📰 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

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📰 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

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📰 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

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📰 A new GOG Galaxy is coming in 2027 with full Linux support

GOG just held their first GOG Showcase, and in it they confirmed that in 2027 we'll see GOG Galaxy fully supported on Linux.Read the full article on GamingOnLinux.

🔗 Source: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/11/a-new-gog-galaxy-is-coming-in-2027-with-full-linux-support/

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📰 Your Linux desktop has two clipboards, and the reason goes back to a 1980s design decision Wayland chose to keep

Middle click to paste is a separate clipboard from what you may normally use.

🔗 Source: https://www.xda-developers.com/linux-desktop-two-clipboards-reason-1980s-decision-wayland/

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📰 OpenVPN 2.7.9 Fixes Two Security Vulnerabilities, Improves Linux Networking

OpenVPN 2.7.9 patches two Windows security flaws, enables Linux TUN/TAP backpressure support, and includes multiple bug fixes.

🔗 Source: https://linuxiac.com/openvpn-2-7-9-fixes-two-security-vulnerabilities-improves-linux-networking/

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📰 OpenSSH Issues Emergency Fix for Flaw Letting Long Passwords Bypass SSH Auth on Alpine Linux

Attackers can log in to accounts that have no password, such as SSH key-only accounts, on some Alpine Linux servers running the standard openssh-server package. They need network access to the server, an account name, and a password between 257 and 1,024 bytes long.OpenSSH, which rates the flaw critical, released version 10.6p2 today to block it. Alpine has published fixed packages for every.

🔗 Source: https://thehackernews.com/2026/11/openssh-issues-emergency-fix-for-flaw.html

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📰 AMDGPU Driver Seeing HDMI 2.2 FRL Fixes For Linux 7.4

With Linux 7.4 the AMDGPU driver enables HDMI 2.1 FRL functionality by default for driving higher refresh rate and higher resolution displays. That default enabling comes as HDMI FreeSync/VRR and ALLM features are also in place for Linux 7.4. Now coming by way of fixes for Linux 7.4 is also improving the Fixed Rate Link support with the newer HDMI 2.2 specification...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/AMDGPU-HDMI-2.2-FRL-Fixes

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📰 Meet *sshole, the vulnerability that lets hackers SSH into Linux devices

Certain configurations of Alpine are affected. Other distros may be as well.

🔗 Source: https://arstechnica.com/security/2026/11/vulnerability-allows-attackers-to-log-into-some-linux-devices-sans-password/

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