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Submission + - Ubuntu 26.10 Released with Linux Kernel 7.3 and GNOME 51 (9to5linux.com)

Submitted by prisoninmate
prisoninmate writes: 9to5Linux reports on the release of Ubuntu 26.10: "Powered by the upcoming Linux 7.3 kernel series, Ubuntu 26.10 ships with the latest GNOME 51 desktop environment, TPM-backed full disk encryption (FDE) support on computers without a hardware root of trust, updated Settings to show whether a computer is certified for Ubuntu, and 100% Rust coreutils.
There are several App Center enhancements in Ubuntu 26.10, such as a unified app-details view for Snap and Debian packages, a dedicated Drivers page where you can review the available graphics drivers, including NVIDIA driver branches, and support for installing codecs for one-time playback when a media file uses a codec that’s not installed."

Submission + - Linux Kernel 7.2 Has Been Officially Released (9to5linux.com)

Submitted by prisoninmate
prisoninmate writes: Linux blog 9to5Linux reports: "Highlights of Linux 7.2 include cache-aware load-balancing support, initial HDMI 2.1 FRL support to the AMDGPU driver, support for devres-based management of ACPI notify handlers, initial CRI platform support for the Intel Xe driver, and Rust support for the IBM System/390 (S/390) architecture.

Linux kernel 7.2 also introduces a “Fair(er)” GPU scheduler, support for the ‘zerocopy’ library to Rust support to make zero-cost memory manipulation effortless, new hwcaps for the 2025 dpISA extensions on the AArch64 (ARM64) architecture, and enables large folios by default for the Btrfs file system.

Linux 7.2 also brings Intel CPU model number support for Panther Lake R processor series, improvements to the kernel’s swap subsystem, support for multi-size transparent huge pages (mTHPs) to the khugepaged kernel thread, and support for compressed files to the SMB filesystem."

Submission + - Massive Debian 13 Linux Kernel Security Update Patches 68 Vulnerabilities (9to5linux.com)

Submitted by prisoninmate
prisoninmate writes: Linux blog 9to5Linux reports: "The new Debian 13 Linux kernel security update is a massive one, and it patches no less than 68 security vulnerabilities in the Linux 6.12 LTS kernel. Most of these security vulnerabilities are smaller, individually scoped fixes, ranging from use-after-free and out-of-bounds access to NULL-pointer bugs across networking, storage, and filesystem drivers. Nonetheless, these may lead to a privilege escalation, denial of service, or information leaks.

The most severe vulnerabilities patched in the new Debian 13 “Trixie” kernel security update are CVE-2026-64530, a use-after-free in the traffic-control subsystem leading to remote denial-of-service with potential for remote code execution, and CVE-2026-64531 (a.k.a. OVSwrap), a local-root vulnerability in the Open vSwitch datapath leading to local privilege escalation to root.

CVE-2026-64532 and CVE-2026-64533 are a pair of NTFS3 bugs that could lead to denial-of-service with potential memory corruption or information leak triggered by mounting a crafted NTFS filesystem, and CVE-2026-64534 and CVE-2026-64535 are two flaws in the NVMe-over-TCP target that may lead to denial-of-service."

Submission + - Linux Kernel 7.0 Officially Released (9to5linux.com)

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: 9to5Linux.com reports on the release of Linux 7.0: "While not a major release in terms of new features, despite the major version number change, Linux kernel 7.0 finally promotes Rust support to stable. The “Rust experiment” has been concluded at the 2025 Linux Kernel Maintainers Summit, and Rust is here to stay.

Some interesting new features in Linux 7.0 include support for atomic 64-byte loads and stores instructions on ARM64 CPUs, support for RISC-V Zicfiss and Zicfilp extensions on RISC-V CPUs, and 128-bit atomic cmpxchg support on the LoongArch architecture.

The Btrfs file system received support for direct I/O when a block size is bigger than the page size and initial support for the remap-tree feature, the XFS file system received autonomous self-healing support, and there’s a new immutable root file system called “nullfs”."

Submission + - KaOS Linux Drops KDE Plasma After 12 Years for Niri/Noctalia to Escape systemd (9to5linux.com)

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: "After using the KDE/Plasma desktop environment by default for more than 12 years since its initial release under the name of KdeOS, the KaOS Linux distribution will no longer ship with its unique Plasma desktop setup, as the devs do not want to use the systemd init system anymore in the distro," reports Linux news site 9to5Linux.

