📰 "slab_tiny" Boot Option Proposed For Tiny Linux Systems With Very Limited RAM

In 2022 the SLOB allocator was deprecated and removed with Linux 6.4 a year later. SLOB was popular with embedded systems with minimal amounts of RAM, so as a result the CONFIG_SLUB_TINY Kconfig option was then added for configuring the slab allocator for a minimal memory footprint for systems with 16MB of RAM or less.

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-Slab-Tiny-Boot-Option

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https://phoronix.com/news/Linux-Slab-Tiny-Boot-Option

📰 Linux Kernel Introducing New Taint Due To Fuzzing Bots Yielding Impractical Bug Reports

The Linux kernel is having to introduce a new taint flag "TAINT_FORCED_BIND" to deal with fuzzing bots like Syzbot abusing Linux's bind/unbind sysfs functionality and generating bug reports for impractical and not at all relevant hardware/driver combinations...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-Taint-Forced-Bind

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📰 Faugus Launcher 2.4.0 adds a backup system, new game overviews and more customization

Faugus Launcher is easily becoming one of the absolute coolest looking ways to manage games from different launchers on SteamOS / Linux.Read the full article on GamingOnLinux.

🔗 Source: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/09/faugus-launcher-2-4-0-adds-a-backup-system-new-game-overviews-and-more-customization/

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📰 Decades-old file security flaws found in Android, Linux, macOS, and Windows

Security researchers report that Microsoft considers the side-channel leak of file events to be by design.

🔗 Source: https://www.theregister.com/security/2026/09/24/decades-old-file-security-flaws-found-in-android-linux-macos-and-windows/5298672

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📰 The Netherlands Built a Nix-Basd Linux Desktop Because Microsoft Cut Off the ICC

Eight municipalities are already testing DAWO, the government's NixOS-powered work environment.

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📰 Asahi fork embraces LLMs and lands Linux on the M4 Mac mini

Coding agents helped two developers build an accelerated desktop and graphics driver in weeks.

🔗 Source: https://www.theregister.com/os-platforms/2026/09/25/asahi-fork-embraces-llms-and-lands-linux-on-the-m4-mac-mini/5298931

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https://theregister.com/os-platforms/2026/09/25/asahi-fork-embraces-llms-and-lands-linux-on-the-m4-mac-mini/5298931

📰 Qualcomm Posts Patches For Enabling GPU Support In Their Snapdragon X2 Mahua SoC

Yesterday Qualcomm posted open-source GPU driver patches for their Adreno 850 GPU one day after being announced with the Snapdragon 8 Elite Extreme Gen 6. Yesterday Qualcomm also announced their Snapdragon X2 Linux support plans. Today they have posted the GPU enablement patches for what's found in the Mahua SoC for lower-tier Snapdragon X2 SoCs...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Qualcomm-Mahua-GPU-Support

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📰 Linux Kernel Developers Consider Adding AGENTS.md To Help Guide AI/LLM Agents

While the Linux kernel continues to be bombarded with patches from AI/LLM agents, to date the kernel hasn't carried an AGENTS.md Markdown file with instructions catering to AI/LLM agents. But a patch set out today would finally introduce one...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-Considers-AGENTS-MD

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📰 Ubuntu stopped being the lightweight Linux distro, and Linux Mint filled the gap it left behind

A surprising shift to Linux Mint reveals leaner memory use, polished Cinnamon defaults, and a friendlier upgrade path.

🔗 Source: https://www.xda-developers.com/linux-mint-is-the-best-ubuntu-replacement/

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https://xda-developers.com/linux-mint-is-the-best-ubuntu-replacement

📰 AMD Sends Out New Linux Patches Further Enhancing HDMI 2.1 Reliability

Linux 7.4 is going to be the big kernel release where the AMD graphics driver will finally expose HDMI 2.1 by default and comes with features including HDMI FreeSync, VRR, and ALLM. Ahead of that milestone there have been various other last minute tweaks and improvements to its HDMI 2.1 support. Sent out on Thursday was the latest round of AMDGPU DC patches that includes a few more patches for improving the HDMI 2.1 reliability...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/AMDGPU-HDMI-2.1-Reliability

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