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MocaccinoOS 26.09 Adds x86-64-v3 Optimized Builds for Improved Performance

Still powered by the long-term supported Linux 6.18 LTS kernel series, namely Linux 6.18.50, MocaccinoOS 26.09 improves Intel CPU/platform support, including for Raptor Lake systems, improves ASUS ROG/Armoury hardware support for asusctl, and adds optional x86-64-v3 optimized builds for improved performance on supported modern CPUs.

KDE Plasma 6.7.5 Desktop Environment Is Out with Many Improvements and Fixes

Coming more than a month after KDE Plasma 6.7.4, the KDE Plasma 6.7.5 release is here to improve the way HDR content looks when using an ICC profile, improve the Spectacle utility to be faster at taking screenshots, and update Discover only to offer to open and install DEB packages on distros that natively support it.

GStreamer 1.28.7 Open-Source Multimedia Framework Adds Support for OpenCV 5

Coming about a month after GStreamer 1.28.6, the GStreamer 1.28.7 release is here to add support for building against OpenCV 5, add a missing API version suffix in the HIP support library filename, restore gap event sending in the MPEG-PS demuxer, and limit the number of remote sources being tracked in the rtprecv element.

9to5Linux Weekly Roundup: September 6th, 2026

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OpenVPN 2.7.7 Released with Various Improvements, Bug and Security Fixes

OpenVPN 2.7.7 is here to reduce the number of future keys from 16 to 4 when using EPOCH data channel format, leading to less log spam in userland and fewer resources used in in-kernel implementations. According to the devs, the previous calculation was wrong, and 4 spare keys are sufficient for 100+ Gbit/s links.

Shelly 3.1.3 GUI Package Manager for Arch Linux Improves AppImage Support

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schestowitz.com

A Fishy Week

So far, so good

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Art, Not Slop

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Always Pleased With Manchester Pets & Aquatics at Ardwick

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999

think I won’t remember to check this again in 3 hours, but it’ll soon be 999 days and 9 hours, 9 minutes, 9 seconds since last reboot.

Two Tanks

Black and pink (blackpink?)

Clean Tank

Coping better

Shell Upgrade Completed

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A Complicated Scenario

Death came

Internet Society

Community Snapshot—August

Around the world, our community works locally, regionally, and globally to keep the Internet a force for good: open, globally connected, secure, and trustworthy.

LinuxGizmos.com

i.MX95 SMARC module offers LPDDR5, Wi-Fi 6 and PCIe Gen3

MYIR’s MYC-JMX95X is a SMARC 2.2 System-on-Module based on NXP’s i.MX95 processor. The module features six Cortex-A55 cores, Cortex-M7 and Cortex-M33 auxiliary cores, a 2-TOPS NPU, LPDDR5 memory, eMMC storage, Wi-Fi 6, Bluetooth 5.4, and a range of high-speed expansion interfaces.

ODROID-M1S goes Lite with 2GB RAM, NVMe and 4K video

The ODROID-M1S Lite is based on Rockchip’s RK3566 processor, which integrates four Arm Cortex-A55 cores operating at up to 1.8GHz, a Mali-G52 GPU with two execution engines, and an RKNN neural processing unit rated at up to 0.8 TOPS of INT8 performance.

Tor Project blog

New Release: Tor Browser 15.0.22

This version includes important security updates to Tor.

news

Today in Techrights

posted by Roy Schestowitz on Sep 09, 2026

Starting To Rain...

Updated This Past Day

  1. Linux is Sabotaged by Botspam and Bloat (de Facto Denial of Service Attack in "Intelligence" Clothing After Rust in "Security" Clothing)
    Linux is becoming orphaned, devalued and diluted by GAFAM slop
  2. Switzerland No Longer Wants Microsoft's 'Swiss Cheese' (Back Doors)
    Switzerland's patience with Microsoft is wearing thin
  3. Debian is Not a Community, Many Debian Developers Work for Large Companies Including GAFAM (US)
    "Community" sounds like friendship and amicability
  4. Links 08/09/2026: Slop Companies Attack Some More Sites, Nvidia Bribes 'Linux' Foundation for Some More Openwashing and for Saying Slop is "Secure"
    Links for the day
  5. Gemini Links 08/09/2026: Ultra Introverts, BlackBerry Bold in 2026, and Laughing at LLMs
    Links for the day
  6. Microsoft Layoffs in October 2026
    Microsoft is a market leader. In NDAs.
  7. Links 08/09/2026: "The Green Revolution Has Failed Africa" and Palantir/Microsoft Harming NHS
    Links for the day
  8. Microsoft's Silent Layoffs Are the New Normal at Microsoft
    Microsoft has a ton of layoffs all the time, but the media isn't mentioning those as no WARN notices get issued
  9. SLAPP Censorship - Part 175 Out of 200: Implicit and Explicit Coalition Against the UK's SLAPP Industry
    SRA recognises the problem
  10. Further Transparency Problems at the EPO
    The EPO was never meant to be profitable
  11. Gemini Links 08/09/2026: "Everything Must Go", Announcing Perigee, and Presentations in a Browser
    Links for the day
  12. Over at Tux Machines...
    GNU/Linux news for the past day
  13. IRC Proceedings: Monday, September 07, 2026
    IRC logs for Monday, September 07, 2026
    The corresponding text-only bulletin for Tuesday contains all the text.

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