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GPT-6 Astra hits 53% on Rails benchmark while Gemini regresses

GPT-6 Astra climbed from 35% to 53% on the Agents on Rails coding benchmark when reasoning was pushed to maximum, but Gemini went backward despite higher cost and effort. The results show that maximum reasoning is a model-specific tradeoff—not a universal accuracy upgrade—and even rescued GPT-5.6 Luna from a scoreless previous run.
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https://4sysops.com/archives/gpt-6-astra-hits-53-on-rails-benchmark-while-gemini-regresses/

LibreOffice 26.8 preserves unsupported Microsoft charts

LibreOffice 26.8 can now round-trip several Microsoft Office chart types without displaying or editing them, protecting documents from accidental chart removal. The safeguard does not fully cover regional map charts, whose geographic data may be lost when files are opened and saved in LibreOffice.
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https://4sysops.com/archives/libreoffice-26-8-preserves-unsupported-microsoft-charts/

Introducing GNOME 51

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📰 GNU Wget 2.3 Released With --progress=dot, OS/2 Improvements

GNU Wget2 is up to version 2.3 today with the first new release of 2026 for this popular command-line tool for non-interactive file downloading and being able to easily fetch website contents...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/GNU-Wget-2.3-Released

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Ubuntu accidentally lost another package from its cloud images

Another package went missing from Ubuntu 26.04 LTS’s minimal cloud images, this time xxd , a CLI tool for viewing files as hexadecimals. It’s the second time this has happened, following the accidental removal of curl I reported on in August. Both packages vanished for the same reason. When Canonical dropped its pollinate tool, which had been used to generate ‘randomness’ during boot, it altered the image’s dependency chain and packages that relied on it, quietly disappeared along with it. While xxd wasn’t present on the initial set of image, it was still available to install from the Ubuntu’s archive. Canonical has since restored […]
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https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/09/ubuntu-server-xxd-missing

Wallpapi offers a cooler way to switch wallpaper on GNOME

Wallpapi is an Omarchy-inspired wallpaper switcher for GNOME desktops that offers a slicker. When installed on GNOME 50, it lets you “browse a folder of wallpapers as a full-screen carousel of parallelogram cards”. As you page through available options, the focused image is previews as a wallpaper in the background, so you can see it larger – which is cool. As soon as you find the drape you want, you hit Enter to set it as the background. Helpfully, choices are scheme-aware too, so a light or dark variant is available Wallpapi sets it per your system dark mode preference. […]
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📰 Ubuntu Would Rather Kill Your Apps Before It Takes Down The Session

Ubuntu 26.10 is shipping a change that should keep the desktop standing when your memory runs out.

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📰 AMD BC-250 Continues Being Improved Under Linux With Patches Now Enabling The PSP

The AMD BC-250 as the product designed at the time for cryptocurrency mining and based on a cut-down Sony PlayStation 5 APU continues having an interesting second-life being re-tasked for Linux use from general purpose workloads to AI. Sent out this weekend were the latest Linux kernel patches for continuing to enable more of the BC-250...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/AMD-BC-250-Linux-PSP-Support

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Grok 4.7 keeps Grok 4.6 pricing while cutting the cost of agent work

Grok 4.7 is now available at Grok 4.6’s standard API rates, but early Cursor testing suggests the larger model can complete coding tasks more cheaply. SpaceXAI is targeting agents that work for hours, using longer training, improved self-checking, and a 500,000-token context window to reduce failed attempts and retries.
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https://4sysops.com/archives/grok-4-7-keeps-grok-4-6-pricing-while-cutting-the-cost-of-agent-work/

Combined installer for aMode and vMode in Windows Admin Center version 2610

Microsoft has released Windows Admin Center version 2610 as a public preview. The headline change is a combined installer that covers both Administration Mode (aMode) and Virtualization Mode (vMode). The preview also adds Azure Arc onboarding, backup and restore, and certificate lifecycle management to vMode, plus a redesigned Azure registration experience. At the same time, Microsoft removed the preview VM Conversion tool for VMware migrations because of a change at Broadcom.
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https://4sysops.com/archives/combined-installer-for-amode-and-vmode-in-windows-admin-center-version-2610/

Microsoft freezes Microsoft 365 companion apps ahead of 2026 shutdown

Microsoft has stopped updates and automatic installations for the Microsoft 365 Calendar, People, and Files companion apps ahead of their permanent retirement on December 16, 2026. Existing copies may continue running until then, but administrators should now prevent redeployment and begin removing them from managed devices.
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https://4sysops.com/archives/microsoft-freezes-microsoft-365-companion-apps-ahead-of-2026-shutdown/

Microsoft fixes broken Excel copy and paste across Office versions

Microsoft has released fixes for the Excel copy-and-paste failure caused by September’s KB5002914 update, expanding coverage beyond the initial MSI-based Excel 2016 fix. Administrators must manually install the applicable Office package, and some workbooks with conditional formatting may still require a workaround.
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https://4sysops.com/archives/microsoft-fixes-broken-excel-copy-and-paste-across-office-versions/

Проект Convey развивает форк почтового клиента Geary

Опубликован почтовый клиент Convey, продолжающий развитие проекта Geary, новые версии которого не публиковались с мая 2024 года. Наиболее заметным отличием от Geary является переход на использование библиотек GTK4 и libadwaita. Код написан на языке Vala и распространяется под лицензией LGPL.

