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📰 NetBSD 10.2 Released With New Hardware Support and Security Fixes NetBSD 10.2 is out as the second point release in the 10.x stable series, adding new Ethernet, VMware, ARM, and security improvements. 🔗 Source: / #arm 👉@sysadminoff https://linuxiac.com/netbsd-10-2-released-with-new-hardware-support-and-security-fixes

📰 Mozilla Firefox 156.0.1 Is Now Available for Download with Various Bug Fixes Mozilla Firefox 156.0.1 open-source web browser is now available for download with various bug fixes and improvements for all supported platforms. 🔗 Source: https://9to5linux.com/mozilla-firefox-156-0-1-is-now-available-for-download-with-various-bug-fixes #firefox #opensource 👉@sysadminoff

📰 Variable Refresh Rate "VRR" Target Limiter Proposed For Linux Graphics Drivers A new proposal being discussed is introducing a Linux user-space API to be able to specify frame rate targets for Variable Refresh Rate (VRR) handling on the Linux desktop... 🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/VRR-Target-Rate-Limiter-uAPI #linux 👉@sysadminoff https://phoronix.com/news/VRR-Target-Rate-Limiter-uAPI

📰 KDE's proposed LLM policy discussion gets locked after a fiery community clash With the Linux kernel accepting LLM submissions, distro developers are beginning to ask themselves if AI code has a place within their own project. We've seen distros take both sides, with Gentoo and Void choosing the anti-AI option while Debian allowing only high-quality LLM-generated content. Now, it's KDE's turn to work out what level of LLM-made content is allowed, and the community has some strong thoughts from both camps. 🔗 Source: https://www.xda-developers.com/kdes-proposed-llm-policy-discussion-gets-locked-after-a-fiery-community-clash/ #debian #distro #kde #kernel #linux 👉@sysadminoff https://xda-developers.com/kdes-proposed-llm-policy-discussion-gets-locked-after-a-fiery-community-clash

📰 SPEC Releases SPECviewperf 15.0.1 For Linux SPEC back in May 2025 introduced SPECViewPerf 15 as the newest major release of this industry-standard workstation graphics benchmark. Sadly, the Linux support once again fell behind with SPECViewPerf 15 only debuting on Microsoft Windows. Today though Linux has caught up with SPEC releasing a Linux-native build of SPECViewPerf 15.0.1... 🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/SPECviewperf-15.0.1-Linux #linux 👉@sysadminoff https://phoronix.com/news/SPECviewperf-15.0.1-Linux

📰 Giada 1.6 Loop Machine Adds Time-Stretching Playback Mode for Sample Channels Giada 1.6 open-source minimalistic and hardcore music production software has been released today as a major update that introduces several new features and improvements. 🔗 Source: https://9to5linux.com/giada-1-6-loop-machine-adds-time-stretching-playback-mode-for-sample-channels #opensource 👉@sysadminoff

📰 Raspberry Pi Disallows RAM Upgrades to Fight Fraud, Does it Make Sense? A resurfacing firmware lock is catching out new buyers and tinkerers who want to revive dead hardware. 🔗 Source: #raspberry 👉@sysadminoff https://feed.itsfoss.com/link/24361/17469532/raspberry-pi-blocks-ram-upgrades

📰 systemd 262 Released With AI/LLM Canary For Unreviewed Code, LUO Integration Systemd 262 made it out today as the newest feature update to this Linux init system and service manager. As with most systemd releases, it's heavy on new features and functionality... 🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/systemd-262 #linux #systemd 👉@sysadminoff https://phoronix.com/news/systemd-262

📰 Steam Tests New Pyrowave Codec on Linux and SteamOS Valve is testing Pyrowave, a new low-latency Steam Remote Play codec available on Linux and SteamOS through the experimental SteamRT3 client. 🔗 Source: / #linux #steam 👉@sysadminoff https://linuxiac.com/steam-tests-new-pyrowave-codec-on-linux-and-steamos

📰 Alibaba Contributing $3M USD To Omarchy To Work On Making "Ideal" Agentic OS The Omarchy project announced today that Alibaba Cloud will be contributing a total of three million USD to their foundation for helping development of this Linux distribution and working to make it an "ideal agentic operating system"... 🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Omarchy-Alibaba-3M #linux 👉@sysadminoff https://phoronix.com/news/Omarchy-Alibaba-3M

📰 New Linux Kernel Flaw Gives ARM64 KVM Guests Read-Write Access to Host Memory A new flaw in the Linux kernel's KVM virtualization code for ARM64 processors can leave a freed piece of host memory exposed to a guest virtual machine on hosts with nested virtualization enabled.The bug, tracked as CVE-2026-89775, allows a guest to read and write host kernel memory, and the researcher who found it says it can be used to escape the guest and run code on the host machine. 🔗 Source: https://thehackernews.com/2026/09/new-linux-kernel-flaw-gives-arm64-kvm.html #kernel #linux 👉@sysadminoff

