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📰 AliExpress accused of fingerprinting shoppers with silent audio trick that also muted a dev's headphones

Sawtooth waves you can't hear still mess with your Bluetooth. Firefox and Brave say they've got you covered.

🔗 Source: https://www.theregister.com/security/2026/08/24/aliexpress-accused-of-fingerprinting-shoppers-with-silent-audio-trick-that-also-muted-a-devs-headphones/5291662

#firefox

📰 I turned an old laptop into the most useful device in my house, and it took an afternoon

A dusty second-gen i3 laptop found new life as a low-power home server running MX Linux and Docker for private backups.

🔗 Source: https://www.xda-developers.com/turn-an-old-laptop-into-a-useful-device-in-the-house/

#i3 #linux

📰 Ancient Dungeon adds Steam Frame support

The co-op dungeon crawler Ancient Dungeon had an update just before the weekend with some bug fixes - and now it supports Valve's Steam Frame.Read the full article on GamingOnLinux.

🔗 Source: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/08/ancient-dungeon-adds-steam-frame-support/

#steam

📰 GNU Emacs 31.1 Released With Mouse Control Enabled By Default, Theme For New Users

GNU Emacs 31.1 is out today as the newest feature release to this popular text editor...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/GNU-Emacs-31.1-Released

#gnu

📰 volt-gui is an AMD Adrenaline / NVIDIA Settings alternative for Linux

Coming from the developer of DXVK-Sarek that recently got updated is volt-gui, an alternative to AMD Adrenaline / NVIDIA Settings for Linux.Read the full article on GamingOnLinux.

🔗 Source: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/08/volt-gui-is-an-amd-adrenaline-nvidia-settings-alternative-for-linux/

#amd #linux

📰 VKD3D 2.1 Released With New Features For Direct3D 12 In Upstream Wine

VKD3D 2.1 was released today by CodeWeavers' Henri Verbeet as the upstream Wine project for getting Direct3D 12 implemented over the Vulkan API...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/VKD3D-2.1-Released

#wine

📰 How to Fish is another brilliantly funny online co-op game

How to Fish is another sudden indie sensation that released recently on Steam, bringing friends together to do some completely ridiculous fishing.Read the full article on GamingOnLinux.

🔗 Source: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/08/how-to-fish-is-another-brilliantly-funny-online-co-op-game/

#steam

📰 UAT-10147 Uses AI to Scale Server Attacks, Deploys SPECTRE With EDR Bypass and Linux Rootkit

Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a Chinese-speaking cybercrime group dubbed UAT-10147 that's targeting Windows and Linux web servers globally across the education, media, technology, and gaming sectors.The vast majority of the targets are located in Brazil, Bolivia, China, Canada, and Vietnam. Details of the threat activity came to light following the discovery of an open.

🔗 Source: https://thehackernews.com/2026/08/uat-10147-uses-ai-to-scale-server.html

#linux

📰 Ancient ‘Who owns Linux?’ case now has one foot very deep in the grave

Appeals court upholds decision the case is dead, but Xinuos is trying for a long-shot re-hearing.

🔗 Source: https://www.theregister.com/software/2026/08/24/ancient-who-owns-linux-case-now-has-one-foot-very-deep-in-the-grave/5291513

#linux

📰 Manjaro 26.1.1 Lands with Linux Kernel 7.2, KDE Frameworks 6.29

Manjaro 26.1.1 is out as the first point release in the 26.1 series, bringing Linux kernel 7.2, KDE Frameworks 6.29, Mesa 26.1.7, and more.

🔗 Source: https://linuxiac.com/manjaro-26-1-1-lands-with-linux-kernel-7-2-kde-frameworks-6-29/

#kde #kernel #linux

📰 Slackware-Based PorteuX 2.8 Released with Linux 7.2, COSMIC 1.6, and More

PorteuX 2.8 Linux distribution is now available for download with Linux kernel 7.2, KDE Plasma 6.7.4, GNOME 50.4, COSMIC 1.6, Cinnamon 6.6.9, new union filesystem, and more.

