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Reçu — 3 octobre 2026 ⏭ LWN

Zig 0.17 released

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Par : jzb
3 octobre 2026 à 11:31

Version 0.17 of the Zig programming language has been released.

This release features 5 months of work: changes from 206 different contributors, spread among 925 commits.

Originally predicted to be shorter, this release cycle ended up [being] substantial, with the Build System reworked, including the introduction of the Build Server Protocol, and the ELF Linker enhanced to the point where we expect Incremental Compilation to work for everyone on x86_64-linux.

LWN last covered Zig in December 2025.

Reçu — 2 octobre 2026 ⏭ LWN

[$] Beyond the &

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Par : daroc
2 octobre 2026 à 15:11

Rust has a number of kinds of smart pointers, both in the standard library and defined by users. Still, some operations that are possible with built-in references are not possible to perform with user-defined smart pointers. Tyler Mandry, lead of the Rust project's language team, spoke at RustConf 2026 about the lengthy effort to change that, and make smart pointers just as flexible as built-in references.

Security updates for Friday

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Par : jzb
2 octobre 2026 à 13:21
Security updates have been issued by AlmaLinux (dogtag-pki, expat, freerdp, gawk, gdb, ghostscript, gvfs, kernel, kernel-rt, libpcap, openssh, pki-core, rsync, thunderbird, and webkit2gtk3), Debian (chromium, firefox-esr, libio-compress-perl, libpng1.6, nodejs, open-iscsi, redis, thunderbird, and webkit2gtk), Fedora (sos), Mageia (libgcrypt, python-tornado, python-urwid, python-wcwidth, and wireshark), Oracle (corosync, dogtag-pki, expat, firefox, freerdp, gawk, glib2, ipa, kernel, libXfont2, nodejs:24, openssh, osbuild-composer, perl-DBI, pki-core, postgresql:12, python-cryptography, resteasy, ruby, ruby4.0, ruby:3.3, ruby:4.0, thunderbird, and xmlrpc-c), Red Hat (skopeo), SUSE (chromium, emacs, glib2, glibc, gnome-shell, helm3, ImageMagick, imagemagick, kernel-devel, libtcnative-1-0, libtcnative-1-0, libtcnative-2-0, tomcat, tomcat10,, libtcnative-2-0, libX11, libX11-6, libXi-devel, libXpm-devel, libXtst-devel, mistral-vibe, openssl-3, perl-DBI, perl-Protocol-HTTP2, php-composer2, php8, python, rpcbind, sccache, and valkey), and Ubuntu (kf6-kcoreaddons, libxpm, linux, linux-aws, linux-fips, linux-kvm, linux-lts-xenial, linux-fips, linux-gke, linux-raspi-5.4, and openssl).
Reçu — 1 octobre 2026 ⏭ LWN

[$] Coping with the onslaught of kernel security bugs

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Par : corbet
1 octobre 2026 à 15:03
By now it is no secret that large language models (LLMs) have made it easy for people to identify security bugs, and that has resulted in a flood of bug reports to almost every free-software project, including the kernel. At the 2026 edition of Kernel Recipes, Greg Kroah-Hartman took the stage to talk about how the kernel's security team is handling this deluge. His core message was "don't panic".

Rust 1.99.0 released

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Par : corbet
1 octobre 2026 à 13:25
Version 1.99.0 of the Rust language has been released. Changes this time include support for extern "C" variadic functions, the establishment of functions for obtaining the size and alignment of raw pointers, a number of stabilized APIs, and more.

Security updates for Thursday

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Par : jzb
1 octobre 2026 à 13:12
Security updates have been issued by AlmaLinux (corosync, gawk, gdb, nodejs24, and thunderbird), Debian (expat, firefox-esr, libsmpp34, mkvtoolnix, network-manager-l2tp, pgextwlist, python-django, ruby-oj, and tor), Fedora (apptainer, ckermit, ffmpeg, freerdp, librabbitmq, openbao, php, python-cssselect2, python-uv-build, ruff, rust-libcst, rust-libcst_derive, rust-salsa, rust-salsa-macro-rules, rust-salsa-macros, sos, ty, uv, weasyprint, and xdg-dbus-proxy), Mageia (python-pillow), Red Hat (acl, glib2, go-toolset:rhel8, golang, libxml2, mingw-sqlite, nodejs-nodemon, nodejs22, nodejs24, nodejs:22, nodejs:24, sqlite, tesseract, and vim), Slackware (libpng and mozilla-thunderbird), SUSE (alloy, chromedriver, emacs, gdb, gimp, gpsd, jawn, libpoppler-cpp3, libtesseract5, multipath-tools, netty, ntfs-3g_ntfsprogs, pcapplusplus-devel, pi-coding-agent, python-PyYAML, python-tornado, python-tornado6, python311, python313, and wicked2nm), and Ubuntu (designate, gst-plugins-bad1.0, gvfs, imagemagick, kdenlive, mlt, keystone, libauthen-sasl-perl, linux-aws, linux-aws-6.8, linux-nvidia-tegra, linux-nvidia-tegra-igx, linux-oracle-7.0, opensbi, openvpn, and python-django).

