📰 Linux's IO_uring Sees Some "Crazy" Patches That Deliver Very Nice Improvements

Linux block subsystem maintainer and IO_uring lead developer Jens Axboe continues to uncover new opportunities for making the wonderful IO_uring framework even more performant within the Linux kernel. For ending out the week he's posted some "crazy" patches delivering some significant gains...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-IO-uring-Crazy-Friday

#kernel #linux

📰 Proton Experimental updated with fixes for STEINS;GATE RE:BOOT, EA App, Borderlands 4

Valve released a small update for Proton Experimental - the compatibility layer to run Windows games on SteamOS / Linux for September 11th.Read the full article on GamingOnLinux.

🔗 Source: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/09/proton-experimental-updated-with-fixes-for-steins-gate-re-boot-ea-app-borderlands-4/

#linux #proton

📰 Intel Linux NPU Driver Only Now Officially Supports Ubuntu 26.04 LTS

Releasing on Friday was the Intel Linux NPU Driver 1.38 as the user-space open-source driver components for leveraging the Core Ultra Neural Processing Unit (NPU) under Linux in conjunction with the upstream IVPU kernel accelerator driver...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Intel-Linux-NPU-Driver-1.38

#intel #kernel #linux #opensource #ubuntu

📰 This Tiny Fingerprint Key Unlocks Linux, Approves SSH and AI Agents

Immurok is a wireless fingerprint reader that wants to guard your sudo, your SSH logins, your TOTP codes, and even your AI coding agent. Here is how it held up on Linux over a week of daily use.

🔗 Source: https://feed.itsfoss.com/link/24361/17446441/immurok-review

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📰 Void Linux Maintainer Orphans 100+ Packages Over AI Policy Dispute

A Void Linux maintainer has orphaned more than 100 packages he maintained over a dispute of the project's AI policy for LLM-generated text...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Void-Linux-AI-Policy-Orphan

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📰 Linux gaming's next leap isn't more FPS, it's a working Wayland overlay

Overlays are responsible for more than just friends lists and screenshots.

🔗 Source: https://www.xda-developers.com/linux-gamings-next-leap-isnt-more-fps-its-a-working-wayland-overlay/

#linux #wayland

📰 KaOS 2026.09 Released with Dinit, Niri, and Noctalia 5.1

KaOS 2026.09 is out with a Dinit-based system, Niri 26.04, Noctalia 5.1, Linux kernel 7.1, and Limine as the default bootloader.

🔗 Source: https://linuxiac.com/kaos-2026-09-released-with-dinit-niri-and-noctalia-5-1/

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📰 BFS File-System Being Removed For Linux 7.4

The latest upstream file-system to be removed from the mainline Linux kernel is... BFS...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/BFS-Filesystem-To-Be-Removed

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📰 Immutable Linux distros sound terrible on paper, but a month of Silverblue proved me wrong

I remember when I first learned about immutable distros. I'm a big fan of Fedora operating systems, and one day, I decided to check out all the spins you can download. One of them was Fedora Silverblue, the immutable GNOME version of the operating system. I had no idea what an immutable OS was, and the more I researched what they were, the more convinced I was that they were a flat downgrade to a mutable one.

🔗 Source: https://www.xda-developers.com/immutable-linux-terrible-paper/

#fedora #gnome #linux

📰 Zstd Improvement For Linux 7.4 To Avoid Redundant Initialization

In addition to Usama Arif's recent Linux patches for addressing a major inefficiency within the Linux kernel's Zstd compression code, he also has a separate patch series destined for Linux 7.4 to further enhance the Zstd compression/decompression performance by avoiding redundant initialization...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Zstd-Linux-7.4-Avoid-Redundant

#kernel #linux