📰 Ubuntu Phone engineers reunited by a decade-old bug closure

A decades-old bug on Ubuntu’s Launchpad marked as invalid at the weekend lead to an impromptu reunion for many of Canonical’s former engineers. Bug #1589796 was filed in 2016 by a user who’d spent £700 on Ubuntu phone and tablet hardware but, on visiting the official website, found no documentation to tell him how to use them. Canonical axed the Ubuntu Phone project in 2017, leaving this bug unresolved. Until now.

🔗 Source: https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/08/ubuntu-phone-bug-reunion

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📰 Arch-Based Omarchy Linux Distro Lands a Massive $8M Boost

The Arch Linux-based Omarchy has secured $8 million in backing through the new Omacom Foundation, which has become Hyprland’s exclusive sponsor.

🔗 Source: https://linuxiac.com/arch-based-omarchy-linux-distro-lands-a-massive-8m-boost/

#arch #distro #linux #linuxbased

📰 Linux Kernel 7.2 Officially Released with Cache-Aware Scheduling, USB4STREAM, and Major AMD Improvements

by George WhittakerLinux creator Linus Torvalds has officially released Linux Kernel 7.2, opening another chapter in the development of the world's most widely deployed open-source kernel. The final release arrived on August 16, 2026, following seven release candidates and roughly two months of development. Kernel.org now lists Linux 7.2 as the latest mainline release.Linux 7.

🔗 Source: https://www.linuxjournal.com/content/linux-kernel-72-officially-released-cache-aware-scheduling-usb4stream-and-major-amd

#amd #kernel #linux #opensource

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📰 10-year-old bug action triggered an Ubuntu Phone dev reunion

A decades-old bug on Ubuntu’s Launchpad marked as invalid at the weekend led to an impromptu reunion for many of Canonical’s former engineers. Bug #1589796 was filed in 2016 by a user who’d spent £700 on Ubuntu phone and tablet hardware but, on visiting the official website, found no documentation to tell him how to use them. Canonical axed the Ubuntu Phone project in 2017, leaving this bug unresolved. Until now.

🔗 Source: https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/08/ubuntu-phone-bug-reunion

#ubuntu

📰 Slackware-Based PorteuX 2.8 Released with Linux 7.2, COSMIC 1.6, and More

PorteuX 2.8 Linux distribution is now available for download with Linux kernel 7.2, KDE Plasma 6.7.4, GNOME 50.4, COSMIC 1.6, Cinnamon 6.6.9, new union filesystem, and more.

🔗 Source: https://9to5linux.com/slackware-based-porteux-2-8-released-with-linux-7-2-cosmic-1-6-and-more

#gnome #kde #kernel #linux #plasma

📰 Manjaro 26.1.1 Lands with Linux Kernel 7.2, KDE Frameworks 6.29

Manjaro 26.1.1 is out as the first point release in the 26.1 series, bringing Linux kernel 7.2, KDE Frameworks 6.29, Mesa 26.1.7, and more.

🔗 Source: https://linuxiac.com/manjaro-26-1-1-lands-with-linux-kernel-7-2-kde-frameworks-6-29/

#kde #kernel #linux

📰 Ancient ‘Who owns Linux?’ case now has one foot very deep in the grave

Appeals court upholds decision the case is dead, but Xinuos is trying for a long-shot re-hearing.

🔗 Source: https://www.theregister.com/software/2026/08/24/ancient-who-owns-linux-case-now-has-one-foot-very-deep-in-the-grave/5291513

#linux

📰 UAT-10147 Uses AI to Scale Server Attacks, Deploys SPECTRE With EDR Bypass and Linux Rootkit

Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a Chinese-speaking cybercrime group dubbed UAT-10147 that's targeting Windows and Linux web servers globally across the education, media, technology, and gaming sectors.The vast majority of the targets are located in Brazil, Bolivia, China, Canada, and Vietnam. Details of the threat activity came to light following the discovery of an open.

