Microsoft shows how Windows 11 admins can slash update bandwidth

Microsoft has published a detailed Windows 11 Delivery Optimization guide that could significantly reduce internet traffic during update and app rollouts. The recommended baseline expands local caches, keeps peer discovery on the LAN, and uses deployment rings so a small group of devices seeds content before larger waves begin.
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https://4sysops.com/archives/microsoft-shows-how-windows-11-admins-can-slash-update-bandwidth/

📰 Proton Experimental brings fixes for Company of Heroes 3, Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora, Arma 3 and more

Valve just launched the latest Proton Experimental update to improve gaming on Linux / SteamOS, Steam Deck and Steam Machine - here's all that's changed.Read the full article on GamingOnLinux.

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https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/08/proton-experimental-brings-fixes-for-company-of-heroes-3-avatar-frontiers-of-pandora-arma-3-and-more/

VS Code 1.135 expands Copilot agent controls and voice features

Visual Studio Code 1.135 Insiders improves Copilot agent management with consistent sandbox policies, enterprise-controlled permissions, workspace-aware session handling, and notifications for sessions that need attention. The release also expands voice interactions and adds a signed-out BYOK testing option for the Copilot Agent Host.
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https://4sysops.com/archives/vs-code-1-135-expands-copilot-agent-controls-and-voice-features/

Microsoft Sentinel UEBA anomalies on the behaviors layer

Microsoft Sentinel now attaches User and Entity Behavior Analytics (UEBA) insights to records from the UEBA behaviors layer. UEBA is a machine-learning feature that builds a baseline of typical activity for users, hosts, IP addresses, and applications, then flags activity that does not match that baseline. The behaviors layer groups raw security logs into structured […]
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https://4sysops.com/archives/microsoft-sentinel-ueba-anomalies-on-the-behaviors-layer/

Выпуск языка программирования Go 1.27

После шести месяцев разработки представлен релиз языка программирования Go 1.27, развиваемого компанией Google при участии сообщества. Язык сочетает высокую производительность, свойственную компилируемым языкам, с такими достоинствами скриптовых языков, как простота написания кода, высокая скорость разработки и защита от ошибок. Код проекта распространяется под лицензией BSD.

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https://www.opennet.ru/opennews/art.shtml?num=66095

Поддержка Firefox 115 ESR продлена до марта 2027 года

Компания Mozilla продлила поддержку ESR-ветки Firefox 115 до марта 2027 года. Поддержка ограничивается только платформами Windows 7-8.1 и macOS 10.12-10.14, для других операционных систем работоспособность Firefox 115 не гарантируется. По статистике Mozilla от 10 августа 2026 года 4.796% пользователей Firefox продолжают использование Windows 7.

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https://www.opennet.ru/opennews/art.shtml?num=66097

📰 Btrfs Ready With More Performance Improvements For Linux 7.3: Some ~3x To ~5x Wins

David Sterba of SUSE sent in the Btrfs file-system feature updates today that target the Linux 7.3 merge window. Among other changes are more performance improvements for this next version of the Linux kernel...

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

Tuba 0.11.0 released with full Mastodon quote support

A big update to Tuba, the GTK4/libadwaita Fediverse client, has landed – along with an experimental version for Android. Tuba 0.11.0 is the first major update to the social app in a year and brings full support for Mastodon quotes. Quoting posts, whether others can quote your posts and revoking consent from those who have are all supported in the composer. While the app had offered it own approach to “quote tweet” sharing of other people’s posts, adding support for Mastodon’s “consent-based” version means you will quote whilst respecting the needs/wishes of other users on the decentralised social media service. […]
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https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/08/tuba-mastodon-quote-support-collections

Выпуск среды рабочего стола COSMIC 1.6.0

Компания System76, разрабатывающая Linux-дистрибутив Pop!_OS, опубликовала выпуск среды рабочего стола COSMIC 1.6.0. Пакеты с COSMIC 1.6.0 доступны в дистрибутиве Pop!_OS 24.04 и в ближайшее время ожидаются в Fedora, NixOS, Arch Linux, openSUSE, Aeyrin OS, Redox и CachyOS. Код написан на языке Rust и распространяется под лицензиями GPLv3 (приложения) и MPL-2.0 (библиотеки).

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https://www.opennet.ru/opennews/art.shtml?num=66098

Компания Canonical представила проект по разработке транслятора с Си на Rust

Компания Canonical анонсировала проект, развиваемый совместной с Бристольским университетом и нацеленный на разработку инструментария для автоматической трансляции кода с языка Си на Rust. Проект ориентирован на перевод больших репозиториев, содержащих сотни тысяч строк кода на Си, в безопасное (без unsafe-операций) и легко сопровождаемое представление на языке Rust. Canonical профинансирует работу исследователей над проектом в течение 3 лет. Развиваемая технология будет опробована для перевода на Rust пакетов AppArmor и snap-confine, чтобы проверить применимость метода к реальным системным компонентам.

