📰 Synaptics Appears To Use Legal Threats To Block Open-Source DisplayLink Driver

From earlier in the year you may recall a new experimental open-source Linux driver for modern DisplayLink hardware. That "Vino" driver for DisplayLink driver was a clean-room reverse-engineered DisplayLink driver that was developed in part by AI and written in Rust. Unfortunately, that open-source driver has disappeared following legal threats by Synaptics...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Synaptics-Blocks-Vino-Driver

#linux #opensource #rust

📰 "AMD Loves Omarchy" Linux With More Collaboration Coming

In addition to organizations like Alibaba, SpaceXSI, DigitalOcean, Meta SuperIntelligence Labs, and others contributing millions of dollars toward the development of the Omarchy Linux distribution, it turns out AMD also has a thing for this Linux distribution built around the Hyprland compositor...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/AMD-Loves-Omarchy

#amd #linux

📰 NVIDIA 620 Linux Graphics Driver Released with Wayland Improvements

NVIDIA 620.70.06 graphics driver is now available for download with OpenGL visual indicator support for all Vulkan backends, as well as various bug fixes.

🔗 Source: https://9to5linux.com/nvidia-620-linux-graphics-driver-released-with-wayland-improvements

#linux #wayland

📰 Rocky Linux Unveils Testrarc for Transparent Release Testing

Rocky Linux unveils Testrarc, a new open-source platform for tracking release testing, validation results, and community contributions.

🔗 Source: https://linuxiac.com/rocky-linux-unveils-testrarc-for-transparent-release-testing/

#linux #opensource

📰 Sony turned the PS2 into a Linux PC 24 years ago, and it was way ahead of its time

The PlayStation 2 holds an awful lot of memories for an entire generation — I was one of the millions of kids who played their first-ever 3D GTA game on the PS2. We may remember this console as one of the greatest ever, but Sony seemed to have considerably bigger ambitions for its little black box.

🔗 Source: https://www.xda-developers.com/sony-turned-the-ps2-into-a-linux-pc-in-2002-and-it-was-ahead-of-its-time/

#linux

📰 NVIDIA CUDA 13.5 Released With Production Support For Vera Rubin

Along with today's release of the NVIDIA 620.70.06 Linux driver, NVIDIA also released CUDA 13.5 that brings general availability (GA) support for Vera Rubin...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/NVIDIA-CUDA-13.5

#linux

📰 OpenAI AI Pipeline Generates 948 Linux Root Escalation Exploits in 30-Hour Run

OpenAI on Wednesday detailed a pipeline that employed an upcoming cyber-focused artificial intelligence (AI) model to validate and patch 948 local privilege escalation vulnerabilities in Linux for $1.2 million in API costs."Our prototype identified and analyzed 2,308 candidate Linux kernel findings, dynamically reproduced 1,724 vulnerabilities, and produced 948 local privilege escalation (LPE).

🔗 Source: https://thehackernews.com/2026/11/openai-ai-pipeline-generates-948-linux.html

#kernel #linux

📰 Shelly 3.2 Arch Linux Package Manager Adds Multi-Package Downgrades

Shelly 3.2 introduces multi-package downgrades, fixes AUR build issues, and improves Flatpak integration and AppImage updates.

🔗 Source: https://linuxiac.com/shelly-3-2-arch-linux-package-manager-adds-multi-package-downgrades/

#appimage #arch #flatpak #linux

📰 Omarchy 4.5 Released With Apple Silicon Support, More Desktop Customizations

Omarchy 4.5 is out today as a big feature update to this Arch Linux based operating system...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Omarchy-4.5-Released

#arch #linux

📰 Linux'x New Core MM Tree Ready With Numerous Fixes For "Nasty Long-Standing Bugs"

New to the Linux 7.4 kernel cycle is the Core MM tree as the route for herding some of the core memory management Linux kernel patches to the mainline kernel rather than it all going through Andrew Morton's "MM" tree. As the second pull request from this new kernel tree, a number of fixes were sent out today to address "nasty long-standing bugs" within the kernel...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-7.4-Core-MM-Nasty-Fixes

#kernel #linux

📰 This Overlooked Linux mv Option Replaces Three Commands With One

Still swapping Linux files with three commands and a temporary filename? The mv command has an option that does it in one step. It works for directories too, with one detail you need to get right.

🔗 Source: https://feed.itsfoss.com/link/24361/17515859/mv-exchange

#linux

📰 Linux Kernel Patches Posted For Review In Enabling Apple AirDrop Support

A set of Linux kernel patches have been posted for review with a hope of reaching the mainline kernel to provide Apple AirDrop support for Macs equipped with the T2 chip...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-Kernel-Apple-AirDrop-Code

#kernel #linux

📰 Linux's RAID6 Check Tool Sees 3x Performance Via Batching

For those that use Linux's raid6check command for checking/repairing an MD RAID6 software RAID array's device for errors, newly-merged code is showing up to a 3x performance improvement...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-3x-Faster-raid6check

#linux

📰 Get root on a musl Linux system by slamming it with an overly long password

Decade-old vulnerability in OpenSSH is now fixed, so get a-patchin'.

🔗 Source: https://www.theregister.com/security/2026/11/05/get-root-on-a-musl-linux-system-by-slamming-it-with-an-overly-long-password/5307910

#linux