📰 Debian Developers Begin Voting Over LLM Usage Within The Project

Debian developers have been considering a general resolution over LLM usage within the project. After collecting a variety of proposals, voting has now commenced for Debian developers to decide how comfortable they are with AI / Large Language Model contributions in the project or not...

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https://www.phoronix.com/news/Debian-Votes-On-LLM-Usage

📰 Intel's Jay Graphics Shader Compiler Now Passing Vulkan CTS With Xe2/Xe3 Hardware

Last year Alyssa Rosenzweig joined Intel to work on their Linux graphics drivers after previously serving as a contractor for Valve on their graphics stack and also previously leading the Mesa driver work for the Asahi Linux Apple Silicon graphics support. Since joining Intel, she has been leading the development of Jay as a new SSA-based shader compiler for Intel graphics hardware to be used by the Mesa Iris Gallium3D and ANV Vulkan drivers...

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https://www.phoronix.com/news/Intel-Jay-Compiler-Xe2-Xe3-CTS

📰 Late Sound Fixes For Linux 7.2 Bring More Device Quirks, Intel Nova Lake HDMI-In Capture

Ahead of the presumed Linux 7.2 stable kernel release tomorrow, some last minute sound fixes/quirks have been merged for this next kernel version...

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#intel #kernel #linux

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https://www.phoronix.com/news/Last-Sound-Fixes-Linux-7.2

Microsoft’s 60-day warning puts Windows 11 24H2 and Server 2022 on the clock

Microsoft has issued a formal 60-day end-of-support warning for Windows 11 24H2 Home and Pro, Windows Server 2022, and Windows 10 Enterprise LTSB 2016. October 13, 2026, is the key deadline: Windows 11 and Windows 10 systems will stop receiving monthly security and quality updates, while Server 2022 will leave mainstream support.
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https://4sysops.com/archives/microsofts-60-day-warning-puts-windows-11-24h2-and-server-2022-on-the-clock/

Началось голосование о допустимости использования AI при разработке Debian

Объявлено о начале общего голосования (GR, general resolution) разработчиков по вопросу использования больших языковых моделей и AI-инструментов при разработке дистрибутива. Приём голосов будет осуществляться до 28 августа. Право голоса имеют около тысячи разработчиков, участвующих в сопровождении пакетов и поддержании инфраструктуры Debian.

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https://www.opennet.ru/opennews/art.shtml?num=66085

📰 Arch-Based Omarchy 4.0 “Quattro” Is Here with Its Biggest Desktop Overhaul Yet

Omarchy 4.0 “Quattro” arrives with a completely rewritten Quickshell-based desktop shell, faster installs, dual-boot support, and usability improvements.

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https://linuxiac.com/arch-based-omarchy-4-0-quattro-is-here-with-its-biggest-desktop-overhaul-yet/

📰 Marek Olšák's 19 Latest Patches Further Optimizing RADV & ACO

Legendary Mesa Radeon Gallium3D driver developer Marek Olšák who was a longtime AMD employee and then joined Valve's Linux graphics driver team earlier this year has continued his focus now on perfecting his art around the RADV Vulkan driver and ACO shader compiler...

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https://www.phoronix.com/news/RADV-ACO-19-More-Patches-Valve

Linux 7.2 brings cache-aware scheduling, faster ext4 and Btrfs

Linux kernel 7.2 has been released, adding cache-aware scheduling, ext4 filesystem performance boosts and a slew of new and improved hardware drivers for laptops and peripherals. A merge-widow record was also set during the 9-week development cycle, with more than 2,100 individual contributors involved. AI, obviously, has helped. Commit-crunching by LWN found roughly 5% of commits in 7.2 have an ‘assisted-by’ tag, indicating AI usage. Not that the latest kernel update was all additions. More than 13,000 lines of code for legacy i486 CPU emulation were removed from Linux 7.2, as was a 40-year-old Hercules graphics card driver, AppleTalk networking […]
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https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/08/linux-7-2-cache-aware-scheduling-ext4-btrfs

📰 TUXEDO OS Debian-Based Open Beta Is Now Available for Testing

The first public beta of the redesigned TUXEDO OS is now available, marking the distro’s move away from Ubuntu to Debian Testing.

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#debian #distro #ubuntu

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https://linuxiac.com/tuxedo-os-debian-based-open-beta-is-now-available-for-testing/

📰 GIMP 3.4 Promises New Project File Format, PSD Support Improvements, and More

GIMP 3.4 open-source image editor is under development promising many new features and enhancements. Here’s what to expect!

🔗 Source: https://9to5linux.com/gimp-3-4-promises-new-project-file-format-psd-support-improvements-and-more

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Релиз ядра Linux 7.2

После двух месяцев разработки Линус Торвальдс представил релиз ядра Linux 7.2. Среди наиболее заметных изменений: механизм потоковой передачи данных USB4STREAM, планировщик распределения ресурсов GPU, оптимизации производительности btrfs, xfs и ext4, продолжение удаления кода для поддержки CPU i486, возможность создания вложенных планировщиков SCHED_EXT, снижено потребление памяти в подсистеме подкачки, ускорены неименованные каналы, поддержка расширений Intel MBEC и AMD GMET в KVM, удаление протокола AppleTalk, начальная поддержка HDMI 2.1 FRL в драйвере AMDGPU.

