📰 NetBSD's Kernel Supports Lua Scripting But Don't Look For Rust In There Anytime Soon

For those not fond of the increasing use of the Rust programming language within the Linux kernel or FreeBSD's considerations for Rust in its kernel, you can perhaps find refuge within NetBSD. One of the NetBSD developers has explained why you likely won't be finding Rust code within the NetBSD kernel anytime soon...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/No-Rust-In-NetBSD-Kernel

#kernel #linux

📰 Krita 6.0 Beta Released - Using Qt6 & Wayland Color Management Support

The first beta release of Krita 6.0 is now available for this featureful digital painting program. Krita 6.0 is re-based against the Qt6 toolkit while Krita 5.3 Beta is also being released at the same time for those sticking to Qt5...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Krita-6.0-Beta

#wayland

📰 KDE Gear 25.12.2 Brings Improvements to Dolphin, NeoChat, Kate, and Other Apps

KDE Gear 25.12.2 open-source software suite is now available with various bug fixes and small improvements for your favorite KDE applications.

🔗 Source: https://9to5linux.com/kde-gear-25-12-2-brings-improvements-to-dolphin-neochat-kate-and-other-apps

#open-source #kde

📰 TrueNAS 26 Looks Toward OpenZFS 2.4, Linux 6.18 LTS & LXC Container Support

Following the release of TrueNAS 25.10 for this Linux-based, OpenZFS-running operating system focused on network appliances / storage devices, iX systems has shared some of their plans for TrueNAS 26 this year...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/TrueNAS-26-Plans

#linux #linuxbased

📰 GNU/Linux or Just Linux? Between Purism and Everyday Usage

A critical look at the GNU/Linux naming debate and why everyday usage settled on the shorter, simpler term: Linux.

🔗 Source: https://linuxiac.com/gnu-linux-or-just-linux/

#linux #gnu

📰 New Raspberry Pi 4 models splits RAM across dual chips

A new version of the Raspberry Pi 4 Model B has been (quietly) introduced. The key difference? It now uses a dual-RAM configuration. The Raspberry Pi 4 Model B Rev 1.5 adopts a dual-RAM configuration to ‘improve supply chain flexibility’ and manufacturing efficiency, per a company product change notice document. Earlier versions of the Raspberry Pi 4 (v1.1 through 1.4) use a single RAM chip on the top of the board.

🔗 Source: https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/02/raspberry-pi-4-rev-1-5-dual-ram

#raspberry

📰 Microsoft's VS Code in Ubuntu's Snap Format Eats Up Disk Space Like Bloatware Even After Removal

The bug itself was reported all the way back in November 2024, and the issue is still present for current Snap versions of VS Code and even VSCodium.

🔗 Source: https://itsfoss.com/news/vscode-snap-disk-space-issue/

#ubuntu

📰 Valve is adjusting Steam Machine price & release date due to RAM & storage pricing volatility

Over the last few years, Valve’s Steam Deck has helped popularize the idea of handheld gaming PCs by offering a console-like experience while supporting tens of thousands of PC games. So there’s been a lot of buzz around the company’s upcoming Steam Machine, a mini PC that Valve hopes will change the game in the .

🔗 Source: https://liliputing.com/valve-is-adjusting-steam-machine-price-release-date-due-to-ram-storage-pricing-volatility/

#steam

📰 Asia-based government spies quietly broke into critical networks across 37 countries

And their toolkit includes a new, Linux kernel rootkit A state-aligned cyber group in Asia compromised government and critical infrastructure organizations across 37 countries in an ongoing espionage campaign, according to security researchers.…

🔗 Source: https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2026/02/05/asia_government_spies_hacked_37_critical_networks/

#kernel #linux

📰 GNU Nettle 4.0 Released With SLH-DSA Support

The GNU Nettle cryptographic library is out with a major new update that introduces support for SLH-DSA, the post-quantum signature scheme selected by NIST for the FIPS 205 standard...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Nettle-4.0-Released-SLH-DSA

#gnu

📰 Canonical and SpacemiT team up for Ubuntu on SpacemiT K1 and K3 RISC-V chips

Chinese RISC-V chip maker SpacemiT is partnering with Canonical to bring Ubuntu to computers powered by two of the company’s processors. The Spacemit K1 is an 8-core RISC-V processor that’s been around for a little while, but the SpacemiT K3 is a newer, higher-performance chip that’s one of the first to comply with the new .

