Development has ended on Orion for Linux

Kagi has announced it is ending development of its Orion web browser for Linux to focus on the macOS and iOS versions. A native GTK Linux port of Orion was announced in 2025 and a public beta launched earlier this year. The goal had been to offer feature parity with the macOS version. While recent updates have edged closer, it seems that’s where it’ll remain – for now. Kagi will make Orion for Linux – and the WIP Orion for Windows port – open-source so that the wider FOSS community to step up to “carry them forward”. “Orion is built […]
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https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/10/orion-linux-browser-development-ended

📰 Microsoft Announces General Availability Of WSLC: Linux Containers On Windows

Following the public preview of Linux containers on WSL, Microsoft today announced the general availability of WSLC for supporting Linux containers on Windows...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Microsoft-WSLC-Linux-Containers

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https://phoronix.com/news/Microsoft-WSLC-Linux-Containers

📰 New Spectre-v2 BTR Attack Leaks Linux Memory Despite Existing Defenses

A group of academics from VUSec and Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna have disclosed details of a new Spectre CPU vulnerability variant that affects Just-In-Time (JIT) engines present in web browsers, language runtimes, and the operating system kernel, across multiple CPU vendors.The new Spectre-v2 variant has been codenamed Branch Target Reuse (BTR)."The key insight is that, while modern CPUs.

🔗 Source: https://thehackernews.com/2026/09/new-spectre-v2-btr-attack-leaks-linux.html

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📰 AMD Boosting AI/LLM Performance For Radeon iGPUs As Much As 18~23% With Linux 7.4

If you have an AMD Ryzen laptop/desktop and looking to leverage AI/LLM capabilities with the integrated graphics, Linux 7.4 is going to be a real treat especially for lower-end hardware. AMD's new PerfOpt feature being introduced in Linux 7.4 is set to provide some solid gains as shown in these benchmarks today across different AMD Ryzen/Radeon hardware.

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/review/amd-perfopt

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https://phoronix.com/review/amd-perfopt

📰 Archinstall 4.5 Arch Linux Installer Adds AArch64 Support for GRUB and Limine

Archinstall 4.5 text-mode installer for the Arch Linux distribution is now available with AArch64 support for GRUB and Limine EFI installations, AArch64 root partition type GUID support, and other changes.

🔗 Source: https://9to5linux.com/archinstall-4-5-arch-linux-installer-adds-aarch64-support-for-grub-and-limine

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📰 Linux Mint replaced Ubuntu as the best first distro, and Ubuntu's own choices explain why

If you went a decade back in time and asked someone in the Linux community what the best beginner distro was, there's a good chance they'd reply with Ubuntu. It's what I heard a lot about when I first dipped my toe into the world of FOSS operating systems, and for good reason.

🔗 Source: https://www.xda-developers.com/linux-mint-replaced-ubuntu-best-first-distro/

#distro #linux #ubuntu

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https://xda-developers.com/linux-mint-replaced-ubuntu-best-first-distro

Выпуск мобильной платформы /e/OS 4.3

Представлен выпуск мобильной платформы /e/OS 4.3, сфокусированной на конфиденциальности пользовательских данных. Платформа основана Гаэлем Дювалем (Gaël Duval), создателем дистрибутива Mandrake Linux. Проект поддерживает 287 моделей смартфонов и формирует сборки прошивок для наиболее популярных из них. На базе смартфонов OnePlus, Fairphone, Teracube, HIROH и Pixel подготовлены собственные редакции устройств, распространяемые с предустановленной прошивкой /e/OS под брендами Murena One, Murena 2, Murena Fairphone 4/5/6, Murena Teracube 2e, Murena Pixel 5/7 и Murena SHIFTphone 8.

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https://www.opennet.ru/opennews/art.shtml?num=66394

Госорганы Нидерландов и Франции внедряют решения на базе NixOS

Министерство внутренних дел и по делам Королевства Нидерландов развивает проект DAWO (Digitaal Autonome Werkomgeving Overheid), нацеленный на создание суверенной рабочей среды для государственных органов, продвигаемой с целью исключения зависимости от иностранных технологических корпораций. В качестве операционной системы для рабочих станций выбран Linux-дистрибутив NixOS. В разработку проекта вовлечены три государственные IT-компании - DICTU, SSC-ICT и DUO-ICT. Первый стабильный релиз DAWO ожидается в следующем году. В настоящее время в пилотном внедрении платформы участвуют четыре муниципалитета. Наработки опубликованы на государственной платформе совместной разработки, созданной на базе Forgejo, и зеркалируется в Codeberg.

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https://www.opennet.ru/opennews/art.shtml?num=66367

📰 The Netherlands Picked NixOS. France Was Already Using It

France’s digital agency has been using NixOS on internal workstations for months through Sécurix, its open-source, security-hardened configuration.

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https://feed.itsfoss.com/link/24361/17478137/france-nixos-move

📰 Tails 7.14 Anonymous OS Updates Tor Browser, Tor Client, and Linux Kernel

The privacy-focused Tails 7.14 release refreshes its core components with Tor Browser 15.0.24, Tor 0.4.9.13, and Linux 6.12.111.

