📰 Squadron 42 now has a Steam page and new trailer ahead of "Q2 2027" release

Cloud Imperium Games have put up a Steam page for Squadron 42, their cinematic single-player sci-fi adventure game set in the expansive Star Citizen universe.Read the full article on GamingOnLinux.

🔗 Source: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/10/squadron-42-now-has-a-steam-page-and-new-trailer-ahead-of-q2-2027-release/

#steam

📰 Kodi's reputation as a piracy app is unfair, and it's still the best thing I can install on a TV box

Kodi is one of the oldest media players out there, but people often dismiss it as a piracy app. Shady sellers use its name to sell boxes promising free movies and TV. They make money, their unauthorized add-ons break, and Kodi gets blamed for the mess.

🔗 Source: https://www.xda-developers.com/gave-plex-one-month-free-version-jellyfin-setup-took-less-time-paywall-restrictions-cost/

#kodi

📰 Linux Kernel Developers Plan To Remove "Assisted-By" Tag Requirement For AI/LLM Usage

Currently there is a policy requirement for Linux kernel patches where AI tools contributed, they should be documented with an "Assisted-by:" tag to make clear AI was used in the creation of said patch. But Linux kernel developers are now looking at dropping this requirement amid the rampant use of AI/LLMs...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-Dropping-Assisted-By-Req

#kernel #linux

📰 Raspberry Pi prices are out of hand, and this $50 thin client makes a better home server

A decade-old HP t620 repurposed into an 8GB mini server shows how thrift, SATA storage and ports outmatch pricey SBCs.

🔗 Source: https://www.xda-developers.com/this-mini-pc-is-cheaper-and-better-than-a-raspberry-pi-for-homelabs/

#raspberry

📰 TUXEDO Stellaris 16 Gen8 Linux Laptop Unveiled with Intel Core Ultra 9 290HX Plus

TUXEDO Stellaris 16 Gen8 Linux laptop is now available with Intel Core Ultra 9 290HX Plus processors and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5000 Series graphics.

🔗 Source: https://9to5linux.com/tuxedo-stellaris-16-gen8-linux-laptop-unveiled-with-intel-core-ultra-9-290hx-plus

#intel #linux

📰 openEuler Wants Linux to Treat an Entire AI Cluster Like One Single Machine

At Open Source Summit Europe 2026, openEuler laid out how SuperPoD OS and Agentic Scaling change what an operating system is expected to do.

🔗 Source: https://feed.itsfoss.com/link/24361/17496297/openeuler-oss-prague

#linux #opensource

📰 Steam Frame - some early thoughts

GamingOnLinux has managed to acquire the SteamOS powered Steam Frame VR device, these are some initial thoughts now I've got it all set up.Read the full article on GamingOnLinux.

🔗 Source: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/10/steam-frame-some-early-thoughts/

#steam

📰 I gave my local LLM my entire Steam library, and it recommends games better than Steam does

Can Gemma 4 figure out my gaming taste better than Steam?

🔗 Source: https://www.xda-developers.com/i-gave-my-local-llm-my-entire-steam-library-and-it-recommends-games-better-than-steam-does/

#steam

📰 Framework Laptop 12 Offers Improved Performance & Efficiency With Intel Core 3 Wildcat Lake

Last year Framework Computer launched the Framework Laptop 12 as a convertible, 2-in-1 laptop that was friendly with Linux and upgradeable inline with the beloved Framework Laptop 13 and 16 models. The initial Framework Laptop 12 was nice but the use of an Intel Raptor Lake U SoC in 2025 wasn't all that exciting. Now though Framework Laptop 12 is available with Intel Core 3 "Wildcat Lake" for offering better performance and power efficiency.

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/review/framework-laptop-12-wildcat-lake

#intel #linux

📰 With an Eye on Europe, Mozilla Launches Firefox Enterprise With Self-Hosted Browser Management

Mozilla has announced Firefox Enterprise, a commercial offering for businesses and government agencies. It combines Firefox with a management console that organizations can run on their own servers.

