📰 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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📰 Hackers Hide Linux Backdoor in Control Web Panel Server to Execute Commands Without Logs

A backdoor has been found hiding in the web server that runs Control Web Panel (CWP), a free panel for managing Linux hosting servers, researchers at QiAnXin's XLab said this week.The backdoored web server executes commands that attackers send via web requests, and those requests never appear in its access logs. Installing it takes root access, so the attackers must already control the server.

🔗 Source: https://thehackernews.com/2026/11/hackers-hide-linux-backdoor-in-control.html

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📰 Someone used Claude Code to reverse-engineer the Apple AirPods 3, and now head-tracking works on Linux

Getting Linux to play nicely with Apple hardware has been notoriously difficult, but that doesn't mean the open-source community has given up. In fact, there's active development on getting Linux to work on MacBooks.

🔗 Source: https://www.xda-developers.com/someone-used-claude-code-to-reverse-engineer-the-apple-airpods-3-and-now-head-tracking-works-on-linux/

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📰 Alchi, a deck-builder built around a unique card-mixing system adds Linux and macOS versions

With some fun looking scribbly artwork, Alchi is a deck-builder for those of you that want something a bit different with the mixing system.Read the full article on GamingOnLinux.

🔗 Source: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/11/alchi-a-deck-builder-built-around-a-unique-card-mixing-system-adds-linux-and-macos-versions/

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📰 Linux Developers Look To Drop RT_GROUP_SCHED As It's "Broken Beyond Repair"

Linux kernel developers are looking at dropping the RT_GROUP_SCHED feature that is used for group scheduling of real-time tasks using cgroups...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-Drop-RT_GROUP_SCHED

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📰 Sound Subsystem Seeing Lots Of Fixes & Laptop/Device Quirks For Linux 7.4-rc2

The sound subsystem is seeing a "unsurprisingly high amount" fixes and device workarounds/quirks for this weekend's Linux 7.4-rc2 kernel release...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-7.4-rc2-Sound

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📰 Ubuntu Moving Ahead With Plans For Splitting Up Linux-Firmware, HWE Option

A few months back were discussions of a Linux firmware HWE package for Ubuntu to carry updated firmware blobs under the hardware enablement (HWE) umbrella. Plus also splitting up the monolithic linux-firmware package for easing of firmware updates. Those plans didn't materialize in time for the official Ubuntu 26.10 release but are now being pursued for Ubuntu 27.04 and may then be SRU'ed into Ubuntu 26.10 and potentially Ubuntu 26.04 LTS...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Ubuntu-Going-With-Firmware-HWE

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