Qwen Image 2.1 challenges closed models, while Alibaba clarifies output rights

Alibaba’s Qwen Image 2.1 is emerging as a credible local alternative to proprietary image generators: early independent tests place it close to Google’s Nano Banana 2 and other leading systems despite using only 7 billion visual-model parameters. The release builds on a 7B model with 2K transparent generation, while Alibaba has now clarified that images users create are not restricted by the model’s research license.
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https://4sysops.com/archives/qwen-image-2-1-challenges-closed-models-while-alibaba-clarifies-output-rights/

📰 Qualcomm Posts Open-Source GPU Driver Patches For Adreno 850 One Day After Announcement

Yesterday Qualcomm announced the Snapdragon 8 Elite Extreme Gen 6 as quite an interesting mobile SoC. The Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Extreme Gen 6 features Adreno 850 graphics and already one-day later their engineers are out with initial Linux kernel patches for bringing up the A850 with the MSM kernel driver...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Qualcomm-Adreno-850-Open-Source

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https://phoronix.com/news/Qualcomm-Adreno-850-Open-Source

📰 Valve Introduces Pyrowave Video Codec In Beta For Low Latency Streaming

Valve's Steam client beta today introduced Pyrowave as an experimental video codec for high bandwidth, low-latency video streaming...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Valve-Steam-Beta-Pyrowave

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https://phoronix.com/news/Valve-Steam-Beta-Pyrowave

Microsoft upgrades smallest Surface devices with Snapdragon X2 Plus

Microsoft is upgrading its smallest Surface devices with Snapdragon X2 Plus: the 13-inch Surface Laptop and 12-inch Surface Pro. The new models launch October 13 at $1,199 and $1,149, respectively—up significantly from their predecessors—but add faster AI processing, brighter displays, and optional enterprise 5G.
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https://4sysops.com/archives/microsoft-upgrades-smallest-surface-devices-with-snapdragon-x2-plus/

Specops Device Trust: Device-based access control beyond MFA

Specops Device Trust is a cloud-based security product from Specops Software (part of Outpost24) that ties access decisions to user identity and the device's security state. It addresses a specific gap that multi-factor authentication (MFA) alone cannot close: an attacker who steals a session token or login credentials can still access your systems if access decisions are based solely on user identity. The product binds users to enrolled, verified devices and continuously checks device security throughout every session. This article covers how Specops Device Trust works, what it checks, and how to deploy it.
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https://4sysops.com/archives/specops-device-trust-device-based-access-control-beyond-mfa/

📰 Here's some of the best VR games released on Steam in 2026 so far

Here's some of the highest-rated VR games released on Steam in 2026. Helping you get ready for the SteamOS Linux powered Steam Frame.Read the full article on GamingOnLinux.

🔗 Source: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/09/heres-some-of-the-best-vr-games-released-on-steam-in-2026-so-far/

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Ex-Microsoft dev creates new task manager – and it supports Linux

The developer who made the original Window Task Manager app has vibe-coded a new system monitor app – and it works on macOS and Linux too. TMOG (Task Manager OG) might look like something mocked up by a design team to appear in the background of a cheap sci-fi movie – an aesthetic that years of US TV in the 1990s has programmed me to find cool – but it is a real, functional task manager. It’s created by Dave Plummer, who, in the 1990s, worked at Microsoft on the original Task Manager tool for Windows. To get TMOG from […]
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https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/09/tmog-task-manager-linux-beta

Canonical is speeding up kernel security updates (because of AI)

Ubuntu kernel updates are about to get more frequent, as Canonical changes tack to keep pace with an ‘explosion’ in security vulnerabilities being discovered with AI tools. The company has announced it’s adopting a ‘unified’ two-week stable release update (SRU) cycle for kernel updates. This speeds up patching, testing and getting fixes for CVEs out to users. Previously, Canonical maintained kernel updates on a 4/2 schedule – a four-week regular cycle and a two-week security cycle. The new cadence takes effect from 28 September, 2026. Why a change is needed Canonical says the “explosion” in bugs and CVEs, driven largely […]
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Want to try Ubuntu’s AI dictation feature? Here’s how

Ubuntu’s new AI-powered dictation tool Myna isn’t officially ready, but you can give it an early test. Canonical has added the Myna orchestrator snap and a pair of speech-recognition AI models to the Snap Store recently, and made its new desktop Myna Settings tool available to test from a PPA. Ubuntu 26.10 also comes with another component preinstalled, as the gnome-shell-ubuntu-extensions package has a GNOME Shell extension that triggers an on-screen HUD when the Myna local AI speech-to-text tech is listening or transcribing. While a formal call for testing hasn’t been made, all the pieces needed to test Myna are […]
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https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/09/ubuntu-myna-ai-install

📰 Longtime SUSE staff asked if they'd opt for 'voluntary separation'

Other changes also afoot as employees unionize and the distro itself sees modifications.

