Development Release: AlmaLinux OS 9.9 Beta 1

The DistroWatch news feed is brought to you by TUXEDO COMPUTERS. The AlmaLinux project has published a new beta snapshot for the 9.x series.

pearOS is the MacOS of Linux, and the latest version is better than ever

With the latest release, the developer refines pearOS’ Liquid Glass look with a host of improvements. MacOS users should be pleased.

pearOS is the MacOS of Linux, and the latest version is better than ever

With the latest release, the developer refines pearOS’ Liquid Glass look with a host of improvements. MacOS users should be pleased.

pearOS is the MacOS of Linux, and the latest version is better than ever

With the latest release, the developer refines pearOS’ Liquid Glass look with a host of improvements. MacOS users should be pleased.

pearOS is the MacOS of Linux, and the latest version is better than ever

With the latest release, the developer refines pearOS’ Liquid Glass look with a host of improvements. MacOS users should be pleased.

Vercel Sandbox Challenge Uncovers Linux Kernel Flaws

 Vercel has conducted a two-week security challenge that has uncovered numerous vulnerabilities in the Linux kernel networking stack that is used by…

Ubuntu 26 generally available and latest migration

The Ubuntu 26.04 runner image for GitHub Actions is now out of public preview and fully supported for production workflows on both x64 and arm64.

CVE-2026-89805 | Linux Kernel up to 7.2.4/7.3-rc1 DRM Pagemap drm_pagemap.c drm_pagemap_migrate_populate_ram_pfn use after free (WID-SEC-2026-3438)

A vulnerability classified as very critical was found in Linux Kernel up to 7.2.4/7.3-rc1.

CVE-2026-89803 | Linux Kernel up to 6.12.109/6.18.50/7.2.4/7.3-rc1 Nouveau DRM Driver nouveau_channel.c nouveau_channel_del chan use after free (WID-SEC-2026-3438)

A vulnerability described as very critical has been identified in Linux Kernel up to 6.12.109/6.18.50/7.2.4/7.3-rc1.

CVE-2026-89804 | Linux Kernel up to 7.2.4/7.3-rc1 Nouveau Dmem Migration drm/nouveau/dmem.c size memory leak (WID-SEC-2026-3438)

A vulnerability was found in Linux Kernel up to 7.2.4/7.3-rc1. It has been classified as problematic.

CVE-2026-89802 | Linux Kernel up to 6.12.109/6.18.50/7.2.4/7.3-rc1 UVMM drm/nouveau/uvmm drm_gpuva_ops_free ops null pointer dereference (WID-SEC-2026-3438)

A vulnerability was found in Linux Kernel up to 6.12.109/6.18.50/7.2.4/7.3-rc1. It has been rated as problematic.

CVE-2026-89801 | Linux Kernel up to 7.3-rc1 UVMM uvmm.c nouveau_uvmm_bind_job_submit reg use after free (WID-SEC-2026-3438)

A vulnerability was found in Linux Kernel up to 6.6.156/6.12.109/6.18.50/7.2.4/7.3-rc1. It has been declared as very critical.

CVE-2026-89800 | Linux Kernel up to 7.3-rc1 Nouveau UVMM drm/nouveau/uvmm nouveau_uvmm_bind_job_cleanup state issue (WID-SEC-2026-3438)

A vulnerability marked as problematic has been reported in Linux Kernel up to 6.6.156/6.12.109/6.18.50/7.2.4/7.3-rc1.

CVE-2026-89799 | Linux Kernel up to 6.18.50/7.2.4 BPF bpf_get_stackid_pe race condition (WID-SEC-2026-3438)

A vulnerability labeled as very critical has been found in Linux Kernel up to 6.18.50/7.2.4.

CVE-2026-89798 | Linux Kernel up to 6.18.50/7.2.4 rpcrdma rpcrdma_rn_register rn_done null pointer dereference (WID-SEC-2026-3438)

A vulnerability identified as critical has been detected in Linux Kernel up to 6.18.50/7.2.4.

CVE-2026-89797 | Linux Kernel up to 6.18.50/7.2.4 ab8500_fg ab8500_fg_remove use after free (WID-SEC-2026-3438)

A vulnerability categorized as very critical has been discovered in Linux Kernel up to 6.18.50/7.2.4.

