FreeBSD 15.2 Beta 2 Delivers Updated OpenSSL, Bug Fixes
FreeBSD 15.2 Beta 1 debuted last week for this updated operating system bringing improved laptop/desktop hardware support, experimental cross-building of base packages on Linux and macOS, updated LLVM/Clang compiler, updated OpenZFS file-system support, and other improvements. Released overnight was FreeBSD 15.2 Beta 2… ⌘ Read more
SteamVR 2.19.3 Beta and SteamOS 0.5.9 Beta for Steam Frame released
Valve released both SteamVR 2.19.3 Beta for all VR gamers, and SteamOS 0.5.9 Beta for Steam Frame as well. Here’s all that’s new and improved.
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SteamOS 3.10.0 Preview brings HDMI 2.1 VRR, FRL, and ALLM for AMD and improvements for NVIDIA
Valve released SteamOS 3.10.0 Preview which brings a pretty big set of features, especially if you’re on an AMD GPU and now improved NVIDIA support too.
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I forgot to post a #magic update earlier in the week, so here it is:
Despite having 5 players, we managed to get 3 games in:.
Game 1 was a “Battle of the Jaces” with 3 of us running variations on the Jace precon from Reality Fracture. In the end, one of the Jaces won, but it wasn’t mine (I was still 1-2 turns from victory).
For game 2, I ran my modified Warhammer 40k Forces of the Imperium deck, but it also lost to (yet another) Jace.
Finally, in game 3, my (still unlisted) Marvel Avengers deck lived up to its name, avenging my previous defeats thanks to the timely intervention of Doctor Strange (aka Jodah).
US Seizes $1.2 Billion In Crypto Stolen From Binance
U.S. authorities have seized or restrained more than $1.2 billion in cryptocurrency stolen during Binance’s $6 billion October hack, which the FBI attributes to North Korean military-linked hackers known as “TraderTraitor.” The DOJ also said it disrupted infrastructure behind the “FaceStealer” deepfake scam, blamed for stealing more than $400 million in cryptocurrency. CN … ⌘ Read more
Critical Apache HTTP/2 Flaw Could Let Unauthenticated Attackers Execute Code Remotely
A critical flaw in Apache HTTP Server’s HTTP/2 module could allow unauthenticated attackers to remotely execute code and potentially take control of affected server processes. Tracked as CVE-2026-119618, the vulnerability affects Apache HTTP Server 2.4.55 through 2.4.70 when HTTP/2 is enabled and is fixed … ⌘ Read more
Linux 7.5 To Improve Support For Old ASUS Transformer Hybrid Laptops/Tablets
For those that happen to have ASUS Transformer devices as the roughly decade old convertible/hybrid 2-in-1 laptop/tablet computers, the Linux 7.5 kernel in 2027 is improving support for these aging systems powered by either NVIDIA Tegra or Intel Atom SoCs… ⌘ Read more
Tim Peters, Python User #2 and Prolific Contributor, Dies At 74
Tim Peters, one of Python’s earliest and most influential contributors, died on July 15 at age 74. Known as Python’s second real user, Peters created the Zen of Python and Timsort sorting algorithm while contributing to numerous core components. He also served as a Python Software Foundation director from 2001 to 2014. Adafruit remembers Peters … ⌘ Read more
Polo Debuts As New Wayland Compositor For MATE Desktop
For those fond of the GNOME 2 forked MATE desktop but wanting to take it into the native Wayland world, Polo 1.0 released today as a new compositor option for modern desktop computing with MATE… ⌘ Read more
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Sunken SS United States Set To Become World’s Largest Artificial Reef
An anonymous reader quotes a report from PBS: The historic ocean liner SS United States will be intentionally sunk Wednesday off the coast of the Florida panhandle. Live coverage of the sinking of the SS United States is expected to start at 1 p.m. EST, with the sinking expected at 2 p.m. EST. Watch live in the video player above. In its … ⌘ Read more
Teating testing 1 2 3 😂🤣🙏👌👋
Ukraine Strikes Cause Permanent Data Loss at Russia’s Yandex Cloud
Russia’s Yandex says 2.84% of customer data has been permanently lost following Ukrainian strikes on data centers in the country. “According to the company, recovery is impossible because of critical damage to equipment and the lack of backup copies on the platform,” reports UNITED24 Media. From the report: Yandex clarified that customers … ⌘ Read more
Starlink Mini 2 Adds a Swappable Battery, Wi-Fi 6
SpaceX has unveiled the Starlink Mini 2, equipping the company’s smallest satellite internet terminal with a removable 71Wh battery and Wi-Fi 6. Preorders are opening to select U.S. customers for $999, which includes a year of Roam Unlimited service. Shipments are expected to begin in mid-December. InterestingEngineering reports: The removable battery represents the biggest fun … ⌘ Read more
Proton Experimental gets fixes for Phantom Blade Zero, AION 2, The Forest and more
Valve released an early update to Proton Experimental to bring fixes for Windows games on Linux / SteamOS including Steam Deck, Steam Machine and Steam Frame.
