📰 Rustls 0.23.44 Released With ML-DSA Certificates Enabled By Default

Rustls as the modern TLS library implementation written in the Rust programming language is out with a new feature release. This morning's Rustls 0.23.44 release enables post-quantum secure ML-DSA certificates by default...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Rustls-0.23.44-Released

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📰 KDE’s Photos App Is Proposed as a Future Replacement for Gwenview

KDE’s Photos application is being positioned as a potential successor to Gwenview, with broader desktop use now in focus.

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https://linuxiac.com/kdes-photos-app-is-proposed-as-a-future-replacement-for-gwenview

📰 Intel's Dynamic PAMT Appears Ready For Linux 7.4 To Help With TDX Memory Overhead

Intel's Dynamic PAMT feature looks like it's finally going to be ready for mainline with Linux 7.4. The Intel Dynamic PAMT is used for helping to reduce memory overhead when making use of Trusted Domain Extensions (TDX) for confidential VMs...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Intel-Dynamic-PAMT-For-7.4

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📰 CoolerControl app for Linux v5.0 brings a big overhaul

Managing various types of coolers under Linux has never looked sleeker! The latest CoolerControl v5.0.0 release is out now.Read the full article on GamingOnLinux.

🔗 Source: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/09/coolercontrol-app-for-linux-v5-0-brings-a-big-overhaul/

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📰 Nouveau Preparations For HDMI 2.1 DSC, AMD HDMI FreeSync Fixes For Linux 7.4

Last week's set of DRM-Misc-Next changes submitted to DRM-Next with targeting the upcoming Linux 7.4 kernel cycle features HDMI 2.1 related work for both the AMDGPU kernel driver as well as the Nouveau open-source NVIDIA driver...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-7.4-DRM-Misc-Next-1

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Unpatched Metabase flaw exposes data on 1.08 million Mathspace users

Attackers used a critical Metabase vulnerability to gain administrator access to Mathspace’s internal reporting system and extract information on 1,079,819 students, parents, and school staff in Australia and New Zealand. The breach unfolded after a patch for the flaw became available, highlighting the risk of leaving self-hosted business intelligence systems exposed.
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https://4sysops.com/archives/unpatched-metabase-flaw-exposes-data-on-1-08-million-mathspace-users/

Qwen 3.8 27B exposes the RTX 5090’s inference-engine bottleneck

Qwen 3.8 27B can fit on a single RTX 5090, but real-world performance depends more on the inference engine and context configuration than on the card’s 32 GB of VRAM. The same GPU can take roughly 30 minutes to produce a long-context response with llama.cpp, deliver about 20 tokens per second through a basic vLLM setup, or reach around 200 tokens per second with a more optimized engine.
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📰 4 Linux distros I'd trust with my gaming PC before SteamOS

SteamOS is great, but there are other gaming distros more worthy of your PC.

🔗 Source: https://www.xda-developers.com/4-linux-distros-id-trust-with-my-gaming-pc-before-steamos/

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Company makes money by removing AI guardrails to facilitate cyber attacks

Abliteration AI is selling API access to a modified version of Z.AI’s GLM-5.3 that is designed to answer requests other models reject, including offensive cybersecurity and red-team tasks. The hosted service avoids distributing the altered model weights, but its low refusal rate also makes misuse easier while placing more responsibility on customers.
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https://4sysops.com/archives/company-makes-money-by-removing-ai-guardrails-to-facilitate-cyber-attacks/

Ubuntu 26.10 wallpaper, mascot art revealed

The wallpaper for the upcoming Ubuntu 26.10 ‘Stonking Stringray’ release has been revealed, along with the official mascot artwork. No huge surprises: it’s a dark purple/aubergine backdrop with a vectorised stingray on it: As is tradition, there are 4 variants of the default wallpaper. The colour one, as above, plus and a dark version and a light variant and a ‘dimmed’ one for those unable to commit one way or the other. The Stonking mascot art, in the centre, continues the “circular” trend of recent releases: the Resolute Raccoon sits in a rounded starburst, the Questing Quokka was trapped in […]
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NCSC warns shadow AI is invisible risk for businesses

The UK’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) is urging organizations to make hidden AI use visible before trying to control it. With 71% of UK employees reportedly using unapproved consumer AI tools at work, the agency warns that banning them outright could drive sensitive data and business tasks into services security teams cannot assess.
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https://4sysops.com/archives/ncsc-warns-shadow-ai-is-invisible-risk-for-businesses/

📰 Ikey Doherty vs Omarchy: Why He’s Building Barney Instead of Another Distro

Ikey Doherty, the creator of Solus and AerynOS, is back with Barney, a Rust tool that builds Linux distros from source. So that you can easily create your own Omarchy.

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📰 Linux Preps For New AMD Zen 6 BTB CTX Isolation Security Feature

A recently posted Linux kernel patch has revealed a new security improvement with Zen 6 processors...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-Preps-AMD-BTB-CTX

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