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Rust Coreutils 0.9 Released with Security and Performance Improvements
Rust Coreutils 0.9 adds TOCTOU-resistant copy logic, recursive traversal fixes, and broader GNU compatibility updates.
I add KDE's best feature to every Linux GNOME system—here's why
Any Linux desktop feels lacking without this app
Fedora isn't the best cutting-edge Linux distro anymore
Fedora had a good run—but there’s a new distro on the cutting edge throne.
Most people install Linux the hard way for no reason. Here's the easy process that's never failed me
The traditional approach has a lot of potential problems.
Euro‑Office Sets June 9 Launch in Bid for EU Digital Sovereignty
Backed by major European vendors, Euro‑Office takes on Microsoft, Google Docs, and OnlyOffice — and our screenshots show how the new sovereign suite is shaping up. The post Euro‑Office Sets June 9 Launch in Bid for EU Digital Sovereignty appeared first on FOSS Force.
Linux 7.1-rc6 To Support The ASUS ROG RAIKIRI II & Nova 2 Lite Controllers
Ahead of the Linux 7.1-rc6 test kernel due out later today, this week's batch of input subsystem fixes have been sent out that includes enabling a few newer input devices...
Linux Might Finally Disable The Microsoft RNDIS Protocol Drivers In 2026
Going back to early 2023 there were efforts to disable all the Linux drivers for Microoft's RNDIS protocol. Remote NDIS has proven to be a real security concern while superior, modern alternatives exist...
Wine-Staging 11.10 Fixes 14 Year Old Bug, Also Fixes Issue Of Some Games Being Too Dark
Building off Friday's release of Wine 11.10 is now the Wine-Staging 11.10 experimental/testing flavor with nearly 300 additional patches atop that upstream code...
Servo 0.2 Released With Revamped Android Browser UI
For ending out the month of May is a new monthly release of Servo, the open-source, Rust-based browser engine being developed by Linux Foundation Europe stakeholders and the open-source community. There are many nice enhancements on the desktop side with Servo 0.2 while also improving the Android browser UI experience with Servo too...
Zrythm 2.0 Alpha Released For Rewriting The Digital Audio Workstation In C++ & Qt/QML
Zrythm is a wonderful open-source digital audio workstation (DAW) application. Zrythm 1.0 released back in 2024 for this software catering from beginners to audio professionals. It's been a GTK-based application for years but the developers have been porting it to Qt6/QML. Released this weekend is the first Zrythm 2.0 alpha release that moves from GTK to Qt/QML...
Linux 7.1-rc6 To Hide The Documentation On "clearcpuid" Feature
The clearcpuid= kernel parameter can be used to disable specific CPUID features for the kernel by specifying the targeted bit numbers of the feature(s) to disable or their flags from the /proc/cpuinfo output. The clearcpuid parameter, for example, has been useful for carrying out AVX-512 comparison benchmarks for apps that check for the presence of the AVX-512 extensions via /proc/cpuinfo. But moving forward the documentation on clearcpuid is being removed to discourage its use...
AV2 v1.0 Specification Released For Next-Gen Video Coding
As expected given AOM Video Model indications last week, the AV2 v1.0 specification was officially released on Friday...
Armbian 26.5 Released with Linux 7.0, Ubuntu 26.04 LTS Builds, and More
Armbian 26.5 Linux distribution based on Debian and designed for ARM devices is now available for download with support for new boards and various other changes. Here’s what’s new!
MariaDB 12.3 LTS Debuts with Support Until June 2029
MariaDB 12.3 LTS is now available, with 12.3.2 as the first GA release and maintenance planned through June 2029.
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