Linux News Digest (Sept 20, 2026): Canonical loses its mind with alpha kernels, CISA goes full panic mode, and Fedora drops ancient NVIDIA GPUs
Mom just brought the wrong chicken nuggets again, and the delivery guy looked at my Arch Linux t-shirt like I’m some kind of biohazard... But let's ignore my emotional trauma for a second! Today is September 20, 2026, and the open-source world is experiencing such a massive circus that my power supply fan started whining. While Windows users are busy reinstalling their OS for the third time this week because a cumulative update broke their audio drivers, we have our own basement dramas. Let’s quickly run through the juiciest IT trash of the week. 1. Canonical Goes Full Suicide Squad: Ubuntu 26.10 to Ship with an Unstable Alpha Kernel Gentlemen, grab your fire extinguishers! Mark Shuttleworth and his team have officially decided to play Russian roulette with your system stability. The repositories for the upcoming Ubuntu 26.10 "Stonking Stingray" just officially pulled in Linux Kernel 7.3-rc1 . The Catch: The kernel freeze for this release is set for October 1st, and t...