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📰 AI-Found Linux Kernel Flaw Gives Local Users Root, and Can Break a Guest Out to the Host A flaw in Linux's vhost subsystem lets a local user read and write kernel memory at will and become root across nearly a decade of kernel versions. In one virtualization setup, it lets an untrusted virtual machine write to the host's memory and hijack the program that runs the virtual machine.The bug is tracked as CVE-2026-74580 and named Vghost. Tencent Zhuque Lab, which found the. 🔗 Source: https://thehackernews.com/2026/10/ai-found-linux-kernel-flaw-gives-local.html #kernel #linux 👉@sysadminoff

7 Tips to Make GitHub CLI (gh) Faster for Linux Automation The post 7 Tips to Make GitHub CLI (gh) Faster for Linux Automation first appeared on Tecmint: Linux Howtos, Tutorials & Guides .A cron job that runs GitHub CLI (gh) commands every few minutes can become slow, prompt for input, or hit The post 7 Tips to Make GitHub CLI (gh) Faster for Linux Automation first appeared on Tecmint: Linux Howtos, Tutorials & Guides. 👉@sysadminoff https://www.tecmint.com/gh-cli-performance-tips/

Linux 7.3 released, this is what’s new Linus Torvalds has announced the release of Linux 7.3, a new mainline kernel – the one Ubuntu 26.10 is running on. Linux 7.3 is another big update, improving gaming performance for AMD GPUs with low VRAM, boosting ext4 I/O and reworking how the kernel splits CPU time between groups of apps to improve efficiency. It’s expected to become the new Long Term Support version. Writing on the Linux Kernel mailing list, Torvalds said: “It’s Sunday afternoon, and this week I somehow kept my wits together long enough to keep track of the day of the week, so the release isn’t […] You're reading Linux 7.3 released, this is what’s new, a blog post from OMG! Ubuntu. Do not reproduce elsewhere without permission. 👉@sysadminoff https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/10/linux-7-3-features

📰 This Rust File Manager Was Designed for Omarchy, but Arch Users Can Run it Too Strata is a new offering that can open folders, preview images, and remember the sort order and icon size from previous sessions. 🔗 Source: #arch #rust 👉@sysadminoff https://feed.itsfoss.com/link/24361/17496977/strata-file-manager

Tiling Shell extension adds mouse button layout activation A new version of the Tiling Shell GNOME extension is out, adding support for GNOME 51 and a faster way to tile app windows using nothing but your mouse. Tiling Shell v18.0 lets you use your right mouse button for tiling system activation. You click your left button to grab and drag the window then, with it held, hold the right mouse button to trigger the on-screen tiling layout. Release the left button over a zone and the window snaps to it – no keys needed. It sounds more laborious than it feels in use. It’s not enabled by default, […] You're reading Tiling Shell extension adds mouse button layout activation, a blog post from OMG! Ubuntu. Do not reproduce elsewhere without permission. 👉@sysadminoff https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/10/tiling-shell-right-mouse-button-activation

Релиз Tewi 3.0.0, текстового интерфейса для управления torrent-клиентами Состоялся выпуск Tewi 3.0.0], консольного приложения с текстовым интерфейсом (TUI) для управления BitTorrent-клиентами. Программа позволяет подключаться к демонам Transmission, qBittorrent, Deluge и rTorrent, просматривать и управлять списком торрентов, добавлять новые закачки, выполнять поиск по популярным трекерам. Поддерживаются различные режимы отображения (карточки, компактный, однострочный), просмотр детальной информации о торрентах (файлы, трекеры, пиры), управление категориями и метками. 👉@sysadminoff https://www.opennet.ru/opennews/art.shtml?num=66500

Lightpanda 1.0 После двух лет разработки и 10000 коммитов браузерный движок Lightpanda вышел из состояния бета-версии и объявлен готовым к применению в практических задачах. Lightpanda – написанный с нуля на языке Zig браузерный движок, предназначенный для использования в задачах браузерной автоматизации в интеграции с Puppeteer, Playwright, Selenium, ChromeDP, и всем остальным софтом, поддерживающим Chrome DevTools Protocol (CDP). Компания-разработчик поддерживает список интеграций этого продукта в стиле awesome. Лицензия – AGPL-3.0. От контрибьюторов требуется подписание CLA. ( читать дальше... )  agent, javascript, браузер, искусственный интеллект 👉@sysadminoff https://www.linux.org.ru/news/internet/18403728

Linux Mint’s new system monitor is a big improvement December’s Linux Mint 27 release will include a brand new system monitor tool preinstalled. The app is called Superlight (well, that’s the project and package name; the user-facing label is just System Monitor). It shows hardware, app and process usage, relays battery stats and has an interactive storage page to find out what files and folders are using the most space. It’s still under active development, but I took it for a spin to see how it fares and what it offers. Keep in mind that more features may be added or changed between now and when it gets its […] You're reading Linux Mint’s new system monitor is a big improvement, a blog post from OMG! Ubuntu. Do not reproduce elsewhere without permission. 👉@sysadminoff https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/10/linux-mint-new-system-monitor

📰 New Steam Client Update Adds Many Linux Improvements, Big Picture Screensaver Valve released a new stable Steam Client update with many Linux improvements, as well as updates to the Big Picture Mode, Steam Input, in-game overlay, game recording, and more. 🔗 Source: https://9to5linux.com/new-steam-client-update-adds-many-linux-improvements-big-picture-screensaver #linux #steam 👉@sysadminoff

