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Wed, 22 Jul 2026 22:00:39 -0500

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Phoronix Daily Tech News
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Lemonade 11.5 Local AI Server Released With Completed Lemonade Router
https://www.phoronix.com/news/AMD-Lemonade-11...
Wed, 22 Jul 2026 18:35:35 -0400

SDL Lands HDR10 Rendering Support
https://www.phoronix.com/news/SDL-HDR10-Rende...
Wed, 22 Jul 2026 15:13:21 -0400

COSMIC Epoch 1.4 Released With More Fixes, Force Quit For COSMIC Monitor
https://www.phoronix.com/news/COSMIC-Epoch-1....
Wed, 22 Jul 2026 14:48:39 -0400

AMD EPYC Turin With PCIe 5.0 Storage Shows Off Nice Gains On Linux 7.2
https://www.phoronix.com/review/linux-72-epyc...
Wed, 22 Jul 2026 12:00:00 -0400

libx11-compat Is Working To Implement Xlib Atop SDL For Wayland, macOS,
Android
https://www.phoronix.com/news/libx11-compat
Wed, 22 Jul 2026 08:28:11 -0400

Intel Directed Package-Level Thermal Interrupts Slated For Linux 7.3
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Intel-Direct-Pk...
Wed, 22 Jul 2026 08:16:02 -0400

The "New Normal" Of Audio Quirks Submitted For Linux 7.2-rc5
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-7.2-rc5-A...
Wed, 22 Jul 2026 07:56:00 -0400

Raspberry Pi Touch Display 2 10-Inch Model Launches
https://www.phoronix.com/news/10-inch-Raspber...
Wed, 22 Jul 2026 07:38:03 -0400

Cryptsetup 2.8.7 Released To Deal With Fallout Of Linux's Rushed AF_ALG
Deprecation
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Cryptsetup-2.8....
Tue, 21 Jul 2026 18:00:00 -0400

Three New Ubuntu Snap Vulnerabilities Made Public - One Dates Back To Ubuntu
16.04 LTS
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Ubuntu-Snap-Thr...
Tue, 21 Jul 2026 14:02:22 -0400

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Latest Phoronix Articles

Wed, 22 Jul 2026 21:57:34 -0500

Firefox 153 released

Wed, 22 Jul 2026 06:40:09 -0500

From: LWN.net @2879.min_comp *61
To: All @Echomail *61
Subject: Firefox 153 released

Version
153.0 of the Firefox web browser has been released. Notable
changes in this release include a change to the default
local-file-access permissions for extensions, enabling LAN
restrictions by default for all users, a visual indicator when a web
site has access to the user's location, the ability to merge PDFs and
add images as pages within PDFs, as well as experimental support for
the JPEG XL image format.

See the
release
notes for developers for all changes that affect web developers,
and security
advisories for vulnerabilities fixed in this release.

https://lwn.net/Articles/1083981/
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[$] Debating the role of large language models in the kernel com

Wed, 22 Jul 2026 06:40:09 -0500

From: LWN.net @2878.min_comp *61
To: All @Echomail *61
Subject: [$] Debating the role of large language models in the kernel com

Like many development communities, the kernel community has been struggling
to determine how large language models will be used in its development
process. The news has been dominated recently by a strongly worded missive
from Linus Torvalds on the subject, but the discussion has been rather more
wide-ranging and nuanced than that. Topics that have been considered
recently include the LLM attribution requirement, code-review tools,
dependence on proprietary tools, and whether there is a place for concerns
about the ethics of LLMs.

https://lwn.net/Articles/1083275/
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Security updates for Tuesday

Wed, 22 Jul 2026 06:40:09 -0500

From: LWN.net @2877.min_comp *61
To: All @Echomail *61
Subject: Security updates for Tuesday

