📰 While Torvalds Makes Peace With AI in Linux, Greg Kroah-Hartman Draws a Line (Sort of)

His new policy keeps AI patches out of drivers/staging, the tree meant for newcomers to learn kernel development.

🔗 Source: https://feed.itsfoss.com/link/24361/17403762/linux-drivers-staging-ai-rejection

#kernel #linux

📰 Linux To Avoid Confusing Processor Firmware With Newer Intel CPUs Sporting DEC

A patch for the Intel P-State CPU frequency scaling Linux driver is pending to avoid confusing the processor firmware on newer platforms like Intel Core Ultra Series 3 "Panther Lake" where Dynamic Efficiency Control (DEC) is supported...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-No-Confuse-Intel-DEC

#intel #linux

📰 Mesa 26.2 Open-Source Graphics Stack Officially Released, Here’s What’s New

Mesa 26.2 open-source graphics stack is now available for download with new features and improvements across all supported drivers. Here’s what’s new!

🔗 Source: https://9to5linux.com/mesa-26-2-open-source-graphics-stack-officially-released-heres-whats-new

#opensource

📰 Desktop Linux apps on Android proved my phone's biggest bottleneck isn't what I thought

Running desktop Linux apps on an Android phone sounds like the sort of thing that should fall apart almost immediately. You are dealing with a small screen, awkward touch controls, and an operating system that was never designed to work like a desktop operating system. Yet after using Termux and running Debian through Linux Deploy, I found that the display was not the biggest problem.

🔗 Source: https://www.xda-developers.com/desktop-linux-apps-android-proved-phones-biggest-bottleneck/

#android #debian #linux

📰 Rust-Based uutils Coreutils 0.10 Reaches 93.5% GNU Compatibility

The Rust-based core utilities project reaches a 93.48% GNU test pass rate while improving compatibility, security, and reliability.

🔗 Source: https://linuxiac.com/rust-based-uutils-coreutils-0-10-reaches-93-5-gnu-compatibility/

#gnu

📰 GNOME 50.4 Desktop Environment Released with Various Improvements

GNOME 50.4 is now available as the fourth point release to the latest GNOME 50 desktop environment series with more bug fixes, updated translations, and other changes.

🔗 Source: https://9to5linux.com/gnome-50-4-desktop-environment-released-with-various-improvements

#gnome

📰 Proxmox ports itself to Arm with help from Nvidia and Supermicro

Proxmox Server Solutions, the company behind the open source Proxmox virtualization stack, has announced a port of its flagship Virtual Environment to the Arm CPU architecture – and a collaboration with Nvidia and Supermicro that made it happen.

🔗 Source: https://www.theregister.com/virtualization/2026/08/06/proxmox-ports-itself-to-arm-with-help-from-nvidia-and-supermicro/5283770

#arm #opensource

📰 Linux Kernel Begins Phasing Out the crypto_rng Layer to Simplify Random Number Generation

by George WhittakerLinux kernel developers are moving forward with plans to remove the crypto_rng API layer, a long-standing component of the kernel's cryptographic subsystem. The proposed change is part of a broader effort to simplify the kernel's internal architecture by eliminating redundant code paths and encouraging developers to rely on the kernel's modern random number generation interfaces instead. (phoronix.

🔗 Source: https://www.linuxjournal.com/content/linux-kernel-begins-phasing-out-cryptorng-layer-simplify-random-number-generation

#kernel #linux

📰 Mesa 26.2.0 released with lots of improvements for Linux / SteamOS graphics drivers

Mesa 26.2.0 is quite a bumper release bringing a lot of new features across many open source Linux / SteamOS drivers.Read the full article on GamingOnLinux.

🔗 Source: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/08/mesa-26-2-0-released-with-lots-of-improvements-for-linux-steamos-graphics-drivers/

#linux #opensource

📰 Qualcomm Proposes Synx For The Linux Kernel With "Significant" Power + Performance Benefits

Qualcomm engineers have initiated a discussion over upstreaming Synx to the Linux kernel, which is a global synchronization framework across different parts of SoCs. Qualcomm is already using Synx internally and is reported to provide "significant" power and performance benefits...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Synx

#kernel #linux

📰 Ready up for the Steam Frame with the In Your World VR Bundle

Need to grab some VR games ready for the release of the Valve Steam Frame? There's the In Your World VR Humble Bundle live now with some good stuff.Read the full article on GamingOnLinux.

🔗 Source: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/08/ready-up-for-the-steam-frame-with-the-in-your-world-vr-bundle/

#steam

📰 Linux Wireless Maintainer Takes Firm Stance Against AI/LLM Generated Slop Patches

In addition to the Linux kernel staging area now rejecting AI/LLM-generated patches except for real security fixes, the Linux wireless networking code is also seeing some shifts around how it will deal with AI/LLM generated patches...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-WiFi-Strict-AI-Slop-Patch

#kernel #linux

Resources (Linux system monitor) adds new PowerPC, NPU stats - OMG! Ubuntu
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/08/resources-51-beta-npu-powerpc-temps

📰 After Nearly a Decade of Distro Hopping, I Realized It Was Never About the Distro

Some lessons are learned the hard way....or in this case, the looong way.

🔗 Source: https://feed.itsfoss.com/link/24361/17404404/distrohopping-lesson

#distro

📰 4 Raspberry Pi projects that are actually useful (and not just a novelty)

Discover innovative Raspberry Pi projects that go beyond novelty and offer practical solutions for specific needs.

🔗 Source: https://www.xda-developers.com/4-raspberry-pi-projects-that-are-actually-useful-and-not-just-a-novelty/

#raspberry

📰 Linux Accidentally Left Legacy I/O & Memory Handlers Open In Kernel Lockdown Mode

For nearly the past decade has been the kernel lockdown mode for tightening up kernel access from user-space such as when UEFI Secure Boot is enabled. The kernel lockdown mode restricts PCI BAR access, no writing to /dev/mem, and other restrictions so user-space can't can't modify the running kernel or access sensitive kernel memory.

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-Lockdown-Legacy-IO-Mem

#kernel #linux

📰 HWall Is a Promising New Hardware Monitor Built Specifically for Linux

HWall is a new Rust-based Linux hardware monitor with detailed system information, live sensors, charts, alerts, and GTK and terminal interfaces.

🔗 Source: https://linuxiac.com/hwall-is-a-promising-new-hardware-monitor-built-specifically-for-linux/

#linux

📰 Proxmox VE Officially Expands Beyond x86 With Arm64 Support

Proxmox VE gains its first official Arm64 edition, bringing KVM, LXC, ZFS, Ceph, clustering, and enterprise support to Arm servers.

🔗 Source: https://linuxiac.com/proxmox-ve-officially-expands-beyond-x86-with-arm64-support/

#arm

📰 Zapscape Is The Latest Linux Vulnerability For KVM Guest-To-Host Escape, LPE

Made public earlier today is Zapscape as a guest-to-host escape vulnerability affecting the Linux KVM x86 code for the past six years. This 2020 kernel change to KVM x86 can also be used as a local privilege escalation (LPE) exploit too where /dev/kvm is world-writable on some Linux distributions like RHEL...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-Zapscape-Vulnerability

#kernel #linux

📰 Calibre 9.13 E-Book Manager Improves PDF Output, Content Server, and More

Calibre 9.13 open-source ebook manager is now available for download as a bugfix release that addresses various regressions introduced in the previous release and other issues.

🔗 Source: https://9to5linux.com/calibre-9-13-e-book-manager-improves-pdf-output-content-server-and-more

#opensource