Linux Kernel 6.17 Released, This is What’s New

The Linux 6.17 kernel has been released, bringing a swathe of improvements to desktop distro users and beyond. There’s also bunch of lower-level changes touching on everything from CPU security to a bug fix dating back to 1993. Announcing the release on the Linux Kernel Mailing List (LKML), Linus Torvalds says: “No huge surprises this past week, so here we are, with kernel 6.17 pushed out and ready to go.” Ready to go indeed, Linus: Ubuntu 25.10 runs on Linux kernel 6.17 out-of-the-box in its current beta build (which was released last week). Those running Ubuntu 24.04 LTS — or […]
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📰 Linux Kernel 6.17 Officially Released, This Is What’s New

Linux kernel 6.17 is now available for download with new features, enhanced hardware support through new and updated drivers, improvements to filesystems and networking, and much more. Here’s what’s new!

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GNU libunistring 1.4

Состоялся релиз GNU libunistring 1.4 — библиотеки, которая позволяет работать с Unicode-строками в программах на C, а также со строками C в соответствии со стандартом Unicode.
Изменения в этом выпуске:

Алгоритмы и таблицы с данными обновлены до стандарта Unicode 15.
Исправлены проблемы с работой функций u*_grapheme_next и u*_grapheme_prev для символов Indic, Emoji и индикаторов региона.

Проект поддерживает UTF-8, UTF-16 и UTF-32. Распространяется на условиях LGPL 2.1.



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https://www.linux.org.ru/news/gnu/18094577

9to5Linux Weekly Roundup: September 28th, 2025

9to5Linux Weekly Roundup for September 28th, 2025, brings news about Linux kernel 6.17, RPM 6.0, Raspberry Pi 500+, Ubuntu Touch OTA-10, COSMIC Beta, MX Linux 25 Beta, Calibre 8.11, OBS Studio 32, Kali Linux 2025.3, KaOS Linux 2025.09, and more.
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https://9to5linux.com/9to5linux-weekly-roundup-september-28th-2025

7 Best Udemy Android Development Courses in 2025

The post 7 Best Udemy Android Development Courses in 2025 first appeared on Tecmint: Linux Howtos, Tutorials & Guides .Android software development involves creating applications for devices running the Android operating system, primarily using Kotlin and Java, with some
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https://www.tecmint.com/udemy-android-development-courses/

9 Linux certifications to boost your career | Network World

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Linux Kernel ksmbd Vulnerability Allows Remote Attackers to Execute Arbitrary Code

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https://cybersecuritynews.com/linux-kernel-ksmbd-vulnerability/

Релиз ядра Linux 6.17

После двух месяцев разработки Линус Торвальдс представил релиз ядра Linux 6.17. Среди наиболее заметных изменений: повышение производительности Btrfs, системные вызовы file_getattr() и file_setattr(), унификация однопроцессорных и многопроцессорных конфигураций в планировщике задач, модуль DAMON_STAT со статистикой доступа к памяти, поддержка Live-патчей на системах ARM64, отправка core-дампов через сокет AF_UNIX, лимитирование SCHED_EXT через cgroup, упрощённая настройка защиты от уязвимостей в CPU, сборка в Clang с инициализацией переменных в стеке, защита от подмены /proc, расширение подсистемы RV (Runtime Verification), ограничение сокетов AF_UNIX через AppArmor, алгоритм контроля перегрузок TCP DualPI2.

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https://www.opennet.ru/opennews/art.shtml?num=63957

Tomb Raider Definitive Survivor Trilogy now available on GOG

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https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/09/tomb-raider-definitive-survivor-trilogy-now-available-on-gog/

A Lot Of Rust Code Lining Up For The Linux 6.18 Kernel - Phoronix

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https://www.phoronix.com/news/Rust-Linux-6.18

Onyx BOOX Palma color eReader supports 4G LTE, but doesn't make phone calls

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https://liliputing.com/onyx-boox-palma-color-ereader-supports-4g-lte-but-doesnt-make-phone-calls/

Выпуск дистрибутива BSD Router Project 2.0

Оливье Кочар-Лаббе (Olivier Cochard-Labbé), создатель дистрибутива FreeNAS, представил выпуск специализированного дистрибутива BSD Router Project 2.0 (BSDRP), примечательный обновлением кодовой базы до находящейся в разработке ветки FreeBSD 16. Дистрибутив предназначен для создания компактных программных маршрутизаторов, поддерживающих протоколы маршрутизации RIP, OSPF, BGP и PIM. Управление производится в режиме командной строки через CLI-интерфейс, напоминающий интерфейс Cisco IOS. Дистрибутив доступен в сборках для архитектур x86_64 и ARM64 (размер сжатых установочных образов ~340 МБ).

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https://www.opennet.ru/opennews/art.shtml?num=63963

📰 This SBC isn't a Raspberry Pi, but it massively surprised me

The ZimaBoard 2 is a neat SBC for home server projects.

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https://www.xda-developers.com/this-sbc-isnt-a-raspberry-pi-but-it-massively-surprised-me/

📰 Cronos: The New Dawn gets performance improvements and a Linux HDR fix

Cronos: The New Dawn is the latest horror game from Bloober Team, and with the latest update it should work a lot better for everyone..

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GNU Linux-Libre 6.17 Kernel Is Now Available for Software Freedom Lovers

GNU Linux-libre 6.17 kernel is now available for download. This release is based on Linux kernel 6.17 and it’s targeted at those who seek 100% freedom for their personal computers.
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Blender 5.0 Vulkan Render Tests Passing On AMD & NVIDIA But Failing For Intel - Phoronix

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https://www.phoronix.com/news/Blender-5.0-Vulkan-Intel-Fail

What is Microsoft Azure Logic Apps? Now with MCP support

Microsoft Azure Logic Apps is a cloud-based low-code/no-code integration and workflow orchestration service that lets you automate business processes across Azure, Microsoft 365, Google, Salesforce, SAP, Oracle, SQL Server, social media, file systems, and many other cloud or on-premises systems with minimal custom coding. Azure Logic Apps now includes new Model Context Protocol (MCP) server support, announced in public preview in September, enabling AI agents and Large Language Models to use Logic Apps workflows as discoverable tools.
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https://4sysops.com/archives/what-is-microsoft-azure-logic-apps-now-with-mcp-support/

📰 GNU Linux-libre 6.17 Deblobs The New Intel IPU7 Driver, Adjusts Existing Drivers

Building off yesterday's release of Linux 6.17, the GNU Linux-libre 6.17-gnu kernel is now available for this downstream kernel variant that strips away support for loading non-free microcode and other elements not aligned with the Free Software Foundation principles. This ultimately ends up limiting the hardware support available with most of today's modern hardware requiring microcode/firmware but alas here is the latest release with a fresh...

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📰 OpenTofu Introduces Ephemeral Support for Safer Secrets Management

OpenTofu nightly builds add Ephemeral and Write-Only features, arriving soon in 1.11 for better secret and state management.

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📰 RISC-V With Linux 6.18 Brings Support For MIPS Vendor Extensions

Back during the Linux 6.17 merge window the RISC-V changes were rejected as "garbage" for being submitted too late in the merge window and with some code choices that upset Linus Torvalds. With lessons learned, the RISC-V changes for Linux 6.18 were submitted today during the first official day of this new kernel cycle...

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