📰 Arch-Based Omarchy 4.0 “Quattro” Is Here with Its Biggest Desktop Overhaul Yet

Omarchy 4.0 “Quattro” arrives with a completely rewritten Quickshell-based desktop shell, faster installs, dual-boot support, and usability improvements.

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https://linuxiac.com/arch-based-omarchy-4-0-quattro-is-here-with-its-biggest-desktop-overhaul-yet/

📰 Marek Olšák's 19 Latest Patches Further Optimizing RADV & ACO

Legendary Mesa Radeon Gallium3D driver developer Marek Olšák who was a longtime AMD employee and then joined Valve's Linux graphics driver team earlier this year has continued his focus now on perfecting his art around the RADV Vulkan driver and ACO shader compiler...

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https://www.phoronix.com/news/RADV-ACO-19-More-Patches-Valve

Linux 7.2 brings cache-aware scheduling, faster ext4 and Btrfs

Linux kernel 7.2 has been released, adding cache-aware scheduling, ext4 filesystem performance boosts and a slew of new and improved hardware drivers for laptops and peripherals. A merge-widow record was also set during the 9-week development cycle, with more than 2,100 individual contributors involved. AI, obviously, has helped. Commit-crunching by LWN found roughly 5% of commits in 7.2 have an ‘assisted-by’ tag, indicating AI usage. Not that the latest kernel update was all additions. More than 13,000 lines of code for legacy i486 CPU emulation were removed from Linux 7.2, as was a 40-year-old Hercules graphics card driver, AppleTalk networking […]
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https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/08/linux-7-2-cache-aware-scheduling-ext4-btrfs

📰 TUXEDO OS Debian-Based Open Beta Is Now Available for Testing

The first public beta of the redesigned TUXEDO OS is now available, marking the distro’s move away from Ubuntu to Debian Testing.

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https://linuxiac.com/tuxedo-os-debian-based-open-beta-is-now-available-for-testing/

📰 GIMP 3.4 Promises New Project File Format, PSD Support Improvements, and More

GIMP 3.4 open-source image editor is under development promising many new features and enhancements. Here’s what to expect!

🔗 Source: https://9to5linux.com/gimp-3-4-promises-new-project-file-format-psd-support-improvements-and-more

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Релиз ядра Linux 7.2

После двух месяцев разработки Линус Торвальдс представил релиз ядра Linux 7.2. Среди наиболее заметных изменений: механизм потоковой передачи данных USB4STREAM, планировщик распределения ресурсов GPU, оптимизации производительности btrfs, xfs и ext4, продолжение удаления кода для поддержки CPU i486, возможность создания вложенных планировщиков SCHED_EXT, снижено потребление памяти в подсистеме подкачки, ускорены неименованные каналы, поддержка расширений Intel MBEC и AMD GMET в KVM, удаление протокола AppleTalk, начальная поддержка HDMI 2.1 FRL в драйвере AMDGPU.

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https://www.opennet.ru/opennews/art.shtml?num=65937

Linux 7.2

После двух месяцев разработки Линус Торвальдс представил релиз ядра Linux 7.2. Среди наиболее заметных изменений: механизм потоковой передачи данных USB4STREAM, оптимизации производительности btrfs, xfs и ext4, продолжение удаления кода для поддержки CPU i486, возможность создания вложенных планировщиков SCHED_EXT, снижено потребление памяти в подсистеме подкачки, ускорены неименованные каналы, поддержка расширений Intel MBEC и AMD GMET в KVM, удаление протокола AppleTalk, начальная поддержка HDMI 2.1 FRL в драйвере AMDGPU.
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https://www.linux.org.ru/news/kernel/18360600

📰 tlbi= Boot Option Submitted Ahead Of Linux 7.2 Kernel Release

Ahead of the Linux 7.2 kernel stable release expected to occur in the coming hours, a last minute "x86/urgent" pull request was submitted with one patch for adding the new tlbi= boot option...

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https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-7.2-x86-urgent-tlbi

Linux drops its last escape hatch for CPUs without a reliable TSC

The Linux kernel is making the x86 Time Stamp Counter (TSC) mandatory, removing the final option to build a kernel without it. The change ends Linux’s decades-long compatibility path for very old processors and lets the kernel discard timing code that detected, calibrated, and worked around missing or unreliable TSC hardware.
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https://4sysops.com/archives/linux-drops-its-last-escape-hatch-for-cpus-without-a-reliable-tsc/

📰 NVIDIA’s GeForce NOW Native Linux App Now Stable, Offers Flatpak Support

NVIDIA's GeForce NOW native Linux app has graduated from beta and it's now available as a stable release with Flatpak and Ubuntu support.

