distroLinux
Ubuntu 26.10 Just Hit Final Freeze — Your 5-Day Release-Week Playbook
Stonking Stingray is frozen and ships October 15 — here's how to test the release candidate, time your upgrade, and avoid the day-one traps.
10 Oct 20264 min
upgrade
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securitySecurity
OpenVPN 2.7.8 Patches Four Security Holes — Your Pre-Upgrade Checklist
Four security fixes, three CVEs, and one breaking change for sloppy PKIs — here's how to roll 2.7.8 onto your VPN server without a Monday-morning surprise.
9 Oct 20263 min
linuxLinux
RustDesk 1.5.0 Ships WebRTC and an ID Whitelist — Your Self-Hosted Upgrade Checklist
WebRTC changes how RustDesk moves pixels through your firewall, the ID whitelist is the access-control feature you've been missing, and the Linux service just got quieter about how it does its job. Time to update your relay box.
9 Oct 20263 min
distroBrowser
Gentoo Is Dropping Chromium on October 24 — The Real Cost of Shipping a Browser
Gentoo's Chromium package lags four versions behind upstream with known unpatched flaws, so the maintainers chose removal over negligence. If you're on Gentoo, here's your migration plan — and why your distro's browser packaging policy deserves a second look.
9 Oct 20263 min
linuxLinux
OpenWrt 24.10.8 Fixes a Critical DHCPv6 Flaw Reachable From Your LAN. Patch It Tonight
OpenWrt's newest 24.10 service release patches a critical pre-auth DHCPv6 overflow plus LuCI, uhttpd, and dropbear fixes — here's the operator's sysupgrade drill, and why 24.10 users should plan the move to 25.12.
8 Oct 20264 min
kernelLinux
Debian Shipped a 1,313-CVE Kernel Update. Don't Panic — Patch Like This
DSA-6528-1 bundles 1,313 CVEs into one Debian 13 kernel update — but the number is not the threat. Here's the operator's drill for reading a mega-advisory, applying it, and verifying the fix actually booted.
8 Oct 20264 min
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