Nelson: rust-lang/rust is adopting an LLM policy

https://lwn.net/Articles/1087326/ #LWN #Linux #Rust

Security updates for Wednesday

https://lwn.net/Articles/1087318/ #LWN #Linux #security

dwproton-11.0-10 released with a fix for Honkai: Star Rail https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/08/dwproton-11-0-10-released-with-a-fix-for-honkai-star-rail/

#Proton #DWProton #Linux #HonkaiStarRail #SteamOS

Feed rubber ducks to a bottomless corporate void in Project P.I.T.T. on August 19 https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/08/feed-rubber-ducks-to-a-bottomless-corporate-void-in-project-p-i-t-t-on-august-19/

#IndieGames #ProjectPITT #Godot #Linux

An LLM agent attempts to compromise a project on GitHub

https://lwn.net/Articles/1087162/ #LWN #Linux #security

Papirus icon set has received its first update in over a year, adding over 80 new and updated icons.

This has proven to be perennially popular icon pack for Linux since its debut in 2023, so it's great to see it's still alive.

→ https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/08/paprius-icon-pack-sees-first-update-in-a-year-with-80-new-icons

#Linux #Design #OpenSource

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Papirus icon set showcase of some of its new icons

[$] Fedora considers conflict-of-interest policy

The Fedora Council is considering a conflict-of-interest (COI) policy for its decision-making bodies, such as the Fedora Engineering Steering Committee (FESCo), special-interest gr [...]

https://lwn.net/Articles/1086488/ #LWN #Linux #RedHat

NVIDIA now supporting the Linux Vendor Firmware Service (LVFS) as a premier sponsor https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/08/nvidia-now-supporting-the-linux-vendor-firmware-service-lvfs-as-a-premier-sponsor/

#Linux #NVIDIA #Firmware #OpenSource #LVFS

Settlement building co-op action-adventure Necesse 'Rust & Romance' update is a big one https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/08/settlement-building-co-op-action-adventure-necesse-rust-romance-update-is-a-big-one/

#Necesse #IndieGames #Linux #SteamDeck #Gaming

Using #CachyOS desktop and kernels on #Fedora!!? Would likely be a dream for #Bitwig use on #Linux. The low latency kernels without the underlying masochism of Arch.
Dare I?

Another NPM worm

https://lwn.net/Articles/1087108/ #LWN #Linux #security

Linux is running large advertising campaigns now in Berlin #diday #dutgemacht #linux

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A glowing digital display shows an error log from a system journal, listing multiple instances of "Failed to write entry" with details about byte sizes and item counts. The scene is set at night, with a visible city backdrop and foliage.

[$] The beginning of a process-builder API

The recent discussion on "spawn templates" raised questions about whether it was time to provide an alternative to the classic Unix fork()/exec() pattern for process creation. One [...]

https://lwn.net/Articles/1086330/ #LWN #Linux #kernel #Git

Security updates for Tuesday

https://lwn.net/Articles/1087068/ #LWN #Linux #security

This guy spends 15 minutes going over features in modern #linux and then at the very end complains that we don't make one without systemd.

Literally spent 15 minutes going over all the features and then wonders why we need it.

Amazing, you can't make this up.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VR5En3AYwXQ

#BSD #Unix #RunBSD #pkg

I have this desire to keep tinkering with my Linux laptop, and it's born of decades of having to wrestle with my computers (mostly Windows, but not *not* Macs).

#FOSS #FLOSS #OpenSource #Linux #Debian #Gnome

My last laptop has been linuxified. A #Lenovo #ThinkPad #T14 Gen 1. I got it all Windows last year for fairly little money. And this morning I gave a new driver for the #MX330 a go. It was worth it. I hardly ever use the way too small screen, but with an external moni it works great for not too demanding tasks.

#endeavourOS #arch #cinnamon #linux #linuxified #nvidia

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Screenshot from Kitty terminal on EndeavourOS Cinnamon with fastfetch showing output.

Twenty years of Pandoc

https://lwn.net/Articles/1086976/ #LWN #Linux

Initial Steam Machine reviews are broadly positive, Jellyfin is losing some key project leaders, Sony deletes more movies that people “bought”, why you probably shouldn’t wipe your phone when the US authorities ask for access, Graham repurposes some discarded crypto hardware to play arcade games, Félim gets that old game working, a great terminal music player, and more.

https://latenightlinux.com/late-night-linux-episode-397/

#podcast #linux #opensource

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Late Night Linux artwork

It feels good to draw these two again for the next MiniFantasyTheater!