"The KaOS Linux devs explain that dropping KDE Plasma to escape systemd was necessary because they can no longer build a usable ISO with recent versions of systemd, such as 257, as full support for a split /usr setup like KaOS is using is no longer there. The devs now consider moving to the Dinit init system."

"Everything is built on the latest Qt 6.10.2 open-source application framework, as KaOS aims to stay a Qt-focused distribution. To complete this setup, the devs also added options like cliphist, seatd, ddcutil, pavucontrol-qt, qt6ct, and xwayland-satellite, and I have to admit that the result is amazing and fast!"

Submission + - Linux 7.0 Kernel Confirmed by Linus Torvalds, Expected in Mid-April 2026 (9to5linux.com)

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: Linus Torvalds has confirmed the next major kernel series as Linux 7.0, reports Linux news website 9to5Linux.com: "So there you have it, the Linux 6.x era has ended with today’s Linux 6.19 kernel release, and a new one will begin with Linux 7.0, which is expected in mid-April 2026. The merge window for Linux 7.0 will open tomorrow, February 9th, and the first Release Candidate (RC) milestone is expected on February 22nd, 2026."

Submission + - Wine 11 Officially Released with NTSync Support, Vulkan H.264 Decoding, and More (9to5linux.com)

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: A report from the Linux news site 9to5Linux.com: "Coming a year after Wine 10, the Wine 11 release introduces support for the NTSync driver for fast synchronization, Vulkan H.264 decoding, clipboard support in the Wayland driver, initial Vulkan video decoder support in WineD3D, and support for larger page sizes on ARM64 (AArch64)."

"Wine 11 also adds support for the Wow64 mode to be enabled dynamically, support for setting thread priorities, pairing support in the Bluetooth driver, %GS register swapping on macOS, PBKDF2 algorithm in Bcrypt, a new lexer in Command Processor, and support for Float format conversions in WindowsCodecs."

"Also new in Wine 11 is support for DirectX Intermediate Language (DXIL) shaders, initial support for geometry shaders in the HLSL compiler, initial support for generating Windows Runtime metadata in WIDL, support for compiler-based exception handling with Clang, and EGL library support for all supported graphics drivers."

Submission + - Firefox Will Ship with an "AI Kill Switch" to Completely Disable all AI Features (9to5linux.com) 2

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: From a report on 9to5Linux.com:

"On Tuesday, Anthony Enzor-DeMeo was named the new CEO of Mozilla Corporation, the company behind the beloved Firefox web browser used by almost all GNU/Linux distributions as the default browser."

"In his message as new CEO, Anthony Enzor-DeMeo stated that Firefox will grow from a browser into a broader ecosystem of trusted software while remaining the company’s anchor, and that Firefox will evolve into a modern AI browser and support a portfolio of new and trusted software additions."

"What was not made clear is that Firefox will also ship with an AI kill switch that will let users completely disable all the AI features that are included in Firefox. Mozilla shared this important update earlier today to make it clear to everyone that Firefox will still be a trusted web browser."

Submission + - System76 Launches First Stable Release of COSMIC Desktop and Pop!_OS 24.04 LTS (9to5linux.com)

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: From a report on 9to5linux.com: "Based on the Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat) operating system series, Pop!_OS 24.04 LTS ships with the brand-new COSMIC desktop environment written in the Rust programming language, designed and developed by System76 for all GNU/Linux distributions."

"Previous Pop!_OS releases used a version of the COSMIC desktop that was based on the GNOME desktop environment. However, System76 wanted to create a new desktop environment from scratch while keeping the same familiar interface and user experience built for efficiency and fun."

"COSMIC Launcher lets users launch and navigate apps quickly and efficiently with features like web search, calculator, and file search. Moreover, COSMIC supports both dual-panel and single-panel layouts, workspaces, advanced window tiling and stacking, and new theming options."

Submission + - Cinnamon 6.6 Desktop Environment Released with Redesigned Application Menu (9to5linux.com)

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: 9to5linux.com reports: "The Linux Mint team released today the Cinnamon 6.6 desktop environment, which will be the default in the upcoming Linux Mint 22.3 (Zena) release expected in late December 2025 or in early 2026. The biggest change in Cinnamon 6.6 is a redesigned application menu applet that now lets you toggle between symbolic or full color icons for categories, support for color system buttons on hover, configurable Places and Bookmarks, as well as many visual changes."

