📰 DXVK-Sarek 1.14.0 released for gaming on older GPUs

DXVK-Sarek version 1.14.0 has arrived, keeping Wine / Proton gaming alive for those of you with older GPUs that don't have modern Vulkan support.Read the full article on GamingOnLinux.

🔗 Source: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/10/dxvk-sarek-1-14-0-released-for-gaming-on-older-gpus/

#proton #wine

📰 AMD Caps Off Linux 7.4 Graphics Driver Development With More HDMI 2.1 Fixes

AMD on Thursday sent out a final pull request of their feature work aiming to be submitted for the upcoming Linux 7.4 merge window. This round of "few last odds and ends" is mostly about landing some bug fixes but of which there are a few worth mentioning...

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

#amd #linux

📰 SteamOS 0.4 for Steam Frame is out now with better power efficiency and battery lifetime

Valve just released a major stable update for all Steam Frame owners, bringing some great sounding improvements.Read the full article on GamingOnLinux.

🔗 Source: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/10/steamos-0-4-for-steam-frame-is-out-now-with-better-power-efficiency-and-battery-lifetime/

#steam

📰 HDR Support Coming For Qualcomm MSM Driver To Benefit Snapdragon X Laptops On Linux

For those making use of Qualcomm Snapdragon X laptops on Linux, one of the features coming to the MSM DRM kernel driver is static HDR support for DisplayPort outputs and eDP panels...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Qualcomm-MSM-DRM-HDR

#kernel #linux

📰 Immich 3.3 Photo and Video Management Solution Adds People Sharing, Birthday Memories

Immich 3.3 introduces shared people management, birthday memories, automatic photo stacking, and improved image quality.

🔗 Source: https://linuxiac.com/immich-3-3-photo-and-video-management-solution-adds-people-sharing-birthday-memories/

#immich

📰 Linux Patches Finally Make Hibernation Possible In Secure Boot / Lockdown Mode

When booting the Linux kernel using UEFI SecureBoot, the kernel is put in the lockdown mode to restrict the ability to modify the running kernel image or leaking data from kernel memory. Kernel lockdown mode can also be manually enabled by the user/administrator. Among the limitations imposed in Linux's lockdown mode is no hibernation support. But that soon may be relieved with new patches proposed...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-Hibernation-With-Lockdown

#kernel #linux

📰 GNOME 51 Review: New Features, Changes & More
The Learn Linux TV channel has published a comprehensive review of the GNOME 51 desktop environment. In this video, Jay takes a close look at all the new features, visual updates, improvements, and key changes introduced in the latest version of GNOME.
🔗 Source: https://youtu.be/BNgt8QJD5qY
#gnome #linux #desktop #opensource

📰 Boro: NVIDIA's Open-Source Effort For AI-Assisted Linux Kernel Development

Over the past few months NVIDIA has been developing Boro as a new AI-assisted kernel development CLI written in Rust and focused on local AI for enhancing efficiency for kernel development...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/NVIDIA-Boro-Linux-Kernel-AI

#kernel #linux #opensource #rust

📰 Researchers Publish Working Exploit for Pre-Auth AnyDesk Linux Flaw That Gives Root Access

Security researchers have published a full working exploit for a pre-authentication remote code execution flaw in AnyDesk Linux that gives attackers root access before anyone approves the connection.AnyDesk patched the flaw in version 8.0.3 in June, but its changelog described the fix only as "fixed a bug that could lead to a crash," with no CVE assigned and no security.

🔗 Source: https://thehackernews.com/2026/10/researchers-publish-working-exploit-for.html

#linux

📰 Canonical Announces Official Ubuntu Desktop Images for RISC-V

Canonical announces official Ubuntu Desktop images for RISC-V hardware, along with unofficial Xubuntu Minimal images for the Ubuntu 26.10 release.

🔗 Source: https://9to5linux.com/canonical-announces-official-ubuntu-desktop-images-for-risc-v

#ubuntu

📰 Ubuntu 26.10 Sticks To Using GCC 15 By Default

From a performance and enthusiast perspective, what I personally find most disappointing and puzzling with the imminent release of Ubuntu 26.10 comes down to its default compiler version...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Ubuntu-26.10-GCC-15-Default

#ubuntu

📰 Python 3.15 Released With Experimental JIT Compiler Running Faster

Python 3.15 is out today as the newest annual feature release for the Python programming language...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Python-3.15-Released

#python