📰 Canonical improving Ubuntu Linux Desktop stability under memory pressure

Canonical developers have been working to improve Ubuntu Linux Desktop performance, specifically when under memory pressure making it a bit smarter.Read the full article on GamingOnLinux.

🔗 Source: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/09/canonical-improving-ubuntu-linux-desktop-stability-under-memory-pressure/

#linux #ubuntu

📰 PipeWire 1.6.9 Improves Bluetooth, JACK, ALSA Plugin, Pulse Server, and More

PipeWire 1.6.9 audio/video server for Linux is now available for download with improved JACK object callbacks, improved passthrough format handling in audioconvert, and more.

🔗 Source: https://9to5linux.com/pipewire-1-6-9-improves-bluetooth-jack-alsa-plugin-pulse-server-and-more

#linux

📰 AMD Sends In More HDMI FRL Updates For Linux 7.4, Fixes For Upcoming Hardware

Linux 7.4 is set to be a very exciting holiday gift for AMD Radeon graphics customers. As covered last week on Phoronix, with this next kernel AMD Is enabling HDMI 2.1 support by default now that FreeSync, VRR, and ALLM support is included too. This week another round of AMDGPU kernel graphics driver updates were sent out ahead of the Linux 7.4 merge window in October...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/More-AMDGPU-For-Linux-7.4

#amd #kernel #linux

📰 SteamOS 0.3.0 for Steam Frame released

Valve are now beginning to announce SteamOS updates for the Steam Frame, with the first public notification being SteamOS 0.3.0 for Steam Frame.Read the full article on GamingOnLinux.

🔗 Source: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/09/steamos-0-3-0-for-steam-frame-released/

#steam

📰 I replaced my Chromecast with a Raspberry Pi running Kodi, and it plays everything without buffering

I replaced my Chromecast with a Pi for a better self-hosted media experience.

🔗 Source: https://www.xda-developers.com/i-replaced-my-chromecast-with-raspberry-pi-running-kodi-plays-everything-without-buffering/

#kodi #raspberry

📰 Factorio gets a full ARM64 Linux port to play anywhere - especially nice for the Steam Frame

Wube Software gave Factorio something players have been asking for 11 years - a full ARM64 Linux port to play anywhere, which is ready for the Steam Frame.Read the full article on GamingOnLinux.

🔗 Source: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/09/factorio-gets-a-full-arm64-linux-port-to-play-anywhere-especially-nice-for-the-steam-frame/

#linux #steam

📰 Linux Ready With Fix For Intel's FRED Crashing Some Games Under Wine / Steam Play

Recently there have been some bug reports to Mesa around Intel Panther Lake graphics crashing with some games like Red Dead Redemption 2 and Elden Ring crashing or freezing quite quickly. This turns out not to be an Intel Xe3 Arc Graphics B390 driver bug with Panther Lake but rather due to a kernel issue with the new Flexible and Return Event Delivery "FRED" that debuted with the Core Ultra Series 3 processors...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-FRED-Fix-For-Wine-Games

#intel #kernel #linux #steam #wine

📰 NVIDIA Introduces CUDA Rust for Writing GPU Kernels

NVIDIA is expanding CUDA with native Rust GPU kernel development through the new cuda-oxide and cutile-rs projects.

🔗 Source: https://linuxiac.com/nvidia-introduces-cuda-rust-for-writing-gpu-kernels/

#kernel #rust

📰 Apple Video Decode Driver Posted For Upstream Linux Kernel Review

The latest Apple Silicon enablement code working its way from the Asahi Linux project toward the upstream Linux kernel is the AVD driver used for accelerated video playback across Apple M1 / M2 / M3 SoCs...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Apple-Video-Decode-AVD-Linux

#kernel #linux

📰 KDE turns 30 and someone's brought an AI-native desktop proposal

Akademy talk imagines Plasma assembling itself around a personal model of each user.

