰 NVIDIA Posts Latest Linux Driver Patches For Open-Source vGPU Support
Just over one year ago NVIDIA posted open-source Linux GPU driver code for GPU virtualization "vGPU" support. That NVIDIA vGPU driver work was recently revised while still posted under a request for comments (RFC) flag...
🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/NVIDIA-vGPU-RFC-v2
📰 Linux 6.19 Will Continue With More Rust Graphics Driver Preparations
Even prior to the recent ending of the Linux 6.18 merge window and its many new features, the first "drm-misc-next" pull request of new material intended for Linux 6.19 was already submitted for inclusion to DRM-Next...
🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/First-DRM-Misc-Next-Linux-6.19
📰 Linux 6.18 Features: New AMD & Intel CPU Features, Rocket Driver, DM-PCACHE, Other New Drivers
Now that the Linux 6.18 merge window is over with Linux 6.18-rc1 having released yesterday, here is a look at all the interesting new features and changes to find with this kernel. Making Linux 6.18 all the more exciting is that it's expected to become the 2025 Linux LTS kernel once its stable release occurs in December.
🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/review/linux-618-features
📰 Firefox 144 Is Now Available for Download, This Is What’s New
Firefox 144 open-source web browser is now available for download with various new features and improvements. Here's what's new!
🔗 Source: https://9to5linux.com/firefox-144-is-now-available-for-download-this-is-whats-new
📰 Blender Experimenting With Vulkan Ray Queries
As part of Blender continuing to build out the Vulkan API capabilities for this open-source 3D modeling software, a proof of concept merge request was opened for beginning to make use of Vulkan ray queries...
🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Blender-Vulkan-Ray-Queries-PoC
5 Signs Your Proprietary Workflow Is Stifling Your Creativity (And What You Can Do About It)
https://news.itsfoss.com/proprietary-workflow-stifling-creativity/
Effulgence RPG has some of the slickest animated 3D ASCII art I've ever seen | GamingOnLinux
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/10/effulgence-rpg-has-some-of-the-slickest-animated-3d-ascii-art-ive-ever-seen/
📰 Linux Kernel 6.16 Reaches End of Life, It’s Time to Upgrade to Linux Kernel 6.17
Linux kernel 6.16 reached end of life and all users are now recommended to upgrade their systems to the latest Linux 6.17 kernel series as soon as possible.
🔗 Source: https://9to5linux.com/linux-kernel-6-16-reaches-end-of-life-its-time-to-upgrade-to-linux-kernel-6-17
📰 FreeBSD 15.0 Beta 1 Brings OpenZFS Upgrade, Performance Fix For TCP LRO
The first beta release of the FreeBSD 15 operating system is now available for testing...
🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/FreeBSD-15.0-Beta-1
📰 Imagination PowerVR Mesa Vulkan Driver Enables Unofficial Support For More GPUs
Merged today for the Mesa 25.3 graphics driver code is enabling support for more PowerVR Imagination GPUs within the "PVR" Vulkan driver albeit not officially supported nor in active development. Your mileage may vary but for some users with certain GPUs may work out well enough...
🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/PowerVR-Mesa-More-GPUs
📰 KDE Frameworks 6.19 Is Out, Here’s What’s New
KDE Frameworks 6.19 fixes 7z crashes, refines Breeze Icons, and delivers better performance across core libraries.
🔗 Source: https://linuxiac.com/kde-frameworks-6-19-released/
📰 Intel XPU Manager Deprecates Data Center GPU Max Series & GPU Flex Series
Last week during the Intel Tech Tour in Arizona, the Intel XPU Manager 1.3.3 software was released. Intel XPU Manager is a management and monitoring tool focused on Intel data center GPUs for simplifying administration, reliability, and maximizing utilization. Somewhat surprisingly, the Intel XPU Manager now deprecated the Data Center GPU Max Series as well as the Data Center GPU Flex Series...
🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Intel-XPU-Manager-1.3.3
📰 Coreboot 25.09 Released With 19 More Motherboards Supported, Better amdfwtool For Turin
Coreboot 25.09 was released this evening as the latest feature update to this open-source solution common to Google Chromebooks and other select motherboards/systems as an alternative to proprietary BIOS / system firmware...
🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Coreboot-25.09-Released
📰 5 Linux distros that are perfect for running in a VM
Supercharge your VM workloads with these neat distros.
🔗 Source: https://www.xda-developers.com/linux-distros-that-are-perfect-for-running-in-a-vm/
📰 Pacsea Is a New TUI That Makes Arch Package Browsing Easier
Pacsea is a new Rust-written terminal TUI for Arch Linux that unifies official and AUR package searches into a single interface.
🔗 Source: https://linuxiac.com/pacsea-is-a-new-tui-that-makes-arch-package-browsing-easier/
📰 Microsoft Hyper-V Support Further Improved With Linux 6.18
Microsoft's Hyper-V virtualization support within the Linux kernel continues to be steadily enhanced and it's inched along further for Linux 6.18...
🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-6.18-Hyper-V