📰 An old phone beats a Raspberry Pi for everything except the one thing that matters

Server or microcontroller — pick before you build.

🔗 Source: https://www.xda-developers.com/old-phone-beats-raspberry-pi-everything-except-one-thing-that-matters/

#raspberry

📰 Proton 11.0-2 Brings Support for AsteroidsHD, Portal Worlds, and Plain Sight

Proton 11.0-2 is now available with support for AsteroidsHD, Portal Worlds, Plain Sight, Warhammer: Dark Omen (Classic), Heroes of the Three Kingdoms 7, and many other Windows games.

🔗 Source: https://9to5linux.com/proton-11-0-2-brings-support-for-asteroidshd-portal-worlds-and-plain-sight

#proton

📰 14 Trojanized npm Packages Drop RedC2 4.0 Linux Backdoor With AI-Assisted C2

Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a set of trojanized npm packages that masquerade as working calendar and streak utilities but are engineered to stealthily deliver an artificial intelligence (AI)-powered Linux implant dubbed RedC2 4.0."When the module loads, it locates the bundled binary, marks it executable, and launches it as a detached background process," TrendAI, Trend Micro's.

🔗 Source: https://thehackernews.com/2026/08/14-trojanized-npm-packages-drop-redc2.html

#linux

📰 Linus Torvalds fixed a Linux bug using AI, highlighting both the strengths and weaknesses of the new tech

The creator of Linux, Linus Torvalds, is no stranger to using AI to fix problems. Not only has he allowed AI-written code submissions to the kernel (as long as the person running the agent takes full responsibility for any issues it has), but he has gone on record saying that he's ignoring anyone who argues against its use.

🔗 Source: https://www.xda-developers.com/linus-torvalds-fixed-a-linux-bug-using-ai-highlighting-both-the-strengths-and-weaknesses-of-the-new-tech/

#kernel #linux

📰 Postcard is a new email client for GNOME, built with AI

Postcard is a new email client for GNOME that has echoes of Geary The app is the work of a solo developer, gxanshu on GitHub, who is upfront about using AI coding tools to bring this “modern mail client” to life. Postcard is written in Python with GTK4/libadwaita. It uses imaplib and smtplib for networking, a local SQLite index for searching, WebKitGTK for rendering HTML and libsecret for keeping passwords safe.

🔗 Source: https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/08/postcard-gnome-email-client

#gnome #python

📰 Open-Source Etnaviv Driver Now Able To Run YOLOX

The open-source, reverse-engineered Etnaviv driver stack that began for providing accelerated graphics support on Vivante GPU IP and since expanded to handle Vivante NPUs as well is now able to handle YOLOX object detection...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Etnaviv-YOLOX

#opensource

📰 Sched_ext's Sub-Scheduler Support Now "Feature Complete" With Linux 7.3

The extensible scheduler framework "sched_ext" that allows for custom schedulers as BPF programs has been working on sub-scheduler support in recent kernel cycles. With Linux 7.3, sub-scheduler support is now deemed feature complete...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-7.3-sched-ext

#kernel #linux

📰 KDE Plasma 6.8 to Make Auto-Hide Panels 10x Faster

KDE developers continue shaping Plasma 6.8 with smarter automatic brightness, faster panels, improved lock screen authentication, and performance gains.

🔗 Source: https://linuxiac.com/kde-plasma-6-8-to-make-auto-hide-panels-10x-faster/

#kde #plasma

📰 Apple HFS / HFS+ File-System Support Continues Seeing Fixes With Linux 7.3

In early 2025 it was being discussed to potentially drop the HFS and HFS+ file-system support with the code having been orphaned over a decade and becoming a maintenance burden. But that dismal outlook quickly turned around with some developers stepping up to maintain the old Apple file-system support. Over a year later, fortunately, it's turned out to be a success story with more HFS/HFS+ file-system fixes continuing to work their way into the...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Apple-HFS-Linux-7.3

#linux

📰 Godot 4.7.2 Open-Source Game Engine Released with 57 Bug Fixes

Godot 4.7.2 is now available with 57 fixes covering the editor, rendering, Wayland, multiplayer, input handling, and more.

🔗 Source: https://linuxiac.com/godot-4-7-2-open-source-game-engine-released-with-57-bug-fixes/

#opensource #wayland

📰 eCryptfs Sees Fixes For Potential Malicious Intent, Some Dating Back To Its 2006 Debut

The eCryptfs stacked cryptographic filesystem implementation for the Linux kernel to transparently encrypt files saw a number of bug fixes for the Linux 7.3 kernel. A number of these bug fixes deal with potential maliciously-crafted data and vulnerable going back to the 2006 introduction of eCryptfs as this option known for its use on Ubuntu home directory encryption and Chrome OS...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-7.3-eCryptfs

#kernel #linux #ubuntu

📰 17 GNOME Extensions To Help You Customization Desktop Looks

Change how your Linux desktop running GNOME DE looks with these GNOME extensions.

🔗 Source: https://feed.itsfoss.com/link/24361/17426547/gnome-extensions-customization

#gnome #linux

📰 Unraid 8 NAS to Drop Slackware for Fedora-Based uCore

The upcoming Unraid 8 release will switch from Slackware to Fedora-based uCore while introducing integrated backups, Docker Compose, and more.

🔗 Source: https://linuxiac.com/unraid-8-nas-to-drop-slackware-for-fedora-based-ucore/

#fedora

📰 GCC Patch Adjusting AMD Zen 5 Misprediction Cost Nets 12% Win In Benchmark

An AMD compiler engineer posted a patch on Saturday for the GNU Compiler Collection (GCC). The two-line patch adjusts the misprediction cost for Zen 4 and Zen 5 processors, which ends up yielding a 12% improvement in one SPEC CPU benchmark on Zen 5 and a 9% improvement on Zen 4...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/AMD-Zen-5-Mispredict-Cost

#amd #gnu

📰 Ubuntu Phone engineers reunited by a decade-old bug closure

A decades-old bug on Ubuntu’s Launchpad marked as invalid at the weekend lead to an impromptu reunion for many of Canonical’s former engineers. Bug #1589796 was filed in 2016 by a user who’d spent £700 on Ubuntu phone and tablet hardware but, on visiting the official website, found no documentation to tell him how to use them. Canonical axed the Ubuntu Phone project in 2017, leaving this bug unresolved. Until now.

🔗 Source: https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/08/ubuntu-phone-bug-reunion

#ubuntu