Linux NewsKDE Plasma 6.8 Desktop Environment Lands on October 14th, Here’s What to Expect
The upcoming KDE Plasma 6.8 desktop environment is expected on October 14th, 2026, with many new features and improvements. Here’s what’s to expect.
Linux Mint and GNOME Calendar Clash Resurfaces Months Later
GNOME Calendar developer has revived a months-old dispute with Linux Mint over outdated packages, support links, and branding.
These Linux networking command-line tools are outdated. Here's what you should use instead.
Telnet, ifconfig, and netstat, and more, all have better replacements.
The Last MPEG-4 Visual Patent Has Expired
If you are looking for a reason to celebrate today, the last of the MPEG-4 Part 2 patents expired today...
FFmpeg Lands Latest AVX-512 Optimization: 1.372x Faster In Pixel Format Conversion
The latest hand-tuned code in the FFmpeg multimedia library for allowing better performance on today's modern Intel/AMD AVX-512-capable processors is showing 1.372x faster performance for RGB24 to RGBA pixel format conversions...
Legion Y700 Gen4 Tablet Powered By Snapdragon 8 Elite Seeing Linux Patches
The Legion Y700 Gen4 is an Android tablet that debuted last year and powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite chipset. This 8.8-inch tablet is now seeing patches for enabling Linux support outside the confines of Android and will hopefully end up in the mainline kernel...
More ASUS Motherboards To Enjoy Working Sensor Monitoring With Linux 7.3
Thanks to the work of the open-source community, more ASUS desktop motherboards for Intel Core and AMD Ryzen systems are seeing working sensor monitoring under Linux. With the upcoming Linux 7.3 cycle, several additional ASUS motherboards will now enjoy working sensor monitoring...
Gitea 1.27 Released with Actions Improvements and 45 CVE Fixes
Gitea 1.27 arrives with first-class reusable workflow jobs, Markdown job summaries, Jupyter Notebook rendering, and an extensive collection of security fixes.
I've tried dozens of Linux desktops, and COSMIC feels like the future
Is COSMIC the future of Linux desktops?
This theme makes Discord look more at home on Ubuntu
The official Discord desktop app supports Linux but it doesn’t make much effort to fit in, which is why alternative clients are popular – not least because they can be themed. Discord GNOME Theme by developer ~ricewind012, is so named because, basically, that’s what it is: a custom theme that restyles Discord to look more like Adwaita and follow the GNOME HIG (well, as close as Discord’s CSS allows). A reminder: Ubuntu’s Yaru theme is based (heavily) on upstream Adwaita, so while this theme won’t give an exact match on Ubuntu, it’s closer than stock. As it’s all CSS, it […]
GNU Hurd Makes Progress On AArch64, Writing Translators In Rust
The GNU Hurd project recently issued their Q2'2026 status report to outline recently development efforts. The Hurd is still happening!..
Vocalinux Is an Open-Source Voice Dictation App Built for Linux
The open-source Vocalinux app lets Linux users dictate text into almost any application while processing their speech locally.
"Half a Second" — a book on the XZ backdoor
Adrian Mastronardi has released a book called Half a Second; it is a detailed look into the XZ backdoor attempt of 2024. The book is freely available under a (non-free) noncommercial, no-derivatives CC license. Half a Second tells that story as one continuous narrative: the burned-out volunteer who maintained the code alone and was patiently, expertly manipulated into giving it up; the engineer whose half-second of curiosity caught the attack through a chain of luck and hard-won instinct; and the operator who built it, who has never been identified and, this book argues, may never be.
Kitty 0.48 Terminal Emulator Introduces Vertical Tabs
Kitty 0.48 introduces vertical tabs on the left or right side, plus Wayland fixes, macOS enhancements, and performance improvements.
Three stable kernel updates
The 7.1.4, 6.18.39, and 6.12.96 stable kernel updates have been released; each contains a fairly large set of important fixes.
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