📰 Tails 7.15 Privacy-Focused Linux Distro Released with Tor Updates

The privacy-focused Tails 7.15 Linux distribution is out, updating Tor Browser, the Tor client, and firmware packages for newer hardware.

🔗 Source: https://linuxiac.com/tails-7-15-privacy-focused-linux-distro-released-with-tor-updates/

#distro #linux

📰 This New Distro Wants to Achieve What Ubuntu Failed to Do Nearly a Decade Ago

Currently in beta, it pairs Prairie, a new desktop, with a native app suite and an AI assistant.

🔗 Source: https://feed.itsfoss.com/link/24361/17496631/luma-first-look

#distro #ubuntu

📰 SAP Discloses Critical CVSS 10 Flaw in Cloud SDK for Python Allowing OAuth2 Credential Theft

A flaw in SAP's Cloud SDK for Python can send an application's OAuth2 client credentials to a server an attacker controls, SAP said in a security advisory on October 13. The flaw affects multi-tenant applications on SAP Business Technology Platform (BTP) that use the SDK, SAP's official Python client for BTP services. An attacker must be able to control the tenant subdomain,.

🔗 Source: https://thehackernews.com/2026/10/sap-discloses-critical-cvss-10-flaw-in.html

#python

📰 Intel ISPC 1.32 Released With AVX10.2 & APX Support, Even AMD Zen 6 Too

Intel ISPC 1.32 released today as the newest version of this Intel Implicit SPMD Program Compiler built atop LLVM/Clang. ISPC is a variant of the C programming language with extensiosn catering to Single Program Multiple Data programming for both Intel CPUs and GPUs...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Intel-ISPC-1.32-Released

#amd #intel

📰 Steam gamers bomb the Total War: Shogun 2 remaster's score to Overwhelmingly Negative as the original gets delisted

If you're going to release a remastered version of your game, you have to make sure that it performs and looks better than the game you're remixing. If you can't guarantee that, leaving the original up for people to play helps a lot in the long run. It seems

🔗 Source: https://www.xda-developers.com/steam-gamers-bomb-the-total-war-shogun-2-remasters-score-to-overwhelmingly-negative-as-the-original-gets-delisted/

#steam

📰 Mesa Expands NPU Capabilities With Support For YOLOX With PyTorch

While Mesa is predominantly used for GPU drivers, open-source developer Tomeu Vizoso continues advancing the capabilities of NPUs within the Mesa driver stack...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Mesa-Torx-YOLOX-PyTorch

#opensource

📰 New Steam Client Update Adds Many Linux Improvements, Big Picture Screensaver

Valve released a new stable Steam Client update with many Linux improvements, as well as updates to the Big Picture Mode, Steam Input, in-game overlay, game recording, and more.

🔗 Source: https://9to5linux.com/new-steam-client-update-adds-many-linux-improvements-big-picture-screensaver

#linux #steam

📰 This Rust File Manager Was Designed for Omarchy, but Arch Users Can Run it Too

Strata is a new offering that can open folders, preview images, and remember the sort order and icon size from previous sessions.

🔗 Source: https://feed.itsfoss.com/link/24361/17496977/strata-file-manager

#arch #rust

📰 AI-Found Linux Kernel Flaw Gives Local Users Root, and Can Break a Guest Out to the Host

A flaw in Linux's vhost subsystem lets a local user read and write kernel memory at will and become root across nearly a decade of kernel versions. In one virtualization setup, it lets an untrusted virtual machine write to the host's memory and hijack the program that runs the virtual machine.The bug is tracked as CVE-2026-74580 and named Vghost. Tencent Zhuque Lab, which found the.

🔗 Source: https://thehackernews.com/2026/10/ai-found-linux-kernel-flaw-gives-local.html

#kernel #linux

📰 Cloud Hypervisor 54 Released With Live Migration Improvements

Cloud Hypervisor, the Rust-based Virtual Machine Monitor that began as an Intel open-source project and evolved into a multi-vendor Linux Foundation project, is out today with a sizable feature update...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Cloud-Hypervisor-54

#intel #linux #opensource #rust

📰 IPFire 2.29 Core Update 204 Fixes VPN DNS Issues, Updates Linux Kernel

IPFire 2.29 Core Update 204 fixes VPN-related DNS resolution issues, updates the Linux kernel to 6.18.54, and refreshes key packages.

