📰 New RTC Drivers For Apple & NVIDIA With Linux 6.19

The Real Time Clock (RTC) driver changes were merged today for Linux 6.19 ahead of the merge window wrapping up on Sunday...

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https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-6.19-RTC

AerynOS 2025.12 Released with GNOME 49.2, Mesa 25.3, and KDE Plasma 6.5.4

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https://9to5linux.com/aerynos-2025-12-released-with-gnome-49-2-mesa-25-3-and-kde-plasma-6-5-4

📰 Oracles Releases Updated "bpftune" For BPF-Based Auto-Tuning Of Linux Systems

The past few years Oracle has been working on bpftune as a solution for BPF-based, automatic tuning of Linux systems. Bpftune has been available via Oracle Linux and GitHub while finally their open-source GitHub code has seen the first new tagged release in a while...

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https://www.phoronix.com/news/Oracle-bpftune-0.4-1

📰 Diptyx is an open source, dual-screen eReader (crowdfunding)

There’s no shortage of eReaders featuring E Ink displays. But the Diptyx eReader stands out in a few ways: it has two E Ink displays and a hinge in the middle that lets you open and close the device like a book. And it’s designed as an open source project: the firmware and hardware designs will both .

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https://liliputing.com/diptyx-is-an-open-source-dual-screen-ereader-crowdfunding/

NetworkManager 1.54.3 Improves Certificate Access Checks

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https://linuxiac.com/networkmanager-1-54-3-improves-certificate-access-checks/

📰 GNOME Will Reject Shell Extensions With AI-Generated Code

GNOME is tightening its extension review process after a surge in AI-generated submissions filled with unnecessary code and bad practices.

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https://linuxiac.com/gnome-will-reject-shell-extensions-with-ai-generated-code/

17 из 20 VPN-сервисов выдавали неверную информацию о странах выходных узлов

Проведён анализ соответствия действительности данных о местоположении выходных узлов, заявляемых VPN-провайдерами. Из 20 протестированных VPN-провайдеров только 3 выдавали корректную информацию о странах выходных узлов. 6 провайдеров выдавали неверные или непроверяемые данные о стране в более чем 50% случаев, 3 провайдера - от 30 до 49%. Некоторые заявляли о размещении оборудования более чем в 100 странах, но на деле отправляли трафик из нескольких датацентров в США и Европе.

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https://www.opennet.ru/opennews/art.shtml?num=64421

Уязвимость в утилите smb4k, позволяющая получить права root в системе

В утилите smb4k, применяемой в KDE для обнаружения и монтирования SMB-разделов, выявлены уязвимости, позволяющие получить root-доступ к системе. Проблемы устранены в выпуске Smb4K 4.0.5. Проверить состояние новой версии пакета или подготовки исправления в дистрибутивах можно на следующих страницах: Debian, Ubuntu, Fedora, SUSE/openSUSE, Gentoo, Arch и FreeBSD.

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https://www.opennet.ru/opennews/art.shtml?num=64422

📰 TrixiePup64 11.2 Released For Debian-Based Puppy Linux With Wayland & X11 Options

For those with fond memories of the original Puppy Linux as a lightweight Linux distribution that used to run well back in the day on systems with less than 1GB of RAM, TrixiePup64 is out with a new release of this Puppy Linux based distribution with Debian GNU/Linux components. The new TrixiePup64 11.2 release is based on the latest Debian Trixie sources while continuing to offer separate builds for either X11 or Wayland usage...

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https://www.phoronix.com/news/TrixiePup64-11.2

Выпуск uutils 0.5, варианта GNU Coreutils на языке Rust

Опубликован выпуск проекта uutils coreutils 0.5.0 (Rust Coreutils), развивающего аналог пакета GNU Coreutils, написанный на языке Rust. В состав coreutils входит более ста утилит, включая sort, cat, chmod, chown, chroot, cp, date, dd, echo, hostname, id, ln и ls. Целью проекта является создание кроссплатформенной альтернативной реализации Coreutils, среди прочего способной работать на платформах Windows, Redox и Fuchsia.

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https://www.opennet.ru/opennews/art.shtml?num=64423

📰 FFmpeg Lands Initial Support For JPEG-XS

The widely-used FFmpeg open-source multimedia library has merged initial support for JPEG-XS...