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https://www.opennet.ru/opennews/art.shtml?num=65937

Linux 7.2

После двух месяцев разработки Линус Торвальдс представил релиз ядра Linux 7.2. Среди наиболее заметных изменений: механизм потоковой передачи данных USB4STREAM, оптимизации производительности btrfs, xfs и ext4, продолжение удаления кода для поддержки CPU i486, возможность создания вложенных планировщиков SCHED_EXT, снижено потребление памяти в подсистеме подкачки, ускорены неименованные каналы, поддержка расширений Intel MBEC и AMD GMET в KVM, удаление протокола AppleTalk, начальная поддержка HDMI 2.1 FRL в драйвере AMDGPU.
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https://www.linux.org.ru/news/kernel/18360600

📰 tlbi= Boot Option Submitted Ahead Of Linux 7.2 Kernel Release

Ahead of the Linux 7.2 kernel stable release expected to occur in the coming hours, a last minute "x86/urgent" pull request was submitted with one patch for adding the new tlbi= boot option...

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#kernel #linux

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https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-7.2-x86-urgent-tlbi

Linux drops its last escape hatch for CPUs without a reliable TSC

The Linux kernel is making the x86 Time Stamp Counter (TSC) mandatory, removing the final option to build a kernel without it. The change ends Linux’s decades-long compatibility path for very old processors and lets the kernel discard timing code that detected, calibrated, and worked around missing or unreliable TSC hardware.
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https://4sysops.com/archives/linux-drops-its-last-escape-hatch-for-cpus-without-a-reliable-tsc/

📰 NVIDIA’s GeForce NOW Native Linux App Now Stable, Offers Flatpak Support

NVIDIA's GeForce NOW native Linux app has graduated from beta and it's now available as a stable release with Flatpak and Ubuntu support.

🔗 Source: https://9to5linux.com/nvidias-geforce-now-native-linux-app-now-stable-offers-flatpak-support

#flatpak #linux #ubuntu

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📰 Linux is now adopting a CPU requirement Windows already demands, but don't worry, it's not TPM 2.0

In fact, if you're reading this line, your computer's CPU is most definitely still supported.

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https://www.xda-developers.com/linux-is-now-adopting-a-cpu-requirement-windows-already-demands-but-dont-worry-its-not-tpm-20/

GitHub Copilot update makes model switching the default

GitHub’s latest Copilot update turns model choice into a core workflow rather than a one-time setting, adding Kimi K3, MAI-Code-1.1-Flash, and per-turn switching in Visual Studio Code. The flexibility comes with an enterprise concern: Copilot still does not provide a reliable record of which model generated or changed specific code.
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https://4sysops.com/archives/github-copilot-update-makes-model-switching-the-default/

📰 Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Wildlands has Easy Anti-Cheat removed

Good for players on Linux / SteamOS and modders - Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Wildlands is now free from Easy Anti-Cheat.Read the full article on GamingOnLinux.

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#linux

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https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/08/tom-clancys-ghost-recon-wildlands-has-easy-anti-cheat-removed/

📰 GNU Linux-libre 7.2-gnu Released Following More Driver Cleaning

Following yesterday's release of the Linux 7.2 kernel, GNU Linux-libre 7.2-gnu is now available for this kernel downstream that strips out support for drivers depending upon non-free-software microcode/firmware, the ability to load closed-source kernel modules, and other restrictions in the name of software freedom...

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#gnu #kernel #linux

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https://www.phoronix.com/news/GNU-Linux-Libre-7.2

📰 Evooo1Bot Linux Botnet Exploits Known Flaws to Turn Edge Devices Into SOCKS5 Proxies

Cybersecurity researchers have flagged a previously undocumented Linux botnet family dubbed Evooo1Bot that derives its core functionality from the Mirai botnet source code and is equipped to turn internet-facing devices into SOCKS proxies."While the malware reuses the DDoS engine from the publicly leaked Mirai source code, it extends the original framework with numerous capabilities, including.

🔗 Source: https://thehackernews.com/2026/08/evooo1bot-linux-botnet-exploits-known.html

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Microsoft assigns CVE and starts patching ShieldBreak Defender zero-day

Microsoft has assigned CVE-2026-69414 to the ShieldBreak Microsoft Defender privilege-escalation zero-day and says it is developing a security update. The flaw, which bypassed Microsoft's RoguePlanet fix, allows a local attacker with limited permissions to reach SYSTEM privileges on affected Windows systems.
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https://4sysops.com/archives/microsoft-assigns-cve-and-starts-patching-shieldbreak-defender-zero-day/