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Practical quantum computers have been ten years away for the last several decades. Now, however, it's beginning to look as though they will be possible in just a few years. Recent research with obfuscated results demonstrated much lower memory requirements to factor ECDSA keys on a quantum computer, with work by other researchers in the open more than halving memory use compared to the state of the art in 2023. At the same time, computer manufacturers are boasting quantum processors that retain viable superpositions over longer periods. Given how slowly software updates filter out to stable systems, it's worth looking at what configuration changes and protocol updates are needed to be safe from quantum computers now.

Dharma Linux is a Devuan-based distribution featuring the lightweight MATE desktop. It is entirely localised into Spanish. Some of the distribution's features includes the Refracta system installer, Zen web browser, and several custom applications, such as Dharma Welcome, Dharma Updater and Dharma AppCenter.

Dharma Linux is a Devuan-based distribution featuring the lightweight MATE desktop. It is entirely localised into Spanish. Some of the distribution's features includes the Refracta system installer, Zen web browser, and several custom applications, such as Dharma Welcome, Dharma Updater and Dharma AppCenter.

Version 31.1 of the Emacs editor has been released. There is a long list of changes including the removal of the Emacs dumper, a new user Lisp directory feature, a "Send to..." menu item in context-menu-mode, and many other changes; see the NEWS file for more information. Mickey Petersen, author of Mastering Emacs, also has a rundown of some of the quality-of-life features appearing in this release.

Vanilla OS, a fixed-release distribution based on Debian (formerly Ubuntu, prior to version 2) with the GNOME desktop, is an immutable operating system. The core parts of the system are locked down to prevent unwanted changes and corruption from third-party applications or a faulty update.

Version:next-20260824 (linux-next) Released:2026-08-24

Security updates have been issued by AlmaLinux (ansible-core, cups-filters, curl, java-1.8.0-openjdk, java-17-openjdk, java-21-openjdk, java-25-openjdk, kbd, kernel, perl-Date-Manip, php:8.2, and php:8.3), Debian (designate, firefox-esr, gst-plugins-bad1.0, libnet-dns-perl, nvidia-graphics-drivers, openjdk-21, openjdk-25, spip, and thunderbird), Fedora (AusweisApp2, bluez, calibre, ceph, chromium, GitPython, kernel, pack, perl-URI, rsync, and tcpreplay), Gentoo (GNU Emacs and needrestart), Oracle (ansible-core, java-1.8.0-openjdk, java-17-openjdk, java-21-openjdk, java-25-openjdk, kbd, kernel, mysql:8.4, perl-Date-Manip, perl:5.32, and sssd), Red Hat (curl, dnsmasq, kbd, kernel, libcap, libreswan, openssh, rsync, samba, unbound, and vim), SUSE (389-ds, apptainer, avahi, bugwarden, chromium, ffmpeg-9-libavcodec-devel, firefox, firefox-esr, gimp, go1.27, helm, ignition, libarchive, libjxl-devel, libssh, multipath-tools, openssl-3, pcp, perl-Net-CIDR-Set, perl-Net-OAuth, postgresql14, postgresql15, python-msgpack, python-pyasn1, python-urllib3, python313, python313-pytest-html, redis, runc, sccache, sssd, util-linux, vim, weechat, and wget), and Ubuntu (linux-fips, linux-gcp-5.15, linux-hwe-7.0, linux-ibm, linux-kvm, linux-lowlatency, linux-nvidia, linux-nvidia-6.8, linux-nvidia-lowlatency, and linux-nvidia-6.17).

PorteuX is a Linux distribution based on Slackware Linux, inspired by Slax and Porteus and available to the public for free. Its main goal is to be fast, small, portable (run from a thumb drive), modular and optionally immutable. It is pre-configured for basic usage, including lightweight applications for each one of the seven desktop environments (Cinnamon, GNOME, KDE Plasma, LXDE, LXQt, MATE and Xfce) available. No browser is included, but an app store is provided for downloading any of the most popular browsers, as well as other applications.

extrox is a set of Linux distributions based either on MX Linux or Arch Linux, featuring custom art and theme, careful application selection, various user-friendly improvements, and an audio filter (developed in-house) for enhanced sound quality in music playback and streaming. The distribution uses the Xfce desktop with the Compiz compositing window manager.

LajtLinux is a set of minimalist and lightweight Debian-based live images featuring several Wayland compositors and window managers. These include labwc, LXQt, Mango, niri, River, Sway and Wayfire. They are localised into the Polish language and offer a text-mode system installer, except for the LXQt variant which provides a choice of English or Polish languages and a graphical Debian Installer. The project's focus is to build Debian respins that are lightweight, simple, usable and low on resource usage.

CuerdOS is a Debian-based GNU/Linux distribution with focus on stability, efficiency and performance. It comes with a series of optimisations, such as performance and memory consumption improvements. These optimisations are achieved through kernel patching and the Ananicy daemon, the latter of which manages input/output and CPU priorities. The distribution's "Standard" product uses Wayland's Sway compositor by default, but separate "Legacy" and "Community" builds with Budgie, Cinnamon, LXQt, MATE and Xfce desktops are also available.

The 7.1.10, 6.18.46, 6.12.105, 6.6.153, 6.1.184, 5.15.217, and 5.10.266 stable kernels have all been released; each contains another set of important fixes.

From Jeremy Allison we have the sad news of the passing of Steve French. He was the maintainer of the kernel's SMB filesystem code for many years, having only dropped that role due to health issues in the last week. "I've known Steve for over 20 years. He was a legend in the community, and a really good friend. He will be greatly missed. Farewell Steve." He will indeed be missed.

Version:7.1.10 (stable) Released:2026-08-23 Source:linux-7.1.10.tar.xz PGP Signature:linux-7.1.10.tar.sign Patch:full (incremental) ChangeLog:ChangeLog-7.1.10

Version:6.18.46 (longterm) Released:2026-08-23 Source:linux-6.18.46.tar.xz PGP Signature:linux-6.18.46.tar.sign Patch:full (incremental) ChangeLog:ChangeLog-6.18.46

Version:6.12.105 (longterm) Released:2026-08-23 Source:linux-6.12.105.tar.xz PGP Signature:linux-6.12.105.tar.sign Patch:full (incremental) ChangeLog:ChangeLog-6.12.105

Version:6.6.153 (longterm) Released:2026-08-23 Source:linux-6.6.153.tar.xz PGP Signature:linux-6.6.153.tar.sign Patch:full (incremental) ChangeLog:ChangeLog-6.6.153

Version:6.1.184 (longterm) Released:2026-08-23 Source:linux-6.1.184.tar.xz PGP Signature:linux-6.1.184.tar.sign Patch:full (incremental) ChangeLog:ChangeLog-6.1.184

Version:5.15.217 (longterm) Released:2026-08-23 Source:linux-5.15.217.tar.xz PGP Signature:linux-5.15.217.tar.sign Patch:full (incremental) ChangeLog:ChangeLog-5.15.217

Version:5.10.266 (longterm) Released:2026-08-23 Source:linux-5.10.266.tar.xz PGP Signature:linux-5.10.266.tar.sign Patch:full (incremental) ChangeLog:ChangeLog-5.10.266