Zlib 1.4 Released With More Than One Dozen Security Fixes
Zlib 1.4 is now available for this widely-used compression library. In these AI times, Zlib 1.4 ships with more than a dozen security fixes… ⌘ Read more
Linux’x New Core MM Tree Ready With Numerous Fixes For “Nasty Long-Standing Bugs”
New to the Linux 7.4 kernel cycle is the Core MM tree as the route for herding some of the core memory management Linux kernel patches to the mainline kernel rather than it all going through Andrew Morton’s “MM” tree. As the second pull request from this new kernel tree, a number of fixes were sent out today to address “nasty long-standing bugs” within the kernel… ⌘ Read more
NVIDIA 620.70.06 Linux Driver Released With Wayland Fixes & Performance Work
Out today is the first NVIDIA Linux driver release in the R620 release branch. This NVIDIA 620.70.06 Linux driver release isn’t too feature heavy but comes with some bug fixes, improved performance of explicit sync on Wayland, and some other refinements… ⌘ Read more
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
NetBSD 11.1 Released With Security Fixes & Other Improvements
Following the release of NetBSD 11.0 in August, NetBSD 11.1 is out today with a collection of security fixes and other improvements… ⌘ Read more
More upgrades for the Epic Games Launcher Preview including a collapsible friends list
Epic Games controlling rolling out fixes and features to the new Epic Games Launcher Preview, and now you can actually collapse the friends list.
Read the full article on [GamingOnLinux](https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/11/more-upgrades-for-the-epic-games-launcher- … ⌘ Read more
GE-Proton 11-12 is another big release with lots of game fixes for Linux / SteamOS
GE-Proton is one of the most popular community-made Proton layers to run more Windows games on Linux / SteamOS, and GE-Proton 11-12 is now available.
Read the full article on [GamingOnLinux](https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/11/ge-proton-11-12-is-another-big-release-with-lots-of-game-fix … ⌘ Read more
Microsoft’s Canada Timezone Troubles Leave Admins Fixing Calendars, Pretending They’re In Bogota
Microsoft is scrambling to fix time-zone problems across Outlook, Power Automate, Fabric, SharePoint and other products after parts of Canada stopped observing seasonal clock changes on November 1. “The company has confirmed problems across a chunk of its software estate, leaving some c … ⌘ Read more
DWProton 11.0-16 brings fixes for NIKKE and Arknights: Endfield
The popular community-made DWProton for running various Anime games has a new release out with DWProton 11.0-16 now available to download.
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OverlayFS Sees Many Fixes Thanks To AI Code Review
Merged this weekend for Linux 7.4 and also marked for back-porting to current stable kernel versions are a number of fixes to the OverlayFS union mount file-system… ⌘ 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.
Read the full article on [GamingOnLinux](https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/10/proton-experimental-brings-new-fixes-for-helldivers-2-beamng-dri … ⌘ Read more
Epic Games Launcher Preview updated to fix logins on some Linux systems
The in-development Epic Games Launcher Preview that has Linux support has seen another few updates, and now more Linux users should be able to actually login.
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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
KDE Fixes 15 Year Old Bug Over Inaccurate Notifications When Copying Files To USB Drives
A long-standing KDE bug is set to be resolved with next month’s KDE Frameworks 6.32 release… ⌘ 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
Firefox 159 Released With AMD Linux Graphics Fix For Excessive Memory Use
Firefox 159 is out today as the latest bi-weekly feature release for Mozilla’s web browser… ⌘ 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
A Newly Proposed Linux Filesystem Can Fix Corrupted Data
BeamFS creator Aurelien Desbrieres is not calling for a merge, but is requesting feedback on an 18-patch proposal that takes the place of FTRFS, an earlier filesystem he proposed in April.
The Linux/Open Source blog It’s FOSS reports:
Filesystems that can repair damage, like Btrfs and ZFS, usually do it by falling back on a spare copy of the data. BeamFS skip … ⌘ Read more
Linux 7.4 Block Updates Range From Floppy Disk Driver Fixes To Apple M4 NVMe Support
The Linux 7.4 block/storage and IO_uring updates were merged today for the ongoing merge window. With the breadth of Linux hardware support, the pull request varies from fixes to Linux’s floppy driver to enabling support for NVMe storage on Apple M4 devices… ⌘ 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
Vulkan 1.4.366 Released With SMPTE ST 2094-50 HDR Support
Vulkan 1.4.366 is out and representing the past two weeks of specification fixes, clarifications, and one new Vulkan API extension… ⌘ Read more
LibreSSL 4.4 Released With Faster SHA3, Bug Fixes
LibreSSL 4.4 released on Thursday as the newest release of this decade-old OpenSSL fork maintained by OpenBSD developers… ⌘ Read more
Linux 7.4 Fixes AMD CPU TLB Size Reporting For Zen 5 & Newer
As a follow-up to the article in September about a Linux patch for fixing under-reported AMD Zen 5 TLB sizes, that work is now merged for the Linux 7.4 kernel… ⌘ Read more
@thecanine@twtxt.net I fell you 100%.