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https://www.opennet.ru/opennews/art.shtml?num=66315

Выпуск дистрибутива MX Linux 25.3

Опубликован релиз легковесного дистрибутива MX Linux 25.3, созданного в результате совместной работы сообществ, образовавшихся вокруг проектов antiX и MEPIS. Выпуск основан на пакетной базе Debian с улучшениями от проекта antiX и пакетами из собственного репозитория. В дистрибутиве на выбор можно использовать системы инициализации sysVinit и systemd. Поставляются собственные инструменты для настройки и развёртывания системы. Для загрузки доступны 64-разрядные сборки (x86_64) с рабочим столом Xfce (2.7 ГБ), а также сборки с рабочим столом KDE (3.4 ГБ) и сборки (2.3 ГБ) с оконным менеджером Fluxbox.

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https://www.opennet.ru/opennews/art.shtml?num=66314

📰 Linux's Perf Script Command Much Faster With Overhaul As Python Module

A big patch series sent out this weekend for the Linux kernel's perf subsystem removes the embedded Python and Perl scripting in favor of standalone Python scripts with a new Python perf module. This perf module for Python written in C is much faster than the status quo...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-Perf-Python-Module

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Выпуск утилиты для загрузки web-контента GNU Wget2 2.3.0

Опубликован релиз проекта GNU Wget2 2.3.0, развивающего переписанный с нуля и полностью переработанный вариант программы для автоматизации рекурсивной загрузки контента GNU Wget. Wget2 предоставляет набор дополнительных опций, поддерживает загрузку в несколько потоков, позволяет использовать доступную функциональность через библиотеку libwget, поддерживает протоколы HTTP/2 и TLS 1.3, даёт возможность загружать только изменившиеся данные, может сохранять данные с серверов потокового вещания, корректно обрабатывает интернационализированные доменные имена и может перекодировать загружаемое содержимое. Утилита wget2 поставляется под лицензией GPLv3+, а библиотека под LGPLv3+.

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https://www.opennet.ru/opennews/art.shtml?num=66313

Представлены первые ноутбуки Googlebook, оснащённые Android

Компания Google объявила о доступности для предзаказа трёх первых моделей ноутубков Googlebook, созданных компаниями Acer, Dell и Lenovo (в разработке также находятся модели от ASUS и HP). Отправка устройств по предзаказам начнётся 4 октября. Серия Googlebook построена на базе платформы Android 17 и идёт на смену устройствам Chromebook, поставлявшимся с операционной системой ChromeOS. Платформа Googlebook преподносится как переход от традиционных операционных систем к умным системам, в которые тесно интегрированы AI-сервисы.

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https://www.opennet.ru/opennews/art.shtml?num=66312

Sublime Text gains new C# highlighter, file icon themes

A new version of Sublime Text is out – the first major update to the cross-platform (and closed-source) text editor since May 2025. Sublime Text v4213 makes Python 3.14 the default (replacing v3.8). The editor still ships Python 3.3 – ancient as it is – but disabled by default. It will be removed in a future update, but sticks around a little longer incase of plugin compatibility issues. New features in this update includes a rewritten C# syntax highlighter, alongside more general, if unspecified, ‘improvements’ to syntax highlighting. Sublime Text also introduces support for file icon themes. These let users […]
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📰 Peppermint OS Starts Its Shift from X.Org to XLibre

Peppermint OS has begun testing XLibre as a replacement for the X.Org Server across its Debian and Devuan editions.

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https://linuxiac.com/peppermint-os-starts-its-shift-from-x-org-to-xlibre

Entra ID passkeys become default in 2026 as SMS and voice authentication near retirement

Entra ID administrators have two deadlines to prepare for: passkeys will become the default sign-in method beginning September 1, 2026, and Microsoft-provided SMS and voice authentication will retire on February 1, 2027. Organizations should identify affected users now and move them to phishing-resistant authentication before phone-based sign-ins stop working.
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https://4sysops.com/archives/entra-id-passkeys-become-default-in-2026-as-sms-and-voice-authentication-near-retirement/