Linux 7.2-rc4 Lands: Cache-Aware Scheduling Doubles MongoDB Throughput and strncpy Is Finally Gone
Linux 7.2-rc4 merges Cache-Aware Scheduling — benchmarking at 100% higher MongoDB throughput on AMD Zen 5 — and permanently retires the unsafe strncpy API after a six-year kernel-wide cleanup. »
Three Snapd Bugs Let Any Local User Own Ubuntu — Patch Now
Canonical patched three snapd CVEs on July 21, including two high-severity privilege escalation flaws that hand a low-privilege account full root on default Ubuntu Desktop installs. »
The Last MPEG-4 Part 2 Patent Just Expired — DivX, Xvid, and a 26-Year Codec War Are Finally Over
On July 19, 2026, the final patent covering MPEG-4 Part 2 Visual expired in Brazil, making the codec that powered the era of internet video legally free worldwide for the first time. »
COSMIC Desktop 1.3 Is Here: System76's Rust Linux Desktop Gets Frosted Glass and GPU Monitoring
System76 shipped COSMIC Epoch 1.3.0 on July 14, 2026, delivering the long-awaited frosted glass visual effect, deeper AMD/Intel/NVIDIA GPU monitoring, and a Rust-native NetworkManager backend to its from-scratch Linux desktop environment. »
Your PC's 2013 Secure Boot Certificate Just Expired — Debian 13.6 Ships the Fix
Debian 13.6 addresses an industry-wide Secure Boot crisis: the UEFI certificate authority that signs bootloaders on most PCs since 2013 has expired, and fwupd 2.0.20 brings the tooling to fix it. »