🔗 Source: https://www.theregister.com/software/2026/09/18/kde-turns-30-and-someones-brought-an-ai-native-desktop-proposal/5297282

#kde #plasma

📰 Google's "Painful To Maintain" Binder C Linux Driver Being Removed In Favor Of Rust

Google's Binder driver written in the C programming language has long been part of the mainline kernel as the inter-process communication (IPC) mechanism used on Android. The past few years the Binder driver was rewritten in Rust as one of the first "real" drivers in the Rust programming language. The Rust Binder driver was upstreamed in Linux 6.18 and now for the upcoming Linux 7.

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Google-Binder-C-Goodbye

#android #kernel #linux #rust

📰 Public Exploits Released for Four Linux Kernel Flaws That Enable Local Root

A security researcher has released working exploit code for four Linux kernel flaws that each let a local user gain root, the highest level of access on a machine.Kernel maintainers have fixed all four over the past few weeks, so a system running an up-to-date kernel is not affected. But the exploit code is now public, and any machine still running an older kernel should be updated.The flaws.

🔗 Source: https://thehackernews.com/2026/09/public-exploits-released-for-four-linux.html

#kernel #linux

📰 Wine 11.18 Continues Building Out Its NTOSKRNL Implementation

Wine 11.18 is out today as the newest bi-weekly development release of this open-source software for running Windows games and apps on Linux, macOS, and other platforms...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Wine-11.18-Released

#linux #opensource #wine

📰 KDE Plasma 6.8 goes into maintenance mode as an October release seems highly likely

Well, it's almost time. The good folks over at KDE are dotting the i's and crossing the t's as they're getting ready for the big Plasma 6.8 launch. The bad news is, the developers don't often have time to code fully fleshed-out features, so we're in bug-fixing mode right now. The good news is...well, we're getting KDE Plasma 6.8 on October 14th, which is a huge plus. Regardless, the KDE community has published patch notes detailing all the fixes...

🔗 Source: https://www.xda-developers.com/kde-plasma-68-goes-into-maintenance-mode-as-an-october-release-seems-highly-likely/

#kde #plasma

📰 CISA Flags Three Linux Kernel Vulnerabilities Exploited in the Wild

The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Friday added three security flaws impacting the Linux kernel to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, citing evidence of active exploitation.The vulnerabilities are listed below - CVE-2025-39682 (CVSS score: 9.8) - An improper check for unusual or exceptional conditions vulnerability in the TLS receive path.

🔗 Source: https://thehackernews.com/2026/09/cisa-flags-three-linux-kernel.html

#kernel #linux

📰 GNOME OS Turns To Zswap To Deal With OOM Issues, Progress On Geary Email Client Fork

In addition to this week's GNOME 51 release were several other exciting developments in the GNOME desktop space...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/GNOME-OS-Goes-Zswap

#gnome

📰 Wine-Staging 11.18 Adds New Patches To Further Improve WoW64

Building off yesterday's Wine 11.18 bi-weekly development release is now Wine-Staging 11.18. This experimental flavor of Wine is presently carrying 273 extra patches over that upstream Git state, including some new patches for helping enhance the WoW64 support...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Wine-Staging-11.18

#git #wine

📰 I ditched Synology's apps for open-source alternatives, and my NAS finally became useful

My Synology NAS runs Immich, Navidrome, and Jellyfin now — Synology's own apps don't stand a chance.

🔗 Source: https://www.xda-developers.com/i-ditched-synologys-apps-for-open-source-alternatives-and-my-nas-finally-became-useful/

#immich #opensource

📰 Simple Optimization For Linux 7.4 Can Open Files For Reading ~39% Faster

More than two years in the making, Linux 7.4 is poised to introduce a patch that amounts to a rather simple optimization to avoid unnecessary/duplicative work that can net some nice gains when opening files for reading...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-7.4-Faster-Do-Open

#linux

📰 You, too, can turn your spare Raspberry Pi 5 into a Proxmox virtualization host

It's always good to find a new way to put your unused hardware to use, and turning one into a Proxmox virtualisation host is definitely one of the more useful ways. If you have a Raspberry Pi 5 that isn't earning its rent, someone on Reddit has devised a way to turn it into a handy Proxmox tool, although it comes with a handful of downsides.

🔗 Source: https://www.xda-developers.com/you-too-can-turn-your-spare-raspberry-pi-5-into-a-proxmox-virtualization-host/

#raspberry