KDE Plasma 6.9 Will Stop Leaking Memory When Right Clicking Files/Folders On Desktop
With Plasma 6.8 stable approaching one month old, KDE developers continue ramping up work toward Plasma 6.9. Here is some of the interesting work they’ve been up to so far in November… ⌘ Read more
OpenAI’s New Cyber Model Found Ways to Attack Nearly 1,000 Linux Flaws
OpenAI says its new GPT-6 Cyber model helped an automated system identify 1,724 security flaws in the Linux kernel and exploit 948 of them to gain administrator-level access during testing, including at least 10 previously unknown techniques. Axios reports: During testing, the system identified 1,724 security flaws and found ways to use 9 … ⌘ Read more
Apple HomeView Ultra, Drone and Laundry-Folding Robot Reportedly In Development
According to The Information, Apple is developing a $1,000 HomeView Ultra smart home hub with a 9-inch touchscreen mounted on a motorized arm that can follow users around a room and autonomously respond to its surroundings. It’s also said to be experimenting with more ambitious home robots, including a wheeled rob … ⌘ Read more
DXVK-NVAPI 0.9.3 adds initial ARM64 support, DirectX Raytracing (DXR) upgrades
DXVK-NVAPI is the implementation of NVIDIA’s NVAPI/NVOFAPI library for usage with DXVK and VKD3D-Proton - with a new release out now.
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KDE Plasma 6.9 Lands Some New Performance Optimizations
I love a good performance optimization and there are several this week in the KDE space with Plasma 6.9 development heating up… ⌘ Read more
DXVK-NVAPI 0.9.3 Brings Nice Improvements For Linux Gamers On Latest NVIDIA Drivers
DXVK-NVAPI 0.9.3 is out this weekend as a new feature update to this NVIDIA NVAPI implementation used by Valve as part of Steam Play with Proton for nicely integrating NVIDIA technologies into various Windows games running on Linux… ⌘ Read more
CachyOS vs. Fedora 45 vs. Ubuntu 26.10 Performance On AMD Ryzen 9
With the recently released Ubuntu 26.10 and the nearly-released Fedora Workstation 45, Phoronix readers have begun inquiring about fresh benchmarks looking at how they stack up against the performance-optimized, Arch Linux based CachyOS. Up today are our first CachyOS vs. Fedora 45 vs. Ubuntu 26.10 benchmarks on an AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D2 desktop system. ⌘ Read more
CDC Warns of Rising Threat of Drug-Resistant Germs
The CDC estimates that 19 drug-resistant pathogens cause 9.7 million infections and more than 50,000 deaths annually in the U.S., with resistance continuing to outpace development of new treatments. “The agency considers this problem to be one of our most urgent public health threats,” reports NBC News. From the report: The report is the CDC’s first comprehensive assessm … ⌘ Read more
Code-Execution Flaw In UEFI Firmware Threatens Most Servers On Planet Earth
Ars Technica’s Dan Goodin reports: Defenders across the world face the burden of responding to yet another botched code-execution vulnerability, this time in boot-time firmware used by most of the world’s server vendors and data centers. The vulnerability, with a severity rating of 9.5 out of 10, resides in the TianoCore EDK I … ⌘ Read more
Linux Fixes AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 Regression Due To Cache Aware Scheduling
Merged for Linux 7.4 Git and marked for back-porting to Linux 7.2/7.3 stable is a regression fix affecting at least the AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 “Strix Point” laptop SoC when making use of Cache Aware Scheduling… ⌘ Read more
SteamOS 3.9.5 Released With Linux 7.2 Kernel, KDE Plasma 6.7 Desktop & Other Updates
On Friday Valve released SteamOS 3.9.5 as their first stable release in the SteamOS 3.9 series. This brings all the great improvements previously available in preview form with many package updates and other enhancements… ⌘ Read more
SteamOS 3.9.5 released with Plasma 6.7, Linux 7.2, Security Fixes, better Steam Frame wireless adapter support
Valve just released SteamOS 3.9.5 as stable for all users across all supported systems, bringing with it many exciting enhancements for Linux gaming.