"Cinnamon 6.6 also modernizes keyboard handling and the virtual keyboard with a new button for switching the layout, a context menu shortcut for accessing the Keyboard Accessibility settings, improved theme support, improved suggestions visibility, and a fade-in/out effect when hiding and showing the keyboard."

"The Settings app received some attention as well in Cinnamon 6.6 with a new Thunderbolt module, a new tab for tiling in the Windows module, a suspend option to battery-critical actions in the Power module, support for manual scheduling in the Night Light module, and support for the new System Information tool."

Submission + - Linux Kernel 5.4 Reaches End of Life After More Than Six Years of Maintenance (9to5linux.com)

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: From a report on 9to5Linux.com: "Originally released on November 24th, 2019, the long-term supported (LTS) Linux 5.4 kernel series received six years of support, from November 2019 until December 2025. The last maintenance update is Linux 5.4.302, released today by renowned kernel developer Greg Kroah-Hartman."

"This morning, an announcement on the Linux kernel mailing list published by Greg Kroah-Hartman stated that Linux 5.4.302 is the last maintenance update to the long-term supported Linux 5.4 kernel series, which is now marked as EOL (End of Life) on the kernel.org website."

“As of this point in time, there are 1539 documented unfixed CVEs for this kernel branch, and that number will only increase over time as more CVEs get assigned for kernel bugs," said Greg Kroah-Hartman, who added that Linux 5.4 should not be used by anyone, anymore!"

Submission + - Linux Kernel 6.18 Officially Released, Could Be the Next LTS Kernel Series (9to5linux.com)

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: From a report on 9to5Linux.com: "Highlights of Linux 6.18 include the removal of the Bcachefs file system, support for the Rust Binder driver, a new dm-pcache device-mapper target to enable persistent memory as a cache for slower block devices, and a new microcode= command-line option to control the microcode loader’s behavior on x86 platforms."

"Since Linux 6.18 is the last kernel release of the year, it could be the next LTS (Long-Term Support) kernel series, supported for at least a couple of years. However, we now need to wait to see if renowned Linux kernel developer Greg Kroah-Hartman confirms the LTS status for Linux 6.18, so stay tuned!"

Submission + - Ubuntu 25.10 "Questing Quokka" Releases with Linux Kernel 6.17 and GNOME 49 (9to5linux.com)

Submitted by prisoninmate
prisoninmate writes: A report from 9to5Linux: "Dubbed Questing Quokka, Ubuntu 25.10 is powered by the latest and greatest Linux 6.17 kernel series for top-notch hardware support and ships with the latest GNOME 49 desktop environment, defaulting to a Wayland-only session for the Ubuntu Desktop flavor, meaning there’s no other session to choose from the login screen.

Ubuntu Desktop also ships with two new apps, namely GNOME’s Loupe instead of Eye of GNOME as the default image viewer, as well as Ptyxis instead of GNOME Terminal as the default terminal emulator. Also, there’s a new update notification that will be shown with options to open Software Updater or install updates directly."

Submission + - GNOME 49 "Brescia" Desktop Environment Released (9to5linux.com)

Submitted by prisoninmate
prisoninmate writes: From a report by 9to5Linux: "Highlights of GNOME 49 include a new “Do Not Disturb” toggle in Quick Settings, a dedicated Accessibility menu in the login screen, support for handling unknown power profiles in the Quick Settings menu, support for YUV422 and YUV444 (HDR) colour spaces, support for passive screen casts, and support for async keyboard map settings.

GNOME 49 also introduces support for media controls, restart, and shutdown actions on the lock screen, support for dynamic users for greeter sessions in the GNOME Display Manager (GDM), and support for per-monitor brightness sliders in Quick Settings on multi-monitor setups."

Submission + - Linux Kernel 6.14 Released (9to5linux.com)

Submitted by prisoninmate
prisoninmate writes: From a report from 9to5linux: "Highlights of Linux 6.14 include Btrfs RAID1 read balancing support, a new ntsync subsystem for Win NT synchronization primitives to boost game emulation with Wine, uncached buffered I/O support, and a new accelerator driver for the AMD XDNA Ryzen AI NPUs (Neural Processing Units).

Also new is DRM panic support for the AMDGPU driver, reflink and reverse-mapping support for the XFS real-time device, Intel Clearwater Forest server support, support for SELinux extended permissions, FUSE support for io_uring, a new fsnotify file pre-access event type, and a new cgroup controller for device memory."

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