Security updates have been issued by AlmaLinux (capstone, fence-agents, gimp,
glib2, hplip, httpd, jackson-annotations, jackson-core, jackson-databind,
jackson-jaxrs-providers, and jackson-modules-base, libtiff, maven:3.8,
pacemaker, python3.14, and webkit2gtk3), Debian (samba), Fedora (c-ares, dnsx,
freerdp, gpsd, libreswan, libseccomp, libtiff, mingw-python-idna,
mingw-python-pip, openssh, python-pillow, wget1, and wireshark), Mageia (golang,
graphicsmagick, haveged, libssh2, nginx, nilfs-utils, perl-CGI-Session,
perl-Imager, perl-JavaScript-Minifier-XS, php, php8.4, php8.5, python-nltk,
sqlite3, and xmlstarlet), Oracle (.NET 10.0, .NET 9.0, container-tools:ol8,
firefox, giflib, glibc, go-fdo-client, go-fdo-server,
golang-github-openprinting-ipp-usb, grafana, grafana-pcp, hplip, httpd,
image-builder, kernel, libtiff, mod_http2, pacemaker, perl-DBI:1.641,
perl-HTTP-Daemon, php:8.2, python-markdown, ruby4.0, systemd, and thunderbird),
Red Hat (buildah, container-tools:rhel8, dracut, golang-github-openprinting-ipp-usb, libtiff, osbuild-composer, python-urllib3, python3.12-urllib3, python3.14-urllib3, and runc), SUSE (389-ds, chromedriver, gstreamer-plugins-bad, libreoffice, libsuricata8_0_6, podman, python311, and sssd), and Ubuntu (apache2, freerdp3, freetype, libde265, libxfont, linux, linux-gcp, linux-gcp-6.8, linux-gke, linux-gkeop, linux-realtime, linux-realtime-6.8, linux, linux-gcp, linux-gcp-fips, linux-gke, linux-gkeop, linux-hwe-5.15, linux-kvm, linux-lowlatency, linux-lowlatency-hwe-5.15, linux-realtime, linux-xilinx-zynqmp, linux, linux-gcp, linux-gke, linux-realtime, linux-gcp-6.17, linux-realtime-6.17, linux-gcp-fips, linux-hwe-7.0, linux-nvidia-tegra-5.15, linux-oem-7.0, nginx, php8.1, php8.3, php8.5, rlottie, sqlite3, and wget).

https://lwn.net/Articles/1083948/
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Latest Distro Releases

Wed, 22 Jul 2026 06:40:07 -0500

From: Distro Watcher @2876.min_comp *61
To: All @Echomail *61
Subject: Latest Distro Releases

DistroWatch.com: Distributions
ObsidianOS 2026.07.21
Manjaro 26.1.0-rc2
Live Raizo 17.26.07.19
IPFire 2.29-core203
Arcris 2026.07.19
MODOS 13.6
Synex 26.07.17
Pardus 25.2
Netdeep 4.10342
Tiny Core 17.1
TUXEDO 20260716
ShredOS 2025.11_31
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[$] Fedora grapples with change

Tue, 21 Jul 2026 06:40:08 -0500

From: LWN.net @2875.min_comp *61
To: All @Echomail *61
Subject: [$] Fedora grapples with change

The Fedora Project is known for,
among other things, having a well-defined set of processes for just about
everything. It has extensive packaging
guidelines that deal with the complexities of creating RPMs to install
software, as well as processes for managing the legal questions that
arise around shipping software. Fedora also has a well-defined change
process for dealing with self-contained technical changes as well as major
changes to the distribution, and other issues as they arise. At the moment,
though, the project seems to be experiencing a sort of midlife crisis as it
re-examines several of its change processes at once to determine if they are
still effective.

https://lwn.net/Articles/1081557/
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Catanzaro: Some changes to GNOME security tracking

Tue, 21 Jul 2026 06:40:08 -0500

From: LWN.net @2874.min_comp *61
To: All @Echomail *61
Subject: Catanzaro: Some changes to GNOME security tracking

Michael Catanzaro, who has been managing GNOME security issue tracking since
November 2020, has written a blog post that details some changes in how he will
be managing GNOME vulnerability reports from now on due to an increase in
AI-generated security reports. He will be switching from a 90-day deadline for
disclosures to 30 days for issues reported on August∩┐╜1, or later. "The
shorter deadline would probably work better for GNOME even if not for the
increase in AI-generated issue reports."

He also has indicated that he will be stepping away from the task of managing
security issue tracking entirely by December 1, 2026, which means that there
will be a gap to fill:

Currently nobody else is tracking GNOME security issues. If you are an
experienced GNOME community member and you are interested in taking over this
work, let me know and I will help you get started. (Security tracking is not a
good task for newcomers.)

This may also be an opportunity to improve our tracking infrastructure. I use
a wiki
page, but this is fairly primitive and requires considerable manual
upkeep. It's easy to forget to update the page when an issue report is closed,
for example. Ideally, we would replace the wiki with a proper web app that
dynamically updates based on the actual state of the issue.

https://lwn.net/Articles/1083754/
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[$] Merging famfs?

Tue, 21 Jul 2026 06:40:08 -0500

From: LWN.net @2873.min_comp *61
To: All @Echomail *61
Subject: [$] Merging famfs?

The famfs filesystem, which is meant to provide shared access to huge
memory-resident files on CXL and other
devices, returned to
the Linux Storage,
Filesystem, Memory Management, and BPF Summit (LSFMM+BPF) in 2026.
It was first discussed at LSFMM+BPF 2024 and a new implementation was described
at the 2025
gathering, but it still has not made its way into the kernel; LWN looked
at a discussion about merging famfs back in April 2026.

https://lwn.net/Articles/1082687/
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Security updates for Monday

Tue, 21 Jul 2026 06:40:08 -0500

From: LWN.net @2872.min_comp *61
To: All @Echomail *61
Subject: Security updates for Monday

