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D7VK continues to mature its Direct3D 7, 6, 5 and 3 to Vulkan translation, to bring improvements for retro Windows games with Wine / Proton on Linux. The latest released version 2.1 had a nice focus on optimizing loading times for various games, with the developer noting “Some titles can see a big impact, with…
Ameer Assadi discovered that Axios did not properly handle certainhostnames when applying NO_PROXY rules. An attacker could possibly usethis issue to bypass proxy restrictions and access internal services,resulting in server-side request forgery. (CVE-2025-62718) It was discovered that Axios did not properly protect certain HTTPheader values from prototype pollution. An attacker could possibly usethis issue to…
DistroWatch.com: ThorOS Last Update: 2026-08-12 21:35 UTC thoros-1.5.5-gnome (more screenshots in our gallery) ThorOS is a Debian-based desktop Linux distribution featuring the GNOME desktop. Its principal feature is “voice control”. Using artificial intelligence and a voice assistant called “Jarvis”, it is capable to execute commands to accomplish a great variety of tasks. Examples include “Jarvis,…
There’s something satisfying about watching a Linux project everyone assumed had quietly died come back with a fresh commit. It happens more often than people expect, and it’s usually worth celebrating when it does. One of those revivals has been the return of LightDM, the display manager Canonical built more than a decade ago. LightDM…
Hooded Horse picked another good one to publish here from developer Lantto Games. Sandustry is a factory automation game where every pixel is a resource. Note: this was a personal purchase. If you’ve played Noita before, think of the pixel system a lot like that – every single little bit can be messed with. Then…
22.04 LTS jammy linux-image-5.15.0-1065-nvidia-tegra – 5.15.0-1065.67 linux-image-5.15.0-1065-nvidia-tegra-rt – 5.15.0-1065.67 linux-image-5.15.0-1076-xilinx-zynqmp – 5.15.0-1076.80 linux-image-5.15.0-1096-gkeop – 5.15.0-1096.104 linux-image-5.15.0-1105-intel-iot-realtime – 5.15.0-1105.107 Real-time Real-time kernel available with Ubuntu Pro. linux-image-5.15.0-1105-kvm – 5.15.0-1105.110 linux-image-5.15.0-1107-ibm – 5.15.0-1107.111 linux-image-5.15.0-1108-intel-iotg – 5.15.0-1108.114 linux-image-5.15.0-1108-nvidia – 5.15.0-1108.109 linux-image-5.15.0-1108-nvidia-lowlatency – 5.15.0-1108.109 linux-image-5.15.0-1112-realtime – 5.15.0-1112.121 Real-time Real-time kernel available with Ubuntu Pro. linux-image-5.15.0-1113-aws – 5.15.0-1113.120 linux-image-5.15.0-1113-aws-64k – 5.15.0-1113.120 linux-image-5.15.0-1113-aws-fips – 5.15.0-1113.120+fips1 FIPS Updates FIPS-140 certified package with security…
DistroWatch.com: Vincent OS Last Update: 2026-02-08 01:17 UTC Vincent OS is Arch-based desktop Linux distribution with KDE Plasma as the preferred desktop. It comes with “Core LivePatch”, an in-house patch system with an ability of applying critical and security updates without the need to reboot the computer. Some of the other interesting features and applications…
Xbox Game Pass has never really worked on Linux beyond laggy cloud streaming, but an open source project called Xodus is trying to change that. Earlier this week, replying to a thread on Reddit, Paweł Lidwin (imLinguin), project lead of Xodus, confirmed that the hardest parts of running those games on Linux, Xbox authentication, and…
OptiScaler Client is a modern, high-performance desktop utility designed to simplify the installation, management, and update of the OptiScaler mod. As a reminder on what OptiScaler actually is: it’s a tool that lets you replace upscalers in games that already support DLSS2+ / FSR2+ / XeSS (), as well as manage frame generation in already…
It was discovered that systemd-homed did not properly verify the signatureof home records. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to addarbitrary system groups to a logged-in user and gain elevated privileges.(CVE-2026-16742) It was discovered that systemd-machined incorrectly handled certain polkitauthorization checks. A local attacker could possibly use this issue toterminate arbitrary processes, including…
