Friday, October 16, 2026
Published 7:01 AM · 120 articles from 14 sources · about 5 min to read in full
IT & infrastructure
A heavy Linux and open-source release day: Ubuntu 26.10, KDE's move off X11 and Libreboot. Routing security and Windows Server lifecycle news are the operational items.
What happened
Ubuntu 26.10 shipped with Linux 7.3 and GNOME 51, completed the Rust coreutils migration, and expanded Entra ID authentication. LWN.net ↗
Windows Server 2022 has reached end of mainstream support and stays in extended support until October 2031. BleepingComputer ↗
An IPinfo analysis says RPKI route origin validation now covers about 70% of internet routes. Hacker News (front page) ↗
KDE turned 30 and plans a Wayland-only Plasma 6.8, arriving in Kubuntu 26.04 early next year. The Register ↗
Linux 7.4 will add support for Intel Instruction Timeout to mitigate denial-of-service attacks against Intel TDX virtual machines. Phoronix ↗
Libreboot 26.10 'Ominous Olive' is out with full UEFI support for supported hardware. Memtest86+ v9.00 adds ARM64 memory testing. Hacker News (front page) ↗
Articles the model saw · 15
Mesa 26.3 merges initial VA-API video acceleration for the Zink driver, built on Vulkan Video interfaces.
PhoronixmesavulkanlinuxgraphicsFeed excerpt
Merged today to Mesa 26.3 is initial video acceleration support for the generic Zink Gallium3D driver built atop the Vulkan APIs. What this implementation allows is exposing Video Acceleration API (VA-API) implemented atop the Vulkan Video interfaces...
RPKI route origin validation now covers about 70% of internet routes, according to an IPinfo blog analysis.
Hacker News (front page)rpkibgproutingFeed excerpt
Article URL: https://ipinfo.io/blog/rpki-protects-70-internet-routes Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50112330 Points: 55 # Comments: 18
A new Steam client beta makes the Linux version a 64-bit application.
PhoronixsteamlinuxvalveFeed excerpt
Valve just dropped a new Steam client beta and it's a big one for Linux gamers...
A Linux kernel mailing list patch from an Intel engineer confirms Nova Lake S and P integrated graphics will support SR-IOV with the Xe driver.
PhoronixlinuxintelgpuvirtualizationFeed excerpt
A patch has been posted to the Linux kernel mailing list by an Intel engineer confirming that Nova Lake S and Nova Lake P processors with integrated graphics will support SR-IOV in conjunction with the Xe kernel graphics driver...
An article reports that leap seconds are being discontinued, ending future insertions into UTC.
LobsterstimeutcstandardsFeed excerpt
No more leap seconds. Sorry, about the title, but I couldn‘t resist. Comments
Memtest86+ v9.00 adds memory testing support for ARM64/AArch64 hardware.
Phoronixmemtestarm64linuxopen-sourceFeed excerpt
The open-source Memtest86+ program that is popular for RAM testing has expanded beyond the x86/x86_64 (and LoongArch64) world to now support memory testing on ARM64/AArch64 hardware...
KDE marks its 30th anniversary and plans Wayland-only Plasma 6.8, arriving in Kubuntu 26.04 early next year.
The Registerkdewaylandlinuxx11Feed excerpt
Wayland-only Plasma 6.8 heads for Kubuntu 'Tenacious T-Rex' early next year
A Linux Plumbers 2026 session covered how Android kernel vendor hooks reduce out-of-tree divergence from mainline.
LWN.netlinuxandroidkernelFeed excerpt
Since Android's inception, the kernels it has used have diverged significantly from the mainline. While many of those differences have been resolved over time, and the move to the generic kernel image has helped to bring Android closer, current devices still carry a lot of out-of-tree changes. The preferred form for such changes is by way of vendor hooks. At the 2026 Linux Plumbers Conference, Todd Kjos ran a fast-paced session in the Android track to discuss vendor hooks and how they are used.
Libreboot 26.10 'Ominous Olive' is released with full UEFI support for supported hardware.
Lobstersfirmwareopen-sourcelibrebootFeed excerpt
Comments
Canonical released Ubuntu 26.10 with GNOME 51, completed the Rust uutils coreutils rollout, and expanded Entra ID authentication.
LWN.netubuntulinuxreleaseFeed excerpt
Canonical has announced the release of Ubuntu 26.10 ("Stonking Stingray"): Ubuntu 26.10 advances enterprise security features, completes the rollout of the Rust-based uutils coreutils, and strengthens integrations for user authentication using Microsoft Entra ID. [...] Ubuntu 26.10 also ships with GNOME 51, bringing a smoother, more responsive desktop, better display handling, improved accessibility, and refinements across core applications. In addition, the Ubuntu App Center now provides a more consistent experience for managing snaps and debs. See the release notes for a list of new features as well as incompatible changes between 26.10 and prior Ubuntu releases.
Microsoft says Windows Server 2022 has reached end of mainstream support and stays in extended support until October 2031.
BleepingComputerwindows-servermicrosoftlifecycleFeed excerpt
Microsoft announced that Windows Server 2022 has reached the end of mainstream support and will remain in extended support until October 2031. [...]
Libreboot 26.10 is released with UEFI and Chromebook support.
Hacker News (front page)librebootfirmwareopen-sourceFeed excerpt
Article URL: https://libreboot.org/news/libreboot2610.html Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50102923 Points: 121 # Comments: 46
Pending Mesa code uses AI/LLVM-generated changes to restore AVX-512 support in the LLVMpipe software OpenGL driver.
Phoronixmesaavx-512ai-generated-codelinuxFeed excerpt
With pending code for Mesa, the LLVMpipe software-based Gallium3D/OpenGL driver could soon become faster on modern systems that support AVX-512. That's assuming the AI/LLVM-generated code is all in order...
Phoronix benchmarks show Linux 7.3 gains further performance on a 96-core AMD Threadripper PRO 9995WX workstation.
PhoronixlinuxkernelbenchmarksamdFeed excerpt
With the Linux 7.3 kernel due out for release on Sunday, I've continued running more benchmarks recently of this forthcoming kernel version and it looks great. In my Linux 7.3 testing of the Git state it's been looking great in testing on a variety of hardware shown across multiple systems. Recently I decided to try out this new kernel code on the 96-core AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 9995WX workstation...
Gentoo is retiring its Chromium package, per an LWN article discussing the end of that maintenance effort.
Hacker News (front page)gentoolinuxchromiumopen-sourceFeed excerpt
Article URL: https://lwn.net/Articles/1097760/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50114359 Points: 50 # Comments: 32