My son asked me to fix his Win11 laptop: When he logs in, he gets a GSoD (gray screen of death). So, I fiddle with it for a few minutes, and I get it to login, but now the start menu button doesn’t work. So, I fiddle with it for another hour, and I get the start menu working, but he only has 2 GB free on his primary drive, and that’s not enough for all of the “critical” Windows updates it needs, so now I’m moving files around…
I know everyone says how “user friendly” Windows is, but I call BS on that - my Manjaro install may not always work perfectly, but at least my Start menu button does…
Microsoft Says October Updates Didn’t Actually Fix VPN Issues
joshuark shares a report from BleepingComputer: Microsoft says it mistakenly flagged a bug causing Always On VPN connection issues as fixed in the October 2026 Windows 11 cumulative updates. Always On VPN replaced the legacy DirectAccess technology and supports domain-joined, non-domain-joined, and Microsoft Entra ID-joined devices running Windows 10, Win … ⌘ Read more
Since honesty is kindness, Microsoft is by far the worst company I ever had the displeasure of trying to communicate with. Getting them to fix the most basic of bugs always took years. In some cases it’s been over two and a half decades and it’s still broken.
I never thought it was even possible to make an operating system so broken, I’d have to manually restart my background services and set “network interface metrics” by hand, in advanced TCP/IP settings, while using it.
There are buttons that don’t even do anything when clicked and ones I’ve never seen do anything other than throw an error message.
The AI they rent to pretend to be an AI company, was for years outputting paragraphs, describing the beautiful and artful checkerboard pattern in the background, whenever trying to analyze transparent images. Transparent profile pictures work only on GitHub, the one product where the implementation was done prior to Microsoft acquisition.
Many engineers in their own forums, still manage to make that very AI sound smart, in comparison.
The design is an absolute shitshow, where no two things look like they belong in the same system — the only thing almost consistent, is excessive padding and rounded corners, placed wherever they fit the least.
But hey, 5000 engineers were fired, that will surely improve things!

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
Steam Client update fixes Vulkan games hanging after alt-tab, and a security update
An annoying bug I’ve run into a few times recently has been solved - Vulkan games hanging after alt-tab should be fixed with this new Steam Client update.
Read the full article on [GamingOnLinux](https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/10/steam-client-update-fixes-vulkan-games-hanging-afte … ⌘ Read more
SteamVR 2.18 brings Linux fixes, Steam Frame improvements, new Aurora environment
Valve just released the latest stable SteamVR 2.18 update, bringing with it an assortment of fixes for all supported platforms including Steam Frame.
Read the full article on [GamingOnLinux](https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/10/steamvr-2-18-brings-linux-fixes-steam-frame-improvements-new-aurora-en … ⌘ Read more
Government Websites Go Dark After Severe PHP Vulnerabilities Disclosed
“PHP disclosed two critical vulnerabilities in their programming language and urged web site operators to immediately apply the fix,” writes longtime Slashdot reader smooth wombat. “As a result, government web sites in Europe and elsewhere temporarily went dark on Wednesday as operators worked to protect their systems.” The Inde … ⌘ Read more
PHP Warns It Plans To Release 2 Emergency Patches Imminently
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: Website admins, brace yourselves. Fixes for what are believed to be uncommonly severe vulnerabilities are scheduled to drop in a little more than 12 hours for PHP, a programming language that powers websites and Web applications everywhere. PHP maintainers said Monday that they planned to release patc … ⌘ Read more
This is the fix for the PHP vuln:
Look at … look … look how … JESUS CHRIST, this diff is huge. Holy shit.
Obviously, no human could have written this, let alone understand it. We’re fucked.
