📰 AMD Awarding Ryzen AI Max+ "Strix Halo" Laptops To Those Fixing ROCm Bugs

AMD Ryzen AI Max+ "Strix Halo" is beautifully awesome. Probably my favorite hardware of 2025 whether it's in desktop form with the likes of the Framework Desktop or for very powerful laptops between the Zen 5 CPU cores and very capable Radeon 8060S Graphics within devices like the HP ZBook Ultra G1a. If you are interested by Strix Halo too and looking for a way to obtain one without the high price, AMD is running a holiday special of those...

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https://www.phoronix.com/news/Strix-Halo-ROCm-Bug-Fixes

Windows 365 AI-enabled Cloud PC vs. Copilot+ PC

Microsoft has introduced Windows 365 AI-enabled Cloud PCs, a new cloud-based computing solution that delivers AI-powered Windows experiences to any device. This offering differs significantly from Copilot+ PCs, which are physical computers with specialized AI hardware. This article compares the technical specifications, requirements, and capabilities of both platforms.
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https://4sysops.com/archives/windows-365-ai-enabled-cloud-pc-vs-copilot-pc/

Microsoft to block unauthorized noscripts in Entra ID logins with 2026 CSP update

Microsoft is enforcing stricter Content Security Policy (CSP) for Entra ID authentication, blocking unauthorized noscripts from executing during sign-in. Organizations using browser extensions or third-party tools that inject noscripts into login.microsoftonline.com must identify and replace these tools before enforcement, as they will stop functioning while users can still sign in successfully.
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https://4sysops.com/archives/microsoft-to-block-unauthorized-noscripts-in-entra-id-logins-with-2026-csp-update/

📰 The Upcoming Armbian Imager Tool is a Godsend for Non-Raspberry Pi SBC Owners

Official Armbian utility supports over 300 boards with smart image filtering and verified writes.

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https://itsfoss.com/news/armbian-imager-quietly-debuts/

LibreOffice 25.8.4 Is Now Available for Download with More Than 70 Bug Fixes

LibreOffice 25.8.4 is now available for download as the fourth maintenance update to the latest LibreOffice 25.8 office suite series with more than 70 bug fixes.
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https://9to5linux.com/libreoffice-25-8-4-is-now-available-for-download-with-more-than-70-bug-fixes

Debian тестирует Debusine, систему индивидуальных репозиториев в стиле PPA

Проект Debian начал тестирование системы Debusine, позволяющей создавать индивидуальные репозитории, через которые можно распространять более новые версии программ, проводить предварительное тестирование пакетов или размещать дополнительные пакеты, не подходящие для штатных репозиториев Debian. Debusine преподносится как созданный для Debian аналог репозиториев PPA (Personal Package Archive), применяемых в Ubuntu. Проект развивает Колин Ватсон (Colin Watson), в своё время входивший в технические комитеты Debian и Ubuntu, и занимавшийся разработкой сервиса Launchpad, инсталлятора Ubuntu и системы инициализации Upstart.

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https://www.opennet.ru/opennews/art.shtml?num=64446

Linux Kernel 6.17 Reaches End of Life, It’s Time to Upgrade to Linux Kernel 6.18 LTS

Linux kernel 6.17 reached end of life and all users are now recommended to upgrade their systems to the latest Linux 6.18 kernel series as soon as possible.
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https://9to5linux.com/linux-kernel-6-17-reaches-end-of-life-its-time-to-upgrade-to-linux-kernel-6-18-lts

Linux Mint 22.3 “Zena” Beta Is Available for Download with Cinnamon 6.6

Linux Mint 22.3 beta is now available for download with the Cinnamon 6.6, Xfce 4.20, and MATE 1.26 desktops, based on Ubuntu 24.04.3 LTS.
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📰 Intel ISPC 1.29 Drops Gen9 GPU Targets, Add New Optimizations & Experimental RISC-V

Intel ISPC 1.29 released on Wednesday as the newest feature update to this Implicit SPMD Program Compiler as a C variant able to target Intel hardware from their CPUs to GPUs for SIMD programming...

