The Linux Foundation has formally taken over the Open Secure AI Alliance (OSAA) from NVIDIA, giving the month-old AI security consortium a vendor-neutral home. The move advances the alliance’s work on open tools and standards, including the SAFE framework for sharing AI incidents, while reducing concerns that a single company controls its direction.

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Visual Studio Code Insiders 1.137.0 is now available for Linux through Microsoft’s VS Code PPA, giving administrators a new package to test after 1.136 Insiders previewed the next stable release. Microsoft published the build on September 2, 2026, as version `1.137.0-1788326293`.

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Microsoft has clarified Microsoft Edge Linux support by publishing exact distribution requirements for the 64-bit systems it officially tests. The supported baseline includes Ubuntu 18.04 or later, Debian 10 or later, Fedora 33 or later, and openSUSE Leap 15.5 or later.

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Debian 11 “Bullseye” reached the end of its Long-Term Support period on August 31, 2026. Debian will stop providing security updates in September, leaving administrators with a clear choice: migrate to Debian 12 “Bookworm,” reinstall with Debian 13, or arrange external Extended LTS coverage.

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Linux 7.3-rc1 has become one of the kernel’s largest first release candidates, reaching nearly 41 million lines of source code. AMD’s new GPU definitions and driver support account for about one-third of the merge-window patch, making the release especially relevant for teams testing upcoming AMD hardware.

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Debian developers have rejected a blanket ban on large language model (LLM)-assisted contributions, while leaving disclosure of AI use optional. The decision preserves existing human review and makes contributors responsible for checking quality, security, and licensing before submitting work.

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Google is developing native Windows 11 and Windows Subsystem for Linux support for Antigravity, its agentic development platform. The move would let Antigravity run coding agents, shell commands, builds, and file operations in Linux environments on Windows, while a separate native Windows implementation could reduce the platform’s reliance on browser-based or Electron interfaces.

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Ubuntu 24.04 LTS systems can now upgrade to Ubuntu 26.04 LTS after Canonical released Ubuntu 26.04.1 on August 27. The point release gives administrators the supported LTS-to-LTS route through Update Manager or `do-release-upgrade`, without relying on the premature `-d` option.

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Linux is marking 35 years since Linus Torvalds publicly announced a small 386-based hobby operating system—and the project nearly carried the name Freax instead. The anniversary also highlights a less nostalgic fact for administrators: Torvalds remains active as Linux’s maintainer and is using AI to help find kernel bugs.

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IBM is developing a dual-architecture processor with Arm that will let the same core run z/OS and Arm-native Linux workloads concurrently on future IBM Z and LinuxONE systems. Announced at Hot Chips 2026, the design could give regulated organizations direct access to Arm’s AI and cloud-native software ecosystem without moving sensitive workloads off their mainframes.

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AI can help you patch faster. It can also help you make the wrong call faster.

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Kubuntu Focus is funding at least three years of backported bug and security fixes for KDE Plasma 6.6, turning the desktop into the first Plasma 6 release with a dedicated long-term-support lifecycle. The “Bullet-Proof KDE Initiative” also covers the matching KDE Frameworks 6.24 and KDE Gear 25.12 components shipped with Kubuntu 26.04, and other Linux distributions can adopt the maintained versions.

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