Linus Torvalds's first LLM-assisted patch series

https://lwn.net/Articles/1100449/

#LWN #Linux #kernel

KDE Plasma 6.8 released

https://lwn.net/Articles/1100429/

#LWN #Linux

[$] GCC development with large-language models

After much deliberation, the GCC project recently came up with a policy on the use of large language models for development of the compiler suite. It is somewhat restrictive, but [...]

https://lwn.net/Articles/1098672/

#LWN #Linux #GCC #LLVM

Security updates for Wednesday

https://lwn.net/Articles/1100426/

#LWN #Linux #security

Plasma 6.8 is out as KDE celebrates 30 years https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/10/plasma-6-8-is-out-as-kde-celebrates-30-years/

#OpenSource #NewRelease #KDE #DesktopEnvironment #Linux #SteamOS

Happy 30th Birthday, #KDE! https://9to5linux.com/happy-30th-birthday-kde

@kde #Linux #OpenSource #FOSS

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KDE 30

Peekpal is an upcoming colour E-Paper Faceplate for the Steam Machine https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/10/peekpal-is-an-upcoming-colour-e-paper-faceplate-for-the-steam-machine/

#Peekpal #SteamMachine #Linux #SteamOS

Every time I work from home, I'm so tempted to just use my own laptop and #Linux to do things, but I also don't want to put work stuff on my personal laptop

Let's settle this once and for all! 👻

Linux vs. BSD! 😈

Which side are you on? 🐧🐡

#Linux #Debian #Arch #ArchLinux #Fedora #FedoraLinux #BSD #OpenBSD #FreeBSD #NetBSD

Let's also shout out the good things. Things which genuinely improved and got better than they were in the past.

What I've just realised: I'm no longer sitting there with bated breadth, anxiously waiting to see whether a machine comes up after the first reboot after a major distro update.

This is a genuine improvement.

#GoodThings #Linux #Ubuntu

[$] KDE Linux at two

KDE Linux, the KDE Project's second stab at creating its own distribution, was first introduced as "Project Banana" at the Akademy conference in 2024 by Harald Sitter. Nate Graham [...]

https://lwn.net/Articles/1099486/

#LWN #Linux #Debian #ArchLinux #Android #systemd

Nix and Lix local root-privilege-escalation vulnerabilities

https://lwn.net/Articles/1100247/

#LWN #Linux #security

Linux Mint 27 is codenamed 'Adrien', and will be released in December.

Based on Ubuntu 26.04 LTS, it'll be the first new release since the distro switched to a slower release cycle to allow more time for development – a decision that's paying dividends, says project lead Clement Lefebvre.

https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/10/linux-mint-27-adrien-due-at-christmas?v1

#linux #linuxmint #openSource

Steam Frame - some early thoughts https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/10/steam-frame-some-early-thoughts/

#SteamFrame #SteamOS #VirtualReality #VR #Linux

[$] Owning C types from Rust code

Rust's system of ownership and borrowed references is convenient when it can correctly model a program's needs. The Rust for Linux project has worked to provide adapters between R [...]

https://lwn.net/Articles/1099015/

#LWN #Linux #kernel #Rust

Eisentraut: The reverts will continue until morale improves

https://lwn.net/Articles/1100182/

#LWN #Linux #PostgreSQL

Security updates for Tuesday

https://lwn.net/Articles/1100181/

#LWN #Linux #security

Asterinas 0.19.0 released

https://lwn.net/Articles/1100055/

#LWN #Linux #kernel #Rust

done! drew the rest of the f***ing owl.

#linux #gnome #app #icon #design #security

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App icon for BitRitter in the GNOME icon style. A light blue shield with a thick darker blue border. Overlayed is a password field.

this week's app icon is for myself.
guess who's back. #SparkleShare

#linux #gnome #app #icon #design

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The new icon for SparkleShare but in the GNOME style. The usual orange folder with a star outline, but with more fresh colours and a teal background. A picture, yellow sticky note, and lines paper are slightly sticking out the top.

this was last week's app icon.

Kotoba is a "Lightning-fast offline Japanese–English dictionary" by @haydntrowell

#linux #gnome #app #icon #design #japan

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The new icon for Kotoba in GNOME style on a purple background. A beige book with a brown Japanese 言 character for "speak". Three fresh green leaves are popping out from all sides of the book.

it was a fun challenge creating last week' app icon for @cjk's Gitte! "A simple Git client for @gnome"

check out all my recent app icons here:
https://planetpeanut.studio/icons

and if you want to help sponsor the effort:
https://planetpeanut.studio/sponsors

thank you. 😊

#linux #gnome #app #icon #design #foss #opensource #git #programming

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The new icon for Gitte in GNOME style on a brown background. A vibrant yellow bell with edged in markings going around it looking like a Git commit graph.

happy May!

these were the #FOSS app icons contributed in April: BitRitter, SparkleShare, Kotoba and Gitte.

delighted how these turned out! :)

also still looking to gain a sponsor this week to keep this flow going, any amount helps: https://planetpeanut.studio/sponsors

thank you.