Ubuntu переходит на ускоренный цикл устранения уязвимостей в пакетах с ядром Linux Компания Canonical объявила о переходе на унифицированный 2-недельный цикл подготовки обновлений пакетов с ядром Linux с публикацией нового обновления каждую неделю. Цикл разработки обновлений сокращён в связи с увеличением интенсивности выявления уязвимостей в ядре Linux. Новый цикл формирования очередного корректирующего обновления пакета с ядром теперь будет запускаться каждую неделю без разделения на обычные обновления и обновления с устранением уязвимостей. 👉@sysadminoff https://www.opennet.ru/opennews/art.shtml?num=66335

Claude Opus 5.5 cuts long coding-session costs with cheaper cache reads Claude Opus 5.5 is designed for the way developers now use coding agents: longer sessions, larger contexts, and fewer interruptions. Anthropic says the model can cost about 40% less than Opus 5 on typical token-billed workloads, with the biggest savings coming from cached context and fewer wasted turns. Source 👉@sysadminoff https://4sysops.com/archives/claude-opus-5-5-cuts-long-coding-session-costs-with-cheaper-cache-reads/

📰 Classic physics-based browser game Happy Wheels gets revived on Steam Happy Wheels is a game all about getting from A to B, and failing constantly while creating a rather amusing bloody mess.Read the full article on GamingOnLinux. 🔗 Source: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/09/classic-physics-based-browser-game-happy-wheels-gets-revived-on-steam/ #steam 👉@sysadminoff https://gamingonlinux.com/2026/09/classic-physics-based-browser-game-happy-wheels-gets-revived-on-steam

📰 Flatpak 1.18.3 Fixes Subsandbox Startup and Updates Meson Wrap Subprojects Flatpak 1.18.3 Linux application sandboxing and distribution framework is now available for download with various bug and crash fixes for the stable Flatpak 1.18 series. 🔗 Source: https://9to5linux.com/flatpak-1-18-3-fixes-subsandbox-startup-and-updates-meson-wrap-subprojects #flatpak #linux 👉@sysadminoff

Microsoft Teams can now block external bots before they enter meetings Microsoft Teams now lets administrators automatically reject identified external bots instead of sending them to the lobby for manual approval. The control extends Teams’ meeting bot detection, helping organizations keep unauthorized AI notetakers, transcription services, and recording tools out of sensitive calls. Source 👉@sysadminoff https://4sysops.com/archives/microsoft-teams-can-now-block-external-bots-before-they-enter-meetings/

Similarweb and Chartbeat reveal how AI is starving media sites of search traffic New data from Similarweb and Chartbeat, reported by Axios, shows how AI-driven search and chat interfaces are cutting deeply into the referral traffic and engagement that once supported news websites. Google appears to be the main culprit: its AI Overviews answer more queries directly, reducing the need to visit original sources. Similarweb recorded just 47.6 million U.S. visits to about 100 major news sites in July, down from more than 70 million at the 2024 peak, while AI referrals remain too small to compensate. Source 👉@sysadminoff https://4sysops.com/archives/similarweb-and-chartbeat-reveal-how-ai-is-starving-media-sites-of-search-traffic/

Cloud Range gives SOCs a proving ground for AI agents Cloud Range, a cyber range platform for simulating enterprise security operations and adversary attacks, has launched an AI Validation Range and AI Readiness Framework designed to show whether security agents are safe to deploy—not merely whether they can complete a task. A security operations center (SOC) is the team and technology responsible for monitoring, detecting, investigating, and responding to cyber threats. Organizations can test agents against realistic attacks, compare their results with human defenders, and identify where human approval remains necessary. Source 👉@sysadminoff https://4sysops.com/archives/cloud-range-gives-socs-a-proving-ground-for-ai-agents/

📰 Linux Adding New Interface For Reporting AMD SEV Status A convenient addition that surprisingly hasn't been added to the Linux kernel until now is /sys/devices/system/cpu/sev/sev_status as a new sysfs interface for reporting the AMD Secure Encrypted Virtualization (SEV) status... 🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-sysfs-AMD-SEV-Status #amd #kernel #linux 👉@sysadminoff https://phoronix.com/news/Linux-sysfs-AMD-SEV-Status

📰 KDE developers' attempts at creating LLM guidelines are not going well It seems the KDE developers want to allow some use of generative AI / LLMs, as they're working on a policy of guidelines for it.Read the full article on GamingOnLinux. 🔗 Source: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/09/kde-developers-attempts-at-creating-llm-guidelines-are-not-going-well/ #kde 👉@sysadminoff https://gamingonlinux.com/2026/09/kde-developers-attempts-at-creating-llm-guidelines-are-not-going-well