https://morningupdate.org/linux-mornings/ en-us A daily briefing on Linux and open source — kernel releases, distro news, and the open-source software shaping your world. A daily briefing on Linux and open source — kernel releases, distro news, and the open-source software shaping your world. no episodic Linux kernel: seven stable releases shipped October 3 (7.2.9 through 5.10.271), signed off by Greg Kroah-Hartman, all dominated by memory-safety fixes found largely by fuzzers (syzbot) and AI-assisted tooling; 7.3-rc5 in final stabilization (Cache Aware Scheduling fixes, HID support, graphics fixes, Logitech Bolt rollback); AMD sent new GPU hardware enablement for Linux 7.4 Distros: Ubuntu 26.10 "Stonking Stingray" beta landed October 1 — Linux 7.3 release-candidate kernel, GNOME 51, completed transition of coreutils to Rust (uutils); final release October 15; KDE Plasma 6.8 ships October 14 f Sun, 04 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMT https://morningupdate.org/linux-mornings/episodes/linux-morning-briefing-sunday-october-4-2026-2026-10-04/ 216