Linuxiac Weekly Wrap-Up: Week 32, 2026 (August 3 – 9)
Catch up on the latest Linux news: CachyOS August 2026, DietPi 10.6, KDE Plasma 6.7.4, IceWM 4.1, Wine 11.15, Mesa 26.2, KDE Linux nears Beta, and more.
CachyOS August 2026 Release Rewrites Shelly in Zig, Prepares Server Edition
CachyOS rolls out its August 2026 ISO with a Zig-based Shelly package manager, revamped update tooling, and experimental Server Edition profiles.
Transmission BitTorrent Client Forked as ReTransmission After Maintainer Disagreement
Transmission has been forked into ReTransmission following a longstanding disagreement among maintainers over expanding the project’s maintainer team.
18-Year-Old Linux Kernel Vulnerability Enables Root Access and Container Escape
The SCTPhantom vulnerability, CVE-2026-64564, affects Linux SCTP code and can be exploited for root access and container escape.
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