🔗 Source: https://linuxiac.com/ipfire-2-29-core-update-204-fixes-vpn-dns-issues-updates-linux-kernel/

#kernel #linux

📰 Linux Finally Making It Easier To Answer The Question: "Is This RISC-V System RVA23?"

The RISC-V RVA23 profile is a big deal for reducing fragmentation in the RISC-V ecosystem and standardizing more of the ISA to make it easier to distribute modern RISC-V binaries and the like. Modern versions of Ubuntu mandate RVA23 even though compliant hardware is still quite limited. Somewhat surprisingly, only coming about now is an easy ability for Linux users to find the answer to "is my RISC-V system RVA23 compliant?" Pending Linux kernel...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-Answering-RVA23-Question

#kernel #linux #ubuntu

📰 Rustls 0.23.46 Released With Four Security Fixes

Rustls as the modern TLS library written in the Rust programming language with an emphasis on memory safety is out today with its v0.23.46 release in order to ship four new security fixes...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Rustls-0.23.46-Released

#rust

📰 Hirudo Android Trojan Uses Patched Banking Apps to Bypass Their Built-In Security Checks

Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a new Android banking trojan called Hirudo that works by replacing legitimate banking apps with purpose-built patched versions designed to bypass security checks from inside the app itself, marking a new escalation in financial fraud. Dutch mobile security company ThreatFabric said it identified replacements for eight Indonesian banking.

🔗 Source: https://thehackernews.com/2026/10/hirudo-android-trojan-uses-patched.html

#android

📰 HP EliteBook 6 G1q Powered By Snapdragon X1 Plus Sees Linux Patches

Canonical engineer Juerg Haefliger posted a set of Device Tree patches in working to support the mainline Linux kernel on the HP EliteBook 6 G1q laptop that is powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon X1 Plus SoC...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/HP-EliteBook-6-Q1q-Linux-Patch

#kernel #linux

📰 I built a $15 ESP32 display that shows exactly what my home server is doing

My home Debian server runs on a repurposed Dell Latitude laptop and hosts more than 20 self-hosted services. Soon after building the server, I learned about the importance of monitoring. I always have multiple monitoring and management tools inside and outside the server, like Pulse, Beszel, and Komodo. But they all have one gap: I have to open a dashboard or an app (ntfy) on my phone to check my server status.

🔗 Source: https://www.xda-developers.com/built-15-esp32-display-that-shows-what-my-home-server-doing/

#debian

📰 Linux Mint 23 is No More. A New Release Takes its Place

The new one, Linux Mint 27 "Adrien," is due Christmas with an Ubuntu 26.04 LTS base.

🔗 Source: https://feed.itsfoss.com/link/24361/17497316/linux-mint-27-announced

#linux #ubuntu

📰 Epic Games Launcher preview arrives - Native Linux support, Fortnite for Linux is coming and upgraded Easy Anti-Cheat

Epic Games have announced their brand new Epic Games Launcher refresh has a Preview available, along with Native Linux support and Fortnite is coming to Linux.Read the full article on GamingOnLinux.

🔗 Source: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/10/epic-games-launcher-preview-arrives-native-linux-support-fortnite-for-linux-is-coming-and-upgraded-easy-anti-cheat/

#linux

📰 New motherboards, old RAM, plenty of life left in yesterday's PCs

DDR4 makes a comeback as component costs rise, while Linux offers an escape from forced upgrades.

🔗 Source: https://www.theregister.com/systems/2026/10/14/new-motherboards-old-ram-plenty-of-life-left-in-yesterdays-pcs/5303018

#linux

📰 Epic Games To Improve Easy Anti-Cheat On Linux With Anti-Cheat Systemd Service & eBPF

In addition to Epic Games announced a preview of their new Epic Games Launcher, including Linux support, they also announced plans to improve their Easy Anti-Cheat (EAC) software on Linux. Along with this improved EAC they are also working on official Linux support for the popular Fortnite game...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Easy-Anti-Cheat-Better-Linux

#linux #systemd

📰 Fastfetch 2.70 System Information Tool Released with Linux and Android Improvements

Fastfetch 2.70 arrives with better Android support, improved Linux audio detection, fewer dependencies, and bug fixes across platforms.

🔗 Source: https://linuxiac.com/fastfetch-2-70-system-information-tool-released-with-linux-and-android-improvements/

#android #linux