CVE-2026-89796 | Linux Kernel up to 7.2.4 Damon mm/damon/core.c kdamond_merge_regions infinite loop (WID-SEC-2026-3438)

A vulnerability was found in Linux Kernel up to 7.2.4 and classified as problematic.

CVE-2026-89795 | Linux Kernel up to 6.18.51/7.2.4 PCI Hotplug Driver pci_create_slot memory leak (WID-SEC-2026-3438)

A vulnerability has been found in Linux Kernel up to 6.18.51/7.2.4 and classified as critical.

CVE-2026-89794 | Linux Kernel up to 6.12.109/6.18.50/7.2.4/7.3-rc1 ksmbd smb2_read_pipe uninitialized pointer (WID-SEC-2026-3438)

A vulnerability classified as very critical has been found in Linux Kernel up to 6.12.109/6.18.50/7.2.4/7.3-rc1.

The catalyst that made Linux rise fast in the last two years - OPINION

It's an opinion, don't cut my throat. The main reason is the terrible terrible Windows 11 and Microsoft apathy towards its users.

CVE-2026-89793 | Linux Kernel up to 7.3-rc1 ublk ublk_ch_mmap privileges management (WID-SEC-2026-3438)

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in Linux Kernel up to 6.6.156/6.12.109/6.18.50/7.2.4/7.3-rc1.

PS5-Linux-Entwickler gibt wegen "Slop Kiddies mit LLMs" auf

Ein raffiniertes Projekt verwandelte die PlayStation 5 in einen echten Linux-PC für Steam-Spiele.

Mehrere Probleme in Valkey (Ubuntu)

vocalinux : Free, open-source, 100% offline voice dictation for Linux

Is there anything better? I tried the “tiny” model—it's not very good. Also ı will try large models some good.

A Prompt Injection Turned Into a Shell: Inside Semantic Kernel's Two RCE CVEs

Two ordinary agent-framework conveniences, a filterable vector search and a file-download tool, turned into remote code execution once an LLM's…

Linux v0.0.1 was released today 35 years ago!

In 1991 September 17, Linus Torvalds released the initial release of Linux Kernal 0.01.

Would you actually use a Linux desktop with an infinite canvas?

I'm curious what Linux users think about a desktop environment with two different ways of managing windows: Classic mode — a traditional desktop…

Linux-Entwickler gibt auf: Geheime Sicherheitslücke gemeldet - it-daily.net

Der Sicherheitsforscher Andy Nguyen, bekannt unter dem Namen TheFlow0, hat sein Projekt PS5 Linux nach eigenen Angaben aufgegeben.

FOSS Weekly #26.38: GNOME 51 Release, LibreOffice Image Trick, VMWare Drama, Fingerprint Reader for Linux and More

It's FOSS reader Mišo Oroz shares how he migrated a small transport and logistics company in, Bergamo, Italy to Linux and open source to reduce cost…

Anonymisierendes Linux Tails: Neuer Update-Rhythmus

Tails stellt auf einen zweiwöchentlichen Release-Rhythmus um. Version 7.13 der Linux-Distribution vereinfacht den Shutdown.

Anonymisierendes Linux Tails: Neuer Update-Rhythmus

Tails stellt auf einen zweiwöchentlichen Release-Rhythmus um. Version 7.13 der Linux-Distribution vereinfacht den Shutdown.

Hermes Agent auf einem VPS einrichten: 24/7 Linux-Server-Guide

Messenger-Bots, Cron-Aufgaben und KI-Automatisierungen benötigen einen Server, der zuverlässig rund um die Uhr läuft.

[NEU] [hoch] Red Hat Enterprise Linux (corosync, libevent, libsoup): Mehrere Schwachstellen

Ein Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in Red Hat Enterprise Linux ausnutzen, um beliebigen Code auszuführen, Sicherheitsmaßnahmen zu umgehen…

Ubuntu schließt Rust-Umstieg ab

Ubuntu 26.10 migriert alle Standard-Coreutils auf Rust. Auch cp, mv und rm sind nun enthalten.

Free-to-play, next-gen creature-catcher Aniimo arrives on Steam, needs a Proton tweak to run on SteamOS / Linux

Aniimo from Pawprint Studio has arrived on Steam as a new free-to-play, next-gen creature-catcher and it can work on SteamOS / Linux.

What project impressed you the most (as linux kernel project, drivers or software that support linux)

I will start with a simple example like NVK, because it has impressed me the most since 2023; it managed to run small 2D games, then larger 3D games…