🔗 Source: https://liliputing.com/canonical-and-spacemit-team-up-for-ubuntu-on-spacemit-k1-and-k3-risc-v-chips/

#ubuntu

📰 3mdeb Talks Up AMD openSIL & Open-Source Firmware Efforts For Confidential Compute

Engineers Michał Żygowski and Piotr Król of open-source firmware consulting firm 3mdeb presented at FOSDEM in Brussels on open-source for confidential compute infrastructure. With Intel not making strides to fully open-up their FSP package, the talk was centered around the modern AMD open-source firmware efforts led by their openSIL initiative for open-source CPU silicon initialization to replace AGESA in the Zen 6 timeframe...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/3mdeb-FOSDEM-2026-Firmware

#intel #opensource #amd

📰 Claude Opus 4.6 Finds 500+ High-Severity Flaws Across Major Open-Source Libraries

Artificial intelligence (AI) company Anthropic revealed that its latest large language model (LLM), Claude Opus 4.6, has found more than 500 previously unknown high-severity security flaws in open-source libraries, including Ghostscript, OpenSC, and CGIF.Claude Opus 4.6, which was launched on Thursday, comes with improved coding skills, including code review and debugging capabilities, along.

🔗 Source: https://thehackernews.com/2026/02/claude-opus-46-finds-500-high-severity.html

#opensource

📰 Calibre 9.2 Ebook Manager Improves the Bookshelf View, Ebook Viewer, and More

Calibre 9.2 open-source ebook manager is now available for download with various improvements and bug fixes. Here's what's new!

🔗 Source: https://9to5linux.com/calibre-9-2-ebook-manager-improves-the-bookshelf-view-ebook-viewer-and-more

#opensource

📰 Compromised dYdX npm and PyPI Packages Deliver Wallet Stealers and RAT Malware

Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a new supply chain attack in which legitimate packages on npm and the Python Package Index (PyPI) repository have been compromised to push malicious versions to facilitate wallet credential theft and remote code execution.The compromised versions of the two packages are listed below -@dydxprotocol/v4-client-js (npm) - 3.4.1, 1.22.1, 1.15.2, 1.0.31&.

🔗 Source: https://thehackernews.com/2026/02/compromised-dydx-npm-and-pypi-packages.html

#python

📰 Latest VirtualBox Code Begins Supporting KVM Backend

As of this week Oracle's latest VirtualBox development code begins to work with Linux's native KVM back-end. Support for KVM or other native OS hypervisors in conjunction with VirtualBox has long been sought and it's finally becoming a reality...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/VirtualBox-Upstream-With-KVM

#linux

📰 Qualcomm QUPv3 Firmware Upstreamed For Snapdragon X1 Elite Linux Users

One of the headaches right now when dealing with the Snapdragon X Elite on Linux is that for a majority of the devices you need to fetch firmware files from the Windows 11 on ARM partition as the necessary firmware bits for Linux use aren't upstreamed to linux-firmware.git. That has gradually improved over time from the qcom-firmware-extract making the process easier to more firmware bits eventually being added to linux-firmware.git...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Qualcomm-QUPv3-X1E-Firmware

#linux #arm

📰 JSAUX announce a charging-friendly Steam Deck travel case

Accessory maker JSAUX just revealed their new "Double-Decker Travel Supply Case" for the Steam Deck LCD & OLED that's charging-friendly.Read the full article on GamingOnLinux.

🔗 Source: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/02/jsaux-announce-a-charging-friendly-steam-deck-travel-case/

#steam

📰 AMD Introduces New GPU Target To AMDGPU LLVM: GFX1170 "RDNA 4m"

In addition to their ongoing AMDGPU LLVM compiler back-end work for upcoming GFX1250 and recently the GFX13 target for their graphics IP, today AMD compiler engineers introduced a new "GFX1170" target to the LLVM codebase that is also called RDNA 4m...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/AMDGPU-LLVM-GFX1170

#amd

📰 China-Linked DKnife AitM Framework Targets Routers for Traffic Hijacking, Malware Delivery

Cybersecurity researchers have taken the wraps off a gateway-monitoring and adversary-in-the-middle (AitM) framework dubbed DKnife that's operated by China-nexus threat actors since at least 2019.The framework comprises seven Linux-based implants that are designed to perform deep packet inspection, manipulate traffic, and deliver malware via routers and edge devices. Its primary targets seem to.

🔗 Source: https://thehackernews.com/2026/02/china-linked-dknife-aitm-framework.html

#linux #linuxbased

📰 Vanilla OS 2 lets me run Ubuntu, Fedora, and Arch apps at the same time

Dealing with app compatibility on Linux can be a pain, but Vanilla OS aims to fix that by letting you install software from every distro.

🔗 Source: https://www.xda-developers.com/vanilla-os-2-lets-run-ubuntu-fedora-arch-and-android-apps-same-time/

#fedora #linux #arch #ubuntu #distro