📰 openSUSE Leap 16.1 Officially Released with Immutable Mode, Based on SLES 16.1

openSUSE Leap 16.1 operating system is now available for download as the first maintenance update to the openSUSE Leap 16 series, based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 16.1.

🔗 Source: https://9to5linux.com/opensuse-leap-16-1-officially-released-with-immutable-mode-based-on-sles-16-1

#linux #opensuse

📰 IPFire 2.29 Core Update 205 Fixes Serious Linux TCP Vulnerability

IPFire releases Core Update 205 to address CVE-2026-98432, a serious use-after-free flaw in the Linux kernel's TCP stack.

🔗 Source: https://linuxiac.com/ipfire-2-29-core-update-205-fixes-serious-linux-tcp-vulnerability/

#kernel #linux

📰 Red Hat Patches 9.8-Rated Linux TCP RCE Flaw While Ubuntu Releases Fixes for Testing

Fixed kernels for a use-after-free vulnerability in the Linux kernel's IPv4 TCP code are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8, 9, and 10, while Ubuntu's fixes for its three newest long-term-support releases remain in its opt-in testing channel with no date for a regular update.The flaw, tracked as CVE-2026-98432, can be reached by a remote, unauthenticated attacker and can.

🔗 Source: https://thehackernews.com/2026/11/red-hat-patches-98-rated-linux-tcp-rce.html

#kernel #linux #ubuntu

📰 Linux Preparing Faster FAT32 Performance In 2027 With Up To 4.06x Improvement

In addition to some significant performance improvements for FAT32 in Linux 7.4, more performance improvements are on the way. For what will likely land in Linux 7.5 is up to a 4.06x improvement demonstrated for this aging file-system...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Faster-FAT32-Linux-In-2027

#linux

📰 KDE Plasma 6.8.2 Released With More KWin and Wayland Fixes

by George WhittakerThe KDE Project has released KDE Plasma 6.8.2, delivering another round of stability improvements for its Wayland-based Linux desktop environment. Released on October 27, 2026, the update arrives one week after Plasma 6.8.1 and two weeks after the anniversary release of Plasma 6.8, which marked 30 years since the KDE project's founding.

🔗 Source: https://www.linuxjournal.com/content/kde-plasma-682-released-more-kwin-and-wayland-fixes

#kde #linux #plasma #wayland

📰 Fedora 45 Released With Many Leading-Edge Linux Innovations

After challenged by two release delays, Fedora 45 is officially out as the latest six-month update to this leading Linux distribution...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Fedora-45-Released

#fedora #linux

📰 These Linux Distros Can Run on Apple Silicon Mac

Here are a few distros that are making it possible for you to run Linux on Apple Mac. Read the fine prints though, as not all M processors are supported.

🔗 Source: https://feed.itsfoss.com/link/24361/17514520/apple-silicon-linux-distros

#linux

📰 RadeonSI & RADV Now Enabling D16 Support For GFX8 Era GPUs

Thanks to the latest work by Georg Lehmann of Valve's Linux graphics team, the AMD GFX8 generation of GPUs that stretch from GCN Volcanic Islands through Polaris GPUs is still seeing improved Linux support. The latest work to land and benefiting both RadeonSI OpenGL and RADV Vulkan is enabling D16 support...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/RadeonSI-RADV-GFX8-D16

#amd #linux

📰 cPGuard Update Channel Hijacked to Backdoor Linux Servers and Collect Password Hashes

An attacker broke into the update system of the cPGuard security tool on November 2 and used it to send a malicious script to customers' Linux servers.The script installed a backdoor and collected password hashes and other sensitive files from servers that ran it, cPGuard maker OPSSHIELD said in an advisory. The attacker has since taken some of that data.cPGuard 5.88.25 and later versions.

🔗 Source: https://thehackernews.com/2026/11/cpguard-update-channel-hijacked-to.html

#linux

📰 Linux 7.4 Features Steam Frame VR Headset, More AMD Zen 6 Enablement & Initial Apple M4 / A18 Pro Bring-Up

The Linux 7.4 kernel is hopefully going to be this year's Long Term Support (LTS) kernel version and is coming jam-packed with new features and changes.

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/review/linux-74-features

#amd #kernel #linux #steam

📰 What's New in Fedora 45

While the release missed its initial October 20 release target, it comes packed with Linux 7.2, GNOME 51, and Plasma 6.7.

🔗 Source: https://feed.itsfoss.com/link/24361/17514519/fedora-45-features

#fedora #gnome #linux #plasma

📰 Fedora Asahi Remix 45 Released for Apple Silicon Macs with KDE Plasma 6.8

Fedora Asahi Remix 45 distribution is now available for Apple Silicon Macs based on Fedora Linux 45 and featuring the KDE Plasma 6.8 desktop environment.

🔗 Source: https://9to5linux.com/fedora-asahi-remix-45-released-for-apple-silicon-macs-with-kde-plasma-6-8

#fedora #kde #linux #plasma

📰 Chimera Linux Releases New ISOs with Kernel 7.3, GNOME 51, and Plasma 6.8

Chimera Linux refreshes its installation images with Linux kernel 7.3, GNOME 51, KDE Plasma 6.8, and NetworkManager replacing iwd.

🔗 Source: https://linuxiac.com/chimera-linux-releases-new-isos-with-kernel-7-3-gnome-51-plasma-6-8/

#gnome #kde #kernel #linux #plasma

📰 Linux 7.3: Color format control, Tyr progress, and more

Collabora authored 111 patches for Linux 7.3, spanning DRM core, Rust, MediaTek, Rockchip, and more. Highlights include a new color format property, per-connector hotplug events, sparse mappings in Panthor, and continued progress on Tyr.

🔗 Source: https://www.collabora.com/news-and-blog/news-and-events/linux-73-color-format-control-tyr-progress-and-more.html

#linux #rust

📰 Linux's file permissions are over 50 years old, and three letters still decide who can touch every file on your PC

You can see them in action with a single console command.

🔗 Source: https://www.xda-developers.com/linuxs-file-permissions-50-years-old-three-letters-still-decide-who-can-touch-file-pc/

#linux

📰 Domicile Desktop Brings Web Technologies To Building Wayland Desktops

Domicile is a new Wayland compositor that leverages Chromium for allowing custom Linux desktops to be built using HTML, CSS, and JavaScript/TypeScript...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Domicile-Desktop-Wayland

#chromium #linux #wayland

📰 Bazzite 45 arrives powered by Fedora Linux 45 for gamers

Bazzite Linux is one of the best ways to get Linux on various handhelds, with Bazzite 45 out now powered by the newly released Fedora Linux 45.Read the full article on GamingOnLinux.

🔗 Source: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/11/bazzite-45-arrives-powered-by-fedora-linux-45-for-gamers/

#fedora #linux

📰 Experimental Project Gets Intel XeSS On XMX Working With Valve's Steam Play (Proton)

Last month I wrote about Intel working on adding proper XeSS support to Steam Play (Proton). While those efforts haven't yet been completed for benefiting Linux gamers running Intel Arc Graphics, in the meantime an independent open-source developer has managed to get XMX-accelerated XeSS working under Proton...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Intel-XeSS-On-XMX-Proton

#intel #linux #opensource #proton #steam