📰 Vinix is Not a Linux Distro, But it Can Run Games, Docker, and QEMU

The project has been around since 2021, runs its own kernel, and is written in V.

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#distro #kernel #linux #qemu

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https://feed.itsfoss.com/link/24361/17491352/vinix-overview

📰 Star Labs StarFighter Ultra: A Modern High-End Linux Laptop With Coreboot

When it comes to Linux pre-loaded laptops, I have looked at hardware from most of these vendors over the past 22+ years of Phoronix. One vendor I haven't had the chance to personally test until now is the UK-based Star Labs. That changed recently and over the past few weeks I have been testing out their new StarFighter laptop that offers great Linux support and comes pre-loaded with Coreboot and streamlined firmware updates via LVFS.

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/review/star-labs-starfighter

#linux

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https://phoronix.com/review/star-labs-starfighter

📰 Ubuntu Summit for Ubuntu 26.10 Takes Place on November 12-13, 2026

Ubuntu Summit 26.10 will take place on November 12-13, 2026, for the upcoming Ubuntu 26.10 (Stonking Stingray) release, due out on October 15th.

🔗 Source: https://9to5linux.com/ubuntu-summit-for-ubuntu-26-10-takes-place-on-november-12-13-2026

#ubuntu

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📰 FEX 2610 Released With Handling For AVX-VNNI, Disk Cache Improvements

FEX 2610 released today as the newest monthly release of this open-source emulator for running x86_64 games/apps on AArch64 for ARM64 Linux systems, including most notably by Valve's Steam Frame headset...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/FEX-2610-Released

#linux #opensource #steam

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https://phoronix.com/news/FEX-2610-Released

📰 AI Makes "Open-Source, Clean Room" Implementations Of Adobe Photoshop & Premier In Rust

As an interesting demonstrator for the power of AI and potentially pressing legal challenges, Claude Code and AI agents have created "open-source, clean-room reimplementation" versions of Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Premier, and Adobe Lightroom. These new creations from the ArtCraft project are implemented in the Rust programming language...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Photocraft-Filmcraft-AI

#opensource #rust

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https://phoronix.com/news/Photocraft-Filmcraft-AI

Оценка затрат времени на поддержание пакетов с открытым ПО в Google

Компания Google опубликовала результаты исследования затрат времени инженеров на обновление пакетов с открытым ПО, используемых во внутренних продуктах компании. Данные получены на основе опроса 346 сотрудников Google, участвующих в обновлении пакетов. Вопросы касались того, как много времени инженер тратит на подготовку обновлённой версии пакета и можно ли предсказать связанные с этим трудозатраты при помощи метрик оценки сложности поддержки исходного кода.

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https://www.opennet.ru/opennews/art.shtml?num=66429

📰 Steam Beta Now Defaults Non-Steam Windows Binaries To Using Proton

Valve released tonight a new Steam client beta that includes some notable improvements for Linux users...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Steam-Beta-Use-Proton-Default

#linux #proton #steam

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https://phoronix.com/news/Steam-Beta-Use-Proton-Default

В ФС Ext4 намечен к удалению режим data=journal

В состав ядра Linux 7.3, релиз которого ожидается 19 октября, принято изменение, переводящее режим монтирования файловой системы Ext4 "data=journal" в разряд устаревших технологий. Поддержку данной опции монтирования намерены прекратить в 2028 году.

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https://www.opennet.ru/opennews/art.shtml?num=66430

Microsoft warns admins to update Windows PCs or risk losing Windows Update access

Older Windows PCs could lose access to Windows Update in 2027 if they miss required certificate updates. Most supported systems need a specified security update by May or June 2027; unsupported versions must be upgraded. Devices updated through WSUS are not affected by this certificate rotation.
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https://4sysops.com/archives/microsoft-warns-admins-to-update-windows-pcs-or-risk-losing-windows-update-access/

OpenAI revenue gap sparks AI stock sell-off

Investors got two very different snapshots of OpenAI’s sales pace: nearly $50 billion in annualized net revenue, versus the $68 billion figure widely reported earlier that included partner revenue. The accounting difference isn’t an $18 billion vanishing act, but it was enough to send AI-linked shares lower and renew doubts about whether rapid growth can justify sky-high valuations and immense computing costs.
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https://4sysops.com/archives/openai-revenue-gap-sparks-ai-stock-sell-off/

Gartner predicts 40% of agentic AI projects will be canceled by 2027

Gartner expects more than 40% of agentic AI projects to be canceled by the end of 2027 as costs mount, business value stays murky, or safeguards prove inadequate. “Agent washing” adds another wrinkle: only about 130 of thousands of vendors claiming to offer AI agents may have genuine agents. Organizations can improve their odds by testing a narrowly defined task, setting measurable success and stop-or-go criteria, and limiting agent permissions until they demonstrate results.
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https://4sysops.com/archives/gartner-predicts-40-of-agentic-ai-projects-will-be-canceled-by-2027/

Уязвимость в Telegram Desktop, позволяющая отправить произвольные файлы при клике на ссылку

Раскрыты подробности и метод эксплуатации уязвимости (CVE-2026-107181) в Telegram Desktop, официальном клиенте Telegram для настольных систем. Проблема вызвана отсутствием должной обработки неэкранированных символов-разделителей в командах IPC, что позволяло при клике на отправленную ссылку организовать передачу атакующему любых файлов с системы жертвы, включая файлы с сессионными ключами, которые можно использовать для захвата учётной записи в Telegram. Уязвимость устранена в выпуске Telegram Desktop 7.2.9.

