Linux NewsTypeScript 7.0 Rewrites the Compiler in Go for Up to 12x Faster Builds
Microsoft’s latest TypeScript release brings a native Go-based compiler, promising dramatically faster builds and lower memory use.
KDE Frameworks 6.28 Released with Support for New KRunner Conversion Units
KDE Frameworks 6.28 open-source software suite is out now with support for using the Meta key to trigger KWin’s Overview screen, Kicker/Kickoff improvements, and new KRunner features.
[$] An update on the scraper situation
Our article "Fighting the AI scraper bot scourge", published in early 2025, discussed the problem of widespread scraping of web sites in search of training data for large language models and related projects. This activity overwhelms sites with traffic. Over a year after that article is published, the problem is still growing. The hammering of sites by shadowy actors has reached new heights, and the open web is becoming increasingly difficult to maintain. Where is this traffic coming from, and what can be done about it?
[$] QBE 1.3: metaprogramming, performance, and cross-platform support
QBE, a compact compiler backend developed by Quentin Carbonneaux, is a lightweight alternative to larger compiler backends such as LLVM and GCC. Designed to be small enough for a single developer to understand, QBE uses a static single-assignment (SSA) intermediate representation (IR), supports the C ABI, and serves as the backend for projects such as Hare and the cproc C11 compiler. Frontends emit the textual form of QBE's IR directly; QBE then takes care of register allocation, optimization, and native-code generation, producing assembly for the target architecture.
Security updates for Friday
Security updates have been issued by AlmaLinux (aardvark-dns, cups, edk2, gstreamer1-plugins-bad-free, gstreamer1-plugins-good, gstreamer1-plugins-ugly-free, kernel, libsolv, libtasn1, libxml2, nginx:1.24, nginx:1.26, oci-seccomp-bpf-hook, python-urllib3, and tomcat), Debian (rlottie), Fedora (c-ares, k9s, kind, libXfont2, nmap, pam, perl-DBI, php, python-pendulum, tmux, and xorg-x11-server-Xwayland), Mageia (7zip and ack), Slackware (tigervnc), SUSE (alloy, cargo-c, chromium, clamav, cosign, dirmngr, firefox, flannel, fluidsynth, gnutls, go1.25, go1.26, gol, GraphicsMagick, helm, kernel-devel, libaom, libexif, openQA, os-autoinst, python-Django, python-idna, python-sqlparse, rust-keylime, rustup, sccache, SUSE Manager Client Tools, SUSE_Multi-Linux_Manager Client Tools, transmission, and warewulf4), and Ubuntu (curl, expat, golang-go.crypto, libheif, libidn, libraw, libsoup2.4, linux, linux-azure-4.15, linux-azure-fips, linux-fips, linux-gcp-4.15, linux-gcp-fips, linux-kvm, linux-orac
Linux Mint vs Ubuntu: This is the better option for Linux newcomers in 2026
The beginner Linux choice that decides whether you stay or crawl back to Windows.
KDE Plasma 6.7 X11 vs. Wayland Session Gaming Performance For NVIDIA On CachyOS
With KDE Plasma 6.7 now having seen a few point releases to further polish this last version with X11 support ahead of Plasma 6.8 going Wayland-only, here are some NVIDIA Linux gaming benchmarks between the X11 and Wayland sessions on Plasma 6.7.2 using the popular Arch Linux based CachyOS.
Linux Mint Now Considers Wayland Stable
Cinnamon will fully support both X11 and Wayland sessions starting with Mint's next release, due Christmas.
Linux 7.3 Enabling Second Graphics Pipe For Modern AMD APUs
AMD on Thursday sent out another round of AMDGPU kernel graphics driver and AMDKFD kernel compute driver updates to DRM-Next of new feature material ahead of the Linux 7.3 merge window...
DankMaterialShell 1.5 Adds Frame Mode for a More Polished Wayland Desktop
DMS 1.5 introduces Frame Mode, calendar integration, display profiles, and Hyprland Lua configs for a more complete Wayland desktop experience.
Linux DT Patches Provide Very Basic Support For Apple M3 Pro / Max / Ultra
Upstreamed for the Linux 7.2 kernel was initial support for booting Linux on the Apple M3 SoC devices. But just the barebones suppport for booting with not yet any accelerated graphics or other typical function needed for daily use of M3 Apple devices on Linux, just booting to a console. Now this work is complemented by additional Device Tree patches for also booting M3 Pro / Max / Ultra devices on Linux...
Pangolin 1.20 Tunneled Reverse Proxy Adds New Resource Launcher
Pangolin 1.20 improves daily navigation with a rebuilt Resource Launcher, admin command palette, private resource pages, and VNC login updates.
HiZ Plane Optimization Merged For Intel Vulkan Linux Driver For Some Performance Benefit
After two years being on the TODO list for a possible performance optimization, the Intel open-source "ANV" Vulkan driver has now merged an HiZ plane optimization that can yield up to a few percent frame-rate improvement for Linux gaming/graphics on newer Intel integrated and discrete graphics hardware...
LLVM Clang Merges Initial Support For NVIDIA Rigel Core With Next-Gen Rosa CPU
Earlier this week NVIDIA confirmed some basic details around their next-gen Rosa CPU that succeeds Vera. Among the public confirmation was that it will feature a "Rigel" Armv9.2-A core iterating on their Olympus core design. With the basic details published, NVIDIA immediately introduced Rigel core support into the GCC compiler. Now they have also upstreamed their initial Rigel core enablement into the LLVM Clang compiler...
Intel-Scaler-vLLM 0.21.0-b1 Delivers Latest Features For vLLM On Intel GPUs
Released this morning was Intel's newest version of Intel-Scaler-vLLM as their Docker-based solution providing an optimized vLLM stack for execution on Intel Arc (Pro) graphics hardware...
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