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🐧 SIGINT // Linux Watch — 2026-10-20
A critical KVM guest-to-host escape is working its way into Debian, RHEL, and Ubuntu — if you run multi-tenant VMs on bare metal, this is the patch Tuesday that actually matters.
theregisterLinux KVM guest-host escape rated critical, may represent a new way to attack penguin-powered networkingParty like it’s CVE-2026-99999 – a 9.3-rated nasty called PwnEscape
ICYMI: Learn how the Fediverse was built in the latest article from our series on public funding of open source
@nlnet @NGIZero @cwebber @Bonfire
#DigitalAutonomy #ActivityPub #Fediverse #OpenSource #community #FOSS
Working on qZypper, a Qt 6 / QML package manager GUI for openSUSE (Leap 16 / Tumbleweed), built on libzypp.
• Updates tab with one-click update / dist-upgrade
• RPM Groups & Languages views
• Multi-select + single-key status changes (+ - > < ! *)
• Search modes: wildcards, regex, exact, file lists
• Update Unconditionally (reinstall / downgrade)
Root ops go through a D-Bus backend + Polkit, with a bundled SELinux policy.
See, with Calc it's super easy to do conditional formatting. You choose the cells, use the right reference, then simply apply a formatting to all affected cells by creating a new style by selecting "new style," then navigating through a popup with 8 tabs and a few dozen options and thinking hard about why that box says "default," like is this the default? Are you basing your style on the default? Why? Give your new style a name, select all the options that apply for formatting, and five minutes later, voila! You now have a style that you can use forever! Unless you got something wrong. Except you can't ever use it in a new sheet, unless you go through the multi-step process documented somewhere in the documents (but way easier to just search reddit) for creating a new template and then basing future documents on that template.
What if you just want the background of cells that have values over 4 to be yellow? Same process!
I love your entire concept, #LibreOffice, but gods your shit is ridiculously complicated sometimes.
p.s. I'm ranting about usability of a #foss software package. If you are coming to say "So you would prefer to use CoMmeRCiAl CoRPoRAtE SoFTwARe?" please reconsider.
Linux phones: could they finally become a real alternative to Android and iOS?
After years of stagnation, Linux phones may be approaching a turning point.
In a recent article, Amos Batto explains how new hardware options, more mature interfaces like Phosh and Plasma Mobile, and tools such as Waydroid could make Linux phones more practical.
But better technology alone won’t be enough.
Projects like PINE64 and Purism have faced serious challenges. Building a phone is one thing; funding software development, maintaining hardware support and keeping a company afloat are much harder.
Jolla’s latest phone also suggests there is a market for alternatives, particularly among people who want more control over their devices.
Linux phones don’t need to replace Android or iOS to matter. They need to become a practical option for people who value privacy, software freedom and digital sovereignty.
Would you consider switching to a Linux phone if it supported the apps and features you rely on every day?
https://amosbbatto.wordpress.com/2026/10/05/linux-phones-alternative/
Random thoughts, conocimiento no conocido, yachay mana yachasqachuWill Linux phones become a viable alternative to the Android/iOS duopoly?Linux phones now have the hardware and software to succeed, but it is an open question whether they will become a viable alternative to the Android/iOS duopoly.
New in #LibreOffice 26.8: Better accessibility – LibreOffice continues its accessibility work with improvements that make the interface easier to navigate using assistive technologies. https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/ReleaseNotes/26.8#Accessibility #foss #opensource #freesoftware
New in #LibreOffice 26.8: More descriptive fields – Displaying field names now includes clearer descriptions for document statistics fields, making complex documents easier to understand. https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/ReleaseNotes/26.8 #foss #opensource #freesoftware
A new issue of This Week In GNOME is now online!
#270 Visualized Community
https://thisweek.gnome.org/posts/2026/10/twig-270/
thisweek.gnome.org#270 Visualized CommunityUpdates on what happens across the GNOME project from week to week
New in #LibreOffice 26.8: Mixed page sizes – Impress and Draw can now use different page sizes within the same document – a long-requested feature for more flexible presentations. https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/ReleaseNotes/26.8 #foss #opensource #freesoftware
New in #LibreOffice 26.8: RTL text detection – LibreOffice Writer now automatically detects paragraph direction when opening or pasting plain right-to-left text. Less manual formatting, smoother editing for Arabic and Hebrew documents. https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/ReleaseNotes/26.8 #foss #opensource #freesoftware
Governments, organisations and companies around the world are moving to #LibreOffice – and to help them, we have Certified Migration Professionals. Here's what we did at a recent workshop in Nairobi, Kenya: https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2026/10/13/libreoffice-migration-workshop-in-nairobi-kenya/ #foss #openSource #freesoftware
TDF Community BlogLibreOffice Migration Workshop in Nairobi, Kenya - TDF Community BlogWhen governments, organisations and companies move to LibreOffice – as we’re seeing in Austria, Germany and other countries – they usually enlist the help of Certified Migration Professionals. Recently in Nairobi, the capital city of Kenya, we held a LibreOffice Migration Workshop. 40 attendees registered, from the public and private sectors, and the session was conducted pro bono by Lothar Becker
New in #LibreOffice 26.8: Improved DOCX comments – Deleted comment ranges in Microsoft Word documents are now imported and exported more accurately, further improving DOCX compatibility. https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/ReleaseNotes/26.8 #foss #opensource #freesoftware
As networks grow more complex, we think it's the right time to look ahead.
We're proud to introduce the Wireshark Foundation Board of Directors, focused on helping the next generation of contributors, users, and innovations thrive.
Read more about the Board and what’s next: https://www.wireshark.org/blog/2026-10-06-wireshark-expands-board-of-directors
If you’d like to support the project, visit: https://wiresharkfoundation.org/donate/
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LibreOffice Conference 2026 group photo – and final video updates: https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2026/10/11/libreoffice-conference-2026-group-photo-and-final-video-updates/ #foss #openSource #freesoftware
TDF Community BlogLibreOffice Conference 2026 group photo – and final video updates - TDF Community BlogLast month we had the LibreOffice Conference 2026 in Pordenone, northern Italy. Huge thanks to the organisers for such a great event! At lunchtime on the final day we took a group photo, which you can see above – but of course, some people had left by then, so thanks to those people as well for attending 😊 We’ve also finalised the YouTube playlist with 32 talks from the event. For a few talks whic
Stats time! #LibreOffice code contributors, translators, downloads and more – see the State of the Project, October 2025 – September 2026: https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2026/10/07/state-of-the-project-oct-25-sept-26/ #foss #openSource #freesoftware
TDF Community BlogState of the Project (October 2025 - September 2026) - TDF Community BlogWe are releasing the State of the Project Slide Deck, which is updated quarterly and based on data extracted from the LibreOffice dashboard and the Matomo repository between 1 October 2025 and 30 September 2026. Over the course of 12 months, 297 developers worked on the source code, making a total of 11,676 new commits (Git). Of these, 2,596 (22%) were provided by 228 volunteer developers (77%), 4
The Wireshark Foundation is excited to announce an expanded Board of Directors.
Our renewed mission is to keep #Wireshark a vibrant, sustainable, innovative, and community-driven #opensource project for decades to come.
Meet the Board: @geraldcombs, Sheri Najafi, Kelley Misata (Chair), Chris Greer, Geoffrey Kempenich, Kary Rogers, Loris Degioanni, @packetjay and Janice Spampinato.
Full announcement: https://www.wireshark.org/blog/2026-10-06-wireshark-expands-board-of-directors
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