Linux NewsPeppermintOS Is Moving From Xorg to XLibre to Avoid Wayland
The lightweight distro will ship the XLibre display server in its upcoming Debian and Devuan ISO refreshes, and it says it has no plans to switch to Wayland for the foreseeable future.
Organizations Are Now Reaching for OpenSearch for AI, Not Just Search
The 2026 Open Data Infrastructure Report finds 62% of current users already run OpenSearch for AI workloads.
I outgrew Ubuntu for a reason—immutable distros are the better first choice
Linux, but without the ultra-granular, chaotic base.
Codenotary Expands Its No-Strings-Attached Linux Security Deal
The company’s permanently free security platform for up to 25 machines is now available to organizations running Debian and Ubuntu, as well as AlmaLinux. The post Codenotary Expands Its No-Strings-Attached Linux Security Deal appeared first on FOSS Force.
KDE Picks Enterprise, Documentation, and Styling as New Goals
KDE’s 2026–2028 goals include stronger enterprise support, consolidated documentation, and a unified styling system.
Ubuntu wiki gets its first overhaul in 16 years
An all-new Ubuntu Wiki has gone live, giving the site its first substantive overhaul since 2010. The new wiki is powered by MediaWiki, and brings a slate of feature that improve both backend and frontend features for users. It’ll be easier for editors to maintain and work with, but also Canonical’s own ISV engineers who need to keep it running. Another reason for a revamp is the Ubuntu as a project has changed since the wiki was setup in 2006. In years past, internal documentation, governance details, schedules and procedures were housed (in some cases co-ordinated thorough) the Ubuntu wiki. Today, […]
Raspberry Pi Disallows RAM Upgrades to Fight Fraud, Does it Make Sense?
A resurfacing firmware lock is catching out new buyers and tinkerers who want to revive dead hardware.
Signal Will Let You Sign Up Without a Phone Number — For $3
The feature is currently in testing on Android, with iOS support still a bit far away.
VLC 3.0.24 Released with APV and Atrac3/Atrac9 Decoding, FFmpeg 8.1 Support
VLC 3.0.24 open-source media player is now available for download with an APV decoder, Atrac3/Atrac9 decoding, FFmpeg 8.1 support, support for CEA-708 closed captions in MP4, and more.
Obscura VPN now has a desktop Linux app
Obscura VPN has launched a native Linux app, giving desktop users an easier way to access it (without wrangling Wireguard configuration files). Linux isn’t short of VPN providers, but Obscura, founded by former Bitcoin Core contributor Carl Dong, has a different pitch to most. Rather than your traffic being routed through a single provider, Obscura VPN uses a two-step relay: it acts as the ‘entry node’ (seeing your original IP address) while another VPN provider, Mullvad, acts as the ‘exit node’ (the websites you visit). Obscura’s Linux app also supports the QUIC-based stealth protocol, which disguises your VPN connection as […]
Mozilla Firefox 156.0.1 Is Now Available for Download with Various Bug Fixes
Mozilla Firefox 156.0.1 open-source web browser is now available for download with various bug fixes and improvements for all supported platforms.
NetBSD 10.2 Released With New Hardware Support and Security Fixes
NetBSD 10.2 is out as the second point release in the 10.x stable series, adding new Ethernet, VMware, ARM, and security improvements.
[$] Compiling the kernel with gccrs
Pierre-Emmanuel Patry and Arthur Cohen gave a talk at RustConf 2026 on the status of the Rust frontend for GCC (gccrs), with a particular eye toward the goal of compiling the Linux kernel. Patry gave a follow-up talk for a more kernel-focused audience at Kangrejos the next week, which Cohen could not attend. The gccrs project is making good progress overall, but it will still be some time until the compiler is usable.
Linux 7.2 vs. Linux 7.3 Shows A Few Improvements With AMD Strix Halo
Last week I ran some benchmarks showing performance gains for AMD Ryzen AI Max+ "Strix Halo" on Ubuntu 26.10. Then shortly after that testing on its daily state, which used the Linux 7.2 kernel, Canonical switched to Linux 7.3 as the Ubuntu 26.10 kernel. Here are some Linux 7.2 vs. Linux 7.3 benchmarks for the AMD Ryzen AI Max+ 395 "Strix Halo" with the Framework Desktop...
Security updates for Tuesday
Security updates have been issued by AlmaLinux (apr-util, corosync, curl, freerdp, gstreamer1-plugins-base, libarchive, libtiff, libxml2, openexr, openssh, rsyslog, sudo, tomcat, unbound, webkit2gtk3, yggdrasil, and yggdrasil-worker-package-manager), Debian (chromium), Fedora (alsa-plugins, amarok, aqualung, atomes, attract-mode, audacious-plugins, audacity, baresip, blender, calibre, cantata, cef, chromaprint, chromium, digikam, doctl, dragon, ffmpeg, ffmpegthumbnailer, ffmpegthumbs, ffms2, fooyin, glaxnimate, goldendict-ng, gpac, gstreamer1-plugin-libav, guacamole-server, guvcview, haruna, hedgewars, icecat, janus, k3b, kdenlive, kf5-kfilemetadata, kf6-kfilemetadata, kpipewire, lazygal, lego, libcamera-apps, libheif, libopenshot, libopenshot-audio, libvncserver, localsearch, mat2, minidlna, mivisionx, mixxx, mlt, monado, mpd, mpv, mpv-mpris, neatvnc, notcurses, nv-codec-headers13.0, obs-studio, obs-studio-plugin-droidcam, obs-studio-plugin-pwvideo, obs-studio-plugin-vaapi, obs-studio
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