🔗 Source: https://www.theregister.com/software/2026/09/22/longtime-suse-staff-asked-if-theyd-opt-for-voluntary-separation/5297457

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https://theregister.com/software/2026/09/22/longtime-suse-staff-asked-if-theyd-opt-for-voluntary-separation/5297457

Релиз Chrome 154

Компания Google опубликовала релиз web-браузера Chrome 154. Одновременно доступен стабильный выпуск свободного проекта Chromium, выступающего основой Chrome. Браузер Chrome отличается от Chromium использованием логотипов Google, наличием системы отправки уведомлений в случае краха, модулями для воспроизведения защищённого от копирования видеоконтента (DRM), системой автоматической установки обновлений, постоянным включением Sandbox-изоляции, поставкой ключей к Google API и передачей RLZ-параметров при поиске. Для тех, кому необходимо больше времени на обновление, отдельно поддерживается ветка Extended Stable, сопровождаемая 8 недель. Следующий выпуск Chrome 155 в рамках нового двухнедельного цикла разработки запланирован на 6 октября.

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https://www.opennet.ru/opennews/art.shtml?num=66331

Выпуск FluxCast 0.2.7, инструмента для трансляции рабочего стола Linux на Smart TV

Состоялся выпуск проекта FluxCast v0.2.7, предназначенного для организации стриминга рабочего стола Linux на экраны Smart TV по протоколам Wi-Fi Direct (Miracast), DLNA и Chromecast с минимальной задержкой. Исходный код проекта написан на Python и распространяется под лицензией GPLv3.
Ключевым изменением в версии 0.2.7 стало полное устранение двух уязвимостей безопасности в сетевом стеке (исправлены несанкционированное подключение к RTSP-сессии и DoS-уязвимость, приводящая к MemoryError).
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https://www.linux.org.ru/news/multimedia/18385612

‍pictura-stainless 1.0.0 — легковесный аналог Pictura Noctis

Опубликован выпуск pictura-stainless 1.0.0 — утилиты для установки случайных обоев в Noctalia Shell (Quickshell). Проект создан как лёгкая и более быстрая альтернатива недавно вышедшей утилите Pictura Noctis, с добавлением поддержки других WM (автор использует sway).
Основные отличия


Скорость сборки и размер: программа не зависит от экосистемы крейтов и собирается Makefile слишком быстро.


Не все флаги совместимы.


Режим для скриптов: добавлен флаг -p, который печатает только путь к выбранному изображению, что упрощает использование утилиты c другими бэкендами обоев:


swaymsg output "*" bg "$(./pictura-stainless -p ~/Pictures/Wallpapers)" fill


Требования и сборка
Для сборки требуется GCC 13 или Clang 16 и выше:
git clone https://github.com/x6prl/pictura-stainless.git
cd pictura-stainless
make
make install PREFIX=$HOME/.local


GCC младше 14 и Clang младше 18:
make CSTD=gnu2x


Нестрипнутый исполняемый файл может показаться великоват
$./pictura-stainless -v
pictura-stainless 1.0.0
$du -h pictura-stainless
24K pictura-stainless


Но strip позволит сократить его размер ещё на 4KБ.
Исходный код написан на языке Си и распространяется под лицензией GPLv3.
Автор отмечает, что альтернативная реализация не только значительно упрощает поддержку кода, но и положительно сказывается на производительности за счет использования современных подходов к управлению памятью. При этом сравнительных замеров не производилось, а оригинальный код Pictura Noctris не был даже скачан.
Инструкции по интеграции с вашим любимым WM
Собранные бинарники для x86_64 и aarch64



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https://www.linux.org.ru/news/opensource/18385597

