📰 FFmpeg 9.1 Preps For Release With APV Vulkan Encoder, NVIDIA Optical Flow FRUC

The release dance is underway for FFmpeg 9.1 as the newest feature release for this widely-used open-source multimedia library...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/FFmpeg-9.1-Releasing

#ffmpeg #opensource

📰 Critical Flaw in Python’s Popular Pillow Image Library Allows Code Execution via a Crafted Image

Pillow, the most widely used image library for Python, can be made to run operating system commands on a server by specifying the name of a file it is told to open.The flaw, CVE-2026-112900, is in the way Pillow handles EPS images, which it opens by passing the file's name to Ghostscript, a separate program it runs to turn the image into pixels, without checking the name first.

🔗 Source: https://thehackernews.com/2026/10/critical-flaw-in-pythons-popular-pillow.html

#python

📰 Factorio 2.1 is out now with the native ARM64 Linux build to run on Steam Frame, Raspberry Pi and more

That day is here! Factorio 2.1 stable has arrived as a big clean-up release along with new platform support with their Native Linux version.Read the full article on GamingOnLinux.

🔗 Source: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/10/factorio-2-1-is-out-now-with-the-native-arm64-linux-build-to-run-on-steam-frame-raspberry-pi-and-more/

#linux #raspberry #steam

📰 Tails 7.15.1 Privacy-Focused Linux Distro Released as Emergency Security Update

Tails 7.15.1 addresses compromised CA certificates that could allow attackers to impersonate HTTPS websites through malicious Tor exit nodes.

🔗 Source: https://linuxiac.com/tails-7-15-1-privacy-focused-linux-distro-released-as-emergency-security-update/

#distro #linux

📰 Torvalds: AI is fine for competent devs, but spare us the 'drive-by' patches

Kernel maintainers stop asking who used AI, as long as the code is good.

🔗 Source: https://www.theregister.com/columnists/2026/10/23/torvalds-ai-is-fine-for-competent-devs-but-spare-us-the-drive-by-patches/5304357

#kernel

📰 Fwupd 2.1.9 Linux Firmware Updater Released with New Features

Fwupd 2.1.9 Linux firmware updater is now available for download with support for Pixart PID 38CA, new features, and bug fixes.

🔗 Source: https://9to5linux.com/fwupd-2-1-9-linux-firmware-updater-released-with-new-features

#linux

📰 oneDNN 3.14 Released With ACE Support, Initial AMD Zen Optimizations

The UXL Foundation announced today the release of oneDNN 3.14 as the latest feature update to this library providing optimized deep learning operations for software like PyTorch, TensorFlow, OpenVINO, and others. While oneDNN began as an Intel software project, making this version notable is beginning to see AMD Zen CPU optimizations land in oneDNN proper...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/oneDNN-3.14-Released

#amd #intel

📰 ArmSoM Sige7s Puts the RK3588S on a Raspberry Pi-Sized Board, and There's a Compute Module Too

The small SBC brings a 6 TOPS NPU, Wi-Fi 6, a Pi-compatible 40-pin header, and up to 32GB RAM, starting at $153.

🔗 Source: https://feed.itsfoss.com/link/24361/17505121/armsom-sige7s

#raspberry

📰 USB-C DisplayPort Alt Mode on Rockchip RK3588 and RK3576, starting with the Flipper One

A look at the USB-PD, PHY, hotplug, and DRM changes involved in making USB-C DisplayPort Alternate Mode work on RK3588/RK3576, and where they stand on the way to mainline Linux.

🔗 Source: https://www.collabora.com/news-and-blog/news-and-events/usb-c-displayport-alt-mode-on-rockchip-rk3588-and-rk3576-starting-with-the-flipper-one.html

#linux

📰 Linux Moves Closer to Retiring the x32 ABI After Years of Limited Adoption

by George WhittakerLinux kernel developers are renewing efforts to retire the x32 application binary interface (ABI), a little-used compatibility feature that attempted to combine the advantages of 64-bit processors with the smaller memory footprint of 32-bit applications. A revised patch series submitted on October 8, 2026, proposes the first steps toward disabling the interface, potentially ending support for an architecture experiment...

🔗 Source: https://www.linuxjournal.com/content/linux-moves-closer-retiring-x32-abi-after-years-limited-adoption

#kernel #linux