Manjaro Linux Moves Toward Independent Community Governance
Posted: 2026-11-14 22:37:00 Source: https://linux.slashdot.org/story/26/11/14/2236207/manjaro-linux-moves-toward-independent-community-governance?utm_source=atom1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed
Arch-based Manjaro Linux "has announced that Manjaro Project e.V. is now officially registered as a non-profit in Germany," reports Linuxiac, "and is therefore a legally separate entity from the commercial Manjaro GmbH & Co. KG... after months of internal wrangling over who was in charge of the project, who had access to the infrastructure and who didn't, and the relationship between the dev team and the commercial company..." The restructuring goes back to March, when the Manjaro developers released the Manjaro 2.0 Manifesto, which was a very public critique of the way Manjaro was being run. The document claims that decision-making has effectively become the sole domain of the project founder, Philip Müller, with the other developers having very limited access to the infrastructure. There's also a concern about the drop in participation, the persistent technical issues, and the continued prioritization of commercial interests over the actual development of the distribution... The manifesto proposed the transfer of all project infrastructure, domains, repositories and community funds to the new organization, together with arrangements for the use of the Manjaro trademark. The contributors were warning that they might well consider forking the distro if the talks didn't go their way. Müller then indicated that he'd be happy to talk about the proposed structure once the non-profit was in place. The association is now formally registered, and so one of the key aims of the manifesto has been realized... Perhaps the most important point is the actual evolution of the distribution. The most recent testing and stable updates were kicked off by the Manjaro team themselves, without any oversight from Müller. This points to the developers having already started to operate on their own in an area which was previously the preserve of the project's founder. They're also in the process of optimizing their dev infrastructure, in part as a response to the continued automated bot attacks on the existing infrastructure. Thanks to Slashdot reader king*jojo for sharing the news.
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Linus Torvalds Wonders If Linux's AI-Prompted Patch Flood Has Peaked
Posted: 2026-11-14 17:00:00 Source: https://linux.slashdot.org/story/26/11/14/0827227/linus-torvalds-wonders-if-linuxs-ai-prompted-patch-flood-has-peaked?utm_source=atom1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed
The Register writes that "The worst of the patchpocalypse may be behind us, according to Linus Torvalds." In his weekly kernel update post, Torvalds said Linux 7.4 rc2 was a big release partly because it contained code he'd left out of rc1 because he'd been busy and it was already the largest such release in kernel history. But Torvalds said the other reason rc2 was big was "various AI fixes." Such fixes are necessary because ever since Anthropic launched its Mythos bug-finding model in April, developers have been able to find more software flaws than was previously possible. Microsoft, for example, addressed a record 974 flaws in September — its third record fixing spree this year after it whacked 622 flaws in July and 206 in June. Oracle addressed 1,449 flaws in a single month. That's many more patches than IT teams are set up to handle, yet they must find ways to deal with bugs more quickly because attackers are increasingly targeting flaws found by AI. Torvalds' post suggests that, perhaps, the worst of this is behind us. "This time around Alexei claims that on the bpf side at least the fixes are now coming in faster than the new reports, and that sounds lovely if true," he wrote. That's a reference to Alexei Starovoitov, co-creator and lead dev on the Extended Berkeley Packet Filter (eBPF), the project that makes it possible to run sandboxed programs within the Linux kernel. "I think most other areas haven't reached that point yet, but it's at least a sign that we _may_ be starting to see the tide starting to turn," he added. The patchpocalypse has already affected Linux kernel developer Lorenzo Stoakes, a principal software engineer at Arm, The Register reported Friday: Earlier this week he posted an email to the Linux kernel mailing list to say that he was planning to drop some of his workload. He explained: "Given the current throughput in the kernel resulting from AI-generated series, I unfortunately lack the bandwidth to generally be able to offer review except in those areas I maintain. [...] Apologies for doing this, but given the current trends I'd like to do something to make my inbox a little more manageable." Stoakes told The Register, "I just want my inbox to be less horrendous. And yeah, AI is part of the reason; in general, it's gone from 'once a week' to 'daily' to 'half of what I see in review'."