PHP Updates Released For Two Critical Code Execution Vulnerabilities
PHP 8.5.12, 8.4.27, 8.3.36 and 8.2.35 were just released to fix two critical vulnerabilities that can allow for unauthenticated remote code execution. Server administrators are advised to update immediately… ⌘ Read more
XFS Sees Small Performance Optimizations & Bug Fixes For Linux 7.4
The XFS file-system updates have landed for the in-development Linux 7.4 kernel… ⌘ Read more
OpenBSD 8.0 Released
OpenBSD 8.0 has been released with major virtualization and hardware upgrades, including support for up to 64 vCPUs per VM, Intel Arc graphics, ARM64 hibernation, and expanded RISC-V support. Linuxiac points out that it marks the “61st release of the security-focused Unix-like operating system.” From the report: Several fixes improve compatibility with 32-bit Linux guests, while changes to virtual machine ownership management and inte … ⌘ Read more
KDE Plasma 6.8.1 Released With Dozens Of Fixes
Following last week’s release of Plasma 6.8, the Plasma 6.8.1 point release is out today with dozens of bug fixes… ⌘ Read more
@kamme@twtxt.thanatos.be herbstluftwm! I haven’t had much luck with netbsd (skill issues). I had given it a try in a VM, ~4 years ago, and managed to brick it in less than a week xD The sad thing though, was deleting the VM. missing out on an opportunity to boot in single user mode and try fixing my mess.
GE-Proton 11-11 released to fix more issues with Windows games on SteamOS / Linux
As is tradition, a new release of GE-Proton came with issues and so another hotfix is out with GE-Proton 11-11.
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Linux 7.4 Sunsetting Old EDAC Drivers Due To “AI Generated Fixes Frenzy”
In addition to introducing the new Intel BFF driver, the Error Detection And Correction “EDAC” kernel subsystem is sunsetting a number of old hardware drivers due to increased noise to AI/LLM-generated bug fixes for these likely unused or minimally used drivers… ⌘ Read more
Linux Lands Fix for Rare, Varying SMP Boot Hangs Affecting Kernels Since 2024
Among the flurry of last minute patch activity ahead of tomorrow’s presumed Linux 7.3 stable kernel release is a fix for addressing some rare hangs at boot time. The reports varied but ultimately tracked down to a kernel change made two years ago… ⌘ Read more
Linux 7.3 Lands Last-Minute Fixes For Samsung 990 PRO & 990 EVO Plus SSDs
Ahead of the Linux 7.3 stable kernel expected to be released tomorrow, last minute workarounds were merged for the Samsung 990 PRO and Samsung 990 EVO Plus NVMe solid state drives… ⌘ Read more
Ubuntu Touch 24.04-2.1 Brings New Hardware Support & Important Security Fix
Ubuntu Touch 24.04-2.1 was released on Friday as the latest update to this community-maintained tablet/smartphone Ubuntu Linux platform. Ubuntu Touch 24.04-1.5 was also released as a maintenance update for the prior series… ⌘ Read more
Valve fix Zero Company crashing on Steam Machine with the latest major game update
Zero Company recently had a major upgrade, with it crashing on Steam Machine and probably other SteamOS / Linux systems - which Valve have solved.
Read the full article on [GamingOnLinux](https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/10/valve-fix-zero-company-crashing-on-steam-machin … ⌘ Read more
Proton Experimental for October 15 has fixes for ARC Raiders, C&C Red Alert, Counterstike and The Aftermath
Valve launched the latest update for Proton Experimental to fix up more issues found with Windows games running on SteamOS / Linux.
Read the full article on [GamingOnLinux](https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/10/proton-experime … ⌘ Read more
@movq@www.uninformativ.de That’s weird… I’d dropped off Clownflare’s proxy ever since it started blocking @david@daiwei.me’s requests. That should’ve fixed any problems of that kind (unless traffic is coming from GCloud or Microslop servers, then sorry, not sorry) 😄 … my WAF (Crowdsec) isn’t blocking you either.
I’ve checked my logs, and can see your requests being handled successfully, although, the last one so far dates from 2026-10-15T18:47:32 is that normal? are you getting any error messages?
Rustls 0.23.46 Released With Four Security Fixes
Rustls as the modern TLS library written in the Rust programming language with an emphasis on memory safety is out today with its v0.23.46 release in order to ship four new security fixes… ⌘ Read more
A big Steam update brings the Big Art Mode, Screensaver, Steam Controller upgrades, Linux upgrades and more
A fresh stable Steam Client Update landed October 13th bringing with it some big new features, along with lots of bug fixes everywhere.
Read the full article on [GamingOnLinux](https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/10/a-big-steam-update-bring … ⌘ Read more
Firefox 159 Beta Released With Fix For Tabs On Wayland
With Firefox 158 released, Firefox 159 is now in beta ahead of its official release in two weeks… ⌘ Read more
ONLYOFFICE !0.0 Released With AI Features, 1,000+ Bug Fixes
ONLYOFFICE 10.0 is now available for this open-source office suite alternative to the likes of LibreOffice… ⌘ Read more
Proton Experimental gets updated to fix a prefix corruption bug and more
A smaller update to Proton Experimental landed for October 12th, but one of the fixes is quite a major one (although a rare issue).
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