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📰 Intel Delivers A Significant Memory Hotplugging Performance Optimization For Linux Adding to the features expected to land for Linux 7.4 is a significant performance optimization for the memory hotplugging speed for adding additional RAM. In particular, the memory hotplugging being most applicable for cases like expanding the amount of memory for VMs or in today's CXL world for adding additional system memory... 🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-7.4-Faster-RAM-Hotplug #intel #linux 👉@sysadminoff https://phoronix.com/news/Linux-7.4-Faster-RAM-Hotplug

📰 Budgie Desktop 10.10.3 Released With Menu Favorites, Free Desktop Icon Placement Budgie Desktop 10.10.3 adds app favorites, free desktop icon placement, primary monitor selection, and a rewritten Keyboard Layout applet. 🔗 Source: / #budgie 👉@sysadminoff https://linuxiac.com/budgie-desktop-10-10-3-released-with-menu-favorites

📰 New Linux Patches For Supporting Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon G14's Second Webcam For those considering Lenovo's recently launched and beautifully crafted ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 14 laptop powered by Intel Core Ultra Series 3 "Panther Lake", one of the lingering missing features under Linux will hopefully soon be addressed: its second web camera... 🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-X1-Carbon-G14-MIPI-Cam #intel #linux 👉@sysadminoff https://phoronix.com/news/Linux-X1-Carbon-G14-MIPI-Cam

📰 Noctalia 5.2 Wayland Shell Released With New Window Switcher Noctalia 5.2 introduces a redesigned window switcher, calendar event reminders, improved screenshot tools, sound themes, and more. 🔗 Source: / #wayland 👉@sysadminoff https://linuxiac.com/noctalia-5-2-wayland-shell-released-with-new-window-switcher

Релиз Firefox 157 с модернизированным интерфейсом пользователя Состоялся релиз web-браузера Firefox 157 и сформированы обновления прошлых веток с длительным сроком поддержки - 153.4.0, 140.17.0 и 115.42.0. В рамках нового двухнедельного цикла формирования релизов на стадию бета-тестирования переведена ветка Firefox 158, релиз которой намечен на 13 октября. 👉@sysadminoff https://www.opennet.ru/opennews/art.shtml?num=66368

Microsoft Defender ISOC merges Sentinel SIEM for AI agents Microsoft has introduced the Integrated Security Operations Center, or ISOC, as a public preview inside the Microsoft Defender portal. It brings selected Microsoft Sentinel functions directly into Defender so analysts and AI agents share the same signals and workflows. The goal is to reduce tool switching and give automation a common data foundation. This preview is limited by licensing, workspace rules, and incomplete integration. The Defender home page introduces these ISOC capabilities alongside cases, workbooks, and automation. Source 👉@sysadminoff https://4sysops.com/archives/microsoft-defender-isoc-merges-sentinel-siem-for-ai-agents/

OpenAI launches GPT-6.1 Sol with near-Astra performance at a fraction of the price OpenAI has introduced GPT-6.1 Sol, an upgrade to GPT-6 Sol that it says comes close to GPT-6 Astra on agentic coding, computer use, and professional workflows while charging about one-fifth as much for standard input and output. The model is rolling out now to ChatGPT Work and Codex for eligible paid and enterprise users, with API access under the name gpt-6.1-sol. Source 👉@sysadminoff https://4sysops.com/archives/openai-launches-gpt-6-1-sol-with-near-astra-performance-at-a-fraction-of-the-price/

📰 Improved GPU Reset Coming For Raspberry Pi Boards With Linux 7.4 In addition to this week's DRM-Misc-Next pull request introducing some new HDMI 2.0 helpers for the DRM drivers, the pull request also introduced improved GPU reset support for the Broadcom V3D GPU with the VC4 kernel driver... 🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-7.4-Better-RPI-GPU-Reset #kernel #linux #raspberry 👉@sysadminoff https://phoronix.com/news/Linux-7.4-Better-RPI-GPU-Reset

Ubuntu 26.04 upgrades from 24.04 are now livefinally enabled It’s taken longer than expected, but users can now upgrade to Ubuntu 26.04 from 24.04 directly, without command-line workarounds. Canonical has finally flipped the switch on in-place upgrades for LTS systems. A notification will let users know that a new LTS is available, which can be actioned right away, ignored or “remind me later”‘d. Ubuntu 26.04 LTS was released on 23 April 2026, and direct upgrades from Ubuntu 25.10 were enabled a few weeks after the ISO downloads went live. However, upgrades from 24.04 LTS to 26.04 LTS were not. Canonical only officially gives LTS-to-LTS upgrades the go ahead once […] You're reading Ubuntu 26.04 upgrades from 24.04 are now livefinally enabled, a blog post from OMG! Ubuntu. Do not reproduce elsewhere without permission. 👉@sysadminoff https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/09/ubuntu-2604-upgrades-live-2404

📰 Solus Linux Adopts Formal AI and LLM Contribution Policy Solus Linux now allows AI-assisted code contributions under strict disclosure, testing, and accountability requirements. 🔗 Source: / #linux 👉@sysadminoff https://linuxiac.com/solus-linux-adopts-formal-ai-and-llm-contribution-policy

Бета-выпуск f4 0.3, кроссплатформенного ремейка Far Manager Опубликован бета-выпуск файлового менеджера f4 0.3.0. Проект воспроизводит интерфейс, поведение и внутреннее устройство Far Manager и far2l, но написан заново на языке Go, используя методологию "чистой комнаты". Код распространяется под лицензией BSD и написан AI-ассистентами. Ручное рецензирование заменяет большой набор автоматических тестов, которые в CI прогоняются на нескольких ОС и архитектурах. Готовые сборки формируются для Linux, Windows (включая отдельную сборку для Windows 7/8/8.1), ReactOS, macOS, FreeBSD, OpenBSD, NetBSD, DragonFly BSD и Android (Termux). Экспериментально поддерживаются Illumos и Solaris, ведётся портирование на Redox, GNU Hurd и Haiku. 👉@sysadminoff https://www.opennet.ru/opennews/art.shtml?num=66366