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Linux Weekly 28: Microsoft Down, Jensen Out
Posted: 2026-11-13 22:04:07 Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wHyCycJ2Gag
next-20261113: linux-next
Posted: 2026-11-13 17:44:51 Source: https://www.kernel.org/
| Version: | next-20261113 (linux-next) |
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| Released: | 2026-11-13 |
New KORA Linux Distro to Harness the Power of Local AI
Posted: 2026-11-12 17:47:22 Source: http://www.linux-magazine.com/Online/News/New-KORA-Linux-Distro-to-Harness-the-Power-of-Local-AI
The development team behind CyanogenMod, Android, and Playtron unveils KORA, a Linux distribution built specifically for AI nerds.
Critical Apache HTTP/2 Flaw Could Let Unauthenticated Attackers Execute Code Remotely
Posted: 2026-11-12 17:00:00 Source: https://apache.slashdot.org/story/26/11/12/073240/critical-apache-http2-flaw-could-let-unauthenticated-attackers-execute-code-remotely?utm_source=atom1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed
A critical flaw in Apache HTTP Server's HTTP/2 module could allow unauthenticated attackers to remotely execute code and potentially take control of affected server processes. Tracked as CVE-2026-119618, the vulnerability affects Apache HTTP Server 2.4.55 through 2.4.70 when HTTP/2 is enabled and is fixed in version 2.4.71. The Hacker News reports: The vendor's assessment, published yesterday, also says "public research has demonstrated a reliable exploit" against a server in its default configuration with mod_http2 enabled. It does not name or link that research. Security company Wiz said later that day that no exploit was available and that no exploitation in the wild had been reported. HTTP/2 runs only where the Protocols directive turns it on, as the module documentation explains. The directive uses h2 for HTTP/2 over TLS and h2c for HTTP/2 over plain TCP. It can be set for the whole server or for a single virtual host, so admins should check the server-wide setting and every virtual host. Standalone builds of the module, released on GitHub as mod_h2, are affected from version 2.0.8 through 2.0.42. Admins who run the Apache HTTP Server project's own releases should move to version 2.4.71, the fixed release named in its security advisory. That release also fixes a crash in mod_md, rated important, and a one-byte overwrite of stack memory in mod_vhost_alias, rated low.
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next-20261112: linux-next
Posted: 2026-11-12 16:51:14 Source: https://www.kernel.org/
| Version: | next-20261112 (linux-next) |
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| Released: | 2026-11-12 |
How to Dual Boot Windows 11 and Ubuntu 26.10 (Step-by-Step)
Posted: 2026-11-12 16:17:59 Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LRQynrUONV4
Distribution Release: openKylin 3.0 SP1
Posted: 2026-11-12 13:34:42 Source: https://distrowatch.com/13038
The DistroWatch news feed is brought to you by TUXEDO COMPUTERS. The openKylin project has published an update to its 3.0 release which introduces improved performance, updates the distribution's AI tools and fixes various bugs across the system. "Added support for Arabic, Korean and Dai languages, further improving the input, display and interaction experience for these languages, bringing a....
Epic Games Targets Linux for New Launcher
Posted: 2026-11-11 22:28:14 Source: http://www.linux-magazine.com/Online/News/Epic-Games-Targets-Linux-for-New-Launcher
The Epic Games new launcher is still in preview, but it looks to land on several Linux distributions.
next-20261111: linux-next
Posted: 2026-11-11 17:42:38 Source: https://www.kernel.org/
| Version: | next-20261111 (linux-next) |
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| Released: | 2026-11-11 |
Distribution Release: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10.3, 9.9
Posted: 2026-11-11 17:37:57 Source: https://distrowatch.com/13037
The DistroWatch news feed is brought to you by TUXEDO COMPUTERS. Red Hat, Inc. has announced the release of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 10.3 and 9.9. Besides the usual round of software application updates, these two new version also introduce new tools to combat the increasingly ominous AI-driven security threats: "Today, we are proud to announce the availability....