Read the full article on [GamingOnLinux](https://www.ga … ⌘ Read more
KDE Plasma 6.9 Stabilizes KWin’s Wayland Picture-In-Picture Support
With the wonderful KDE Plasma 6.8 having shipped just more than one week ago, KDE developers are beginning to go heavy on new features for Plasma 6.9… ⌘ Read more
Several Linux Kernel Vulnerabilities Accidentally Posted To Public Kernel Mailing List
Trend Micro’s Zero Day Initiative appears to have accidentally disclosed several unpatched Linux kernel vulnerabilities on the public LKML instead of the private security list, including two CVSS 9.0 flaws that could enable remote code execution through SMB Direct and KSMBD. “This seemingly was a mistake … ⌘ Read more
Several Linux Kernel Vulnerabilities Accidentally Posted To Public Kernel Mailing List
Seemingly as an accident, overnight several new Linux kernel vulnerability reports were posted to the public Linux kernel mailing list rather than the private security mailing list. The vulnerabilities have yet to be patched on mainline but at least in some cases there are patches undergoing testing or queued in “-next” branches. The CVSS scores are as high as 9.0… ⌘ Read more
SteamOS 3.9.4 Beta brings updates for security, hibernation and regression fixes
Valve released a fresh SteamOS 3.9.4 Beta to fix up some annoying issues, along with a security update.
Read the full article on [GamingOnLinux](https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/10/steamos-3-9-4-beta-brings-updates-for-security-hibernation-and-regression-fixes/ … ⌘ Read more
eBay to Cut 9% of Workforce
eBay plans to cut about 1,000 jobs, or 9% of its workforce, as CEO Jamie Iannone moves to redirect resources toward the company’s fastest-growing businesses. Reuters reports: The company had 12,300 employees at the end of last year. It also let go about 6% of its workforce, or 800 employees, in February as part of efforts to streamline operations. EBay has set itself apart from rivals by pushing into authenticated luxury goo … ⌘ Read more
RTS game Theatre of War: Rearmed set for release on December 9
Bringing together all the classic Theatre of War RTS games into one upgraded package, Theatre of War: Rearmed set for release on December 9th.
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Intel Core Ultra 9 Arrow Lake On Star Labs StarFighter Shows Nice Gains On Ubuntu 26.10
For those running a Star Labs StarFighter Ultra or other Intel Core Ultra Arrow Lake laptop, the recent Ubuntu 26.10 release is providing some nice performance gains over the Ubuntu 26.04 LTS release. Here is a look at how Ubuntu 26.04 LTS vs. Ubuntu 26.10 performs with the Intel Core Ultra 9 285H over dozens of different benchmarks. ⌘ Read more
Unforgiving cave-exploration survival simulator Casualties: Unknown arrives November 9
Casualties: Unknown is a game for people who love a tough challenge, with simulated limb and cardiovascular systems.
Read the full article on [GamingOnLinux](https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/10/unforgiving-cave-exploration-survival-simulator-casualties-unknown-arr … ⌘ Read more
Dark first-person fishing adventure DREADMOOR looks awesome, arrives November 9
DREADMOOR is probably one of the most interesting looking fishing games ever - with a dark post-apocalyptic world.
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SteamOS 3.9.3 Beta arrives with improved support for Steam Frame wireless adapter
Valve released SteamOS 3.9.3 Beta with another set of upgrades, and now the Steam Frame should connect better with the Steam Machine.
Read the full article on [GamingOnLinux](https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/10/steamos-3-9-3-beta-arrives-with-improved-suppor … ⌘ Read more
Caves of Qud: Diaspora is coming December 9
Caves of Qud: Diaspora is the first expansion for the incredible roguelike, coming December 9th in Early Access.
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Memtest86+ v9.00 Released With Support For ARM64 Memory Testing
The open-source Memtest86+ program that is popular for RAM testing has expanded beyond the x86/x86_64 (and LoongArch64) world to now support memory testing on ARM64/AArch64 hardware… ⌘ Read more
3mdeb Releases Updated Dasharo/Coreboot Firmware For ASRock Rack SPC741D8-2L2T
3mdeb firmware engineers have been quite busy this year working on porting Coreboot and openSIL to an AMD Ryzen AM5 MSI motherboard and similarly getting openSIL and Coreboot up and running on a Gigabyte server motherboard for AMD EPYC 9005 CPUs. They haven’t forgotten about their past projects though and today released an updated version of their Dasharo downstream firmware for the ASRock Rack SPC741D8-2L2T motherboard supporting 4 … ⌘ Read more
GE-Proton 11-9 arrives with improvements for Video Playback, Wayland, Controllers and more
GE-Proton 11-9 (and GE-Proton 11-8 just before it) have been released to bring more improvements for Windows games on SteamOS / Linux.
