📰 Tails 7.15.1 Privacy-Focused Linux Distro Released as Emergency Security Update

Tails 7.15.1 addresses compromised CA certificates that could allow attackers to impersonate HTTPS websites through malicious Tor exit nodes.

🔗 Source: https://linuxiac.com/tails-7-15-1-privacy-focused-linux-distro-released-as-emergency-security-update/

#distro #linux

📰 Torvalds: AI is fine for competent devs, but spare us the 'drive-by' patches

Kernel maintainers stop asking who used AI, as long as the code is good.

🔗 Source: https://www.theregister.com/columnists/2026/10/23/torvalds-ai-is-fine-for-competent-devs-but-spare-us-the-drive-by-patches/5304357

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📰 Fwupd 2.1.9 Linux Firmware Updater Released with New Features

Fwupd 2.1.9 Linux firmware updater is now available for download with support for Pixart PID 38CA, new features, and bug fixes.

🔗 Source: https://9to5linux.com/fwupd-2-1-9-linux-firmware-updater-released-with-new-features

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📰 oneDNN 3.14 Released With ACE Support, Initial AMD Zen Optimizations

The UXL Foundation announced today the release of oneDNN 3.14 as the latest feature update to this library providing optimized deep learning operations for software like PyTorch, TensorFlow, OpenVINO, and others. While oneDNN began as an Intel software project, making this version notable is beginning to see AMD Zen CPU optimizations land in oneDNN proper...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/oneDNN-3.14-Released

#amd #intel

📰 ArmSoM Sige7s Puts the RK3588S on a Raspberry Pi-Sized Board, and There's a Compute Module Too

The small SBC brings a 6 TOPS NPU, Wi-Fi 6, a Pi-compatible 40-pin header, and up to 32GB RAM, starting at $153.

🔗 Source: https://feed.itsfoss.com/link/24361/17505121/armsom-sige7s

#raspberry

📰 USB-C DisplayPort Alt Mode on Rockchip RK3588 and RK3576, starting with the Flipper One

A look at the USB-PD, PHY, hotplug, and DRM changes involved in making USB-C DisplayPort Alternate Mode work on RK3588/RK3576, and where they stand on the way to mainline Linux.

🔗 Source: https://www.collabora.com/news-and-blog/news-and-events/usb-c-displayport-alt-mode-on-rockchip-rk3588-and-rk3576-starting-with-the-flipper-one.html

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📰 Linux Moves Closer to Retiring the x32 ABI After Years of Limited Adoption

by George WhittakerLinux kernel developers are renewing efforts to retire the x32 application binary interface (ABI), a little-used compatibility feature that attempted to combine the advantages of 64-bit processors with the smaller memory footprint of 32-bit applications. A revised patch series submitted on October 8, 2026, proposes the first steps toward disabling the interface, potentially ending support for an architecture experiment...

🔗 Source: https://www.linuxjournal.com/content/linux-moves-closer-retiring-x32-abi-after-years-limited-adoption

#kernel #linux

📰 SparkyOS: Lightweight general-purpose Arch, on a pendrive

Interesting new project from the minds behind SparkyLinux.

🔗 Source: https://www.theregister.com/os-platforms/2026/10/23/sparkyos-lightweight-general-purpose-arch-on-a-pendrive/5304984

#arch

📰 Google's Kage Project Rethinks Linux Kernel Security With Isolated Device Drivers

by George WhittakerGoogle is exploring a new approach to Linux kernel security that could significantly change how device drivers interact with the operating system. The experimental project, known as Kage, uses compiler-based sandboxing to isolate drivers inside the kernel, potentially limiting the damage caused by memory corruption, programming errors, and exploitable vulnerabilities without requiring drivers to run as separate user-space...

🔗 Source: https://www.linuxjournal.com/content/googles-kage-project-rethinks-linux-kernel-security-isolated-device-drivers

#kernel #linux

📰 Borealis: Asahi Linux's Apple Silicon Mesa Vulkan Driver Forked For Vibe Coding

Seeing a Vulkan API driver pull request this morning for introducing a new "Borealis" driver ID caught me by surprise as it was the first time I was hearing of such a driver. It turns out to be a fork of the Asahi Linux project's HoneyKrisp driver in Mesa for Apple Silicon hardware...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Borealis-Vulkan-Driver

#linux