🔗 Source: /

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https://linuxiac.com/tails-7-14-anonymous-os-updates-tor-browser-tor-client-and-linux-kernel

Компилятор EDG C/C++ превращён в открытый проект, развиваемый сообществом

Компания Edison Design Group в связи с прекращением своей деятельности открыла исходный код фронтенда компилятора EDG C/C++ и передала его разработку сообществу. Дальнейшая работа над EDG C/C++ будет вестись под покровительством некоммерческой организации C++ Alliance, предоставляющей инфраструктуру и финансирующей работу над такими проектами, как Boost. Код EDG C/C++ открыт под лицензией Apache 2.0 с исключениями LLVM, убирающими ограничения по включению runtime-частей компилятора в бинарные файлы и решающих проблемы с совместимостью с GPLv2.

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https://www.opennet.ru/opennews/art.shtml?num=66397

📰 Chromium 154 is causing havoc with people's KDE desktops, but there's a fix

If you use KDE for Linux and you've noticed that it has been crashing on you more often than usual, you're not alone. As it turns out, a bug caused people using a Chromium-based browser with KDE Plasma to run into some pretty nasty issues. Fortunately, it seems a patch has just been pushed out, so give your system an update and see if that fixes the problem.

🔗 Source: https://www.xda-developers.com/chromium-154-is-causing-havoc-with-peoples-kde-desktops-but-theres-a-fix/

#chromium #kde #linux #plasma

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https://xda-developers.com/chromium-154-is-causing-havoc-with-peoples-kde-desktops-but-theres-a-fix

Anthropic’s Claude Frontier Academy aims to train 10,000 engineers

Anthropic is putting $100 million into the Claude Frontier Academy, aiming to train 10,000 engineers to deploy AI in businesses by the end of 2027. The first cohorts are underway, with initial certifications expected in early 2027.
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https://4sysops.com/archives/anthropics-claude-frontier-academy-aims-to-train-10000-engineers/

Выпуск компилятора языка D 2.113

Опубликован релиз DMD 2.113, эталонного компилятора для языка D. Код компилятора распространяется под свободной лицензией BSL (Boost Software License). Поддерживаются системы Linux, Windows, macOS и FreeBSD.

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https://www.opennet.ru/opennews/art.shtml?num=66399

OpenAI’s safety leader resigns , calls company’s culture being “broken

OpenAI safety-report lead David Robinson resigned, saying the company’s culture is “broken” and warning that its launch pace leaves too little room for care. He calls for expertise from high-risk industries and better ways to control autonomous AI, warning that Silicon Valley has bind spot on safety.
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https://4sysops.com/archives/openais-safety-leader-resigns-calls-companys-culture-being-broken/

📰 The Witcher 3 Remastered only just released, and Linux gamers already got it running "with no issues"

Getting games running on Linux has never been easier, but it still requires a little bit of elbow grease. That being said, it feels like you need less and less grease the more time goes on and the more compatibility layers like Proton evolve. Now, Linux gamers have managed to get their hands on The Witcher 3: Remastered, and they've already got it running pretty well a few hours after release.

🔗 Source: https://www.xda-developers.com/the-witcher-3-remastered-was-just-released-and-linux-gamers-already-found-a-way-to-make-it-run-with-no-issues/

#linux #proton

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https://xda-developers.com/the-witcher-3-remastered-was-just-released-and-linux-gamers-already-found-a-way-to-make-it-run-with-no-issues

📰 KDE turns 30 with Plasma 6.8, but the X11 session isn't invited

Plus, Klassik recreates the KDE 3 desktop experience on Qt 6.

🔗 Source: https://www.theregister.com/software/2026/09/30/kde-turns-30-with-plasma-68-but-the-x11-session-isnt-invited/5299781

#kde #plasma

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https://theregister.com/software/2026/09/30/kde-turns-30-with-plasma-68-but-the-x11-session-isnt-invited/5299781

Проект Rocky Linux анонсировал OpenCourant, форк OpenRadioss

Некоммерческая организация Rocky Enterprise Software Foundation, курирующая разработку дистрибутива Rocky Linux, объявила о создании проекта OpenCourant, который продолжит развитие открытой кодовой базы платформы OpenRadioss после её трансформации в проприетарный продукт. Код проекта продолжит развиваться под лицензией APGLv3 силами сообщества и под управлением некоммерческого фонда, не зависящего от отдельных поставщиков. Для участия в работе над форком приглашаются разработчики, вовлечённые в работу над проектом OpenRadioss до его закрытия.

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https://www.opennet.ru/opennews/art.shtml?num=66400

📰 Proposal To Set ARM64 Kernel Stack Size At Boot Time To Reduce Memory Consumption

A proposal was posted this week to the Linux kernel mailing list by a Google engineer to make it easier for ARM64 Linux to adjust the kernel stack size. The motivation for doing so to configure the kernel stack size during boot time is on reducing system memory consumption...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/ARM64-Linux-Stack-Size-Boot

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https://phoronix.com/news/ARM64-Linux-Stack-Size-Boot

📰 Audacity 4.0.1 Audio Editor Restores Keyboard Shortcuts from Audacity 3

Audacity 4.0.1 open-source audio editor is now available for download with keyboard shortcuts from Audacity 3, exporting of tracks or labelled regions to its own file, and other changes.

🔗 Source: https://9to5linux.com/audacity-4-0-1-audio-editor-restores-keyboard-shortcuts-from-audacity-3

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📰 Intel Media Driver 2026Q3 Introduces Crescent Island Support

Released overnight was the Intel Media Driver 2026Q3 stack for providing the latest open-source video encode/decode capabilities on Intel integrated/discrete graphics hardware. Most notable with the new release is rolling out Crescent Island support...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Intel-Media-Crescent-Island

#intel #opensource

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https://phoronix.com/news/Intel-Media-Crescent-Island