#foss am 2026-10-12

1. 00:53 <Freeman> Phoronix | Linus Torvalds Working On A Hefty Linux Kernel Improvement With Claude Code Michael Larabel · 4h ago · 2 min read Linux creator Linus Torvalds has been known to use AI to help with kernel debugging and outside of the kernel tree has also done some vibe coding with Google's Antigravity Read full story
2. 03:49 <Freeman> LWN.net | Kernel prepatch 7.3-rc7 corbet · 18m ago · 1 min read The 7.3-rc7 kernel prepatch is out for testing. According to Linus: 'As always, I would have p [...] Read full story
3. 08:58 <Freeman> Phoronix | Linux 7.3-rc7 Released With Linux 7.3 Hopefully Out Next Weekend Michael Larabel · 4h ago · 3 min read Linus Torvalds has made available what is hopefully the final release candidate before Linux 7.3 is ideally minted next Sunday. Read full story
4. 09:59 <Freeman> Phoronix | EXT4 Introducing IOmap Buffered I/O Path With Some Performance Gains Michael Larabel · 4h ago · 2 min read EXT4 with the upcoming Linux 7.4 kernel looks like it will introduce opt-in support for IOmap buffered I/O in replacing the file-system's buffer_head usage with IOmap. Read full story
5. 09:59 <Freeman> Phoronix | Intel Posts Updated Linux Driver Code For HDMI 2.1 FRL On Meteor Lake & Newer Michael Larabel · 4h ago · 2 min read Following AMD completing their HDMI 2.1 implementation for the open-source AMDGPU Linux driver after beginning with HDMI FRL patches earlier in the year, Intel's open-source driver developers are following in their footsteps. Read full story
6. 10:30 <Freeman> Phoronix | Linus Torvalds "Did What I Preach", Used AI To Make Code Decipherable & Uncovered More Bugs Michael Larabel · 4h ago · 3 min read After using Claude Code to draft code to help make a fundamental improvement to the Linux kernel, Linux creator Linus Torvalds continued using AI this weekend and talking up its benefits Read full story
7. 10:52 <Tux> Linuxiac | Peppermint OS Expands Beyond Debian with Void Linux-Based PepVoid Bobby Borisov · 25m ago · 2 min read Peppermint OS is testing PepVoid, a new Void Linux-based edition featuring Xorg and XLibre, with an official release potentially coming in November. Read full story
8. 11:29 <Freeman> Phoronix | Linux 7.4 To Upstream Support For Three Snapdragon X2 Elite Laptops Michael Larabel · 4h ago · 2 min read For those looking to run Linux on new Qualcomm Snapdragon X2 hardware, there are laptops from ASUS, HP, and Lenovo that are powered by the X2 Elite and will be supported with the mainline Linux 7.4 kernel. Read full story
9. 12:32 <Freeman> Phoronix | Firefox 158 Now Available With JPEG-XL Support By Default Michael Larabel · 4h ago · 1 min read With Mozilla's bi-weekly release cycle for Firefox, the Firefox 158 release binaries are now available Read full story
10. 13:01 <Freeman> It's FOSS | Linux May Get a New Home for AI Agent Skills Sourav Rudra · 21m ago · 4 min read A proposed agents directory would hold skills and other resources for coding assistants, starting with one that finds the commit behind a bug. Read full story
11. 13:03 <Freeman> LWN.net | Security updates for Monday [LWN.net] jzb · 2m ago · 3 min read Security updates have been issued by AlmaLinux (cjose, compat-openssl10, compat-openssl11, curl, dogtag-pki, dovecot, emacs, glibc, kernel, openssl, python3.12, python3.14, and sssd), Debian (chromium, ghostscript, tor, and vips), Fedora (kernel, libical, markdownlint-cli2, openbao, openvpn, php-getid3, python3.10, python3.11, and python3.13), Mageia (cap... Read full story
12. 13:56 <Freeman> LWN.net | LineageOS 24 released jzb · 42m ago · 1 min read The LineageOS project, which produces an Android-based distribution for mobile devices, has ann [...] Read full story
13. 14:25 <Tux> Linuxiac | Firefox 158 Adds JPEG XL Support, Improves PDF Handling on Linux Bobby Borisov · 2m ago · 2 min read Mozilla Firefox 158 adds JPEG XL image support, improves PDF generation on Linux and macOS, and delivers smoother scrolling. Read full story
