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Release of labwc 0.20, a compositing server for Wayland

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The release of labwc 0.20 (Lab Wayland Compositor) has been published, developing a compositor server for Wayland with features reminiscent of the Openbox window manager (the project is presented as an attempt to create an alternative to Openbox for Wayland). The project code is written in C and distributed under the GPLv2 license. The significant version increase (from 0.9 to 0.20) is explained by syncing with the version numbering of the wlroots library. Labwc is involved […]

KernelScript 0.1.0

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KernelScript has been introduced — an experimental programming language for developing eBPF programs, custom loaders, and Linux kernel extensions from a single codebase. The project is developed by Multikernel Technologies, a company promoting the split-kernel/multikernel architecture for Linux. Cong Wang, the company's founder, discussed KernelScript at the Linux Foundation Open Source Summit; the project code is published on GitHub under the Apache 2.0 license. eBPF (Extended […]

Intel continues to archive open projects on GitHub

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Intel continues to formally close and archive open projects that no longer align with the company’s current priorities. Another wave of such archiving was noticed at the end of May; according to Phoronix, on May 23, projects related to OBS Studio, CVE scanning, video transcoding, SGX, and research efforts from Intel Labs were included in the list. The new wave of archiving included: […]

Enthusiasts disassembled the i386 microcode and created an open CPU z386

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Enthusiasts successfully extracted and disassembled the microcode of the Intel 80386 processor, which was considered a "black box" due to the lack of documentation. The binary image of the microcode was recreated using AI from high-resolution photos of the chip, and the logic was analyzed through tracing connections on the chip. The structure of micro-operations (μ-ops), fields, execution order, and instruction end markers were gradually determined. The project developments […]

GNOME Commander 2.0

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The release of GNOME Commander 2.0 has been published — a classic dual-panel file manager with a graphical interface. The developers call this release a major update: the codebase has been nearly completely migrated from C++ to Rust, and the interface migration to GTK4 has been completed. Additionally, the project has a new maintainer — Wladimir Palant. GNOME Commander is aimed at users who need a powerful and fast file manager […]

Release of the Sway 1.12 user environment

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After almost a year of development, the release of the Sway 1.12 compositing manager has been published, built using the Wayland protocol and compatible with the tiling window manager i3 and the i3bar panel. The project's code is written in C and is distributed under the MIT license. The project is targeted for use on Linux and FreeBSD. Sway allows for logical window placement (the window manager dynamically selects the position […]

TileOS 2.0 "Sauropod"

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The stable release of TileOS 2.0 "Sauropod" has been published — a Linux distribution based on Debian, focused on working with tiling window managers and Wayland environments. The release was published on May 18, 2026. TileOS is positioned as a ready-to-use Debian system for users who need a pre-configured environment based on Sway, River, Qtile, Niri, or MiracleWM, rather than the classic GNOME/KDE/Xfce desktop.

GRO Frag: A new LPE vulnerability in the Linux network stack allows for root access.

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An exploit for GRO Frag — a local privilege escalation vulnerability in the Linux kernel related to GRO processing and zero-copy skb in the network stack — has become publicly available. The exact date of its initial discovery in public materials is not specified. Two dates can be identified from public sources regarding the discussion of the fix in the netdev mailing list on May 20, 2026, where this vulnerability was addressed.

Valkey 9.1

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The Valkey community has announced the release of Valkey 9.1 — a new stable version of the high-performance key-value data store with open-source code (BSD license), which supports various use cases such as caching and message queues, and can also serve as a primary database. The project is supported by the Linux Foundation, ensuring its continued availability as open source.

Proxmox VE 9.2

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Proxmox Server Solutions has announced the release of Proxmox Virtual Environment 9.2 — a new version of the open-source platform for server virtualization and hyper-converged infrastructure. The release took place on May 21, 2026. The main changes include a dynamic load balancer in the cluster, enhanced capabilities for software-defined networking, control of custom CPU models via the web interface, and a new maintenance mode for high-availability clusters.

kmscon 10.0

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The release of kmscon 10.0 has taken place – a terminal emulator created as a replacement for the kernel console. Instead of the kernel subsystem vt, kmscon uses KMS and implements the necessary functionality in user space. This approach addresses the low code quality in the vt subsystem and the lack of experience among maintainers in it, making further development of this subsystem practically impossible.

New vulnerability in the nginx rewrite module

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Shortly after the discovery of the 18-year-old potential RCE, another one was found, CVE-2026-9256, which had existed even longer—21 years, starting from version 0.1.17 released in early 2005. To exploit this vulnerability, the server config must contain a rewrite directive that has overlapping capture groups in the first argument and uses two or more in the second […]

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