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Python Language Summit 2026 debates Rust and a new GC
The Python Language Summit 2026 reports are out: 47 core developers weighed Rust in CPython, a new garbage collector, a std namespace and faster startup.
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Coding
Archinstall 4.5 adds AArch64 boot support and RT kernels
Archinstall 4.5, out September 29, 2026, sets up 64-bit ARM machines with GRUB or Limine, adds real-time kernels and turns on TLS verification.
Dev Stack
Git 2.56.0 ships faster merge-base and smaller repacks
Git 2.56.0 cuts a Linux kernel merge-base walk from 167,441 steps to 3,887 and shrinks one test repository's pack by 71%. It shipped September 28.
Coding
postmarketOS is now Nura: what changes for developers
postmarketOS, the phone Linux distribution started in 2017, is now Nura. The name won an 18-month search that drew more than 300 suggestions.
Coding
Linux LZ4 resync to v1.10.0 lifts decompression up to 21%
A 9-patch series moves the kernel's 2017-2018 LZ4 code to upstream v1.10.0, adds bounds checks and speeds 16K-block decompression by 21%.
Coding
DRBD 9 edges toward mainline Linux with 7 prep patches
LINBIT posted 7 patches on September 23 that reshape the kernel's DRBD 8.4 code toward DRBD 9, which supports up to 31 peers per volume.
Coding
Python documentation is now available in German
The Python docs now have a German edition at docs.python.org/de/3/. The core pages are 100% translated; the full set stands at 9.17%.
Dev Stack
GDB 18.1 adds Windows non-stop debugging, drops stabs
GDB 18.1, out September 25, brings non-stop debugging to Windows 10+, new save and environment commands, and drops the old stabs debug format.
Coding
Linux set_robust_list2 syscalls return in v7 for FEX-Emu
Igalia posted v7 of the set_robust_list2 futex syscalls on September 25, 2026, 10 months after v6, to help FEX-Emu run 32-bit x86 code on Arm64.
Dev Stack
Node.js 22.23.3 LTS fixes an HTTP/2 use-after-free bug
Node.js 22.23.3 LTS, out September 23, fixes an HTTP/2 use-after-free bug, adds SharedArrayBuffer support to Node-API and moves to OpenSSL 3.5.8.
Dev Stack
F-Droid 2.0 rewrites the app store and drops Android 6
F-Droid 2.0, its biggest update in 10 years, rewrites the client in Kotlin Compose, needs Android 7.0 and drops the Privileged Extension after 14 test builds.
Dev Stack
SourceHut build log XSS let attackers take over accounts
A crafted build log could run script in a SourceHut user's browser. ansi2html 1.9.4 fixes the bug, CVE-2026-92973, which hit versions 1.7.0 to 1.9.3.
Coding
Go 1.27 simd package brings portable, emulated SIMD
Go 1.27's experimental simd package runs one vector code path on AVX-512, NEON, wasm and RISC-V, and emulates it where hardware SIMD is missing.
Dev Stack
COSMIC Epoch 1.9 adds image viewer, on-screen keyboard
COSMIC Epoch 1.9 shipped September 23, 2026, 13 days after 1.8, with a Rust image viewer, an on-screen keyboard and a redesigned app store.
Dev Stack
Snapdragon X2 gets an early Linux developer preview
Qualcomm's Snapdragon X2 Linux preview arrived on September 23, 2026, with official kernel support due around November 2026.
Dev Stack
Radicle 1.10.3 and earlier send private repos in cleartext
Every Radicle release through 1.10.3 sends repository data unencrypted and lets attackers pose as trusted peers. No fix ships yet; Radicle 2.0 will change the network.
Coding
WordPress 7.1.2 fixes get_page_template() RCE flaw
WordPress 7.1.2 patches CVE-2026-87902, a remote code execution bug in get_page_template() that reaches back to 4.7. Update now, the project says.
Coding
Fearless SIMD 1.0 brings stable, safe SIMD to Rust
Fearless SIMD 1.0, released September 21, gives Rust safe SIMD from SSE2 to AVX-512, NEON and WebAssembly, with a stable API and 3 years of security fixes.
Dev Stack
Git 2.56 adds history drop and delete-merged
Git 2.56 carries over 700 non-merge commits and is due at the end of September 2026, with new commands for dropping commits and pruning branches.
Dev Stack
ZLUDA adds cuFFT support for AMD GPUs via hipFFT
A merged pull request adds NVIDIA's cuFFT library to ZLUDA, letting AMD GPUs run CUDA-based Folding@Home units with no code changes.
Coding
Linux 7.3-rc4 arrives with LLM-caught error path fixes
Linux 7.3-rc4 landed on September 20, 2026, its fixes split in thirds across drivers, filesystems and architecture code. Torvalds credits LLMs.
Coding
Linux 7.4 patch opens files 39% faster in tests
A 43-line Linux 7.4 patch drops two redundant dentry references when opening a file, lifting a 20-core benchmark by 39%.
Coding
Vulkan 1.4.363 adds an Intel GPU version query
Vulkan 1.4.363 ships VK_INTEL_device_info, an Intel extension that reports a GPU's graphics IP version as three plain numbers.
Dev Stack
Gzip 1.15 fixes a wrong-file deletion race
Gzip 1.15 lands 119 commits from 75 weeks of work. It fixes a race that could delete the wrong file, plus a buffer overflow in .lzh decoding.
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