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It's FOSS -327 minutes ago

Firefox Has Quietly Integrated Brave's Adblock Engine 📋

Mozilla shipped it in Firefox 149 without a mention in the release notes. 📋

It's FOSS -325 minutes ago

Will You Pay $119 For This Open Source KVM Built on Rust and Buildroot? 📋

The LeafKVM packs a 2.4-inch touchscreen, Wi-Fi 5, and PoE into a CNC aluminum box. 📋

Phoronix 4 hours ago

Arm C1-Ultra Scheduling Model Merged For LLVM/Clang 23 📋

Merged recently to the latest LLVM/Clang compiler development tree is the Arm C1-Ultra scheduling model for helping with delivering optimal binaries for that flagship next-gen Arm mobile CPU... 📋

Phoronix 5 hours ago

Pull Request For Linux To Remove Old Network Drivers, ISDN Subsystem Due To AI/LLM Noise 📋

It was just days ago we reported on a proposal to drop old network drivers due to AI-driven bug reports becoming a burden on upstream kernel developers. Last night that culminated with an initial pull request to clear out some old, unused networking drivers plus also clearing out the entire ISDN subsystem and more... 📋

It's FOSS 5 hours ago

5 Reasons to Upgrade to Ubuntu 26.04 (and 3 Reasons to Stay Away) 📋

Should you skip this new release or jump on the bandwagon and upgrade to 26.04? Let me help you with that. 📋

It's FOSS 5 hours ago

Lubuntu 26.04 LTS Ships LXQt 2.3, and Keeps Wayland on the Backburner 📋

The lightweight Ubuntu flavor hits the 30 release mark with a refreshed app stack and Wayland support still in the works. 📋

It's FOSS 5 hours ago

Kubuntu 26.04 LTS Drops X11 Support and Goes All in On Wayland 📋

You also get Plasma 6.6, Linux 7.0, and three years of standard LTS support. 📋

It's FOSS 5 hours ago

The Awesome New Ubuntu 26.04 LTS is Here 📋

App replacements aside, there are quite a few interface upgrades worth knowing about too! 📋

OMG! Ubuntu 11 hours ago

Ubuntu 26.10 (Stonking Stingray) release date & schedule 📋

Grab your diary and jot down the date, as Ubuntu 26.10 ‘Stonking Stingray’ is going to be released on 15 October, 2026. The Ubuntu 26.10 release date and those of other notable milestones in the next development cycle have now been shared by Canonical but, given the nature of development, should be considered tentative – plans can and do change. The most significant date in the 26.10 schedule, besides the final release, is that of feature freeze on August 10, 2026. This is the date at which (in theory) new features stop being added so that the focus can move to […] 📋

It's FOSS 14 hours ago

FOSS Weekly #26.17: Ubuntu 26.04 Release, Firefox Controversy, Positive News on Age-verification and More Linux Stuff 📋

New major releases from Ubuntu and Fedora. 📋

Phoronix 14 hours ago

HDMI FRL Support Achieved With Open-Source Nouveau For NVIDIA GPUs 📋

While the AMDGPU open-source driver has struggled with HDMI 2.1 support due to the HDMI Forum blocking open-source implementations, HDMI Fixed Rate Link (FRL) as a feature of the HDMI 2.1 specification is enjoying success now with the open-source Nouveau graphics driver on Linux for NVIDIA GPUs... 📋

It's FOSS 15 hours ago

Things You Should Know About Ubuntu 26.04 📋

Ubuntu 26.04 is releasing today. I answer some of the frequently asked questions about upgrading to the new version. 📋

Foss Force 15 hours ago

Fedora 44 Tips Its Hat With a Virtual Release Party 📋

The Fedora crew has bumped the launch more than once, yet the global, come‑as‑you‑are virtual release party is going ahead right on schedule. The post Fedora 44 Tips Its Hat With a Virtual Release Party appeared first on FOSS Force. 📋

Linuxiac 16 hours ago

Gentoo-Based Redcore Linux Hardened 2601 Released with Kernel 6.19 📋

Redcore Linux Hardened 2601 Vulpecula has been released, featuring Linux kernel 6.19, FFmpeg 8, and updates to the Sisyphus package manager. 📋

LWN.net 16 hours ago

Ubuntu 26.04 LTS released 📋

Ubuntu 26.04 ("Resolute Raccoon") LTS has been released on schedule. This release brings a significant uplift in security, performance, and usability across desktop, server, and cloud environments. Ubuntu 26.04 LTS introduces TPM-backed full-disk encryption, expanded use of memory-safe components, improved application permission controls, and Livepatch support for Arm systems, helping reduce downtime and strengthen system resilience. [...] The newest Edubuntu, Kubuntu, Lubuntu, Ubuntu Budgie, Ubuntu Cinnamon, Ubuntu Kylin, Ubuntu Studio, Ubuntu Unity, and Xubuntu are also being released today. For more details on these, read their individual release notes under the Official flavors section: https://documentation.ubuntu.com/release-notes/26.04/#official-flavors Maintenance updates will be provided for 5 years for Ubuntu Desktop, Ubuntu Server, Ubuntu Cloud, Ubuntu WSL, and Ubuntu Core. All the remaining flavors will be supported for 3 years. See the release notes for a list of changes, 📋