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Linus Torvalds just used AI to help fix a Linux kernel bug. Let me tell you that this is a rare event. Not because Torvalds is using AI. Last Christmas holidays, Torvalds used AI for the first time for a personal, hobby project. He was averted to AI at first but made his peace with it, even for AI-assisted code contributions in the kernel project. The event we are talking about is rare because Torvalds doesn't code on Linux kernel anymore. He is in the maintainer mode.

Proton Mail (partner link), the service people turn to for escaping Big Tech, has rolled out "Categories" as a new inbox view that automatically sorts incoming email into six groups: Primary, Social, Promotions, Newsletters, Transactions, and Updates. When you receive a new mail, it gets sorted automatically into one of six categories based on metadata, without Proton reading the contents of the message. This is what Gmail already introduced years ago and it does work for most parts.

Canonical has committed funding to a three-year PhD project focused on building a system that can automatically translate large C codebases into Rust. And they are not alone; UK Research and Innovation is matching their funding for the project, which is set to run through the University of Bristol's Programming Languages Research Group.

LightDM 1.33.0 is out after a four-year gap, now under community maintainership rather than Canonical's. Two new maintainers, one behind Ubuntu Cinnamon Remix and the other a long-time Fedora and openSUSE contributor, have stepped up. Nitrux has given a name to what it's been building since dropping Plasma for Hyprland last year. The Workspace Environment brings four in-house QML components together, a workspace bar, a dock, a settings app, and a lock screen.

20 Aug 2026 3 min read The open hardware manufacturer recently posted an update on its Mastodon account, and it's not great news if you were hoping to grab new Linux-powered PINE64 hardware. The disruptions in DRAM and eMMC supply are to blame, as PINE64 says its Linux hardware production pipeline is empty for now, with nothing new planned while component costs stay high. Whether that changes depends on component pricing after mid-2027, and they aren't promising anything before then.

▶️ Warp has introduced Factories, infrastructure for running your own cloud software factory with fleets of agents. ▶️ Agents handle triage, specs, implementation, and review; humans step in only when needed. ▶️ Works with any model or harness, and all runs are tracked via built-in metrics. ▶️ Closed beta only; apply for early access. How software gets built at an organization has evolved a lot over the years.

Even Linus Torvalds is fine with AI being used in Linux kernel development these days, and it's everywhere else in the Linux and tech world too. The time has come to stop ignoring AI and start using it as a tool and to use it well, especially if you are a professional sysadmin or DevOps. That's why seasoned Linux professionals, Ezequiel Lanza and Eduardo Spotti wrote the book The Ultimate AI Guide for Linux Engineers that I am reviewing here.

We are used to seeing Murena roll out new devices every now and then. Their whole sales pitch revolves around a de-Googled, privacy-focused Android experience. Not everyone is sold on that approach, sure, but the company has managed to stick around for quite a few years now, which says something. The latest addition to their lineup is the Fairphone (Gen. 6+) with /e/OS. It sits right next to the standard Gen. 6 model, which is still on sale.

Atomic distros work differently from the Fedora or Ubuntu install you're probably used to. Instead of layering individual packages on top of each other, the entire base system ships as one image, and updates land as a whole swap rather than a slow stream of package changes.

Xen is a hypervisor that runs on various kinds of hardware, where a crash can have massive consequences. It is deployed in fields like automotive, industrial automation, robotics, and avionics. These are all safety-critical fields where certification matters. So far, it has been on a good trajectory with increasing adoption and enhancements that keep it relevant for enterprise use.