🔗 Source: https://thehackernews.com/2026/08/uat-10147-uses-ai-to-scale-server.html

#linux

📰 How to Fish is another brilliantly funny online co-op game

How to Fish is another sudden indie sensation that released recently on Steam, bringing friends together to do some completely ridiculous fishing.Read the full article on GamingOnLinux.

🔗 Source: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/08/how-to-fish-is-another-brilliantly-funny-online-co-op-game/

#steam

📰 VKD3D 2.1 Released With New Features For Direct3D 12 In Upstream Wine

VKD3D 2.1 was released today by CodeWeavers' Henri Verbeet as the upstream Wine project for getting Direct3D 12 implemented over the Vulkan API...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/VKD3D-2.1-Released

#wine

📰 volt-gui is an AMD Adrenaline / NVIDIA Settings alternative for Linux

Coming from the developer of DXVK-Sarek that recently got updated is volt-gui, an alternative to AMD Adrenaline / NVIDIA Settings for Linux.Read the full article on GamingOnLinux.

🔗 Source: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/08/volt-gui-is-an-amd-adrenaline-nvidia-settings-alternative-for-linux/

#amd #linux

📰 GNU Emacs 31.1 Released With Mouse Control Enabled By Default, Theme For New Users

GNU Emacs 31.1 is out today as the newest feature release to this popular text editor...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/GNU-Emacs-31.1-Released

#gnu

📰 Ancient Dungeon adds Steam Frame support

The co-op dungeon crawler Ancient Dungeon had an update just before the weekend with some bug fixes - and now it supports Valve's Steam Frame.Read the full article on GamingOnLinux.

🔗 Source: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/08/ancient-dungeon-adds-steam-frame-support/

#steam

📰 I turned an old laptop into the most useful device in my house, and it took an afternoon

A dusty second-gen i3 laptop found new life as a low-power home server running MX Linux and Docker for private backups.

🔗 Source: https://www.xda-developers.com/turn-an-old-laptop-into-a-useful-device-in-the-house/

#i3 #linux

📰 AliExpress accused of fingerprinting shoppers with silent audio trick that also muted a dev's headphones

Sawtooth waves you can't hear still mess with your Bluetooth. Firefox and Brave say they've got you covered.

🔗 Source: https://www.theregister.com/security/2026/08/24/aliexpress-accused-of-fingerprinting-shoppers-with-silent-audio-trick-that-also-muted-a-devs-headphones/5291662

#firefox

📰 Early Linux 7.3 Kernel Benchmarks Show Some Performance Improvements, Some Regressions

Being halfway through the Linux 7.3 kernel merge window and prior to wrapping up and sending back the HP Z4 G6i workstation powered by the Xeon 678X Granite Rapids WS processor, I decided to run some benchmarks to see how Linux 7.3 Git is performing relative to the prior stable kernel series. Here are the first benchmarks of this early state of Linux 7.3 with some performance improvements as well as some regressions.

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/review/linux-73-early-benchmarks

#kernel #linux

📰 Ubuntu 24.04 gets a big open-vm-tools update

A major update to open-vm-tools, a package that integrates Linux virtual machines with VMware hypervisors, is rolling out to users of Ubuntu 24.04 LTS. “Without SRUing the newer version users get issues running on more recent hypervisors”, Canonical’s Lena Voytek explained in a backport request. It’s a full backport from Ubuntu 26.04 LTS to support platform enablement to benefit those running 24.04 LTS. The open-vm-tool package goes from v12.3.

🔗 Source: https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/08/ubuntu-2404-open-vm-tools-update

#linux #ubuntu

📰 Linux gaming gets another boost as Proton adds support for 16 niche games

If you're a Steam Deck or Steam Machine user, this is great news.

🔗 Source: https://www.xda-developers.com/protons-latest-stable-update-includes-support-niche-games/

#linux #proton #steam

📰 Mozilla Presents Their Plan For Shipping JPEG-XL In Firefox 157

While Firefox 152+ already offers experimental JPEG-XL support, Mozilla formally announced today their plans for officially shipping JPEG-XL image format support in the Firefox web browser...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Firefox-JPEG-XL-2026-Plans

#firefox