📰 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
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
Linux Journal
Linux Kernel Begins Phasing Out the crypto_rng Layer to Simplify Random Number Generation
Linux 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…
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📰 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
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
GamingOnLinux
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.
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📰 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
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
Phoronix
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
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📰 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
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
GamingOnLinux
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.
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📰 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
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
Phoronix
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.
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Resources (Linux system monitor) adds new PowerPC, NPU stats - OMG! Ubuntu
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/08/resources-51-beta-npu-powerpc-temps
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/08/resources-51-beta-npu-powerpc-temps
OMG! Ubuntu
Resources (Linux system monitor) adds new PowerPC, NPU stats
Resources 51 beta, the system monitor Ubuntu now uses, adds AMD NPU stats, PowerPC CPU temps and alternative memory-usage metrics.
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📰 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
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
It's FOSS
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.
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📰 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
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
XDA
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
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📰 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
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
Phoronix
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
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📰 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
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
Linuxiac
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.
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📰 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
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
Linuxiac
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.
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📰 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
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
Phoronix
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
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📰 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
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
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📰 AMD Updates HDMI 2.1 VRR & ALLM Patches But Will Miss Out On Linux 7.3
Complementing the HDMI 2.1 Fixed Rate Link (FRL) support that AMD already upstreamed to the Linux kernel, AMD engineers have been further ironing out their HDMI 2.1 implementation for the open-source AMDGPU Linux kernel driver. The latest quest has been getting HDMI 2.1 variable rate refresh (VRR) support upstreamed along with HDMI Auto Low-Latency Mode (ALLM)...
🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/AMD-HDMI-VRR-ALLM-v2
#amd #kernel #linux #opensource
Complementing the HDMI 2.1 Fixed Rate Link (FRL) support that AMD already upstreamed to the Linux kernel, AMD engineers have been further ironing out their HDMI 2.1 implementation for the open-source AMDGPU Linux kernel driver. The latest quest has been getting HDMI 2.1 variable rate refresh (VRR) support upstreamed along with HDMI Auto Low-Latency Mode (ALLM)...
🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/AMD-HDMI-VRR-ALLM-v2
#amd #kernel #linux #opensource
Phoronix
AMD Updates HDMI 2.1 VRR & ALLM Patches But Will Miss Out On Linux 7.3
Complementing the HDMI 2.1 Fixed Rate Link (FRL) support that AMD already upstreamed to the Linux kernel, AMD engineers have been further ironing out their HDMI 2.1 implementation for the open-source AMDGPU Linux kernel driver
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📰 Intel Makes Progress On HDMI 2.1 FRL With Their Linux Driver For Meteor Lake & Newer
Following AMD making progress with HDMI Fixed Rate Link (FRL) and other HDMI 2.1 functionality for their open-source Linux kernel graphics driver, Intel is out today with a big set of 44 patches working on HDMI 2.1 FRL support for their kernel graphics driver with Meteor Lake hardware and newer...
🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Intel-HDMI-2.1-FRL-Linux-2026
#amd #intel #kernel #linux #opensource
Following AMD making progress with HDMI Fixed Rate Link (FRL) and other HDMI 2.1 functionality for their open-source Linux kernel graphics driver, Intel is out today with a big set of 44 patches working on HDMI 2.1 FRL support for their kernel graphics driver with Meteor Lake hardware and newer...
🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Intel-HDMI-2.1-FRL-Linux-2026
#amd #intel #kernel #linux #opensource
Phoronix
Intel Makes Progress On HDMI 2.1 FRL With Their Linux Driver For Meteor Lake & Newer
Following AMD making progress with HDMI Fixed Rate Link (FRL) and other HDMI 2.1 functionality for their open-source Linux kernel graphics driver, Intel is out today with a big set of 44 patches working on HDMI 2.1 FRL support for their kernel graphics driver…
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📰 HyperX Driver Coming For Linux 7.3 Just To Report A Microphone's Mute Status
A new driver coming for the Linux 7.3 kernel is HID-HyperX. It's not some new driver to support fancy hardware and some nifty features but rather mundane in nature due to the poor behavior of a high-end HyperX USB gaming microphone...
🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/HID-HyperX-QuadCast-2-Linux-7.3
#kernel #linux
A new driver coming for the Linux 7.3 kernel is HID-HyperX. It's not some new driver to support fancy hardware and some nifty features but rather mundane in nature due to the poor behavior of a high-end HyperX USB gaming microphone...
🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/HID-HyperX-QuadCast-2-Linux-7.3
#kernel #linux
Phoronix
HyperX Driver Coming For Linux 7.3 Just To Report A Microphone's Mute Status
A new driver coming for the Linux 7.3 kernel is HID-HyperX
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📰 Fastfetch 2.67 System Information Tool Adds New Interactive Configuration Generator
Fastfetch 2.67 adds an experimental browser-based config editor, interactive TUI generation, watch mode, and multiple Linux-related fixes.
🔗 Source: https://linuxiac.com/fastfetch-2-67-system-information-tool-adds-new-interactive-configuration-generator/
#linux
Fastfetch 2.67 adds an experimental browser-based config editor, interactive TUI generation, watch mode, and multiple Linux-related fixes.
🔗 Source: https://linuxiac.com/fastfetch-2-67-system-information-tool-adds-new-interactive-configuration-generator/
#linux
Linuxiac
Fastfetch 2.67 System Information Tool Adds New Interactive Configuration Generator
Fastfetch 2.67 adds an experimental browser-based config editor, interactive TUI generation, watch mode, and multiple Linux-related fixes.
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📰 18-Year-Old Linux SCTP Flaw Could Let Local Users Gain Root and Escape Containers
A use-after-free bug in Linux's SCTP networking code can be turned into full root on a host, and Tencent researchers say they used it to escape a container and reach the machine underneath.The flaw has existed since 2008. The fix already shipped: stable kernels 7.1.6, 6.18.42, 6.12.101 and 6.6.148, released August 3, close it. Anyone running an older kernel with SCTP reachable should update.
🔗 Source: https://thehackernews.com/2026/08/18-year-old-linux-sctp-flaw-could-let.html
#kernel #linux
A use-after-free bug in Linux's SCTP networking code can be turned into full root on a host, and Tencent researchers say they used it to escape a container and reach the machine underneath.The flaw has existed since 2008. The fix already shipped: stable kernels 7.1.6, 6.18.42, 6.12.101 and 6.6.148, released August 3, close it. Anyone running an older kernel with SCTP reachable should update.
🔗 Source: https://thehackernews.com/2026/08/18-year-old-linux-sctp-flaw-could-let.html
#kernel #linux
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Dynamic Music Pill (GNOME Extension) Adds Word-by-Word Lyrics
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/08/dynamic-music-pill-update-lyrics
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/08/dynamic-music-pill-update-lyrics
OMG! Ubuntu
Dynamic Music Pill adds word-by-word lyrics highlighting
An updated version of Dynamic Music Pill, the GNOME Shell extension to put now playing track info and lyrics in your panel or dock with animated
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📰 Wine 11.15 Released With Wayland Fixes, Fix For A 20 Year Old MSXML3 Bug
Making its debut this Saturday rather than the usual bi-weekly Friday release regiment, Wine 11.15 is out today as the newest development release for this open-source software enabling Windows games and applications to run on Linux...
🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Wine-11.15-Released
#linux #opensource #wayland #wine
Making its debut this Saturday rather than the usual bi-weekly Friday release regiment, Wine 11.15 is out today as the newest development release for this open-source software enabling Windows games and applications to run on Linux...
🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Wine-11.15-Released
#linux #opensource #wayland #wine
Phoronix
Wine 11.15 Released With Wayland Fixes, Fix For A 20 Year Old MSXML3 Bug
Making its debut this Saturday rather than the usual bi-weekly Friday release regiment, Wine 11.15 is out today as the newest development release for this open-source software enabling Windows games and applications to run on Linux.
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