[$] LWN.net Weekly Edition for October 1, 2026

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Par : jzb
1 octobre 2026 à 00:30
Inside this week's LWN.net Weekly Edition:

  • Front: PostgreSQL and the kernel; Rust on the GPU; KDE Plasma; C and memory safety; Rust radio; KDE funding; Chromium development.
  • Briefs: File-notification attacks; Kernel report; TAB election; F-Droid 2.0; Firefox 157.0; GDB 18.1; Git v2.56.0; Quotes; ...
  • Announcements: Newsletters, conferences, security updates, patches, and more.
Reçu — 30 septembre 2026 ⏭ LWN

[$] The year in Plasma and what's ahead

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Par : jzb
30 septembre 2026 à 15:31

A lot has happened in the KDE Plasma desktop environment in the last year. Marco Martin, a KDE contributor who spends most of his time working on Plasma, took the stage at Akademy 2026 in Graz, Austria to give an update on Plasma's major new features, some of the minor-but-interesting ones, and a preview of what's coming soon. The biggest upcoming change, dropping X11 support from Plasma, has been well-advertised; but there are also plans afoot to further improve remote-desktop support and more.

[$] Comparing Chromium development at Google and Igalia

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Par : jake
30 septembre 2026 à 14:16
Sharon Yang is a Chromium developer who worked at Google on the browser and now works on it at Igalia. On the final day of FOSSY 2026, she gave a presentation on her experiences with both of those companies, comparing and contrasting the ways the each operates and how that affects work on the code base. She enjoyed working at Google and feels the same about Igalia, so the talk was not aimed at complaints—instead it was meant to give a feel for two companies that are rather different.

The Linux Foundation Technical Advisory Board 2026 election approaches

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Par : corbet
30 septembre 2026 à 13:55
The election for members of the Linux Foundation Technical Advisory Board will be held electronically after the close of the upcoming Linux Plumbers Conference. The call for candidates is open, with a nomination deadline of October 8. There are five seats to fill this time, including the one vacated by the unfortunate passing of Dan Williams.

Serving on the TAB is a good way to help the kernel-development community. Please see this article from last year for an overview of what the TAB does and why membership is rewarding, then consider putting in your nomination.

Security updates for Wednesday

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Par : jzb
30 septembre 2026 à 13:20
Security updates have been issued by AlmaLinux (389-ds:1.4, container-tools:rhel8, go-toolset:rhel8, grafana, httpd:2.4, nodejs:22, postgresql:12, and postgresql:15), Debian (libwebsockets, openssl, and pcre2), Fedora (adwaita-icon-theme, cinnamon, dconf, epiphany, flatpak-builder, gcr, gdm, gjs, glib-networking, glib2, gnome-backgrounds, gnome-calendar, gnome-characters, gnome-chess, gnome-clocks, gnome-connections, gnome-console, gnome-contacts, gnome-control-center, gnome-desktop3, gnome-initial-setup, gnome-keyring, gnome-kiosk, gnome-maps, gnome-remote-desktop, gnome-settings-daemon, gnome-shell, gnome-shell-extensions, gnome-system-monitor, gnome-text-editor, gnome-user-docs, gnote, gnucash, gnucash-docs, gsettings-desktop-schemas, gtk4, hplip, libadwaita, libdex, libsecret, libshumate, libxmp, mingw-llvm, mutter, nautilus, parted, perl-Imager, quadrapassel, rootlesskit, rygel, shotwell, sngrep, sushi, sysprof, tecla, thunderbird, xdg-desktop-portal-gnome, and xdotool), Red Hat (buildah, container-tools:rhel8, containernetworking-plugins, delve, git-lfs, grafana, grafana-pcp, host-metering, ignition, image-builder, osbuild-composer, podman, rhc, rhc-worker-playbook, runc, skopeo, yggdrasil, and yggdrasil-worker-package-manager), Slackware (mozilla-firefox), SUSE (389-ds, amazon-cloudwatch-agent, cjose, corosync, cosign, cups, distribution-registry, expat, firefox, flatpak, glib2, google-osconfig-agent, goose, helm, ImageMagick, jackson-annotations, jackson-bom, jackson-core, jackson- databind, jackson-dataformat-xml, jackson-dataformats-binary, jackson-modules- base, jackson-core, jackson-databind, jackson-dataformat-csv, jsoup, re2j, kbd, kernel, kubectl-cnpg, libpcap, libsoup, libtpms, libX11, libXrender, netty, netty-tcnative, pcre2, perl-Authen-SASL, perl-DBI, python-pymongo, python310, python311, swtpm, terraform-provider-susepubliccloud, and util-linux), and Ubuntu (atril, booth, c-ares, catdoc, dracut, emacs, erlang, freeipmi, libdbi-perl, libheif, linux, linux-aws, linux-azure, linux-fips, linux-gcp, linux-gcp-5.4, linux-gcp-fips, linux-hwe-5.4, linux-iot, linux-kvm, linux-oracle, linux-oracle-5.4, linux-raspi, linux-xilinx-zynqmp, linux, linux-nvidia, linux-aws-fips, linux-aws-fips, linux-azure-fips, linux-fips, linux-bluefield, linux-fips, linux-nvidia-tegra-5.15, openssl, openssl, openssl1.0, pdfminer, php-phpseclib, and plasma-workspace).
Reçu — 29 septembre 2026 ⏭ LWN

