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OpenVPN 2.7.8 Released with Security and Bug Fixes, Various Improvements

Coming a month after OpenVPN 2.7.7, the OpenVPN 2.7.8 release makes certificate validation stricter regarding NULL bytes in strings, which might break existing installations if such certificates exist and OpenSSL builds are used, and updates the OpenSSL builds to use the last field when handling certificates with duplicate fields.

NVIDIA 615.78.08 Linux Graphics Driver Improves Support for The Last of Us Part II

Coming a month after NVIDIA 615.71.09, which was the first release in the NVIDIA 615 series, the NVIDIA 615.78.08 update enables the NVreg_UseKernelSuspendNotifiers=1 option by default, and adds support for revision 3 of the VK_NV_low_latency2 Vulkan extension to improve latency and stutter with vkd3d-proton, particularly when Frame Generation is enabled.

Multiple Security Issues Patched in XOrg Server 21.1.25 and Xwayland 24.1.14

The fixes include CVE-2026-88812, an XKB SetGeometry TextDoodad double free that can lead to heap corruption, potentially enabling arbitrary code execution or denial of service (crash), and CVE-2026-93515, a present extension cross-window notify use-after-free that can lead to denial of service (crash) or potentially information disclosure.

Debian 14 “Forky” Artwork Proposals Are Now Open for Submission

This is the moment for aspiring artists and designers who want to display their work in front of millions of Debian users to submit their best artwork for the upcoming Debian 14 (codename Forky – continuing the “Toy Story” naming) operating system series, due for release in mid-2027.

Canonical Beefs Up Security for Ubuntu 26.10 with Slimmed-Down GRUB, Linux 7.3

Ubuntu 26.10 (codename Stonking Stingray) is scheduled for release next week, on October 15th, 2026, with the latest and greatest GNOME 51 “A Coruña” desktop environment, the unreleased Linux 7.3 kernel series (yes, Ubuntu 26.10 will ship with an RC (Release Candidate) kernel), OpenSSL 4.0, OpenSSH 10.5, and Rust-based core utilities.

Raspberry Pi OS Updated with Battery and Squeekboard Dock Widgets

Based on the latest Debian 13 “Trixie” operating system series and powered by Linux kernel 6.18.50 LTS, the new Raspberry Pi OS release ships with battery and squeekboard widgets for the new dock, support for automounting encrypted drives, Control Centre debug code, and new, better-quality Raspberry Pi menu icons.

Debian Trixie-Based Raspberry Pi Desktop Is Now Available for PC and Mac

The wait is finally over, and you can download an updated Raspberry Pi Desktop ISO image that you can install on your x86_64 (not ARM) laptop or desktop computer, or on a 64-bit Mac. The latest Raspberry Pi Desktop release is based on Debian 13 “Trixie,” and it’s powered by the long-term supported Linux 6.12 LTS kernel series.

GNOME 52 “Terengganu” Desktop Environment Is Scheduled for March 17th, 2027

With GNOME 51 “A Coruña” being released last month and slowly making its way into the stable software repositories of popular GNU/Linux distributions, such as openSUSE Tumbleweed, Fedora Linux, Ubuntu, and Arch Linux, the GNOME devs have started work on the GNOME 52 release.

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Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) and Conflicts of Interest

Hard to pretend it ain’t happening

Envy is a Terrible Motivator

“Up” is elusive

Motion to Put “Reform UK” Out of Business Still in Progress (CR-2026-007405)

Will Reform UK disband this year, then reappear in a new shell?

Brett Wilson LLP v Schestowitz

They are hijacking Americans’ cases, using American money

How We Won the Battle for the Birds

If it’s legal, then it’s legal

Lighting and Moods

Underappreciated factor

Biodiversity and Happiness

Heal the world

Accomplishing Things Versus Taking Photos With (or Trying to Associate With) People Who Were Accomplishing Things

Other people’s accomplishments are not yours

The National Archives (TNA) Tells Our Story

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Diet and Fitness

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LinuxGizmos.com

IBASE IB966 3.5-inch SBC with Panther Lake and up to 180 TOPS

IBASE has announced the IB966, a 3.5-inch SBC based on Intel Core Ultra Series 3 “Panther Lake” processors, with up to 180 TOPS of aggregate AI performance, 128GB of DDR5-7200 memory, dual 2.5GbE and three M.2 slots.

Raspberry Pi 5 cluster runs Qwen3-30B-A3B at 15 tokens/s on CPU

Hellomatik has published a study and a modified distributed-llama implementation for running the Qwen3-30B-A3B language model across four Raspberry Pi 5 boards. Using only the boards’ Arm Cortex-A76 CPUs, the cluster reached a reported decode throughput of 15.143 tokens per second, without GPU or NPU acceleration or CPU overclocking.

TechNexion TELOS-AI4000 delivers 40 TOPS in compact form factor

TELOS-AI4000 by TechNexion is a compact edge-AI accelerator module based on NXP’s Ara240 discrete neural processing unit. The module delivers up to 40 TOPS of AI performance, supports up to 16GB of LPDDR4 memory and is intended for vision, generative AI and other embedded inference workloads.

digiKam 7.8 Open-Source Digital Photo Manager Released with New Camera Support, More

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