📰 Slackware 16 Alpha 1 Released with Linux 6.18 LTS, GCC 16.2, and Plasma 6

by George WhittakerOne of Linux's oldest surviving distributions is moving closer to its next major release. Slackware 16 Alpha 1 became available on September 5, 2026, marking the first formal alpha milestone on the road toward Slackware Linux 16. The release follows a major rebuild of Slackware-current using a substantially newer GNU toolchain and brings together several upgrades that have accumulated since Slackware 15.

🔗 Source: https://www.linuxjournal.com/content/slackware-16-alpha-1-released-linux-618-lts-gcc-162-and-plasma-6

#gnu #linux #plasma

📰 MocaccinoOS 26.09 Adds x86-64-v3 Optimized Builds for Improved Performance

MocaccinoOS 26.09 distribution is now available for download with optional x86-64-v3 optimized builds for improved performance on supported modern CPUs, improved Intel CPU/platform support, and other changes.

🔗 Source: https://9to5linux.com/mocaccinoos-26-09-adds-x86-64-v3-optimized-builds-for-improved-performance

#intel

📰 systemd 262-rc2 Adds An AI Canary For Detecting Unreviewed AI/LLM Code Contributions

One week after releasing systemd 262-rc1, systemd 262-rc2 is now available with further fixes and refinements for this init system and service manager. Systemd is also the latest open-source project introducing an AI canary for aiming to detect AI/LLM-based code contributors that weren't reviewed by an actual person in advance of the pull request...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/systemd-262-rc2

#opensource #systemd

📰 OpenPaper L Launches as a 13.3-Inch Open-Source Color E-Ink Frame

OpenPaper L is a 13.3-inch color E-Ink picture frame with open-source hardware and software, Wi-Fi 6, Bluetooth, and offline operation.

🔗 Source: https://linuxiac.com/openpaper-l-launches-as-a-13-3-inch-open-source-color-e-ink-frame/

#opensource

📰 AI Made A Lot Of "Hideous" Code But Found Major Bottlenecks For Faster Linux Compilation

An ARM Linux engineer leveraged AI/LLMs to help uncover some improvements to "significant speed up" the Linux kernel build times. In the process the LLM used generated "a lot of code, much of it hideous" but in the end was used to find some very significant time savings for faster kernel builds via more task parallelization in different areas of the kernel build process...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/AI-To-Faster-Linux-Kernel-Comp

#arm #kernel #linux

📰 Age Verification for Steam rolls out in Australia requiring a Credit Card

Valve have rolled out Age Verification requirements on Steam in Australia, requiring users to keep a Credit Card on their account.Read the full article on GamingOnLinux.

🔗 Source: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/09/age-verification-for-steam-rolls-out-in-australia-requiring-a-credit-card/

#steam

📰 Meet LibreDB Studio, a New Open-Source Self-Hosted SQL IDE

LibreDB Studio is a new browser-based SQL IDE for managing multiple database engines through a self-hosted interface.

🔗 Source: https://linuxiac.com/meet-libredb-studio-a-new-open-source-self-hosted-sql-ide/

#opensource

📰 Experimental Patches Get Nouveau+NVK Working On NVIDIA DGX Spark GB10

Red Hat's David Airlie has managed another open-source graphics engineering feat... Getting the Nouveau reverse-engineered kernel graphics driver and Mesa NVK Vulkan driver running on the GB10 Grace Blackwell Superchip with the DGX Spark system...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Experiment-Nouveau-NVIDIA-GB10

#kernel #opensource

📰 openSUSE Launches osdiff Package Comparison Tool

openSUSE introduces osdiff, a new tool for comparing package versions across Tumbleweed, Leap 16.1, and Leap 16.0 from a single page.

🔗 Source: https://linuxiac.com/opensuse-launches-osdiff-package-comparison-tool/

#opensuse

📰 DeepSeek Harness Flaw Let AI Agents Disable Their Own File Sandbox Without Approval

A flaw in DeepSeek Harness, DeepSeek's open-source tool for running AI coding agents on a developer's machine, let a sandboxed agent turn off its own sandbox with a single command.The tool runs an agent's commands inside an operating-system sandbox, so that an agent working on untrusted files cannot write outside its workspace. The agent could remove that limit by calling the tool's own web.

