Linux Newsmold 3.0 High-Speed Linker Rewritten in Rust
The mold linker reaches version 3.0 with a Rust rewrite, Cargo-based builds, improved safety, and no expected performance regressions.
Siemens Abruptly Takes Down OpenRadioss, But a Fork is Already Live
Another reminder of why open source saves software from being lost forever.
Arduino Uno Q - LED Matrix - Plasma
In the previous article, we used the LED Matrix on the Arduino Uno Q to produce 'falling' dots that resemble rain. This is basic code in Python to create the 'rain' on the LED Matrix. Now, we are going to get a little more advanced. Back in the DOS days, there were programs that would act more like screensavers, and some were very interesting to watch. Specifically, the one named 'Plasma' or sometimes 'Ooze'. The basis is the use of 256 colors, which cycle through the colors and start over... https://www.linux.org/threads/arduino-uno-q-led-matrix-plasma.72403/
These 5 distros are replacing Red Hat Enterprise Linux in the professional world
The days of having one obvious choice for serious Linux servers may be over!
Auto-cpufreq 3.2 Adds Intel HWP Dynamic Boost, Lands in Debian Repos
The Linux CPU power optimization tool auto-cpufreq 3.2 brings new Intel HWP features, improved battery reporting, and Debian repository support.
Why Linux power users love the features that hold it back
A mosaic of desktops, toolkits, and command line rituals reveal a culture that prizes control, polish, and tinkering.
Ubuntu 26.10 Will Have a Rust-based GnuPG Replacement
The Rust-based OpenPGP tool lands in Ubuntu 26.10's main archive, with sq and sqv available alongside gpg and gpgv.
RustConf recordings
The Rust Foundation has posted the recordings from RustConf 2026 in Montreal, Canada. Photos of the event are also available. LWN covered four talks from RustConf this year.
[$] An update on the Sashiko patch-review system
Patch review has long been one of the limiting constraints for the kernel project (and most others); there just aren't enough people to properly review all of the code that is submitted for inclusion. The Sashiko system, which uses a large language model (LLM) to generate reviews automatically, offers the prospect of some relief, and has already become an important part of the kernel's development process. At the 2026 edition of Kernel Recipes, Roman Gushchin, the maintainer of Sashiko, provided an overview of how the system works and what is being done to improve it.
Linux 7.4 To Land New BTB CTX Isolation Feature Of AMD Zen 6
The Linux 7.4 kernel is set to introduce support for a new AMD Zen 6 security feature...
Picard 3.0 released
Version 3.0 of the MusicBrainz Picard tag editor has been released. "This release brings many changes, including an upgrade to Qt6, a completely new plugin system, several improvements to the user interface, cover art processing, [International Standard Recording Code (ISRC)] submission and many more." LWN covered Picard in April.
Security updates for Monday
Security updates have been issued by AlmaLinux (ghostscript, libvirt, and osbuild-composer), Debian (freecad, linux-6.12, node-lodash, pcre2, perl, php8.2, ruby-rack-session, wireshark, and xen), Fedora (assimp, budgie-control-center, budgie-desktop, budgie-desktop-services, budgie-desktop-view, chromium, cri-o1.36, curl, flatpak, lemonldap-ng, libX11, nagios-plugins, nanosvg, noctalia, openssl, pgbouncer, pocillo-gtk-theme, prometheus, python-streamlink, python-urllib3, python-uv-build, python3.12, ruff, rust-libcst, rust-libcst_derive, rust-salsa, rust-salsa-macro-rules, rust-salsa-macros, ty, and uv), Red Hat (rhc-worker-script), SUSE (amazon-ecs-init, binaryen-133, bind, chromium, distribution, firefox, firefox-esr, glib2, gnumeric, helm, jline3, kubevirt-1.6, libparted-fs-resize0, libslirp-devel, libtcnative-1-0, libtcnative-2-0, tomcat, tomcat10, tomcat11, libwireshark19, openai-codex, python313-litellm, rpcbind, rustup, sccache, suseconnect-ng, valkey, wget, and xdg-dbus-proxy),
The future of Linux depends on these 4 distros
Step aside Mint.
Auto-CPUFreq 3.2 Adds Configurable HWP Dynamic Boost, Platform Profile Reporting
The open-source Auto-CPUFreq tool for active system monitoring and power optimizations is out with a new release for continuing to enhance battery life on Linux laptops...
Phosh 0.58 Linux Mobile Shell Improves Screenshots and Flatpak Apps
Phosh 0.58 brings better screenshot notifications, improved Flatpak startup tracking, configurable Caffeine behavior, and multiple mobile Linux fixes.
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