🔗 Source: https://feed.itsfoss.com/link/24361/17496630/firefox-enterprise

#firefox

📰 This obscure Fedora distro eliminates the one problem that makes people abandon Linux entirely

It ends the broken-package nightmare that scares beginners away from Linux.

🔗 Source: https://www.xda-developers.com/this-obscure-fedora-distro-eliminates-the-one-problem-that-makes-people-abandon-linux-entirely/

#distro #fedora #linux

📰 Tails 7.15 Privacy-Focused Linux Distro Released with Tor Updates

The privacy-focused Tails 7.15 Linux distribution is out, updating Tor Browser, the Tor client, and firmware packages for newer hardware.

🔗 Source: https://linuxiac.com/tails-7-15-privacy-focused-linux-distro-released-with-tor-updates/

#distro #linux

📰 This New Distro Wants to Achieve What Ubuntu Failed to Do Nearly a Decade Ago

Currently in beta, it pairs Prairie, a new desktop, with a native app suite and an AI assistant.

🔗 Source: https://feed.itsfoss.com/link/24361/17496631/luma-first-look

#distro #ubuntu

📰 SAP Discloses Critical CVSS 10 Flaw in Cloud SDK for Python Allowing OAuth2 Credential Theft

A flaw in SAP's Cloud SDK for Python can send an application's OAuth2 client credentials to a server an attacker controls, SAP said in a security advisory on October 13. The flaw affects multi-tenant applications on SAP Business Technology Platform (BTP) that use the SDK, SAP's official Python client for BTP services. An attacker must be able to control the tenant subdomain,.

🔗 Source: https://thehackernews.com/2026/10/sap-discloses-critical-cvss-10-flaw-in.html

#python

📰 Intel ISPC 1.32 Released With AVX10.2 & APX Support, Even AMD Zen 6 Too

Intel ISPC 1.32 released today as the newest version of this Intel Implicit SPMD Program Compiler built atop LLVM/Clang. ISPC is a variant of the C programming language with extensiosn catering to Single Program Multiple Data programming for both Intel CPUs and GPUs...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Intel-ISPC-1.32-Released

#amd #intel

📰 Steam gamers bomb the Total War: Shogun 2 remaster's score to Overwhelmingly Negative as the original gets delisted

If you're going to release a remastered version of your game, you have to make sure that it performs and looks better than the game you're remixing. If you can't guarantee that, leaving the original up for people to play helps a lot in the long run. It seems

🔗 Source: https://www.xda-developers.com/steam-gamers-bomb-the-total-war-shogun-2-remasters-score-to-overwhelmingly-negative-as-the-original-gets-delisted/

#steam

📰 Mesa Expands NPU Capabilities With Support For YOLOX With PyTorch

While Mesa is predominantly used for GPU drivers, open-source developer Tomeu Vizoso continues advancing the capabilities of NPUs within the Mesa driver stack...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Mesa-Torx-YOLOX-PyTorch

#opensource

📰 New Steam Client Update Adds Many Linux Improvements, Big Picture Screensaver

Valve released a new stable Steam Client update with many Linux improvements, as well as updates to the Big Picture Mode, Steam Input, in-game overlay, game recording, and more.

🔗 Source: https://9to5linux.com/new-steam-client-update-adds-many-linux-improvements-big-picture-screensaver

#linux #steam

📰 This Rust File Manager Was Designed for Omarchy, but Arch Users Can Run it Too

Strata is a new offering that can open folders, preview images, and remember the sort order and icon size from previous sessions.

🔗 Source: https://feed.itsfoss.com/link/24361/17496977/strata-file-manager

#arch #rust

📰 AI-Found Linux Kernel Flaw Gives Local Users Root, and Can Break a Guest Out to the Host

A flaw in Linux's vhost subsystem lets a local user read and write kernel memory at will and become root across nearly a decade of kernel versions. In one virtualization setup, it lets an untrusted virtual machine write to the host's memory and hijack the program that runs the virtual machine.The bug is tracked as CVE-2026-74580 and named Vghost. Tencent Zhuque Lab, which found the.

🔗 Source: https://thehackernews.com/2026/10/ai-found-linux-kernel-flaw-gives-local.html

#kernel #linux