OpenAI nears $70 billion in revenue run rate as enterprise sales double OpenAI’s annualized revenue run rate is nearing $70 billion, while business-to-business revenue has more than doubled since July, according to sources familiar with the company’s finances. But reported losses have also grown sharply, underscoring how much remains unknown about the cost of that growth. Source 👉@sysadminoff https://4sysops.com/archives/openai-nears-70-billion-in-revenue-run-rate-as-enterprise-sales-double/

📰 "Toolpak" Being Devised By GNOME OS Developers, Akin To Flatpak For Tools GNOME developer Jordan Petridis published a blog post today to introduce the world to the Toolpak plans for GNOME OS... 🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Toolpak #flatpak #gnome 👉@sysadminoff https://phoronix.com/news/Toolpak

Microsoft опубликовал WSL 3.0 с поддержкой запуска Linux-контейнеров в Windows Компания Microsoft представила релиз инструментария WSL 3.0 (Windows Subsystem for Linux), позволяющего запускать Linux-приложения в Windows. Новая ветка примечательна реализацией возможности для запуска Linux-контейнеров в Windows и переходом на использование ядра Linux 6.18. Код применяемых в WSL утилит командной строки, фоновых процессов для Linux-окружений, сервисов для запуска контейнеров и виртуальной машины, а также графического стека wslg открыт под лицензией MIT. Изменения для ядра Linux поставляются под лицензией GPLv2. 👉@sysadminoff https://www.opennet.ru/opennews/art.shtml?num=66369

Stellarium 26.3 28 сентября состоялся выпуск 26.3 популярного свободного кроссплатформенного планетария Stellarium — третий в этом году. Проект написан на языке C++ с использованием фреймворка Qt (поддерживаются версии 5 и 6) и распространяется по лицензии GNU GPL 2.0. Основные изменения: добавлена культура неба народа потаватоми (скриншоты 1 и 2); добавлен плагин «Видимость объекта» (скриншоты 3 и 4). Плагин показывает на карте планеты, где видна выбранная звезда или объект глубокого космоса. Поддерживает наблюдения с Земли, Луны, восьми планет, Плутона и четырех галилеевых спутников. Также отображает границы широт сумерек в дни солнцестояний только для Земли, рассчитанные по наклону оси вращения на дату; многочисленные улучшения в плагинах, ядре программы, интерфейсе и культурах неба; улучшения в движке скриптов; исправлены обнаруженные ошибки.  c++, qt, stellarium, астрономия, планетарий 👉@sysadminoff https://www.linux.org.ru/news/opensource/18389751

📰 MM Change Slated For Linux 7.4 Yields +22904539.81% In One Metric, More Modest Wins In Others Queued this week into the slab/for-next Git branch ahead of next month's Linux 7.4 merge window is a memory management change for refilling pre-filled sheaves from the barn. In some cases this yields wild improvements to specific synthetic benchmarks... 🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-7.4-Refill-Sheaves-Barn #git #linux 👉@sysadminoff https://phoronix.com/news/Linux-7.4-Refill-Sheaves-Barn

Git 2.56 Представлен релиз распределенной системы управления исходными текстами Git 2.56. Код Git распространяется под лицензией GPLv2+. По сравнению с прошлым выпуском в новую версию принято 748 изменений, подготовленных при участии 104 разработчиков, 39 из которых впервые приняли участие в разработке Git. ( читать дальше... )  c, git, opennet, vcs, контроль версий 👉@sysadminoff https://www.linux.org.ru/news/development/18389698

Destroy any website (browser game, but cathartic) Destroy Any Website is a browser-based run-and-gun that lets you run amok on any public-facing website. You take command of a character and access a variety of weapons. The aim is to score points by blasting your chosen target to literal pieces. Run, jump and jetpack around the site elements using WASD controls and take aim using your mouse. A competitive multiplayer mode lets you pick a website, share a code with a pal and then compete to reach a destruction score, replete with scoreboard. Lest anyone panic, the wanton destruction the in-browser game can unleash is done on a […] You're reading Destroy any website (browser game, but cathartic), a blog post from OMG! Ubuntu. Do not reproduce elsewhere without permission. 👉@sysadminoff https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/09/destroy-any-website-browser-game

Blockchain dead drops surge fivefold as state-linked attackers adopt them Blockchain Dead Drops (BDD) have grown more than fivefold, with daily malicious blockchain writes rising from 2.06 to 11.1, Chainalysis reports. Iranian, North Korean, and Russian-speaking operators are using public ledgers for resilient malware delivery and command-and-control, while open-weight AI tools may be making the technique easier for less-experienced attackers to adopt. Source 👉@sysadminoff https://4sysops.com/archives/blockchain-dead-drops-surge-fivefold-as-state-linked-attackers-adopt-them/

OpenAI’s GPT-5.6 “Unlimited*” label leaves Pro usage unclear OpenAI’s Pro page reportedly listed GPT-5.6 Sol, Terra, and Luna as “Unlimited*,” but its published materials do not establish that those models are unlimited across ChatGPT, Work, Codex, and the API. The distinction matters for teams budgeting AI use: access to a model is not the same as unlimited agent work or API calls. Source 👉@sysadminoff https://4sysops.com/archives/openais-gpt-5-6-unlimited-label-leaves-pro-usage-unclear/