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📰 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 #kernel #linux

📰 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 #amd #linux

📰 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 #arch #linux

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

📰 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

📰 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

📰 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

📰 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 #kernel #linux

📰 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 #opensource

📰 Rusticl Had A Great Year For Rust OpenCL In Mesa With 3.1 Support, More Drivers Rusticl lead developer Karol herbst provided a status update on this Mesa Rust-based OpenCL driver during the XDC 2026 conference happening in Toronto... 🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Rusticl-2026 #rust

📰 Steam Deck / SteamOS support for Minecraft Dungeons II is being worked on It was disappointing to see Minecraft Dungeons II launch broken on SteamOS / Linux systems like Steam Deck and Steam Machine but it is being sorted.Read the full article on GamingOnLinux. 🔗 Source: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/09/steam-deck-steamos-support-for-minecraft-dungeons-ii-is-being-worked-on/ #linux #steam

📰 SteamOS Ported to Arm handhelds, PixelMob Portable NAS, and Amazon’s new Fire TV Stick 4K with Vega OS: Liliputing News Roundup Valve developed an ARM version of SteamOS for its Steam Frame VR headset • PixelMob is a new portable NAS/mini PC from UnifyDrive for media backup, with an RK3588 chip, up to 3 M.2 2280 slots for storage, CFexpress, SD, and microSD card support a 7 inch AMOLED display, USB4 (40 Gbps), and 2.5 GbE LAN • Apple is said to be planning to launch a new smart home product on Oct 13 with a "6-inch square display" that can be wall mounted or placed on a... 🔗 Source: https://liliputing.com/steamos-ported-to-arm-handhelds-pixelmob-portable-nas-and-amazons-new-fire-tv-stick-4k-with-vega-os-liliputing-news-roundup/ #arm #steam

📰 Valve's Work On Foveated Rendering For The Open-Source Turnip Driver On The Steam Frame As part of Valve's work on developing the Steam Frame VR headset, they worked on foveated rendering support for the Mesa Turnip driver that supports the Qualcomm Adreno graphics with open-source Vulkan API support. Foveated rendering is the technique to more closely mimic human vision by rendering high detail at your direct gaze point and lower quality in the peripheral vision. 🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Steam-Frame-Turnip-Foveated #opensource #steam

📰 Canonical begins pushing Resolute Raccoon Users on Ubuntu 24.04 will begin to get nagged to update to 26.04.1. Here's how to proceed. 🔗 Source: https://www.theregister.com/os-platforms/2026/09/30/canonical-begins-pushing-resolute-raccoon/5300225 #ubuntu

📰 OpenMandriva ROME 26.09 Released With More AI Apps, Snaps & PGO + LTO Optimizations For ending out the month of September the OpenMandriva Linux distribution crew released OpenMandriva ROME 26.0 as their long overdue release held up by various technical issues and a reported sabotage attempt to their platform. With OpenMandriva ROME 24.12 having been their last release, this is quite a big update... 🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/OpenMandriva-ROME-26.09 #linux

📰 New Linux Patches Trying To Mainline Renesas SH7305 CPU Support The Renesas SH7305 isn't a new processor and is well known for powering various Casio graphing calculators over the past decde and a half. But finally the mainline Linux kernel may end up seeing support for this 32-bit SH-4a RISC core... 🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Renesas-SH7305-Linux-Patches #kernel #linux

📰 Parrot OS 7.4 Released with AnonSurf 6.0, Updated Raspberry Pi Images Parrot OS 7.4 security-oriented distribution is now available for download with Linux kernel 7.1, updated tools, optimized builds, updated Raspberry Pi and ARM images, and other changes. 🔗 Source: https://9to5linux.com/parrot-os-7-4-released-with-anonsurf-6-0-updated-raspberry-pi-images #arm #kernel #linux #raspberry

📰 The Amazing Work By Valve's Timur Kristóf On Improving Old AMD GPUs On Linux Over the past year Timur Kristóf of Valve's Linux graphics driver team has made multiple very nice improvements to the AMDGPU kernel driver for enhancing support for old (GCN 1.0/1.1 era from a decade ago) graphics cards so that they can better handle Linux gaming and other tasks. This week in Toronto, Kristóf presented on this AMDGPU work that he initially began as a kernel driver development exercise after initially spending years in... 🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/XDC-2026-Valve-Timur-AMDGPU #amd #kernel #linux