Linux NewsDebian’s APT 3.2 Released with History, Undo, Redo, and Rollback Support
APT 3.2 package manager for Debian-based distributions is now available with native rollback, undo, redo, and history features.
This Raspberry Pi project quickly became the cornerstone of my homelab
The hole shebang.
DevOps Tools Introduction #12: Cloud Native Security
While previous articles in this series have explored application deployment from multiple angles—covering infrastructure, pipelines, and operational practices—security must be understood as a foundational layer that permeates every stage of the lifecycle. This perspective is reflected in the DevOps Tools ... Read more The post DevOps Tools Introduction #12: Cloud Native Security appeared first on Linux Professional Institute (LPI).
3 Linux distros to try after you’ve outgrown Linux Mint
How long are you going to ride Linux with training wheels?
[$] Sharing stories on Scuttlebutt
Not many people live on sailboats. Things may be better these days, but back in 2014 sailboat dwellers had to contend with lag-prone, intermittent, low-bandwidth internet connections. Dominic Tarr decided to fix the problem of keeping up with his friends by developing a delay-tolerant, fully distributed social-media protocol called Scuttlebutt. Nearly twelve years later, the protocol has gained a number of users who have their own, non-sailboat-related reasons to prefer a censorship-resistant, offline-first social-media system.
Firefox 149.0.2 Improves the Browser Toolbar on Wayland for Linux Users
Firefox 149.0.2 open-source web browser is now available for download with improved Wayland support for Linux users, two new enterprise policicies, and other changes.
OpenSSL 3.6.2 Security Patch Fixes Multiple Vulnerabilities
OpenSSL 3.6.2 fixes eight security issues, including flaws affecting RSA KEM, AES-CFB-128, DANE client code, CMS, and delta CRL handling.
Security updates for Tuesday
Security updates have been issued by AlmaLinux (crun, kernel, and kernel-rt), Debian (dovecot), Fedora (calibre and nextcloud), Mageia (freerdp, polkit-122, python-nltk, python-pyasn1, vim, and xz), Red Hat (edk2 and openssl), SUSE (avahi, cockpit, python-pyOpenSSL, python311, and tar), and Ubuntu (lambdaisland-uri-clojure, linux-gcp, linux-gcp-4.15, linux-gcp-fips, linux-oem-6.17, and linux-realtime-6.17).
OpenSSL 3.6.2 Is Now Available for Download with Important Security Fixes
OpenSSL 3.6.2 open-source TLS/SSL and crypto library is now available for download with fixes for several security vulnerabilities and bugs. Patch now!
KDE Plasma 6.6.4 Released with Wayland, KWin, and Spectacle Fixes
KDE Plasma 6.6.4 desktop environment fixes Wayland scaling, Spectacle crashes, KWin bugs, and several Plasma Desktop regressions.
KDE Plasma 6.6.4 Is Out to Reduce CPU and GPU Load for Full-Screen Windows
KDE Plasma 6.6.4 is now available as the fourth maintenance update in the KDE Plasma 6.6 desktop environment series with various improvements and bug fixes.
Alacritty 0.17 Terminal Emulator Released with Wayland Resize Improvements
Alacritty 0.17, a GPU-accelerated terminal emulator, adds TOML 1.1 support, Wayland resize increments, mouse wheel bindings, and more.
KDE is a treasure trove of free games—here are the 5 best ones
KDE seems to have an app for everything—including games.
Ubuntu 26.04 Provides More Performance For AMD Ryzen AI Max "Strix Halo"
Last week I provided benchmarks to quantify how the AMD Strix Halo graphics performance has evolved since launch one year ago, in today's article is a look at how the Zen 5 CPU performance with the flagship Ryzen AI Max+ 395 has evolved under Linux in the year since these exciting APUs began making their way to high-end laptops and desktops. Complementing the nice Radeon 8060S performance gains are also some nice CPU performance benefits quantified when using Ubuntu 26.04.
Intel QAT Driver With Linux 7.1 Adding Zstd Offload Support
The Intel QuickAssist "QAT" driver for the mainline Linux 7.1 kernel is adding support for Zstd offloading across QuickAssist Gen 4 / Gen 5 / Gen 6 accelerators for Zstandard compression as well as Zstandard decompression (limited there to the latest Gen 6 hardware)...
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