Read the full article on [GamingOnLinux](https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/11/proton-experimental-gets-fixes-for-ph … ⌘ Read more
x86 Ecosystem Advisory Group Posts ACE v2 & AVX10.3 Specs, GCC Patches Ready
While there aren’t any processors released yet with AI Compute Extensions (ACE) or AVX10.2 quite yet, the x86 Ecosystem Advisory Group led by AMD and Intel have now posted their ACE v2 and AVX10.3 specifications… ⌘ Read more
Anthropic Launches New Claude Fable and Mythos 5.2 Models
Anthropic has released Claude Mythos 5.2 and Fable 5.2 with “improvements in areas like coding, reasoning, and vision,” while cutting Fable’s input price and claiming 30% faster responses. TechCrunch reports: It’s Anthropic’s first model release since the arrival of a third-party report from the assessment group METR, which suggested the lab might be approaching rec … ⌘ Read more
Call of Duty Zombies merged with Team Fortress 2 - Mann Versus Zombies is coming to Steam
Love the idea of fighting off zombies in the Team Fortress 2 world? Mann Versus Zombies is bringing the action to Steam.
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New Linux Patches Bring-Up The Samsung Galaxy XR Headset, Qualcomm Halliday SoC
Samsung’s Galaxy XR headset runs on Android XR by default with its own downstream kernel patches. A user leveraging AI with multiple LLMs has now drafted an initial set of patches getting the Galaxy XR headset working on the mainline kernel along with bringing up the Qualcomm Snapdragon XR2+ Gen 2 “Halliday” SoC that powers this VR/XR headset… ⌘ Read more
Path of Exile 2 releases December 11 with a huge update it goes free to play
The big day is approaching, Path of Exile 2 hits the 1.0 on December 11 when it will also finally go free to play.
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Heroes of Might and Magic 2 project fheroes2 version 1.1.18 is out now
Dear players of HoMM2 and fans of the fheroes2 project! After a very long delay and endless waiting, we are finally releasing the next version.
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Electric Cars Are Close to Overtaking Petrol In the UK, Data Shows
69 million people people live in the United Kingdom. And now >Electrek reports:
Battery-electric cars took 32% of the UK’s new car market in October, while petrol cars fell to just 37.2%, according to new data from the SMMT. That’s the closest the two have been. At the current pace, electric cars will outsell petrol in the UK within a yea … ⌘ Read more
Linux 7.4-rc2 Released With FAT32 Optimization, AMDGPU HDMI 2.2 Improvement
Linus Torvalds just released the second weekly release candidate of Linux 7.4 with some notable bug fixes and other changes routed in past the merge window. It’s another big one in the AI era… ⌘ Read more
A Third Major US Offshore Wind Farm Is Now Fully Operational
Despite the Trump administration’s efforts to halt development on a $6.2 billion wind farm, it’s now “completely up and running,” reports the nonprofit energy news site Canary Media, delivering enough electricity to power the equivalent over 350,000 homes:
On Thursday, the Danish energy giant Ørsted said its 704-megawatt wind farm near Connecticut and R … ⌘ Read more
Kmorph Aims To Provide Rebootless Linux Kernel Crash Recovery
Kmorph aims to provide reboot-less kernel crash recovery for Linux systems and can yield as little as ~2 second downtime for recovering the Nginx web server or other important services in the case of a kernel crash… ⌘ Read more
SteamOS 0.5.8 Beta for Steam Frame and SteamVR Beta 2.19.2 released
Valve just released SteamOS 0.5.8 Beta for Steam Frame and SteamVR Beta 2.19.2 for all users, bringing numerous improvements to smoothen some rough edges.