Security updates have been issued by Debian (kernel, libnfs, roundcube, and
tiff), Fedora (antlr4-project, chromium, erlang, libseccomp, libtiff, log4cxx,
mbedtls, node-exporter, opam, openssh, proftpd, python-asyncssh, python-django5,
python-libcst, python-orjson, python-uv-build, ruby, rust-astral_async_zip,
spoofdpi, uv, and yq), Mageia (bind, clamav, erlang, libidn, libreoffice, nmap,
nodejs, perl-Bytes-Random-Secure, perl-Config-IniFiles, perl-CSS-Minifier-XS,
perl-HTML-Parser, perl-Mojolicious, perl-String-Util, python-pydantic-settings,
rsync, and upower), Oracle (.NET 10.0, .NET 8.0, .NET 9.0, bind, cockpit,
cockpit-image-builder, coreutils, delve, dnsmasq, dovecot, expat, fence-agents,
flatpak, frr, gdk-pixbuf2, giflib, glib2, go-fdo-client and go-fdo-server,
golang-github-openprinting-ipp-usb, grafana, grafana-pcp, httpd, jq, kernel,
keylime, krb5, libcap, libexif, libpng, libsndfile, libsolv, libsoup3, libtasn1,
libtiff, libxslt, libyang, mariadb10.11, mod_http2, mod_md, opencryptoki,
PackageKit, perl-Archive-Tar, perl-IO-Compress, poppler, postfix,
postgresql-jdbc, python-urllib3, python3.14, python3.14-pip, python3.14-urllib3,
qt6-qtdeclarative, rrdtool, rsync, ruby, ruby4.0, samba, skopeo, thunderbird,
valkey, wireshark, xorg-x11-server-Xwayland, and yggdrasil-worker-package-manager), and SUSE (blender, chromium, containerized-data-importer1, cyrus-imapd, go1.26-openssl, gomuks, grafana, gstreamer-plugins-bad, kbfs, kubevirt1.8-container-disk, libxml2, lux, mariadb-connector-c, nginx, opam, openssl-3, oras, perl-DBI, php-composer2, python-django-haystack, python-paramiko, python-weasyprint, python311, python313-Pillow, python315, shibboleth-sp, system-user-zabbix, and wget).

https://lwn.net/Articles/1083708/
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Latest Distro Releases

Tue, 21 Jul 2026 06:40:07 -0500

From: Distro Watcher @2871.min_comp *61
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Subject: Latest Distro Releases

DistroWatch.com: Distributions
CentOS 10-20260720
Live Raizo 17.26.07.19
IPFire 2.29-core203
Arcris 2026.07.19
MODOS 13.6
Synex 26.07.17
Pardus 25.2
Netdeep 4.10342
Tiny Core 17.1
TUXEDO 20260716
ShredOS 2025.11_31
KLV-Airedale sr21
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Kernel prepatch 7.2-rc4

Mon, 20 Jul 2026 06:40:09 -0500

From: LWN.net @2870.min_comp *61
To: All @Echomail *61
Subject: Kernel prepatch 7.2-rc4

The 7.2-rc4 kernel prepatch is out for
testing. Linus said: "This whole week I had the feeling that people
were starting to go on summer vacation, but running the numbers shows that
I must have been wrong - it all looks pretty normal."

https://lwn.net/Articles/1083543/
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Latest Distro Releases

Mon, 20 Jul 2026 06:40:07 -0500

From: Distro Watcher @2869.min_comp *61
To: All @Echomail *61
Subject: Latest Distro Releases

DistroWatch.com: Distributions
IPFire 2.29-core203
Arcris 2026.07.19
MODOS 13.6
Synex 26.07.17
Pardus 25.2
Netdeep 4.10342
Tiny Core 17.1
TUXEDO 20260716
ShredOS 2025.11_31
KLV-Airedale sr21
OPNsense 26.7
Kumander 3.0-rc1
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"Half a Second" - a book on the XZ backdoor

Sun, 19 Jul 2026 06:40:08 -0500

From: LWN.net @2868.min_comp *61
To: All @Echomail *61
Subject: "Half a Second" - a book on the XZ backdoor

Adrian Mastronardi has released a book called Half a Second; it is a
detailed look into the XZ backdoor attempt
of 2024. The book is freely available under a (non-free) noncommercial,
no-derivatives CC license.

Half a Second tells that story as one continuous narrative:
the burned-out volunteer who maintained the code alone and was
patiently, expertly manipulated into giving it up; the engineer
whose half-second of curiosity caught the attack through a chain of
luck and hard-won instinct; and the operator who built it, who has
never been identified and, this book argues, may never be.

https://lwn.net/Articles/1083466/
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Three stable kernel updates

Sun, 19 Jul 2026 06:40:08 -0500

From: LWN.net @2867.min_comp *61
To: All @Echomail *61
Subject: Three stable kernel updates

The
7.1.4,
6.18.39, and
6.12.96 stable kernel updates have been
released; each contains a fairly large set of important fixes.

https://lwn.net/Articles/1083462/
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