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https://www.phoronix.com/news/Intel-ISPC-1.29

📰 NVIDIA Releases Linux Driver 590.48 With Wayland and Vulkan Fixes

NVIDIA’s Linux driver 590.48 debuts as a New Feature Branch release with Wayland fixes, Vulkan performance improvements, and updated platform requirements.

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https://linuxiac.com/nvidia-releases-linux-driver-590-48-with-wayland-and-vulkan-fixes/

📰 Linux Mint 22.3 “Zena” Beta Is Available for Download with Cinnamon 6.6

Linux Mint 22.3 beta is now available for download with the Cinnamon 6.6, Xfce 4.20, and MATE 1.26 desktops, based on Ubuntu 24.04.3 LTS.

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https://9to5linux.com/linux-mint-22-3-zena-beta-is-available-for-download-with-cinnamon-6-6

📰 The First Rust CVE in Linux Kernel Only Makes Your System Crash

Greg Kroah-Hartman announced this alongside 150+ C code vulnerabilities that were addressed.

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https://itsfoss.com/news/first-linux-kernel-rust-cve/

📰 Mesa 25.3.2 brings more bug fixes for open source Linux graphics drivers

The Mesa team have released Mesa 25.3.2 as the latest bug-fix release for the current main stable branch of open source Linux graphics drivers..Read the full article on GamingOnLinux.

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NVIDIA 590 Linux Graphics Driver Released with More Wayland Improvements

NVIDIA 590.48.01 graphics driver is now available for download for Linux, FreeBSD, and Solaris systems with various bug fixes. Here's what's changed!
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OpenZFS 2.4 Released with Linux 6.18 LTS Support, Quotas, Uncached IO, and More

OpenZFS 2.4 file system and volume manager is now available for download with support for Linux kernel 6.18 LTS and several new features. Here’s what’s new!
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📰 OpenZFS 2.4 Released with Linux 6.18 LTS Support, Quotas, Uncached IO, and More

OpenZFS 2.4 file system and volume manager is now available for download with support for Linux kernel 6.18 LTS and several new features. Here’s what’s new!

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https://9to5linux.com/openzfs-2-4-released-with-linux-6-18-lts-support-quotas-uncached-io-and-more

Релиз OpenZFS 2.4.0, реализации ZFS для Linux и FreeBSD

После 11 месяцев разработки опубликован релиз проекта OpenZFS 2.4.0, развивающего реализацию файловой системы ZFS для Linux и FreeBSD. Проект получил известность как "ZFS on Linux" и ранее ограничивался разработкой модуля для ядра Linux, но после слияния с кодом из FreeBSD был признан основной реализацией OpenZFS и переименован.

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https://www.opennet.ru/opennews/art.shtml?num=64448

Firefox Will Ship with an “AI Kill Switch” to Completely Disable all AI Features

Mozilla is working on an AI kill switch for the Firefox open-source web browser to let users completely disable all AI features.
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Второй кандидат в релизы графического редактора GIMP 3.2

Сформирован второй кандидат в релизы графического редактора GIMP 3.2. В ветке GIMP 3.2 добавлена поддержка слоёв-ссылок (Link layer) и векторных слоёв (Vector layer), а также возможностей, связанных с поддержкой цветовой модели CMYK и управлением цветом. С выпуском первого кандидата в релизы совершена заморозка строк и остановлен приём новой функциональности в рамках цикла разработки GIMP 3.2. Разработчики надеются, что это будет последний кандидат перед стабильном релизом. Готовые сборки GIMP 3.2-RC2 опубликованы для Linux (AppImage, Flatpak, Snap), Windows и macOS.

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https://www.opennet.ru/opennews/art.shtml?num=64447

📰 Newer RISC-V CPUs Vulnerable To Spectre V1 - Linux Mitigation Patches Posted

Spectre V1 mitigations in the Linux kernel are coming for RISC-V with newer RISC-V core designs being vulnerable to Spectre Variant One style attacks...

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https://www.phoronix.com/news/Spectre-V1-RISC-V-Patches

📰 Arch Linux Makes Its WSL Image Fully Reproducible Across Builds

Arch Linux has made its official WSL image fully reproducible, ensuring bit-for-bit identical builds using archived repositories and normalized timestamps.

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https://linuxiac.com/arch-linux-makes-its-wsl-image-fully-reproducible/