#screenshot #krita #linux

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A screenshot of my main screen: on left, Beeref, with a collection of face of the casting of the Avian Intelligence series (the Parrot and Cepper, the Gothic Sorceress) On the center, Krita, with on the canvas a pencil study of Cepper painting a canvas , happy, while Parrot look at her. On a corner of the screen, neofetch in a terminal showing some spec of my GNU/Linux desktop.

C-Kermit 11 released

https://lwn.net/Articles/1086953/ #LWN #Linux #Debian

Mistfall Hunter is a new extraction ARPG that works on SteamOS / Linux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/08/mistfall-hunter-is-a-new-extraction-arpg-that-works-on-steamos-linux/

#MistfallHunter #SteamOS #Linux #Extraction #ARPG

[$] Buffer sizes for FUSE io_uring

The Filesystem in Userspace (FUSE) subsystem provides a way to service filesystem requests from a user-space server, which moves the format-handling code out of the kernel. The FU [...]

https://lwn.net/Articles/1085618/ #LWN #Linux #kernel #BPF #io_uring #FUSE

SQLite Critical CVEs or LLM Slop? (JFrog blog)

https://lwn.net/Articles/1086936/ #LWN #Linux #security

Latest 𝗩𝗮𝗹𝘂𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗡𝗲𝘄𝘀 - 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲/𝟬𝟴/𝟬𝟯 (Valuable News - 2026/08/03) available.

https://vermaden.wordpress.com/2026/08/03/valuable-news-2026-08-03/

Past releases: https://vermaden.wordpress.com/news/

#verblog #vernews #news #bsd #freebsd #openbsd #netbsd #linux #unix #zfs #opnsense #ghostbsd #solaris #vermadenday

Four stable kernels for Monday

https://lwn.net/Articles/1086900/ #LWN #Linux #kernel

NetBSD 11.0 released

https://lwn.net/Articles/1086898/ #LWN #Linux

Security updates for Monday

https://lwn.net/Articles/1086897/ #LWN #Linux #security

NVIDIA stable driver 595.91.07 and new feature driver 610.57.04 released for Linux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/08/nvidia-stable-driver-595-91-07-and-new-feature-driver-610-57-04-released-for-linux/

#NVIDIA #Drivers #Linux #LinuxGaming

For your next group session - failure is truly deadly in the mini-game game filled Machine Party https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/08/for-your-next-group-session-failure-is-truly-deadly-in-the-mini-game-game-filled-machine-party/

#MachineParty #PartyGames #Linux #PCGaming

@gamingonlinux This is what happens when #Microslop sabotages their own operating system with bloatware, unnecessarily overinflated "system requirements", forced online logins, forced subtier cloud shit, and unwanted #AI slop.

#Conglaturation #Microsoft , you single-handedly accelerated the #Linux deployment phenomena that is "The Day of the Penguin" upon yourselves. #FAFO

According to Statcounter, Linux on the desktop crossed over 7% globally https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/08/according-to-statcounter-linux-on-the-desktop-crossed-over-7-percent-globally/

#Linux #LinuxGaming #LinuxDesktop

Arch Linux AUR hit with another wave of malware https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/08/arch-linux-aur-hit-with-another-wave-of-malware/

#Linux #ArchLinux #Security

""Starting with Red Hat Enterprise Linux (#RHEL) 10.2, #Firefox and #Thunderbird are delivered as Flatpaks by default. If you install RHEL with a graphical desktop, your browser and email client will now come from the #RedHat #Flatpak registry instead of traditional #RPM Package Managers (RPMs). Here's what that means in practice and […]"

https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/firefox-and-thunderbird-rhel-flatpaks-what-it-means-you

#Linux

Wait... this entire time, I could put pngs in /usr/share/icons/hicolor/48x48/apps/ and they'll appear in "Applications" when picking an icon?!?!
FFS! Every so often, I learn something in #Linux that makes me feel like I don't know a fucking thing about Linux.

Anyway... I want the LGBTQ+ version of the LibreWolf icon, but unfortunately, the wolf and circle being white is too low contrast to work well at 48x48.
@librewolf - Any possibility you could give higher contrast version?

https://docs.projectbluefin.io/blog/dakota-alpha-5/

#linux

Kernel prepatch 7.2-rc6

https://lwn.net/Articles/1086727/ #LWN #Linux #kernel

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1LIQdBlKmG8

#linux

Is there a tool/trick/app in Linux that can magically create an index.html for a folder full of html files?

#askfedi #linux

Interesting to see a report that claims Linux reaching over 10% desktop market share in North America, with a pretty recent spike: https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/north-america#monthly-202506-202607

I have a lot of different theories of what might account for this including:
* Windows expatriates
* Gaming
* Improved desktop Linux options like Bluefin
* Local AI inference experiments

What do you think accounts for it? I'm leaning toward AI inference, just because of the timing of the spike.

#linux #desktop #AI