Linux NewsThese versions of KDE Connect are vulnerable to exploit
The developers released a security advisory stating
GNU Linux-Libre 6.18 Kernel Released for Software Freedom Lovers
GNU Linux-libre 6.18 kernel is now available for download. This release is based on Linux kernel 6.18 and it’s targeted at those who seek 100% freedom for their personal computers.
Fedora 44 Granted Approval For A Nicer NTSYNC Experience For Wine & Steam Play
Fedora stakeholders have been eyeing a nicer experience for NTSYNC usage with Wine and Steam Play by being able to have the NTSYNC kernel module load when it's likely to be used. That approval has now been granted by the Fedora Engineering and Steering Committee (FESCo) for the Fedora 44 release...
Security updates for Monday
Security updates have been issued by AlmaLinux (bind9.18, cups, gimp, ipa, kernel, libssh, mingw-expat, openssl, pcs, sssd, tigervnc, and valkey), Debian (gnome-shell-extension-gsconnect, mistral-dashboard, pagure, python-mistralclient, pytorch, qtbase-opensource-src, sogo, tryton-server, and unbound), Fedora (cef, drupal7, glib2, linux-firmware, migrate, pack, pgadmin4, rnp, and unbound), Slackware (libxslt), SUSE (cpp-httplib, curl, glib2, grub2, kernel, libcoap-devel, libcryptopp, libwireshark19, postgresql15, and postgresql17), and Ubuntu (edk2).
Fwupd 2.0.18 Linux Firmware Updater Adds Support for Lenovo Legion Go 2
Fwupd 2.0.18 Linux firmware updater is now available for download with support for Lenovo Legion Go 2, HP Portable USB-C 4K HDMI hub, and Synaptics HapticsPad.
Fwupd 2.0.18 Brings Reboot Notifications, Faster Firmware Searches
Fwupd 2.0.18 adds reboot prompts, major speed improvements for firmware searches, and support for new HP, Lenovo, and Synaptics hardware.
Three stable kernels for Monday
Greg Kroah-Hartman has announced the release of the 6.17.10, 6.12.60, and 6.6.118 stable kernels. As usual, each contains a number of important fixes throughout the tree. Users are advised to upgrade.
AMD GPU Managed Memory Support Merged For The GCC 16 Compiler
When it comes to AMD Radeon/Instinct GPU compiler support much of the emphasis is on the LLVM/Clang compiler stack with their official AMDGPU LLVM shader compiler back-end as well as having the AOMP downstream compiler fork and the like. But the GNU Compiler Collection "GCC" does continue allow targeting AMD GPU targeting with its "AMDGCN" back-end and using the likes of the OpenMP API. It's not too often seeing new AMD GPU activity there for GCC but merged today is now support for managed memory...
This open-source Linux app got me to ditch the git command
It’s probably the best TUI I’ve used, and it looks great too.
AI Is Being Used To Help Modernize The Ubuntu Error Tracker
While some Linux distributions have begun establishing AI policies, we haven't seen any communicated from the Ubuntu camp yet but will apparently be permitted at least for project infrastructure. AI is being used currently in an effort to help modernize the Ubuntu Error Tracker...
PhotoPrism AI-Powered Photos App Adds Batch Edit Dialog
PhotoPrism’s December 2025 update adds batch editing, improved face recognition, and new AI integrations with Ollama and OpenAI to generate captions and labels.
"Less Bugfixing Noise": Last Kernel Release of 2025 is Here and it Could be an LTS
A clean roundup of what’s been added under the hood.
Rust Updates For Linux 6.19, Rust Minimum Baseline To Likely Follow Debian Stable
Miguel Ojeda has already submitted the core Rust programming language infrastructure updates intended for the Linux 6.19 merge window. In the pull request he also notes that moving forward the minimum supported Rust version for compiling the Linux kernel will likely follow whatever the minimum Rust version currently in use by the latest Debian stable release...
Intel Gaudi 3 Driver Support Already Rejected For Linux 6.19
Last night Intel finally posted their Gaudi 3 accelerator open-source driver support for the mainline Linux kernel with hopes of getting that long-delayed AI accelerator support into the in-development Linux 6.19 kernel. But as I pointed out, the pull request was coming unusually late for being such a large set of patches and would face an uphill battle to make it for the Linux 6.19 merge window. Sure enough, the pull request was already rejected and withdrawn from being v6.19 material...
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