14. 14:25 <Freeman> It's FOSS | openEuler is Revamping the Development Experience of the Open Source Community With an AI Toolchain Edmar Pereira · 21m ago · 6 min read AI now reviews code and fixes CVEs in the community's pipelines, DevStation moves to a 2-week update cycle, and openEuler is layering an agent-native OS on top. Read full story
15. 14:26 <Tux> OMG! Ubuntu | Firefox 158 released with JPEG XL support Joey Sneddon · 6m ago · 2 min read Firefox 158 is now available to download, providing out-of-the-box support for JPEG XL images. JPEG XL is said to have better compression than other image Read full story
16. 15:28 <Freeman> LWN.net | [$] The 2026 Maintainers Summit corbet · 1m ago · 1 min read The Maintainers Summit is a one-day, invitation-only gathering of about 30 kernel developers; it is held once each year to discuss policy-related issues that are not always amenable to resolution via email. The 2026 event was scheduled for October 8 in Prague, Czechia. Unsurprisingly, the discussion there was dominated by large language models (LLMs) and ... Read full story
17. 16:32 <Tux> Linuxiac | Linus Torvalds Experiments with AI-Generated Kernel Code, Sees 3x Speedup Bobby Borisov · 12m ago · 2 min read Linus Torvalds experiments with AI-generated Linux kernel code, using Claude Code to optimize memory operations and improve read performance. Read full story
18. 17:00 <Freeman> Phoronix | ROCm 10 OpenCL vs. Mesa 26.3-dev Rusticl Performance On AMD Strix Halo Michael Larabel · 4h ago · 1 min read With all the recent progress on Mesa's Rusticl driver as a Rust-based OpenCL driver working across the different Mesa Gallium3D hardware drivers, a Phoronix Premium supporter inquired about seeing some fresh benchmarks of this open-source OpenCL solution. Read full story
19. 17:29 <Tux> OMG! Ubuntu | Ubuntu's announce tech preview of its voice dictation feature Joey Sneddon · 2m ago · 1 min read Canonical has announced that Myna, its new AI-powered speech-to-text tool for Ubuntu desktop, is now available as a technology preview. Myna uses a local, Read full story
20. 17:30 <Freeman> It's FOSS | Linus Torvalds Says He Likes Using AI, While His New Kernel Branch Credits Claude Code Sourav Rudra · 40m ago · 3 min read His eight-patch series takes advantage of AI assistance to cut the extra work the kernel does when many threads read the same file. Read full story
21. 18:08 <Freeman> Phoronix | Ubuntu's Myna Speech-To-Text Now Available In Tech Preview Michael Larabel · 4h ago · 1 min read A few months ago Canonical announced Myna as a speech-to-text solution for Ubuntu 26.10 as part of their effort for building a context-aware desktop Read full story
22. 19:20 <Tux> OMG! Ubuntu | Ubuntu 27.04 codename revealed as 'Tenacious T-Rex' Joey Sneddon · 19m ago · 1 min read Canonical has confirmed the codename of next year's Ubuntu 27.04 release as Tenacious T-Rex. It follows Ubuntu 26.10 Stonking Stingray, which is out on 15 Read full story
23. 20:52 <Tux> OMG! Ubuntu | NexPhone, the multi-OS smartphone, delayed until 2027 Joey Sneddon · 5m ago · 1 min read The multi-OS NexPhone went up for pre-order at the start of 2026, 14 years later than initially planned. Fitting, then, to hear the handset's arrival has Read full story
24. 21:19 <Freeman> Phoronix | Intel Announces The GPU D Series For Crescent Island Michael Larabel · 4h ago · 1 min read Intel announced today the GPU D Series for the enterprise-focused, inference-optimized GPU accelerators known to now as Crescent Island. Read full story
25. 21:49 <Tux> Linuxiac | LumineCapture Is a New Screenshot Tool Built for Speed on Linux Bobby Borisov · 5m ago · 3 min read Written in Rust, LumineCapture offers fast screenshots on Linux Wayland, with built-in editing, OCR, and support for KDE Plasma and COSMIC. Read full story

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