Bazzite 44: New Gaming Stack and Kernel 7.2
The gaming distribution Bazzite has been released in version 44 – with a SteamOS-aligned gaming stack, kernel 7.2, Mesa 26.2.1 and a graphical updater.
Go 1.27: Generic Methods and a New JSON Package
Go 1.27 is out – with long-awaited generic methods, a stricter encoding/json/v2 and more SIMD support.
Rust 1.98 Adds Algebraic Floating-Point Methods
Rust 1.98 is here: new “algebraic” methods for f32 and f64 give the compiler more room to optimise floating-point calculations.
Supply-Chain Attack Poisons Popular Rust Crate arrayref
Attackers briefly laced the widely used Rust library arrayref with malicious code – via a disguised dependency. It was pulled after 86 minutes.
OpenAI: IPO in 2027 or Sooner, $852B Valuation
OpenAI will go public “in 2027 or sooner”, its CFO says. Beforehand, staff sold shares worth $7 billion – at an $852 billion valuation.
Canonical Funds Automated C-to-Rust Translation
Canonical is funding a three-year research project on automatically translating C code to Rust – with AppArmor and snap-confine as case studies.
Midea PortaSplit: Controllable via Bluetooth Without a PIN
According to heise, the Midea PortaSplit can be controlled via Bluetooth without authentication – from about 10 metres. A firmware update is in the works.
Mesa 26.3: Faster Intel Graphics in Steam Play
A performance gain for Intel graphics on Linux has landed in Mesa 26.3: in Windows games via DXVK, the Intel driver gains up to around 5 %.
VirtualBox 7.2.16: Linux FRED and Wayland Clipboard
VirtualBox 7.2.16 adds FRED support for Linux hosts, improves the shared clipboard on Wayland, and boosts the VMSVGA 3D graphics driver.
Orion Browser for Linux: New Beta Update
Kagi’s privacy-focused WebKit browser Orion brings private windows and link previews to Linux – plus Flatpak builds for x86_64 and ARM64.