Linux NewsAdvanced Video Coding Still Under Patent
Brazilian patent BRPI0109962B1 has expired, which means that DivX and Xvid are no longer problematic for Linux, but it doesn’t mean that video is all of a sudden fully unleashed.
Bottles Brings Hope for Windows-only Software on ARM Devices
While still a test release, the cpak package brings in native ARM64 support and Soda 11.0-10.
systemd 262-rc2 Adds An AI Canary For Detecting Unreviewed AI/LLM Code Contributions
One week after releasing systemd 262-rc1, systemd 262-rc2 is now available with further fixes and refinements for this init system and service manager. Systemd is also the latest open-source project introducing an AI canary for aiming to detect AI/LLM-based code contributors that weren't reviewed by an actual person in advance of the pull request...
5 popular Arch distros ranked by how much babysitting they need
Ranked from the one that needs constant attention to the one that streamlines the maintenance part.
BleachBit 6.0.4 Cleaner and Privacy Tool Released with Faster Scanning
BleachBit 6.0.4 is out with faster startup and scanning, new cleaners for fish, Zsh, Android Studio, Gradle, and Python, plus major security fixes.
Open CAD Studio Is a New Rust-Based Open-Source CAD App for Linux
Open CAD Studio is a new GPL-licensed CAD app for Linux with native DWG/DXF editing, 2D drafting, 3D modeling, and a browser-based version.
These 10 Linux commands showed me how much better life is off Windows
Life's better off Windows—and Linux is ready to prove it.
Slackware 16 Alpha 1 Released with Linux 6.18 LTS, GCC 16.2, and Plasma 6
by George Whittaker One of Linux's oldest surviving distributions is moving closer to its next major release. Slackware 16 Alpha 1 became available on September 5, 2026, marking the first formal alpha milestone on the road toward Slackware Linux 16. The release follows a major rebuild of Slackware-current using a substantially newer GNU toolchain and brings together several upgrades that have accumulated since Slackware 15.0 arrived more than four years ago. The alpha combines Linux 6.18 LTS, GCC 16.2.0, glibc 2.44, GNU Binutils 2.47, KDE Plasma 6, and numerous updated user-space packages while retaining much of the deliberately traditional architecture that has distinguished Slackware for decades. For longtime Slackware users, Alpha 1 is particularly significant because it provides the clearest indication yet that the lengthy Slackware 16 development cycle is moving toward an eventual stable release. Slackware 16 Finally Reaches Alpha Slackware doesn't operate according to the predict
DLSS5VKLayer Wires Up NVIDIA DLSS 5 For Native Linux Games & Steam Play
An interesting new open-source project for those looking to make use of NVIDIA DLSS 5 on Linux is DLSS5VKLayer. The DLSS5VKLayer is a Linux Vulkan layer that works for both native Linux games as well as Steam Play (Proton) Windows games for experimental DLSS 5 support...
Ubuntu 26.10 wallpaper, mascot art revealed
The wallpaper for the upcoming Ubuntu 26.10 ‘Stonking Stringray’ release has been revealed, along with the official mascot artwork. No huge surprises: it’s a dark purple/aubergine backdrop with a vectorised stingray on it: As is tradition, there are 4 variants of the default wallpaper. The colour one, as above, plus and a dark version and a light variant and a ‘dimmed’ one for those unable to commit one way or the other. The Stonking mascot art, in the centre, continues the “circular” trend of the last few mascots: the Resolute Raccoon sits in a rounded starburst, while the Questing Quokka […]
[$] Stabilizing Rust's never type
A function's return type is supposed to indicate the kind of data that it produces. Rust's "never" type, which is denoted by an exclamation mark ("!"), is the type the language uses to mark a function that never returns and other places where a value can never occur. For a long time, the never type was used internally by the compiler, but was considered an unstable feature. On August 24, after more than two years of work, Rust-compiler-contributor "waffle" finally managed to stabilize the type. It took so long, in part, because it involved a small breaking change to previous Rust editions, which the compiler maintainers needed to ensure did not impact much real code.
Jellyfin 12.0 released
Version 12 of the Jellyfin media-management system has been released. Notable changes include database performance improvements, an upgrade to FFmpeg 8.1 for media transcoding, as well as better handling of book and comic media. See the release notes for the web client and server for a full list of changes.
Security updates for Tuesday
Security updates have been issued by AlmaLinux (expat, git-lfs, grafana-pcp, kernel-rt, python3.14-cryptography, redis:6, skopeo, and xmlrpc-c), Debian (jbig2dec and strongswan), Fedora (baresip, chirp, chromium, corosync, emacs, GitPython, libre, libsoup3, nsd, perl-Net-OAuth, and perl-XML-Bare), Mageia (apache-mod_auth_openidc, exiv2, freerdp, python-pyasn1, and tor), Red Hat (buildah, cockpit-image-builder, container-tools:rhel8, containernetworking-plugins, delve, linux-sgx, osbuild-composer, pcs, and runc), SUSE (amazon-cloudwatch-agent, aws-nitro-enclaves-cli, bzip2, c-ares, curl, dracut, emacs, fuse-overlayfs, gegl, GraphicsMagick, httpcomponents-client, java-1_8_0-openjdk, java-25-openjdk, lcms2, libidn, libusb-1_0, LibVNCServer, microcode_ctl, multipath-tools, NetworkManager, nghttp2, openexr, openssl-1_1, openssl-3, perl-URI, php-composer2, postgresql15, postgresql17, postgresql18, python-GitPython, python-tornado6, python313-pip, redis, redis7, ucode-intel, wget, and wiresha
KDE's KWin Merges Wayland Commit-Timing Protocol Support
Merged today to the latest KDE KWin compositor development code is support for Wayland's important commit-timing protocol that is useful for video playback as well as for gamers relying on Adaptive-Sync/FreeSync support...
KDE Plasma 6.7.5 Brings More KWin and Wayland Fixes
KDE Plasma 6.7.5 is now available with fixes for KWin, Discover, Plasma NetworkManager, Spectacle, Klipper, and more.