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A quiet day of release news. CPython is dropping its experimental JIT, the Linux 7.4 merge window is filling up, and Apple, Mozilla and Ghostty shipped updates.
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CPython's experimental JIT compiler is slated for removal from the interpreter, according to LWN.
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The Linux 7.4 merge window added infrastructure for DMA-BUF in the io_uring I/O path. KVM merged AMD EPYC Zen 6 PML support and ARM64 on s390 virtualization.
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Apple released iOS 27.2 with new Siri AI languages and security fixes for iPhones and iPads.
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Cloudflare Radar's Q3 2026 review attributes global Internet disruptions to power failures, disasters and government shutdowns.
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A Debian developer says they will stop uploading packages to the NEW queue, citing review burden.
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Mozilla released Firefox 159, which fixes excessive memory use with AMD graphics on Linux.
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Ghostty 1.4.0 is out, with release notes published.
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At Kangrejos 2026, Alexandre Courbot is seeking Rust for Linux developer input on panic and error-handling standards in kernel code. Separately, Fedora 45 works on the Raspberry Pi 5 Model 5B, while Fedora 44 needs a boot workaround.
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Peter Robinson describes Fedora support for Raspberry Pi 5, with Fedora 45 working on the Model 5B and a boot workaround needed for Fedora 44.
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Peter Robinson has written a blog post about the current state of Fedora support for Raspberry Pi 5 devices. According to Robinson, the upcoming Fedora 45 release will work—with caveats—on all variants of the Raspberry Pi Model 5B; the Compute Module 5 and Pi 500+ are still works in progress. For Fedora 44 release you need to have a temporary workaround when booting. If you update to the latest kernel/firmware straight away this isn't then needed beyond the first boot. The workaround isn't needed for Fedora 45 so if you're going to try this out I suggest you go and grab your favourite flavour of Fedora from the Fedora 45 release candidates and jump straight in there! You will get an accelerated desktop with storage/network/USB. There's not currently any support for sound and a number of other things. See Robinson's post for instructions on creating an Fedora image to use with a Raspberry Pi 5.
Microsoft released out-of-band Windows updates to refresh certificate trust list entries, including eMudhra certificates.
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Did you hear the one about eMudhra and the power of 4? Time to get connected to certificate trust list updates
Linux 7.4 KVM merges AMD EPYC Zen 6 PML support and ARM64 on s390 virtualization features.
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The many Kernel-based Virtual Machine (KVM) improvements have been merged for Linux 7.4 to deliver a number of new features for different server processors...