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https://www.opennet.ru/opennews/art.shtml?num=66431

GitHub’s Spokes rewrite targets AI traffic with 35x faster writes

GitHub is rebuilding its Git storage system as AI-driven activity strains the service, with early tests showing writes up to 35 times faster. The redesign replaces Spokes’ replica-quorum write path with Azure Blob Storage and separates reads and maintenance from writes. GitHub has not announced a migration timeline.
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https://4sysops.com/archives/githubs-spokes-rewrite-targets-ai-traffic-with-35x-faster-writes/

10 Tips to Harden SSH Access on Production Ubuntu Servers

The post 10 Tips to Harden SSH Access on Production Ubuntu Servers first appeared on Tecmint: Linux Howtos, Tutorials & Guides .Any Ubuntu server with port 22 open can start receiving SSH password guesses within minutes of going online. Here’s how
The post 10 Tips to Harden SSH Access on Production Ubuntu Servers first appeared on Tecmint: Linux Howtos, Tutorials & Guides.

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https://www.tecmint.com/ssh-hardening-tips-on-ubuntu-servers/

📰 GNU Guix Package Manager Improves Extension Loading, Adds New Commands

GNU Guix introduces faster extension loading through compiled Guile modules, alongside a collection of ready-to-use commands.

🔗 Source: /

#gnu

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https://linuxiac.com/nu-guix-package-manager-improves-extension-loading

📰 Microsoft Issues First Release Of Their LiteBox Sandboxing Library OS

Back in February we featured LiteBox as a new Microsoft open-source project building out a Rust-based sandboxing Library OS. LiteBox leverages Linux virtualization security features and Rust language inherent benefits to provide the ability for sandboxing Linux apps on Linux, Linux programs on Windows, and other security-oriented deployments. Out today is the first tagged release of LiteBox for this open-source library operating system...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Microsoft-LiteBox-0.1

#linux #opensource #rust

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https://phoronix.com/news/Microsoft-LiteBox-0.1

Вредоносное ПО в прошивках китайских Android-смартфонов на чипах MediaTek

Компания Bitdefender выявила деятельность по интеграции вредоносного ПО в прошивки Android-смартфонов на платформах MediaTek, выпускаемых в Китае под разными брендами. Вредоносная активность сосредоточена на подстановке рекламы и накрутке кликов на рекламу, а также на поддержании ботнета из устройств, формирующего распределённую сеть для организации DDoS-атак и проксирования трафика.

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https://www.opennet.ru/opennews/art.shtml?num=66426

📰 16 Malicious Firefox Extensions Pose as Rabby and OKX Wallets to Steal Recovery Phrases

Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a cluster of 16 malicious Mozilla Firefox extensions that are capable of stealing cryptocurrency wallet recovery phrases and private keys."The extensions masquerade as wallet portals, desktop utilities, and browser tools, but their code intercepts recovery phrases and private keys during wallet import flows and attempts to send those secrets to.

🔗 Source: https://thehackernews.com/2026/10/16-malicious-firefox-extensions-pose-as.html

#firefox

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📰 SpacemiT RISC-V SoCs To See More Improvements With Linux 7.4

For those interested in the SpacemiT K3 as one of the few RVA23 RISC-V SoCs readily available so far and in the likes of the K3 Pico-ITX system, more improvements for its upstream kernel support are coming in Linux 7.4...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/SpacemiT-Linux-7.4

#kernel #linux

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https://phoronix.com/news/SpacemiT-Linux-7.4

Calibre can now read ebooks aloud without sounding like a robot

A new update to the Calibre ebook manager is out and it brings more natural sounding text-to-speech (TTS) voices, as well as AVIF image support and better handling of PDFs that put text in columns. Calibre v9.16 adds support for Kokoro, an open-weight TTS model, to its Read Aloud feature (which to state the bleedin’ obvious, will read the content of books to you). The new voices are sound to sound ‘much more natural’, especially in English. Kokoro voices aren’t preinstalled or included in Calibre itself. You choose one via the backend picker in the Read aloud configuration panel and […]
You're reading Calibre can now read ebooks aloud without sounding like a robot, a blog post from OMG! Ubuntu. Do not reproduce elsewhere without permission.

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https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/10/calibre-read-aloud-kokoro-voices

Citrix patches critical NetScaler SAML flaw with 9.5 severity score

Citrix has patched CVE-2026-107406, a critical NetScaler ADC and Gateway flaw that could allow remote code execution or denial of service in SAML deployments. Rated 9.5, the memory-overflow vulnerability has no known in-the-wild exploitation, but administrators should check affected instances and upgrade.
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https://4sysops.com/archives/citrix-patches-critical-netscaler-saml-flaw-with-9-5-severity-score/