🔗 Source: https://9to5linux.com/slackware-based-porteux-2-8-released-with-linux-7-2-cosmic-1-6-and-more

#gnome #kde #kernel #linux #plasma

📰 10-year-old bug action triggered an Ubuntu Phone dev reunion

A decades-old bug on Ubuntu’s Launchpad marked as invalid at the weekend led to an impromptu reunion for many of Canonical’s former engineers. Bug #1589796 was filed in 2016 by a user who’d spent £700 on Ubuntu phone and tablet hardware but, on visiting the official website, found no documentation to tell him how to use them. Canonical axed the Ubuntu Phone project in 2017, leaving this bug unresolved. Until now.

🔗 Source: https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/08/ubuntu-phone-bug-reunion

#ubuntu

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📰 Linux Kernel 7.2 Officially Released with Cache-Aware Scheduling, USB4STREAM, and Major AMD Improvements

by George WhittakerLinux creator Linus Torvalds has officially released Linux Kernel 7.2, opening another chapter in the development of the world's most widely deployed open-source kernel. The final release arrived on August 16, 2026, following seven release candidates and roughly two months of development. Kernel.org now lists Linux 7.2 as the latest mainline release.Linux 7.

🔗 Source: https://www.linuxjournal.com/content/linux-kernel-72-officially-released-cache-aware-scheduling-usb4stream-and-major-amd

#amd #kernel #linux #opensource

📰 Arch-Based Omarchy Linux Distro Lands a Massive $8M Boost

The Arch Linux-based Omarchy has secured $8 million in backing through the new Omacom Foundation, which has become Hyprland’s exclusive sponsor.

🔗 Source: https://linuxiac.com/arch-based-omarchy-linux-distro-lands-a-massive-8m-boost/

#arch #distro #linux #linuxbased

📰 Ubuntu Phone engineers reunited by a decade-old bug closure

A decades-old bug on Ubuntu’s Launchpad marked as invalid at the weekend lead to an impromptu reunion for many of Canonical’s former engineers. Bug #1589796 was filed in 2016 by a user who’d spent £700 on Ubuntu phone and tablet hardware but, on visiting the official website, found no documentation to tell him how to use them. Canonical axed the Ubuntu Phone project in 2017, leaving this bug unresolved. Until now.

🔗 Source: https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/08/ubuntu-phone-bug-reunion

#ubuntu

📰 GCC Patch Adjusting AMD Zen 5 Misprediction Cost Nets 12% Win In Benchmark

An AMD compiler engineer posted a patch on Saturday for the GNU Compiler Collection (GCC). The two-line patch adjusts the misprediction cost for Zen 4 and Zen 5 processors, which ends up yielding a 12% improvement in one SPEC CPU benchmark on Zen 5 and a 9% improvement on Zen 4...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/AMD-Zen-5-Mispredict-Cost

#amd #gnu

📰 Unraid 8 NAS to Drop Slackware for Fedora-Based uCore

The upcoming Unraid 8 release will switch from Slackware to Fedora-based uCore while introducing integrated backups, Docker Compose, and more.

🔗 Source: https://linuxiac.com/unraid-8-nas-to-drop-slackware-for-fedora-based-ucore/

#fedora

📰 17 GNOME Extensions To Help You Customization Desktop Looks

Change how your Linux desktop running GNOME DE looks with these GNOME extensions.

🔗 Source: https://feed.itsfoss.com/link/24361/17426547/gnome-extensions-customization

#gnome #linux

📰 eCryptfs Sees Fixes For Potential Malicious Intent, Some Dating Back To Its 2006 Debut

The eCryptfs stacked cryptographic filesystem implementation for the Linux kernel to transparently encrypt files saw a number of bug fixes for the Linux 7.3 kernel. A number of these bug fixes deal with potential maliciously-crafted data and vulnerable going back to the 2006 introduction of eCryptfs as this option known for its use on Ubuntu home directory encryption and Chrome OS...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-7.3-eCryptfs

#kernel #linux #ubuntu