Read the full article on [GamingOnLinux](https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/11/steamos-0-5-8-beta-for-steam-frame-and-steamvr-beta-2-19-2-released/ … ⌘ Read more
FreeBSD 15.2 Beta 1 Allows Experimental Cross-Building Of Base Packages On Linux/macOS
FreeBSD 15.2 Beta 1 is out today as the release dance kicks off in working toward the next installment of FreeBSD 15… ⌘ Read more
Knives Out-inspired mystery thriller from the Duck Detective devs, ‘Apple Crumble’ arrives December 2
Ready for a new mystery thriller adventure? Duck Detective devs next game is a Knives Out-inspired mystery thriller, ‘Apple Crumble’ set to arrive December 2nd.
Read the full article on [GamingOnLinux](https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/1 … ⌘ Read more
AMDGPU Driver Seeing HDMI 2.2 FRL Fixes For Linux 7.4
With Linux 7.4 the AMDGPU driver enables HDMI 2.1 FRL functionality by default for driving higher refresh rate and higher resolution displays. That default enabling comes as HDMI FreeSync/VRR and ALLM features are also in place for Linux 7.4. Now coming by way of fixes for Linux 7.4 is also improving the Fixed Rate Link support with the newer HDMI 2.2 specification… ⌘ Read more
Mir 2.31 Released With Expanded Wayland Protocol Support
Mir 2.31 is now available as the latest feature release for this Canonical/Ubuntu solution for providing C++ libraries to build Wayland-based shells… ⌘ Read more
LXQt 2.5 Released With Enhanced QTerminal, Removing The Final LXDE Dependency
LXQt 2.5 released today as the newest feature update to this lightweight, Qt6-based desktop environment… ⌘ Read more
@itsericwoodward@itsericwoodward.com Not much honestly 😅 During the storms Picket sat at ~0.2 of a CPU core (peaks ~0.4), up from ~0.02 at idle, so ~10× but still tiny. Memory didn’t budge: ~650 MiB working set before, during and after. Picket’s doing its job; it’s the git forge behind it that would’ve fallen over.
GIMP 3.2.8 Released With Many Refinements, Numerous Security Fixes Due To AI Reports
GIMP 3.2.8 is out today as the newest stable release of this open-source image editing application that’s most popular on the Linux desktop… ⌘ Read more
3dSen emulator that transforms NES games into 3D voxel dioramas v2.0 brings huge changes
3dSen is just magic. An emulator that turns retro NES games into 3D voxel dioramas across flat PC gaming and VR has a huge new release out with 2.0.
Read the full article on [GamingOnLinux](https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/11/3dsen-emulator-that-transforms-ne … ⌘ Read more
SteamVR Beta 2.19.1 is a big upgrade for streaming / Steam Link and Linux
Valve released SteamVR Beta 2.19.1 and especially when it comes to streaming / Steam Link, it seems like a really nice upgrade for picture clarity.
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Crunchy retro shooter Selaco Chapter 2 arrives November 13
The crunchy retro-shooter Selaco is about to get a massive content update with Selaco Chapter 2: The Machines of War releasing November 13th.
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#Magic update - for the 2nd time in a row, I went 2 for 2 (this time, in a pair of 3-player games).
For game 1, I ran a re-tweaked “Jace and the Echoverse” deck (a modified version of the recent Reality Fracture precon), dominating most of the game before pulling a 1-2 punch of making my creatures indestructible and then blowing up the board (so the other 2 players both quit, including an Ur-Sphinx deck). Then, for game 2, I ran my nearly-perfected Dune deck, which pulled out to a surprising early lead before finally winning with an unblockable commander (killing 1 opponent outright and making the other quit again).
I gotta say, I’m really digging both of these decks: not only do they win more often than not, but they’re both thematic as hell and fun to play. I plan to add them to my decklists page soon.
