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Linux 7.0 Scores +12% In UDP Network Performance Test From Manually Inlining Function  Phoronix

There were recently patches for getting the Adobe Photoshop 2025 installer to work on Linux under Wine. Those patches were picked up by Wine-Staging and now more traction is coming for getting those patches into the upstream Wine codebase, some of which have now been merged...

Upstream Wine Making Progress On Patches For Satisfying Adobe Photoshop  Phoronix

The locking code changes have been merged for the Linux 7.0 kernel and it introduces support for a new compiler-driven feature being introduced on the compiler side with the upcoming LLVM Clang 22...

APT36 Targets Linux Systems With New Disruption Tools  Cyber Press

SSHStalker botnet targets Linux servers with legacy exploits and SSH scanning  Security Affairs

SSHStalker Botnet Uses IRC C2 to Control Linux Systems via Legacy Kernel Exploits  The Hacker News

Legacy IRC Botnet Leverages Automated SSH Exploit Pipeline to Mass-Enroll Linux Hosts  gbhackers.com

VoidLink Linux C2 Showcases LLM-Generated Malware Capabilities  Cyber Press

This nasty Steam performance bug for Linux has gone unfixed for seven years  XDA

Oracle Virtualization adds support for Oracle Linux 9 compute  Oracle Blogs

Back in 2022 Google deprecated and then removed JPEG-XL image support from the Chrome/Chromium browser codebase and now in 2026 it's back. Last month I wrote about JPEG-XL decoding merged back to Chromium/Chrome and that has rolled out today as part of today's Chrome 145 stable debut...

The modern front line has evolved into a hyperconnected, software-driven ecosystem. From reconnaissance drones to thousands of sensors embedded across the theatre, the network’s edge is the new digital frontier. These assets serve as the eyes and ears of contemporary military strategy, powered by real-time data analytics and specialized AI workloads. In the UK, for example, the Ministry of Defence’s Strategic Defence Review highlights the need for a “digital backbone” that points to a resilient, shared digital foundation designed to connect sensors and decision-makers across all enviro

New Linux botnet SSHStalker uses old-school IRC for C2 comms  BleepingComputer

Linux 7.0 Scheduler Updates Land Time Slice Extension, Performance & Scalability Work  Phoronix

Merged today for the Linux 7.0 kernel are some pretty exciting scheduler changes: new features and never-ending work around scheduler performance optimizations and greater scalability with today's increasingly high core count systems...

For programmers fond of the Go programming language, Go 1.26 is out today with two language changes, performance improvements, and other alterations to this Google-backed programming language...

SSHStalker botnet hijacks 7,000 Linux systems using IRC and SSH  SC Media

SSHStalker botnet hijacks 7,000 Linux systems using IRC and SSH  scmagazine.com

GeForce Now on Linux Feels Like a Real Turning Point for Cloud Gaming  Comics Gaming Magazine