📰 AMD Publishes Open-Source openSIL Code For Phoenix SoCs

After originally hoping to publish the open-source code last year, today AMD published the initial openSIL code for enabling Phoenix SoCs to make use of this in-development CPU silicon initialization alternative to AGESA...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/AMD-openSIL-Phoenix

📰 4 things nobody tells you before your first Raspberry Pi project

Discover the hidden challenges of your first Raspberry Pi project, from power needs to storage, costs, and troubleshooting.

🔗 Source: https://www.xda-developers.com/things-nobody-tells-before-first-raspberry-pi-project/

📰 You, too, can recreate the radio player from GTA 5 for your own car with a Raspberry Pi

It's like real life, in a video game, in real life.

🔗 Source: https://www.xda-developers.com/recreate-radio-player-gta-5/

📰 Taliban impose tele-ban and takes Afghanistan offline

No internet or phones, which means no banks or commercial aviation, but lots more misery Afghanistan has dropped off the global internet.…

🔗 Source: https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2025/10/01/afghanistan_goes_offline/

GNU Linux-Libre 6.17 Kernel Is Now Available for Software Freedom Lovers
https://9to5linux.com/gnu-linux-libre-6-17-kernel-is-now-available-for-software-freedom-lovers

7 Ways to Use SSH to Turbocharge Remote Server Connections
https://www.howtogeek.com/ways-to-use-ssh-to-turbocharge-remote-server-sessions/

📰 Get a load of FMV adventures for next to nothing in this Fanatical bundle

Fanatical launched the FMV Adventures Bundle Redux, giving you another chance to build up a great list of mysterious games. Nearly all are Steam Deck Verified..Read the full article on GamingOnLinux.

🔗 Source: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/10/get-a-load-of-fmv-adventures-for-next-to-nothing-in-this-fanatical-bundle/

📰 This beastly gaming laptop with a Ryzen 9 9955HX and RTX 5070 Ti just dropped $700

A powerful gaming laptop that packs everything you need to get the best performance possible. A $700 discount makes it one worth taking a look at.

🔗 Source: https://www.xda-developers.com/msi-vector-a18-hx-gaming-laptop-drops-by-700/

📰 Raspberry Pi Announces Price Increases Due To Rising Memory Demand

Due to rising demand around system memory being pushed up in large part by HBM for AI applications, Raspberry Pi announced price increases on select products to help offset the rising LPDDR costs...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Raspberry-Pi-Price-RAM-Demand

📰 This free and open-source writing tool is the perfect writing environment for most people

Discover Manuskript, a powerful and free open-source writing tool designed for novelists, screenwriters, and long-form authors. Organize complex projects, manage characters and plots, and write distraction-free.

🔗 Source: https://www.xda-developers.com/free-open-source-writing-tool-is-perfect-writing-environment/

📰 openSUSE Leap 16 Is Now Available for Download with Linux Kernel 6.12 LTS

openSUSE Leap 16 operating system is now available for download as a major update based on SUSE Linux Enterprise 16 and Linux 6.12 LTS. Here's what's new!

🔗 Source: https://9to5linux.com/opensuse-leap-16-is-now-available-for-download-with-linux-kernel-6-12-lts

Linus Torvalds Lashes Out At RISC-V Big Endian Plans - Phoronix
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Torvalds-No-RISC-V-BE

📰 EXT4, EROFS & NTF3 File-System Drivers Ready With Improvements For Linux 6.18

In addition to XFS enabling online fsck by default, Bcachefs being stripped from the mainline Linux kernel, and Btrfs improvements making for a notable first few days of the Linux 6.18 window, there's more. The EXT4, EROFS, and NTFS3 drivers are bringing the latest batch of file-system changes for Linux 6.18...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-6.18-EXT4-EROFS-NTFS3

📰 Android malware uses VNC to give attackers hands-on access

A new Android banking and remote access trojan (RAT) dubbed Klopatra disguised as an IPTV and VPN app has infected more than 3,000 devices across Europe.

🔗 Source: https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/android-malware-uses-vnc-to-give-attackers-hands-on-access/

📰 Cairo-Dock 3.6 Released with Wayland and HiDPI Support, systemd Integration

Cairo-Dock 3.6 is now available for download as a major update to this dock-like application for your GNU/Linux desktop with new features like Wayland and HiDPI support. Here's what's new!

🔗 Source: https://9to5linux.com/cairo-dock-3-6-released-with-wayland-and-hidpi-support-systemd-integration

📰 How to Upgrade to openSUSE Leap 16 from Leap 15.6

A tried-and-true step-by-step guide for a hassle-free upgrade to openSUSE Leap 16 from Leap 15.6.

🔗 Source: https://linuxiac.com/how-to-upgrade-to-opensuse-leap-16-from-leap-15-6/

Aurora immutable KDE Plasma workstation big, slow, confusing • The Register
https://www.theregister.com/2025/10/01/aurora_immutable_kde_workstation/

📰 10 of the best AAA games you can play on Linux in 2025

A formidable number of AAA noscripts are fully playable on Linux today, proving that the OS is no longer an underdog when it comes to gaming.

🔗 Source: https://www.xda-developers.com/best-aaa-games-to-play-on-linux-2025/

AerynOS Prepares ISO Release with COSMIC Beta Packages
https://linuxiac.com/aerynos-prepares-iso-release-with-cosmic-beta-packages/

Mini Floating Panel Adds New Auto-Positioning Options - OMG! Ubuntu
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/10/mini-floating-panel-7-click-positioning

Cairo-Dock 3.6 Released with Wayland and HiDPI Support, systemd Integration
https://9to5linux.com/cairo-dock-3-6-released-with-wayland-and-hidpi-support-systemd-integration