Distrobox 1.8.2 Brings Polished Experience, New Maintainer
https://linuxiac.com/distrobox-1-8-2-brings-polished-experience-new-maintainer/

📰 Qilin ransomware abuses WSL to run Linux encryptors in Windows

The Qilin ransomware operation was spotted executing Linux encryptors in Windows using Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) to evade detection by traditional security tools.

🔗 Source: https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/qilin-ransomware-abuses-wsl-to-run-linux-encryptors-in-windows/

📰 MINISFORUM DEG2 eGPU supports OCuLink and USB4 v2 connections

The MINISFORUM DEG2 is an external graphics dock with a PCIe x16 connector for a graphics card, support for an ATX power supply, and two options for connecting your GPU to a computer: OCuLink and USB4 v2. Global pricing and availability details haven’t been announced yet, but MINISFORUM introduced the DEG2 in China earlier this month, so .

🔗 Source: https://liliputing.com/minisforum-deg2-egpu-supports-oculink-and-usb4-v2-connections/

📰 Tor Browser 15.0 Arrives Based on Firefox ESR 140

Tor Browser 15.0 introduces vertical tabs, tab groups, and improved privacy tools based on the new Firefox ESR 140.

🔗 Source: https://linuxiac.com/tor-browser-15-0-arrives-based-on-firefox-esr-140/

📰 TrueNAS 25.10 Released With NVMe-oF Support, OpenZFS Performance Improvements

TrueNAS 25.10 was released by iX systems today as the newest feature release of this Linux-based platform for network attached storage (NAS) devices and other storage appliances...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/TrueNAS-25.10

📰 Arm Ethos NPU Accelerator Driver Expected To Be Merged For Linux 6.19

The upcoming Linux 6.19 kernel cycle is now expected to introduce the new "ethosu" accelerator driver for supporting the Arm Ethos U65/U85 neural processing unit IP...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Arm-Ethos-NPU-For-Linux-6.19

📰 Google’s Brotli 1.2 Released After Two Years with Faster Compression

Brotli 1.2 arrives after two years, improving speed, binary size, and Python security for Google’s open-source compression library.

🔗 Source: https://linuxiac.com/googles-brotli-1-2-released-after-two-years-with-faster-compression/

OpenVPN Vulnerability Exposes Linux, MacOS Systems To Script Injection Attacks
https://cybersecuritynews.com/openvpn-vulnerability-exposes-systems/

Three More X.Org Server & XWayland Security Vulnerabilities Made Public - Phoronix
https://www.phoronix.com/news/X.Org-Server-3-Vuln-Oct-2025

📰 SUSE Linux Enterprise 16 Announced: "Enterprise Linux That Integrates Agentic AI"

SUSE today formally announced SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 16. Given we are in the year 2025, SUSE is heavy on hyping up AI capabilities with SLES 16...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/SUSE-SLES-16-Released

📰 Bolt Graphics unveils Zeus GPU built on RISC-V and path tracing tech

Onboard cores use a Linux stack based on Ubuntu Ubuntu Summit One of the more unexpected talks at last week's Ubuntu Summit 25.10 in London was by Antonio Salvemini of Bolt Graphics, who introduced the company's forthcoming range of Zeus graphics accelerator hardware. These are very unlike any conventional GPUs – or indeed anything else.…

🔗 Source: https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2025/10/29/bolt_graphics_zeus_gpu/

📰 AMD XDNA Linux Driver Preps For New Ryzen AI "NPU3A" Revision

Yesterday the GitHub-hosted AMD XDNA driver code saw a new tagged release as version 202610.2.21.17. That itself wasn't too interesting but while diving into there is new yet-to-be-merged code for a new "NPU3A" revision to their NPU3 IP in Ryzen AI...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/AMD-Ryzen-AI-XDNA-NPU3A

Ubuntu’s Kernel Vulnerability Let Attackers Escalate Privileges and Gain Root Access
https://cybersecuritynews.com/ubuntus-kernel-vulnerability/

10 npm Packages Caught Stealing Developer Credentials on Windows, macOS, and Linux
https://thehackernews.com/2025/10/10-npm-packages-caught-stealing.html

TrueNAS 25.10 Open-Source NAS Released with NVMe-oF, ZFS Enhancements
https://linuxiac.com/truenas-25-10-open-source-nas-released-with-nvme-of-zfs-enhancements/

📰 AMD On Track With openSIL For Zen 6 Platforms, openSIL FAS 1.0 Published

In addition to talking up the openSFI firmware collaboration between AMD and Intel at the OCP Global Summit 2025, AMD engineer Raj Kapoor provided a status update on the company's much anticipated openSIL effort for working to ultimately replace AGESA with a new open-source CPU silicon initialization codebase...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/AMD-openSIL-October-2025

LMDE 7 vs Linux Mint 22.2 - Same Desktop, Totally Different BEASTS! https://youtu.be/DvTzyWMO-zY

📰 Minecraft Java modding is about to get a lot easier and more interesting

Mojang announced a big change is coming to Minecraft: Java Edition, one that could make it a whole lot easier to make mods and perhaps make them more exciting..Read the full article on GamingOnLinux.

🔗 Source: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/10/minecraft-java-modding-is-about-to-get-a-lot-easier-and-more-interesting/

Inside Canonical's plan to make Ubuntu 26.04 the Linux desktop that finally goes mainstream | ZDNET
https://www.zdnet.com/article/inside-canonicals-plan-to-make-ubuntu-26-04-the-linux-desktop-that-finally-goes-mainstream/

Ubuntu 25.04 Users Can Now Upgrade to Ubuntu 25.10, Here's How
https://9to5linux.com/ubuntu-25-04-users-can-now-upgrade-to-ubuntu-25-10-heres-how

📰 LVFS + Fwupd Serve Up More Than 135 Million Firmware Downloads For Linux Users

The Linux Vendor Firmware Service (LVFS) that goes hand-in-hand with the Fwupd open-source firmware updating utility celebrated the milestone on Wednesday of crossing 135 million firmware updates...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/LVFS-Fwupd-135-Million-Download