🔗 Source: https://thehackernews.com/2026/09/deepseek-harness-flaw-let-ai-agents.html

#opensource

📰 AMD Posts New GCC Compiler Patch For Extended Load Optimization

It's nice seeing a new GNU Compiler Collection (GCC) patch out of AMD today that is a general optimization for the x86_64 compiler code and not exclusively tied to their Zen processors. It's an Extended Load Optimization to benefit code where there is a narrower type and then an arithmetic type with a wider type...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/AMD-GCC-Extended-Load-Opt

#amd #gnu

📰 A Nice Improvement Coming For Faster Btrfs Zstd Decompression

In addition to the still-pending kernel work for improving the in-kernel Zstd code, sepaarately the Btrfs file-system driver has an improvement on the way in its decompression code path for the Zstd transparent file-system compression...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Btrfs-Zstd-Faster-Decompress

#kernel

📰 MiDesktop 1.2 Beta Brings KDE 1 Revival Closer to Daily Use

MiDesktop 1.2 enters beta with a new panel, more ported KDE apps, better Firefox support, and improved desktop usability.

🔗 Source: https://linuxiac.com/midesktop-1-2-beta-brings-kde-1-revival-closer-to-daily-use/

#firefox #kde

📰 NVIDIA 615.71.09 Linux Driver Released With Vulkan Improvements

NVIDIA today debuted the 615.71.09 Linux driver that comes with a number of improvements, especially from the Vulkan API perspective...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/NVIDIA-615.71.09-Linux-Driver

#linux

📰 KDE Frameworks 6.30 Improves KIO, KWallet, and Image Support

KDE Frameworks 6.30 is now available, bringing file handling and performance improvements, KWallet fixes, and better support for several image formats.

🔗 Source: https://linuxiac.com/kde-frameworks-6-30-improves-kio-kwallet-and-image-support/

#kde

📰 NVIDIA driver 615.71.09 released for Linux with Vulkan / Proton improvements with NVIDIA Reflex

Released as part of their slightly less tested New Feature Branch, NVIDIA driver 615.71.09 is out now for Linux.Read the full article on GamingOnLinux.

🔗 Source: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/09/nvidia-driver-615-71-09-released-for-linux-with-vulkan-proton-improvements-with-nvidia-reflex/

#linux #proton

📰 Running AMD openSIL + Coreboot On The First Available Ryzen AM5 Motherboard

Earlier this year the 3mdeb firmware consulting firm ported AMD openSIL CPU open-source silicon initialization library and Coreboot to an EPYC motherboard, the Gigabyte MZ33-AR1. Their next feat now achieved is bringing AMD openSIL and Coreboot to a desktop AMD Ryzen motherboard with their downstream Dasharo firmware solution.

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/review/msi-b850p-coreboot-opensil

#amd #opensource

📰 5 Linux Distros Bringing AI to Your Desktop

One project has raised $15.5 million for its foundation, while Ubuntu 26.10 is starting with nothing more than voice dictation.

🔗 Source: https://feed.itsfoss.com/link/24361/17443614/ai-focused-linux-distros

#linux #ubuntu

📰 ReactOS Dev Gets FEX Running For x86_64 Games On This "Open-Source Windows" OS Under ARM

A ReactOS developer for this open-source operating system project striving for binary compatibility with Windows drivers and applications has achieved an intriguing software stack. With the experimental ReactOS ARM64 build for running on 64-bit ARM hardware like Raspberry Pi SBCs, he's paired that "open-source Windows" OS with the open-source FEX emulator for in turn being able to run Windows x64 games/apps on ReactOS atop native ARM hardware...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/ReactOS-FEX-ARM64-Stacking

#arm #opensource #raspberry

📰 Novel Blue Moon kit targeting Chrome and Windows reflects new reality of AI-driven exploits

At least four espionage groups, most with suspected links to China, are using a new exploit kit that chains two Chromium-based browser flaws and one Microsoft Windows bug to break into organizations' networks in the US and Southeast Asia.

🔗 Source: https://www.theregister.com/research/2026/09/09/novel-blue-moon-kit-targeting-chrome-and-windows-reflects-new-reality-of-ai-driven-exploits/5295399

#chromium

📰 Steam Client Beta Improves Big Picture Mode, Several Linux Enhancements

Tonight Valve released a big Steam client beta update with a number of new features and fixes...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Steam-Beta-9-September-2026

#linux #steam