📰 Linus Torvalds sees signs AI-prompted patch flood has peaked

Fixes are arriving faster than new bug reports for one major Linux project.

🔗 Source: https://www.theregister.com/security/2026/11/09/linus-torvalds-sees-signs-ai-prompted-patch-flood-has-peaked/5308345

#linux

📰 Slax 2026.11 Released with Debian 13, Redesigned Desktop, and AI Assistant

Slax 2026.11 updates its desktop with taskbar previews, virtual workspaces, and desktop icons, alongside Debian 13 and an AI assistant.

🔗 Source: https://linuxiac.com/slax-2026-11-released-with-debian-13-redesigned-desktop-and-ai-assistant/

#debian

📰 New Linux Patches Bring-Up The Samsung Galaxy XR Headset, Qualcomm Halliday SoC

Samsung's Galaxy XR headset runs on Android XR by default with its own downstream kernel patches. A user leveraging AI with multiple LLMs has now drafted an initial set of patches getting the Galaxy XR headset working on the mainline kernel along with bringing up the Qualcomm Snapdragon XR2+ Gen 2 "Halliday" SoC that powers this VR/XR headset...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-Samsung-Galaxy-XR

#android #kernel #linux

📰 Extension Manager 0.7 Adds GNOME Shell Search Integration

Extension Manager 0.7 adds GNOME Shell search integration, bulk extension management, a redesigned details view, and performance improvements.

🔗 Source: https://linuxiac.com/extension-manager-0-7-adds-gnome-shell-search-integration/

#gnome

📰 Intel ANV Lands Bitrate Control For AV1 Encoding

Hyunjun Ko of Igalia continues working on enhancing the Vulkan Video support in the Mesa ANV driver for better open-source video acceleration support...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Intel-ANV-AV1-Bitrate-Control

#intel #opensource

📰 Call of Duty Zombies merged with Team Fortress 2 - Mann Versus Zombies is coming to Steam

Love the idea of fighting off zombies in the Team Fortress 2 world? Mann Versus Zombies is bringing the action to Steam.Read the full article on GamingOnLinux.

🔗 Source: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/11/call-of-duty-zombies-merged-with-team-fortress-2-mann-versus-zombies-is-coming-to-steam/

#steam

📰 ChaCha AVX-512 Optimization For Linux 7.5 Yields Up To 99% Improvement On AMD Zen 5

The Linux kernel's ChaCha symmetric stream cipher code has long had an AVX-512 optimized code path but it was catering to the early generations of Intel CPUs with AVX-512 (Skylake) that suffered from down-clocking under use. But now slated for arrival with Linux 7.5 is tuning the code to perform better on today's AVX-512 Intel and AMD processors that don't suffer from this limitation.

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/ChaCha-AVX-512-Linux-7.5

#amd #intel #kernel #linux

📰 Microsoft's Azure Linux gets 470-plus security fixes in one almighty patching session

A mountain of CVEs, a certificate cleanup, and yet more work for Microsoft's patching teams.

🔗 Source: https://www.theregister.com/security/2026/11/09/microsofts-azure-linux-gets-470-plus-security-fixes-in-one-almighty-patching-session/5308434

#linux

📰 Darling Now Embraces AI For Running macOS Binaries On Linux

Darling is the software project more than a decade in development that is designed to run macOS binaries on Linux. This macOS compatibility layer for Linux is now gaining more brisk developments as it turns to AI/LLMs to assist in this creation...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Darling-Using-AI-macOS-Linux

#linux

📰 Here's Everything New Coming to Linux Mint 27 This Christmas

It is a release that has taken a year to develop, with major changes like a Wayland session that is no longer experimental.

🔗 Source: https://feed.itsfoss.com/link/24361/17518528/linux-mint-27-features

#linux #wayland

📰 openSUSE Tumbleweed Prepares to Replace YaST Installer with Agama

openSUSE Tumbleweed is preparing to adopt the modern Agama installer, replacing its traditional YaST-based installation system.

🔗 Source: https://linuxiac.com/opensuse-tumbleweed-prepares-to-replace-yast-installer-with-agama/

#opensuse