Read the full article on [GamingOnLinux](https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/10/ge-proton-11-9-arrives-with-improvements-for-video-playback … ⌘ Read more
As ‘Falcon Heavy’ Launches, SpaceX Plans Dragon and Falcon 9 Phase Out As Starship Ramps Up
Spaceflight Now reports:
“A SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket launched from Florida Thursday night on a classified mission for the National Reconnaissance Office, America’s spy satellite agency… The NRO has previously flown payloads on 22 Falcon 9 rockets but this is the first time it has used the … ⌘ Read more
KDE Plasma 6.8 Now Makes Tiled Windows Fit Together More Nicely
There is just over one week to go until the much anticipated KDE Plasma 6.8 desktop release. Some last minute fixes continue flowing into Plasma 6.8 as well as early feature work continuing for Plasma 6.9… ⌘ Read more
Shotcut 26.9 Video Editor Brings UI Improvements, Automatic Audio Ducking
Following the earlier Shotcut 26.9 beta at the beginning of September, the open-source developers behind the open-source non-linear video editor are out with the Shotcut 26.9 stable release… ⌘ Read more
New Patch Series Working Toward DRBD 9 Support In The Linux Kernel
Earlier this year developers at LINBIT began working toward a goal of upstreaming ~15 years worth of their Distributed Replicated Block Device changes into the mainline Linux kernel. That major update has yet to land but sent out this week was a new patch series in preparing the trek toward introducing DRBD 9 support in the mainline kernel… ⌘ Read more
KDE Plasma 6.8 Continues With Last Minute Tweaks & Fixes
Even with this week’s KDE Akademy conference and releasing KDE Plasma 6.8 Beta 2, KDE developers still found time to land last minute changes for Plasma 6.8 plus ongoing early work toward Plasma 6.9… ⌘ Read more
SteamOS 3.9.2 Beta brings fixes for VRR, VR Streaming, Remote Play, Boot Time and more
A bumper weekend of Steam updates - with a SteamOS 3.9.2 Beta now available with a whole bunch of extra fixes and improvements for all devices.
Read the full article on [GamingOnLinux](https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/09/steamos-3-9-2-beta-brings-fixes-for-vrr-vr-stre … ⌘ Read more
Raspberry Pi Stock Jumps 30% as Demand Surges. (And Boards Now Locked to Their Original RAM Size)
Raspberry Pi’s stock shot up over 30% in the last week. Why are investors so excited? For the six months ending June 30, revenue for Raspberry Pi Holdings “jumped 90% to $256.9 million,” reports Investing.com, “while adjusted EBITDA more than doubled to $40.3 million, and profit be … ⌘ Read more
COSMIC Epoch 1.9 Brings New Image Viewer & On-Screen Keyboard
COSMIC Epoch 1.9 was released last night as the newest version of the System76-sponsored, Rust-based desktop environment. COSMIC Epoch 1.9 release notes only became available today and it’s a big one with new apps and improvements to existing offerings… ⌘ Read more
Intel Developing Their DXVK-IGDEXT For Improved Linux Gaming On Arc Graphics
Intel engineers have been quietly developing dxvk-igdext as their own component for DXVK Direct3D 8 / 9 / 10 / 11 atop the Vulkan API for leveraging Intel Direct3D 11 Graphics Extensions… ⌘ Read more
NTFS-3G Update Brings Many Security Fixes
NTFS-3G 2026.9.18 was released this morning as the newest update to this FUSE-based open-source driver for NTFS file-system support… ⌘ Read more
KDE Plasma 6.8 Seeing More Polishing & Fixes, Plasma 6.9 Begins Seeing More Activity
Following last week’s Plasma 6.8 beta release, KDE desktop developers have spent this week mostly working on bug fixes as well as some early changes toward Plasma 6.9… ⌘ Read more
Rust Coreutils 0.12 Released With Fixes Sought By Ubuntu
Days after the recent release of GNU Coreutils 9.12, Rust Coreutils 0.12 was released overnight for advancing this alternative Rust-based implementation of these core utilities… ⌘ Read more
DXVK 3.1.1 brings fixes for Adobe software, Call of Duty: Ghosts, Rayman 3, Skyrim SE
DXVK is a Vulkan-based translation layer for Direct3D 8/9/10/11 to run lots of games nicely on Linux with Wine / Proton.
