What should the current linux daemon/-qt versions be, please? I cloned the latest from the github this afternoon and compiled and its version is 1.9.4.1
According to this announcement thread there's a mandatory update at v1.9.6.0.
Is there somewhere else to get linux binaries?
It is not updated. It should be in the new version of the wallet when PoSA is officially released.
The last commit was 14 days ago - right before 1.9.6 for Windows was released. You can still use it (and people are), it just doesn't have CloakTrade.