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https://www.opennet.ru/opennews/art.shtml?num=66099

📰 I ditched three subscription services with a $15 Raspberry Pi Zero 2W, and my setup is bulletproof

A tiny DietPi and Docker base turns a Raspberry Pi Zero 2W into a privacy-first hub for passwords and PDFs.

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https://www.xda-developers.com/my-pi-zero-2w-runs-the-three-services-i-actually-use/

📰 Two Very Exciting Memory Management Optimizations Going Into Linux 7.3

Andrew Morton on Tuesday sent out all of the memory management "MM" updates for the Linux 7.3 merge window. The MM pull was particularly heavy as he noted 1,250 "added-to-MM" emails were sent out this cycle compared to 920 the prior cycle. With a lot of patch churn, he also turned to Google's Gemini AI for writing his patch summaries.

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

Windows 11 is removing Drag Tray after it disrupted ordinary file moves

Microsoft is removing the Windows 11 Drag Tray, the file-sharing panel that appeared when users dragged files toward the top of the screen, after strongly negative Insider feedback. The feature will disappear from preview builds first, while Microsoft considers a different sharing experience for a future update.
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https://4sysops.com/archives/windows-11-is-removing-drag-tray-after-it-disrupted-ordinary-file-moves/

How to Manage Vulnerabilities Across Multiple Linux Distributions

The post How to Manage Vulnerabilities Across Multiple Linux Distributions first appeared on Tecmint: Linux Howtos, Tutorials & Guides .Linux has long been the operating system of choice for servers, databases, containers, and cloud workloads. For some time, it
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https://www.tecmint.com/linux-vulnerability-management/

📰 Garuda Linux Temeraire Released with New CachyOS-Based Kernel, Plasma Login Manager

Garuda Linux Temeraire arrives with a new CachyOS-based kernel, Plasma Login Manager, revamped Hyprland setup, and major tooling changes.

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https://linuxiac.com/garuda-linux-temeraire-released-with-new-cachyos-based-kernel/

Chrome may let Gemini use saved passwords to complete web tasks

Google is testing a Chrome feature that would let its Gemini “Spark” agent use selected saved passwords to sign in to websites and complete multi-step tasks. The capability remains experimental and requires users to approve each action, but it would give an AI agent access to credentials that were previously confined to Chrome’s password manager.
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https://4sysops.com/archives/chrome-may-let-gemini-use-saved-passwords-to-complete-web-tasks/

Опубликован KDE Gear 26.08, набор приложений от проекта KDE

После четырёх месяцев разработки представлено августовское сводное обновление приложений KDE Gear 26.08, развиваемых проектом KDE. В составе набора опубликованы выпуски более 250 программ, библиотек и плагинов. Информацию о наличии Live-сборок с новыми выпусками приложений можно получить на данной странице. Новые версии отдельных приложений можно загрузить из каталогов Flathub и SnapCraft.

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https://www.opennet.ru/opennews/art.shtml?num=66105

Проект SoLo развивает загрузчик системных so-библиотек для полностью статических Linux-программ

Опубликован проект SoLo, позволяющий полностью статическим Linux-программам, собранным с musl, загружать через dlopen() установленные в системе glibc-библиотеки, в первую очередь GPU-драйверы. Обычно статическая сборка несовместима с драйверами Vulkan и OpenGL, которые дистрибутивы поставляют в виде разделяемых библиотек, собранных с glibc. SoLo снимает это ограничение при помощи встроенного в исполняемый файл загрузчика ELF и прослойки, транслирующей вызовы glibc в musl-рантайм процесса — сам glibc в процесс не загружается, второго libc в процессе не появляется. Код написан на C++ и распространяется под лицензией MIT.

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https://www.opennet.ru/opennews/art.shtml?num=66103

Dynamic clock, calendar and weather icons extension adds new styles

You can bring Ubuntu’s clock, calendar and weather app icons to life with the Dynamic Calendar, Clocks and Weather Icons [Reborn] GNOME Shell extension – which has been updated with new icon styles. The extension already provided Yaru, Adwaita, Paprius, Big Sur and a couple of other icon styles built-in (they don’t depend on the icon sets themselves), so you can see real-time clock, date and weather conditions on app icons that look like the static originals. Two new icon styles were added in the latest update, v9, released this week (17 August 2026), Stylish and Pure: In my screenshot […]
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https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/08/dynamic-icons-gnome-extension-updated

Qualcomm pulls Snapdragon C benchmarks for idle apps and web browsing

Qualcomm has quietly withdrawn two Snapdragon C power-efficiency benchmarks nearly a week after publishing them, removing results for idle apps and web browsing from its budget-laptop presentation. The company says the revision improves clarity and relevance, but the change leaves important questions about the $300-class Windows chip unanswered.
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https://4sysops.com/archives/qualcomm-pulls-snapdragon-c-benchmarks-for-idle-apps-and-web-browsing/