18 Sarah’s Security Brief: Your Intel CPU runs firmware-level patches called microcode, and they are your first line of defense against hardware-level exploits. Intel just dropped microcode-20260811 fixing eight security advisories today. I am going to show you exactly how to check, install, and verify these updates on Ubuntu, Fedora, and Arch, step by step….
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…
When you reproduce a bug or restart a service, the most useful view is often the log scrolling live as it happens. You want to see each new line when it is written, but you may also need to hide routine entries so the warning or error that matters does not disappear in the noise….
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…
Hyperswitch is an open-source payments switch from Juspay that you can run on your own Linux server. This guide covers setting it up with Docker, checking the ports the stack opens, running a curl health check, and processing a test payment to make sure everything is working. Most payment integrations start out simple. You connect…
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…
Love them or hate them, rolling release distros have managed to take a slice out of the Linux desktop market share. They provide a bleeding-edge experience that stays quite stable if cared for and bites a user’s a** if handled poorly. CachyOS is one of those options that has been only getting more popular as…
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…
Expected to be merged during the upcoming Linux 7.3 merge window is a Kernel Control Flow Integrity (KCFI) improvement intended to benefit older Intel processors. Peter Zijlstra of Intel worked through a KCFI improvement for older platforms that lack support for FineIBT. Peter explained with the pending patch: “As noted in commit 85a2d4a890dc (“x86,ibt: Use…
Welcome to Week 32 of Linuxiac’s 2026 Weekly Roundup, your source for Linux and open-source news. Below are the key Linux and FOSS highlights from August 3 to 9. Linux Distributions This week brought three updates in the Linux world, and I’ve covered each one in the articles below. Software Updates In addition, here is…