📰 Cache Aware Scheduling Fixes Queued For Submission To Linux 7.3, Backporting To 7.2

Later this week it looks like the latest round of Cache Aware Scheduling fixes will be merged for enhancing this kernel scheduler functionality for grouping related tasks together on CPU cores that share the same last level cache (LLC). Cache Aware Scheduling can lead to better cache locality and lower latency by avoiding the costs of potential cache bouncing -- that is when bugs don't get in the way...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-7.3-CAS-Fixes-Coming

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https://phoronix.com/news/Linux-7.3-CAS-Fixes-Coming

OpenAI, Anthropic and DeepSeek take AI safety to the UN Security Council

OpenAI, Anthropic and DeepSeek brought competing AI powers into the same United Nations Security Council briefing on September 23, warning that increasingly capable systems could improve themselves, evade human control and create international-security risks. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman also urged governments to establish benchmarks for measuring model capabilities and corporate safeguards.
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https://4sysops.com/archives/openai-anthropic-and-deepseek-take-ai-safety-to-the-un-security-council/

Microsoft’s Ink Canvas turns Surface handwriting into Copilot-ready content

Microsoft’s new Ink Canvas gives the refreshed Surface Pro more than a standard note-taking app: it combines handwriting, sketches, and annotations so Copilot can interpret users’ visual ideas. The feature adds a new layer to the refreshed Surface devices Microsoft announced recently, arriving preinstalled on the 12-inch Surface Pro 2nd Edition and in the Microsoft Store on October 13, 2026.
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https://4sysops.com/archives/microsofts-ink-canvas-turns-surface-handwriting-into-copilot-ready-content/

Qualcomm реализует поддержку чипов Snapdragon X2 в Linux

Компания Qualcomm объявила о передаче в основной состав ядра Linux изменений, обеспечивающих поддержку устройств на чипах Snapdragon X2, оснащённых CPU Qualcomm Oryon (6-18 ядер в зависимости от модели), AI-ускорителем Hexagon (80 TOPS) и GPU Adreno X2-90. Среди прочего будет подготовлен FastRPC-драйвер для NPU Hexagon и добавлена поддержка новых GPU Adreno в Mesa-драйверы Freedreno, Turnip и Rusticl.

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https://www.opennet.ru/opennews/art.shtml?num=66334

Huawei’s UnifiedBus targets the networking bottleneck in agentic AI

Huawei is shifting its AI infrastructure pitch from faster accelerators to faster connections between them. At Huawei Connect 2026, the company introduced UnifiedBus alongside the Atlas 960E SuperPoD, claiming the architecture can reduce latency, increase bandwidth tenfold, and scale systems for massive agentic-AI workloads.
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https://4sysops.com/archives/huaweis-unifiedbus-targets-the-networking-bottleneck-in-agentic-ai/

📰 KDE developers' attempts at creating LLM guidelines are not going well

It seems the KDE developers want to allow some use of generative AI / LLMs, as they're working on a policy of guidelines for it.Read the full article on GamingOnLinux.

🔗 Source: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/09/kde-developers-attempts-at-creating-llm-guidelines-are-not-going-well/

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https://gamingonlinux.com/2026/09/kde-developers-attempts-at-creating-llm-guidelines-are-not-going-well

📰 Linux Adding New Interface For Reporting AMD SEV Status

A convenient addition that surprisingly hasn't been added to the Linux kernel until now is /sys/devices/system/cpu/sev/sev_status as a new sysfs interface for reporting the AMD Secure Encrypted Virtualization (SEV) status...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-sysfs-AMD-SEV-Status

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https://phoronix.com/news/Linux-sysfs-AMD-SEV-Status

Cloud Range gives SOCs a proving ground for AI agents

Cloud Range, a cyber range platform for simulating enterprise security operations and adversary attacks, has launched an AI Validation Range and AI Readiness Framework designed to show whether security agents are safe to deploy—not merely whether they can complete a task. A security operations center (SOC) is the team and technology responsible for monitoring, detecting, investigating, and responding to cyber threats. Organizations can test agents against realistic attacks, compare their results with human defenders, and identify where human approval remains necessary.
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https://4sysops.com/archives/cloud-range-gives-socs-a-proving-ground-for-ai-agents/