Distribution Release: deepin 25.3.0
Posted: 2026-11-11 13:14:28 Source: https://distrowatch.com/13036
The DistroWatch news feed is brought to you by TUXEDO COMPUTERS. The deepin project has published a new release with improved snapshot management, an updated kernel and an updated AI agent: "UOS AI gets a major upgrade - system-level intelligence for the Agent OS, within easy reach. Retrieve anything from your entire disk with a single sentence - every....
next-20261110: linux-next
Posted: 2026-11-11 01:36:24 Source: https://www.kernel.org/
| Version: | next-20261110 (linux-next) |
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| Released: | 2026-11-11 |
Distribution Release: Unraid OS 7.4.0
Posted: 2026-11-10 23:41:41 Source: https://distrowatch.com/13035
The DistroWatch news feed is brought to you by TUXEDO COMPUTERS. Lime Technology, Inc. has announced the release of Unraid OS 7.4.0, an updated version of the company's commercial Linux distribution designed for Network-Attached Storage (NAS) deployments. The new release updates the Linux kernel to version 6.18.60 and brings various improvements to its web-based administration user interface: "Unraid OS....
7.3.4: stable
Posted: 2026-11-10 18:11:12 Source: https://www.kernel.org/
| Version: | 7.3.4 (stable) |
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| Released: | 2026-11-10 |
| Source: | linux-7.3.4.tar.xz |
| PGP Signature: | linux-7.3.4.tar.sign |
| Patch: | full (incremental) |
| ChangeLog: | ChangeLog-7.3.4 |
6.18.63: longterm
Posted: 2026-11-10 18:07:55 Source: https://www.kernel.org/
| Version: | 6.18.63 (longterm) |
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| Released: | 2026-11-10 |
| Source: | linux-6.18.63.tar.xz |
| PGP Signature: | linux-6.18.63.tar.sign |
| Patch: | full (incremental) |
| ChangeLog: | ChangeLog-6.18.63 |
6.12.117: longterm
Posted: 2026-11-10 18:05:20 Source: https://www.kernel.org/
| Version: | 6.12.117 (longterm) |
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| Released: | 2026-11-10 |
| Source: | linux-6.12.117.tar.xz |
| PGP Signature: | linux-6.12.117.tar.sign |
| Patch: | full (incremental) |
| ChangeLog: | ChangeLog-6.12.117 |
Distribution Release: XXRI OS 2.7
Posted: 2026-11-10 17:31:40 Source: https://distrowatch.com/13034
The DistroWatch news feed is brought to you by TUXEDO COMPUTERS. Jantzen Maximillian Kimlim has announced the release of XXRI OS 2.7. XXRI OS is an ultra-lightweight desktop Linux distribution designed specifically for older and low-specification computers, including 32-bit systems. It features a custom desktop, called XXRI. The project's latest version promises a smoother desktop experience and improved hardware....
Epic Games Comments On Planned Linux Distribution Support
Posted: 2026-11-09 22:00:00 Source: https://games.slashdot.org/story/26/11/09/2154207/epic-games-comments-on-planned-linux-distribution-support?utm_source=atom1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed
Epic Games says it plans to support its new Linux launcher on as many distributions as possible, specifically naming Fedora, SteamOS, CachyOS and Omarchy. GamingOnLinux's Liam Squires-Hand reports: Speaking to Jake Jones, Communications Director at Epic Games, they said: "Hey Liam! The new Epic Games Launcher is still in Preview and we plan to support as many Linux distributions as possible, including Fedora, SteamOS, Cachy, Omarchy, and more. We're testing and evaluating packaging formats for distribution, and we'll restore AppImage this month." With that in mind, until things settle down, you might see different packaging types appear or disappear until they decide firmly how they plan to support different distributions each with their own different packaging formats. Or, perhaps they might see the Flatpak light and just put it up officially on Flathub. Would make it even easier for SteamOS then too with Flathub, since it would just be a quick pop to Desktop Mode to install it directly in the Discover app.
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