Open Source
Fedora 45 release date: October 20 target, what's new and how to upgrade
Fedora 45 is due on October 20, 2026, with October 27 and November 3 as fallback dates. Here is what changes and how to upgrade.
Software
How software gets built: developer tools, engineering practice, platforms and the open-source economy, from The Silicon Ledger.
Software
Five Years On: Windows 11's Turbulent Journey From Launch to Stability
Microsoft's Windows 11, released on October 5, 2021, has spent half a decade generating controversy and frustration among users, though recent updates suggest the operating system may finally be finding calmer waters.
Software
Ubuntu 26.10 Ships Sequoia PGP, Canonical's Rust-Based GnuPG Alternative
Canonical is bundling Sequoia PGP, a Rust implementation of the OpenPGP standard, with Ubuntu 26.10, marking the start of a gradual transition away from the C-based GnuPG.
Software
Windows 11 24H2 and Office 2021 Lose Support on October 13, 2026
Microsoft's October 13 Patch Tuesday is the last for Windows 11 24H2 Home and Pro and Office 2021. Windows 10 consumer ESU no longer ends that day: it now runs to October 12, 2027.
Developers
Nextcloud Opens Developer Academy to Expand App Ecosystem
The self-hosted cloud platform has launched an educational program to train developers in building apps, as the company shifts toward becoming a full software platform with over 800 third-party applications.
Developers
Why AI Coding Agents Need System-Level Verification, Not Just Faster Pipelines
Anthropic and Linear report that AI agents have overwhelmed continuous integration systems, but making pipelines faster misses the real problem: they only test isolated repositories, not the distributed systems those changes must work with.
Software
Modder extends Nvidia Pascal GPU compatibility to Windows XP 32-bit with modern display support
A retrocomputing enthusiast has modified Nvidia drivers to enable Pascal-generation graphics cards on Windows XP 32-bit, adding support for contemporary high-refresh displays via DisplayPort and HDMI.
Software
OpenAI's GPT-6 Astra decodes 217-year-old Napoleonic cipher in six hours
An engineer at SentinelOne used the multimodal AI model to crack a military message that had remained unread since 1809, requiring only a single image and prompt to complete the task.