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https://www.phoronix.com/news/FFmpeg-Merges-JPEG-XS

GNOME.org вводит официальный запрет на публикацию расширений с кодом, сгенерированным искусственным интеллектом

Команда, отвечающая за хостинг расширений GNOME.org, объявила о прекращении приема новых дополнений для рабочего окружения GNOME Shell, если их код был создан с помощью генеративного искусственного интеллекта. В официальные правила проверки был добавлен соответствующий пункт, запрещающий подобные загрузки.
Решение обусловлено растущим числом заявок на публикацию в каталоге extensions.gnome.org, которые были сгенерированы ИИ. Новое правило в руководстве четко указывает, что такой код будет отклонен.
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https://www.linux.org.ru/news/gnome/18167768

Завершение эксперимента с Rust в ядре Linux

Начатый в ядре 6.1 эксперимент по добавлению кода на Rust в ядро Linux, в котором участвовало 173 разработчика, официально завершён: соответствующая секция убрана из документации ядра.
По словам мейнтейнера Rust for Linux: Rust is here to stay. Таким образом Rust становится официальным языком разработки ядра наравне с С.
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https://www.linux.org.ru/news/kernel/18167888

Linus Torvalds Announces First Linux Kernel 6.19 Release Candidate

Linus Torvalds announced the general availability of the first Release Candidate version of the upcoming Linux 6.19 kernel series for public testing. Here’s what to expect!
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https://9to5linux.com/linus-torvalds-announces-first-linux-kernel-6-19-release-candidate

📰 CyberVolk’s ransomware debut stumbles on cryptography weakness

The pro-Russia hacktivist group CyberVolk launched a ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) called VolkLocker that suffered from serious implementation flaws, allowing victims to potentially decrypt files for free.

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https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/cybervolks-ransomware-debut-stumbles-on-cryptography-weakness/

📰 Linus Torvalds Announces First Linux Kernel 6.19 Release Candidate

Linus Torvalds announced the general availability of the first Release Candidate version of the upcoming Linux 6.19 kernel series for public testing. Here’s what to expect!

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https://9to5linux.com/linus-torvalds-announces-first-linux-kernel-6-19-release-candidate

📰 These 6 Vim plugins make it compete with VS Code

With the right plugins, Vim can give VS Code a run for its money.

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https://www.xda-developers.com/these-vim-plugins-make-it-compete-with-vs-code/

Snapscope Scans Snap Packages for Security Vulnerabilities

Ever wondered how secure the apps you install from the Snap Store are? A new website from Ubuntu alumnus Alan Pope makes it easy to find out. The Snapscope website uses Grype, an open‑source vulnerability scanner, to vet packages on the Snap Store for known security vulnerabilities (critical, high, medium, low, actively exploited) which could affect them (and their users). You can “search for any snap package, see its security posture, and dig into the CVEs”, with its maker noting that the site presents “no judgement, just facts”. Snapscope make it easy to see: : Alan shares a video walkthrough […]
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https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/12/snapscope-snap-security-vulnerability-checker

Mixxx 2.5.4 Open-Source DJ App Improves Support for Korg KAOSS DJ, Pioneer DJ CDJ

Mixxx 2.5.4 open-source virtual DJ software for performing live mixes is now available for download with various improvements and bug fixes. Here’s what’s new!
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https://9to5linux.com/mixxx-2-5-4-open-source-dj-app-improves-support-for-korg-kaoss-dj-pioneer-dj-cdj

📰 New Website Lets You Security‑Check Snap Packages

Ever wondered how secure the apps you install from the Snap Store are? A new website from Ubuntu alumnus Alan Pope makes it easy for you to find out. Called Snapscope, the website uses Grype, an open‑source vulnerability scanner, to check packages on the Snap Store to find out if any known security vulnerabilities (critical, high, medium, low, actively exploited) may affect them.

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https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/12/snapscope-snap-security-vulnerability-checker

📰 Early Linux 6.19 Benchmarks On AMD EPYC 9965 2P Excelling For AI & HPC Performance

As the Linux 6.19 merge window winded down this weekend, I began running this development kernel on more systems. While there are some scheduler regressions currently with Linux 6.19 Git, for HPC workloads especially I am seeing some encouraging results using a flagship AMD EPYC 9965 2P server configuration.

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https://www.phoronix.com/review/amd-epyc-9965-linux-619