Read the full article on [GamingOnLinux](https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/09/dxvk-3-1-1-brings-fixes-for-adobe-software-call-of-duty-ghosts-rayman-3 … ⌘ Read more
SteamOS 3.8.27 Beta and SteamOS 3.9.1 Preview released - Valve continue working on NVIDIA support
Valve released two new testing builds with SteamOS 3.8.27 Beta and the much bigger SteamOS 3.9.1 Preview.
Read the full article on [GamingOnLinux](https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/09/steamos-3-8-27-beta-and-steamos-3-9-1-preview … ⌘ Read more
GNU Coreutils 9.12 Released With Performance Optimizations, New uname Option
GNU Coreutils 9.12 released today with a mix of fixes, some new options, and various performance improvements to these widely-used set of core system utilities… ⌘ Read more
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… ⌘ Read more
Google’s Revived Nuclear Power Plant Gets $1.9 Billion Loan From US Government
The U.S. Department of Energy has approved a $1.9 billion loan to NextEra Energy to restart Iowa’s shuttered Duane Arnold nuclear plant, which Google has backed as a power source for its growing AI infrastructure. “The sizable loan is the second of its kind, suggesting that the Trump administration views revived nucle … ⌘ Read more
Google DeepMind Publishes AI-Powered Predictions For Effect of All 9 Billion Mutations to Human DNA
Google DeepMind has released AlphaGenome Atlas, a free research database containing AI-generated predictions for the effects of all 9 billion possible single-letter mutations in the human genome. Built from its AlphaGenome model, the atlas is designed to help scientists interpr … ⌘ Read more
Switzerland’s Federal Government Tests Open-Source Alternatives to Microsoft on 3,000 Computers
Switzerland has a population of 9,154,242. And its federal government just launched a pilot program to test open source alternatives to Microsoft 365 on 3,000 workstations, reports the blog It’s FOSS. “That’s about 7% of the federal workforce.”
The target is to complete the migration by … ⌘ Read more
Shotcut 26.9 Video Editor Beta Brings UI Improvements, Better Audio Quality
Following the recent Shotcut stable release with a stock asset library and other improvements, Shotcut 26.9 Beta is out today with yet more improvements for this open-source video editing application for Linux, macOS, and Windows systems… ⌘ Read more
NetBSD 9.5 Released To Cap Off The Series
NetBSD 9.5 released today as the final release of the NetBSD 9 stable branch… ⌘ Read more
‘Coyote vs. Acme’ Beats Ridley Scott’s Newest Movie
Inverse shares a movie success story from last weekend:
Coyote vs. Acme debuted to $15.9 million at the box office, beating out iconic director Ridley Scott’s latest sci-fi adventure, The Dog Stars. This success has only continued since, and the worldwide box office currently sits above $22 million. Strong reviews and word-of-mouth are sure to keep viewers coming i … ⌘ Read more
Lemonade 11.9 Local AI Server Released With Super Exciting AMD ROCm HRX Backend
Lemonade 11.9 is out today as the newest feature release to this AMD-backed, open-source local AI server solution across Linux, Windows, and macOS. Lemonade has long been focused on offering “100% free and private” AI use with local hardware whether it be GPUs, CPUs, or NPUs. With Lemonade 11.9’s release today it’s very interesting for having experimental ROCm HRX back-end support with Llama.cpp. HRX is the new exciting thing to watch o … ⌘ Read more
Dell Stock Surges On Record Orders For AI Servers
Dell reported record fiscal Q2 results as AI server demand surged, booking $60.9 billion in AI server orders and ending the quarter with a $95 billion backlog. From a report: The company posted record revenue of $47 billion, up 58% year over year. Earnings per share came in at $6.34, up 273% from a year ago. Adjusted earnings rose 203% to $7.04 per share.
“With AI momentum accele … ⌘ Read more