Релиз Tewi 3.0.0, текстового интерфейса для управления torrent-клиентами Состоялся выпуск Tewi 3.0.0 — консольного приложения с текстовым интерфейсом (TUI) для управления BitTorrent-клиентами. Программа позволяет подключаться к демонам Transmission, qBittorrent, Deluge и rTorrent, просматривать и управлять списком торрентов, добавлять новые закачки, выполнять поиск по популярным трекерам. Поддерживаются различные режимы отображения (карточки, компактный, однострочный), просмотр детальной информации о торрентах (файлы, трекеры, пиры), управление категориями и метками, переключение альтернативных лимитов скорости. ( читать дальше... )  bittorrent, python, qbittorrent, rtorrent, transmission 👉@sysadminoff https://www.linux.org.ru/news/opensource/18403546

📰 Mesa Expands NPU Capabilities With Support For YOLOX With PyTorch While Mesa is predominantly used for GPU drivers, open-source developer Tomeu Vizoso continues advancing the capabilities of NPUs within the Mesa driver stack... 🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Mesa-Torx-YOLOX-PyTorch #opensource 👉@sysadminoff https://phoronix.com/news/Mesa-Torx-YOLOX-PyTorch

📰 Steam gamers bomb the Total War: Shogun 2 remaster's score to Overwhelmingly Negative as the original gets delisted If you're going to release a remastered version of your game, you have to make sure that it performs and looks better than the game you're remixing. If you can't guarantee that, leaving the original up for people to play helps a lot in the long run. It seems 🔗 Source: https://www.xda-developers.com/steam-gamers-bomb-the-total-war-shogun-2-remasters-score-to-overwhelmingly-negative-as-the-original-gets-delisted/ #steam 👉@sysadminoff https://xda-developers.com/steam-gamers-bomb-the-total-war-shogun-2-remasters-score-to-overwhelmingly-negative-as-the-original-gets-delisted

📰 Intel ISPC 1.32 Released With AVX10.2 & APX Support, Even AMD Zen 6 Too Intel ISPC 1.32 released today as the newest version of this Intel Implicit SPMD Program Compiler built atop LLVM/Clang. ISPC is a variant of the C programming language with extensiosn catering to Single Program Multiple Data programming for both Intel CPUs and GPUs... 🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Intel-ISPC-1.32-Released #amd #intel 👉@sysadminoff https://phoronix.com/news/Intel-ISPC-1.32-Released

В Gentoo намерены прекратить поставку Chromium из-за трудности сопровождения Сопровождающий пакет (ebuild) Chromium в Gentoo Linux объявил о скором скрытии пакета в репозитории из-за слишком больших трудозатрат на сопровождение. Упоминается, что сопровождающий не имеет возможности продолжать поддерживать пакет на должном уровне после сокращения цикла публикации релизов Chrome. Если в ближайшие дни не найдётся доброволец, готовый взять на себя сопровождение Chromium в Gentoo, то 24 октября пакет www-client/chromium перестанет быть доступен для установки. 👉@sysadminoff https://www.opennet.ru/opennews/art.shtml?num=66489

now playing card for media playing addicts Now Playing Card is an extension for GNOME Shell that can show playback info and media controls from multiple sources at the same time. You're reading now playing card for media playing addicts, a blog post from OMG! Ubuntu. Do not reproduce elsewhere without permission. 👉@sysadminoff https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/10/gnome-now-playing-card-extension

📰 SAP Discloses Critical CVSS 10 Flaw in Cloud SDK for Python Allowing OAuth2 Credential Theft A flaw in SAP's Cloud SDK for Python can send an application's OAuth2 client credentials to a server an attacker controls, SAP said in a security advisory on October 13. The flaw affects multi-tenant applications on SAP Business Technology Platform (BTP) that use the SDK, SAP's official Python client for BTP services. An attacker must be able to control the tenant subdomain,. 🔗 Source: https://thehackernews.com/2026/10/sap-discloses-critical-cvss-10-flaw-in.html #python 👉@sysadminoff

📰 This New Distro Wants to Achieve What Ubuntu Failed to Do Nearly a Decade Ago Currently in beta, it pairs Prairie, a new desktop, with a native app suite and an AI assistant. 🔗 Source: #distro #ubuntu 👉@sysadminoff https://feed.itsfoss.com/link/24361/17496631/luma-first-look

📰 Tails 7.15 Privacy-Focused Linux Distro Released with Tor Updates The privacy-focused Tails 7.15 Linux distribution is out, updating Tor Browser, the Tor client, and firmware packages for newer hardware. 🔗 Source: / #distro #linux 👉@sysadminoff https://linuxiac.com/tails-7-15-privacy-focused-linux-distro-released-with-tor-updates

📰 This obscure Fedora distro eliminates the one problem that makes people abandon Linux entirely It ends the broken-package nightmare that scares beginners away from Linux. 🔗 Source: https://www.xda-developers.com/this-obscure-fedora-distro-eliminates-the-one-problem-that-makes-people-abandon-linux-entirely/ #distro #fedora #linux 👉@sysadminoff https://xda-developers.com/this-obscure-fedora-distro-eliminates-the-one-problem-that-makes-people-abandon-linux-entirely

ChatGPT Pro adds parallel agents ChatGPT Pro users can now delegate parts of a task to parallel agents in the Chat tab and track their progress. OpenAI also claims GPT-6 Pro responds faster and works better with plugins and tools, but has published no figures showing the gains. The October 16 rollout leaves key details about how the feature works unanswered. Source 👉@sysadminoff https://4sysops.com/archives/chatgpt-pro-adds-parallel-agents/