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Xray_OS is an Arch-based Linux distribution focused on innovation, creativity, usability and software development. It comes with KDE Plasma as its preferred desktop. Some of the other interesting features of the distribution include a custom system installer, a welcome application called Tolitica with some useful options, smart GPU detection which removes unused drivers during installation, an AUR helper for downloading and building software packages on the fly, and original wallpapers created specifically for Xray_OS.

Version 2025.9 of the Home Assistant home automation system has been released. Changes include a new experimental dashboard that is eventually meant to become the default, a number of tile-card improvements, a reworked automation editor, several new integrations, and more.

Version 25.08 of the niri scrollable-tiling Wayland compositor has been released. Notable changes include xwayland-satellite integration, modal exit confirmation, and the introduction of basic support for screen readers:

A series of posts by fireborn earlier this year on the screen reader situation in Linux got me curious: how does one support screen readers in a Wayland compositor? The documentation is unfortunately scarce and difficult to find. Thankfully, @DataTriny from the AccessKit project came across my issue, pointed me at the right protocols, and answered a lot of my questions.

So, as of this release, niri has basic support for screen readers! We implement the org.freedesktop.a11y.KeyboardMonitor D-Bus interface for Orca to listen and grab keyboard keys, and we expose the main niri UI elements via AccessKit. [...]

The current screen reader support and further considerations are documented on the new Accessibility wiki page.

LWN covered niri in July.

Version 12.4 of Linux From Scratch (LFS) and Beyond Linux From Scratch (BLFS) have been released. LFS provides step-by-step instructions on building a customized Linux system entirely from source, and BLFS helps to extend an LFS installation into a more usable system. Notable changes in this release include updates to GNU Binutils 2.45, GCC 15.2, GNU C Library (glibc) 2.42, and Linux 6.15.1. See the Changelog for all updates since 12.3.

The Linux kernel has to handle many different sources of data that should not be trusted: user space, network connections, and removable storage, to name a few. The kernel has to remain secure even if one of these sends garbled (or malicious) data. Benno Lossin has been working on an API for kernel Rust code that makes it harder to accidentally make decisions based on data from user space. That work is now on its fourth revision, and Lossin has asked kernel developers to experiment with it and see where problems remain, making this a good time to look at the proposed API.

During the opening of RustConf 2025 in Seattle, Washington, the Rust Foundation announced a new initiative to provide financial and administrative support to open-source Rust projects. The first project to benefit from the new Rust Innovation Lab is Rustls, an implementation of TLS in Rust. The foundation welcomes inquiries from other projects. Dr. Rebecca Rumbul, Executive Director of the Rust Foundation said:

Rustls is hopefully the first of many really good [...] projects that will find a home in the foundation.

With this release, the CachyOS devs introduce a brand-new, web-based dashboard for finding packages across all CachyOS repositories and viewing details about the latest updates. The new dashboard lets users sort packages by architecture, package name, repository, and update time, and it features light and dark themes.

The post CachyOS ISO Snapshot for August 2025 Introduces a New Package Dashboard appeared first on Linux Today.

Cary Coutant has announced a draft for version 4.3 of the Executable and Linking Format (ELF) object file format. The specification was formerly part of the Unix System V Release 4 (SVR4) gABI document:

The last published gABI documents were the Fourth Edition and a draft of Edition 4.1, both published in March 1997. The ELF portions of the document were updated several times between 1998 and 2015, published online [...]

I've published the last draft from 2015 as Version 4.2, and collected the several changes since then, along with new e_machine values, as Version 4.3.

The source for the draft is on GitHub in reStructuredText format, and Coutant has collected the mailing list discussions for changes in 4.3 as GitHub issues. Thanks to Jose E. Marchesi for the tip.

blendOS is an Arch Linux-based, rolling-release distribution which automates installing software from supported distributions (Arch Linux, Fedora and Ubuntu) into containers. blendOS tries to make software management in across containers feel native and provides access to the user's home directory for each container.

Security updates have been issued by AlmaLinux (httpd, kernel, and kernel-rt), Debian (python-eventlet and python-h2), Mageia (aide, gnutls, tomcat, and vim), Oracle (httpd, mod_http2, postgresql:15, python3.11, python3.12, python3.9, and udisks2), Red Hat (kernel, postgresql, postgresql:12, and postgresql:15), SUSE (dcmtk, jupyter-bqplot-jupyterlab, kured, libudisks2-0, munge, python-eventlet, python-future, python311-eventlet, rekor, traefik2, and ucode-intel), and Ubuntu (linux-aws, linux-azure-5.15, linux-gcp-6.8, linux-gke, linux-gkeop, linux-hwe-6.8, linux-nvidia, linux-nvidia-6.8, linux-nvidia-lowlatency, linux-raspi, linux-gke, linux-ibm-5.15, linux-kvm, and protobuf).

DietPi 9.16 improves SBC support, adds Debian 13 Trixie and Forky testing compatibility, introduces faster updates, and fixes Raspberry Pi issues.

The post DietPi 9.16 Brings Debian Trixie Compatibility, Early Forky Support appeared first on Linux Today.

Not all open source is created equal, argues open source advocate, Nextcloud co-founder, and FOSS Force guest writer Jos Poortvliet.

The post Is It Really Open Source? How to Tell if a Project Walks the Walk appeared first on Linux Today.

PowerDNS Authoritative Server 5.0 adds BIND-style views, better API features, Lua upgrades, webserver Unix socket support, and more.

The post PowerDNS Authoritative Server 5.0 Released with BIND-Style Views appeared first on Linux Today.

FFmpeg 8.0 video and audio converter adds Whisper filter, Vulkan AV1 encoder, ProRes RAW support, and expanded codec handling.

The post FFmpeg 8.0 Arrives With Whisper Filter, Vulkan Encoders appeared first on Linux Today.

Essential nmcli commands to manage network connections, configure Wi-Fi and Ethernet, set static IPs, and troubleshoot errors in Linux.

The post Essential nmcli Command Examples To Manage Network Connections On Linux appeared first on Linux Today.

Dubbed “Huffman” and coming more than ten months after FFmpeg 7.1, the FFmpeg 8.0 release is here to enable TLS peer certificate verification by default, add an AV1 Vulkan encoder, introduce VP9 Vulkan and ProRes RAW Vulkan hardware-acceleration, and implement APV encoding support through a libopenapv wrapper.

The post FFmpeg 8.0 “Huffman” Released with AV1 Vulkan Encoder, VVC VA-API Decoding appeared first on Linux Today.

vkd3d 1.17, the Direct3D-to-Vulkan translation library used by Wine, adds new HLSL features, MSL improvements, FX updates, and bug fixes.

The post Direct3D-to-Vulkan Library vkd3d 1.17 Released with Shader Enhancements appeared first on Linux Today.

Arch Linux confirms a denial-of-service attack disrupting the AUR, forums, and main site, with developers working alongside providers to restore stability.

The post Arch Linux Confirms Ongoing Denial‑of‑Service Attack appeared first on Linux Today.

Calibre 8.9 e-book manager introduces color-coded annotations, improved book matching, drag-and-drop merge covers, and more.

The post Calibre 8.9 Released with Improved Annotations and Plugin Filtering appeared first on Linux Today.

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