Linux 7.4-rc1 Released With Nice Performance Improvements, AMD Ryzen Zen 6 Preparations & AMDGPU HDMI 2.1 Default
Even with Linus Torvalds having been on holiday, Linux 7.4-rc1 is out today on-schedule for capping off the Linux 7.4 merge window… ⌘ Read more
Proton Experimental brings new fixes for Helldivers 2, BeamNG.drive and more
Valve released the latest upgrade for Proton Experimental bringing a fresh set of fixes for Windows games on SteamOS / Linux for October 30th.
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Multi-Billion Binance Hack Hitting Crypto Markets
Binance is investigating a potential hack after more than $2 billion in crypto was drained from one of its wallets into a new external account, with Blockaid estimating nearly $3.3 billion was moved.
“Our teams are aware of reports of a potential security issue and are actively investigating,” said Binance on X.
“User funds are safe,” said Binance founder CZ. “It does look like … ⌘ Read more
Jagex are now publishing Melvor Idle 2 as an official RuneScape game
Melvor Idle 2 (now Melvor Idle 2: A RuneScape Adventure) massively expands on the very popular original game and now has publishing help.
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Mesa 26.2.6 brings fixes for The Witcher 3 Remastered and various other Linux driver issues
Mesa 26.2.6 is out now as the latest upgrade for Linux open source graphics drivers, focused on fixing up some bugs reported.
Read the full article on [GamingOnLinux](https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/10/mesa-26-2-6-brings-fixes-for-the-witcher-3-remaster … ⌘ Read more
DLSS Updater 5.2 released with AMD FSR 4.1.2 support
DLSS Updater enables you to scan your system for games, and then replace their upscaling and frame-generation with updated versions or something else entirely.
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D7VK 2.4 released along with GXVK for Vulkan-based 3Dfx Glide
A nice surprise for more retro gaming! Along with the release of D7VK 2.4 for older Direct3D, we also now have GXVK for Vulkan-based 3Dfx Glide.
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GXVK: 3Dfx Glide API Implemented Atop Vulkan For Modern Usage
The open-source D7VK project that implements the Direct3D 7 / 6 / 5 / 3 APIs atop the Vulkan API for faster, modern performance is out with a new release. This new D7VK 2.4 release came as a bit of a surprise since it was just last month D7VK announced its maturity status and more or less in maintenance mode. But brought up in today’s D7VK 2.4 announcement is an even bigger surprise: there’s now an implementation of the 3Dfx Glide API atop Vulkan… ⌘ Read more
Linux Kernel Developers Considering Removal Of KGDB Debugging Functionality
Merged to the kernel all the way back in Linux 2.6.26 in 2008 was KGDB for improving the kernel debugging experience. KGDB works in conjunction with the GNU Debugger (GDB) to debug the kernel in a similar fashion to user-space debugging. KGDB requires the use of a second computer connected via serial or network cable. KGDB isn’t widely used in recent years and a patch was floated today to remove it from the Linux kernel… ⌘ Read more
AMD FSR SDK 2.4 is out with FSR Upscaling 4.1.2 for older hardware and Vulkan support
AMD FSR SDK 2.4 is now officially out bringing the newer FSR Upscaling 4.1.2 for older Radeon GPUs and Ryzen APUs, along with Vulkan support for newer FSR.
Read the full article on [GamingOnLinux](https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/10/amd-fsr-sdk-2-4-is-out-with-fsr-upscaling-4-1-2-for-o … ⌘ Read more
VKD3D-Proton 3.1 Released With New Features Ahead Of Big v3.2 Release
Hans-Kristian Arntzen of Valve’s Linux team just tagged the VKD3D-Proton 3.1 release. This version comes with a number of new features and performance optimizations while being the stable point ahead of VKD3D-Proton beginning to see a lot of new feature code for what will then become VKD3D-Proton 3.2… ⌘ Read more
GhostBSD 26.2 Released As FreeBSD 15.1 Powered OS With New Installer
GhostBSD 26.2 is out as the latest feature release of this FreeBSD-powered desktop operating system… ⌘ Read more
KDE Plasma 6.8.2 Released With Dozens Of Additional Bug Fixes
Debuting two weeks ago on the 30th anniversary of the KDE project was the Plasma 6.8 desktop with many exciting improvements. Last week it was succeeded by Plasma 6.8.1 with dozens of bug fixes and this week now brings Plasma 6.8.2 with yet more bug fixing… ⌘ Read more