🔗 Source: https://9to5linux.com/nvidias-geforce-now-native-linux-app-now-stable-offers-flatpak-support

#flatpak #linux #ubuntu

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📰 Linux is now adopting a CPU requirement Windows already demands, but don't worry, it's not TPM 2.0

In fact, if you're reading this line, your computer's CPU is most definitely still supported.

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#linux

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https://www.xda-developers.com/linux-is-now-adopting-a-cpu-requirement-windows-already-demands-but-dont-worry-its-not-tpm-20/

GitHub Copilot update makes model switching the default

GitHub’s latest Copilot update turns model choice into a core workflow rather than a one-time setting, adding Kimi K3, MAI-Code-1.1-Flash, and per-turn switching in Visual Studio Code. The flexibility comes with an enterprise concern: Copilot still does not provide a reliable record of which model generated or changed specific code.
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https://4sysops.com/archives/github-copilot-update-makes-model-switching-the-default/

📰 Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Wildlands has Easy Anti-Cheat removed

Good for players on Linux / SteamOS and modders - Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Wildlands is now free from Easy Anti-Cheat.Read the full article on GamingOnLinux.

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#linux

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https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/08/tom-clancys-ghost-recon-wildlands-has-easy-anti-cheat-removed/

📰 GNU Linux-libre 7.2-gnu Released Following More Driver Cleaning

Following yesterday's release of the Linux 7.2 kernel, GNU Linux-libre 7.2-gnu is now available for this kernel downstream that strips out support for drivers depending upon non-free-software microcode/firmware, the ability to load closed-source kernel modules, and other restrictions in the name of software freedom...

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#gnu #kernel #linux

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https://www.phoronix.com/news/GNU-Linux-Libre-7.2

📰 Evooo1Bot Linux Botnet Exploits Known Flaws to Turn Edge Devices Into SOCKS5 Proxies

Cybersecurity researchers have flagged a previously undocumented Linux botnet family dubbed Evooo1Bot that derives its core functionality from the Mirai botnet source code and is equipped to turn internet-facing devices into SOCKS proxies."While the malware reuses the DDoS engine from the publicly leaked Mirai source code, it extends the original framework with numerous capabilities, including.

🔗 Source: https://thehackernews.com/2026/08/evooo1bot-linux-botnet-exploits-known.html

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Microsoft assigns CVE and starts patching ShieldBreak Defender zero-day

Microsoft has assigned CVE-2026-69414 to the ShieldBreak Microsoft Defender privilege-escalation zero-day and says it is developing a security update. The flaw, which bypassed Microsoft's RoguePlanet fix, allows a local attacker with limited permissions to reach SYSTEM privileges on affected Windows systems.
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https://4sysops.com/archives/microsoft-assigns-cve-and-starts-patching-shieldbreak-defender-zero-day/

📰 ARM64 BBML3 Feature Ready With Linux 7.3, NVIDIA Olympus Workarounds

AI/LLM patch craziness hurt ARM64 development for the Linux 7.2 cycle that no real features landed for that kernel version on AArch64. Fortunately, the ARM Linux developers are more prepared now and for Linux 7.3 are introducing some new ARM64 features...

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https://www.phoronix.com/news/ARM64-Linux-7.3

Anthropic keeps stronger Model 2 internal as AI risk rating rises

Anthropic says its unreleased Model 2 is more capable than Mythos 5, but has no plans to offer it publicly as the company raises its assessment of high-stakes AI misalignment risk from “very low” to “low.” The decision comes as Anthropic observes faster progress in automated AI research and development, a capability that could also make misuse more dangerous.
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https://4sysops.com/archives/anthropic-keeps-stronger-model-2-internal-as-ai-risk-rating-rises/

📰 Mozilla Firefox 154 Is Now Available for Download, Here’s What’s New

Mozilla Firefox 154 open-source web browser is now available for download with a new “Manage AI” quick action, support for clearing and updating cached favicons, and other changes.

🔗 Source: https://9to5linux.com/mozilla-firefox-154-is-now-available-for-download-heres-whats-new

#firefox #opensource

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📰 AMD Working On A New Backend For Improving ROCm Compute In QEMU/VMs

AMD engineers are working on enhancing the open-source ROCm compute stack for better handling GPU virtualized compute under QEMU...

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#amd #opensource #qemu

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https://www.phoronix.com/news/AMD-ROCm-Better-QEMU-VM