[$] Native support for Rust on the GPU

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Par : daroc
29 septembre 2026 à 17:57

Christian Legnitto is the maintainer of rust-gpu and Rust CUDA, two libraries that make it possible to program a computer's graphics processing unit (GPU) from Rust. He isn't satisfied with the current state of GPU support in Rust, however. In a talk at RustConf 2026, he explained his vision for how the GPU could become an ordinary compiler target for normal Rust code, without the need for any special libraries or new ecosystem support. That vision is not yet fully implemented, but he does have a prototype that he is preparing to release.

[$] The kernel from a PostgreSQL point of view

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Par : corbet
29 septembre 2026 à 15:42
Andres Freund has a few claims to fame, but chief among them is his many years of work to improve the performance of the PostgreSQL relational database management system. That work requires working with — or around — many Linux kernel features and behaviors. He put in an appearance at the 2026 edition of Kernel Recipes to talk about his experience working with the kernel project, how the kernel could better support applications like PostgreSQL, and some interesting developments in the PostgreSQL world.

Security updates for Tuesday

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Par : jake
29 septembre 2026 à 15:38
Security updates have been issued by AlmaLinux (cockpit-image-builder, expat, ipa, kernel, kernel-rt, resteasy, ruby, ruby4.0, ruby:3.3, and ruby:4.0), Debian (dovecot, flatpak, glance, kernel, libdbi-perl, lxml, rsync, swift, and wordpress), Fedora (chromium, freeipa, freerdp, grub2, NetworkManager-iodine, NetworkManager-l2tp, perl-Catalyst-Plugin-Static-Simple, perl-Dancer2, perl-HTML-FormFu, python-quart-trio, python-streamlink, python-urllib3, and vlc), Mageia (libxml2, p11-kit, pam, and php), Slackware (groff and pcre2), SUSE (389-ds, amazon-ssm-agent, erlang27, exiv2, glib2, gnome-shell, hplip, ImageMagick, kernel, libheif, libsodium, libtpms, nodejs16, perl-DBI, python-soupsieve, redis, redis7, swtpm, and wireshark), and Ubuntu (curl, libevent, linux-aws, linux-aws-6.8, linux-aws-5.15, linux-azure-5.15, linux-azure-fde-5.15, linux-intel-iotg-5.15, linux-aws-hwe, linux-azure, linux-azure-4.15, linux-gcp, linux-gcp-7.0, linux-oem-7.0, linux-nvidia, linux-nvidia-6.8, linux-nvidia-lowlatency, and linux-oracle-7.0).
Reçu — 28 septembre 2026 ⏭ LWN

Git v2.56.0 released

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Par : jake
28 septembre 2026 à 17:33
Version 2.56 of the Git distributed version-control system has been released. It has 748 non-merge commits since Git 2.55 was released back in June; those commits came from 104 developers, 39 of whom are first-time contributors. New features include a safer workflow for conflict resolution, smaller path-walk repacks, a new git history drop sub-command, and much more. LWN looked at Git 2.56 recently and the GitHub blog has a lengthy look at 2.56 as well.
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