#linux #gnome #opensource #app #icon #design

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4 app icons in a coloured grid. See the previous posts in this thread for detailed descriptions.

this week's app icon is for Nexus: "A simple and user-friendly Matrix client" by @QuadRadical

added to the list!
https://planetpeanut.studio/icons

#linux #gnome #opensource #app #icon #design #chat #matrix #android

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The new icon for Nexus in GNOME style on a dark blue background. A rounded rectangle with diagonal rainbow pattern. A circular white chat balloon with a blue ">" pops out of the middle of it.

last week's app icon is for Wardrobe: "Prettify your desktop effortlessly" by Nathan Perlman.

based on an existing sketch by @jimmac

https://flathub.org/apps/io.github.swordpuffin.wardrobe

#linux #gnome #opensource #app #icon #design #chat

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A pile of 3 socks (green, striped orange and blue) on a pink background.

this week's app icon is for Fancyclopedia: "Browse and Read Fanfictions" by @zoeyTheWitch@treehouse.systems

#linux #gnome #opensource #app #icon #design

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A pink book with golden bindings and edges on a teal background. The cover has 3 small hearts.

app icon for Hex Colordle: "Find the color" by @krafting

#linux #gnome #opensource #app #icon #design

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The new icon for Hex Colordle in GNOME style on a vibrant blue background. A purple sheet passes through a wide golden device with three "???" on it. On the other end separate red/green/blue components come out.

week 23's app icon is for ChiPass: "a fork of KeePassXC" by @whitequark

https://planetpeanut.studio/icons

#linux #gnome #kde #opensource #app #icon #design

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The new icon for ChiPass in GNOME style on a green background. Three key cards held by a small ring in the top right corner. The front one has a "****" password field, some small text and a "chi" χ symbol.

week 24's app icon is for Meshy: "Meshcore mesh network client" by @sesivany

#linux #gnome #opensource #app #icon #design

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An "M" made out of 6 white nodes interconnected by lines sitting on a mint blue rounded square slab on a teal background.

week 26's app icon is for Lockpicker: "Recover passwords from their hash" by @sstendahl

check out all my recent app icons here:
https://planetpeanut.studio/icons

and if you want to help sponsor the effort:
https://planetpeanut.studio/sponsors

it really helps. 🌱

#linux #gnome #opensource #foss #app #icon #design #security #cryptography #password #hacking

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An unlocked purple padlock on a teal background with a light gold hairpin sitting diagonally in front of it.

week 27's app icon is for KawaiiFi: "Wi-Fi scanner and analyzer" by Zach Leytus

check out all recent icons here:
https://planetpeanut.studio/icons

and if you want to support an-app-icon-a-week:
https://planetpeanut.studio/sponsors

it really helps! 🌱

#linux #gnome #opensource #foss #app #icon #design #wifi #security #cute #kawaii

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A rounded rectangular wifi router with two blue antennas sticking out from the sides. the top has a Wi-Fi symbol, the from a "O v O" face.

week 28's app icon is for Stencil: "Rename batches of files" by @renef

check out all recent icons here:
https://planetpeanut.studio/icons

#linux #gnome #opensource #foss #app #icon #design

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A yellow square stencil with symbols "A B C *" overlaying a paper sheet on a green background.

week 29's app icon is for Metamorphosis: "Edit metadata" by @deimoshall

check out all recent icons here:
https://planetpeanut.studio/icons

#linux #gnome #opensource #foss #app #icon #design #flatpak #flathub

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A beige file paper with text lines folded into an origami butterfly on a red background.

week 30's app icon is for Era: "Manage your time" by @titouan_real

check out all recent icons here:
https://planetpeanut.studio/icons

#linux #gnome #opensource #foss #app #icon #design #flatpak #flathub #calendar #office

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A vertical/portrait wall calendar showing some highlighted week rows below and subtle cropped illustration of a solar system. Teal background.

week 31's app icon is for Ratio: "Validate color contrasts" by @markwyner

check out all recent icons here:
https://planetpeanut.studio/icons

#linux #gnome #opensource #foss #app #icon #design #flatpak #flathub #a11y

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A circular icon containing four vertical bars decreasing in lightness and saturation on a subtle grey'ish pink background/

week 32's app icon is for Haystack: "Edit OpenQA needles" by @jwh

check out all recent icons here:
https://planetpeanut.studio/icons

#linux #gnome #opensource #foss #app #icon #design #flatpak #flathub #calendar #opensuse #openqa #testing

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A rectangular yellow stack of hay. Some sprigs stick out from all sides. A purple magnifying glass is overlayed and reveals a tiny if you look really hard.

📱 Will Linux phones become a viable alternative to the Android/iOS duopoly? https://amosbbatto.wordpress.com/2026/10/05/linux-phones-alternative/

#linux #mobilelinux #opensource

Bazzite Linux update for October 12 brings many more bug fixes https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/10/bazzite-linux-update-for-october-12-brings-many-more-bug-fixes/

#Bazzite #HandheldGaming #DistroNews #OpenSource #Linux

Linus Torvalds Working On A Hefty Linux Kernel Improvement With Claude Code

A new branch named "noref-filemap-read-with-llm" contains kernel improvements he's been working on with the help of AI / LLMs, Claude Code specifically

"The code, the test programs, the review behind the list above and the first draft of this text were done with an LLM coding assistant (Claude Code) under my direction. The measurements were run on my machine."

https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linus-Torvalds-Claude-Code

#linux #ai

New Snapdragon SoCs will officially support Linux, Firefox’s redesign confuses us, the Dutch government is embracing NixOS, F-Droid has a new modern look, and Ubuntu starts shipping new kernels more regularly. Plus with the iPhone Duo about to come out, Graham is still enjoying his Pixel 9 Pro Fold but Joe’s 10 Pro Fold is in a drawer.

https://latenightlinux.com/late-night-linux-episode-407/

#podcast #opensource #linux #foldablephones

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Late Night Linux artwork

For folks who have #Linux VMs at home or at work, what do you use them for?

I've been working on a side project to build secure, locked-down, auto-updating, immutable VM images, and I want to know which use cases I should optimize for.

A release with real bite – Ubuntu 27.04 is codenamed 'Tenacious T-Rex'.

Quite the contrast to the last 't' release mascot, a tahr (even writing that is giving me flashbacks to a certain Jurassic Park feeding scene…)

https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/10/ubuntu-2704-is-tenacious-t-rex?v1

#ubuntu #linux #dinosaurs