Linux NewsBitwarden Moves Official App Builds to Commercial License, Keeps GPLv3 Version
Bitwarden moves official app builds to commercial licensing while keeping GPLv3 versions available on GitHub, with potential differences in future features.
Audacious 4.6.2 Open-Source Media Player Released with Wayland Improvements
Audacious 4.6.2 open-source media player is now available for download with support for SID files and parse more metadata, support for MPRIS OpenUri method, and other changes.
Linux beats Windows at these 3 things, and Microsoft still has no answer
Windows may be the default, but in a few key areas, it’s the one playing catch-up — and Microsoft doesn’t seem to be in a hurry to fix that.
APT 3.3.4 Adds SHA3 Support, Strengthens Download Verification
Debian's APT 3.3.4 package manager adds SHA3 hashing support, strengthens download verification, and improves command-line usability.
Linux Plumbers Conference videos now available
Mike Rapoport has announced the release of the video recordings from the 2026 Linux Plumbers Conference (LPC), which was held in Prague from October 5 through October 7. Find the complete set via the YouTube playlist or look for the video links in the schedule. See also LWN's coverage of talks from LPC.
ReactOS Now Supports Installation on NTFS After Nearly a Decade of Work
ReactOS moves closer to beta as major NTFS driver improvements enable installation on NTFS partitions and Windows-compatible formatting.
CutefishOS is Back With a Vibe-Coded Desktop That Doesn't Use Qt or GTK
The project says the new desktop has its own Wayland compositor and graphics library.
Gentoo-Based MocaccinoOS 26.10 Released with COSMIC 1.10 and KDE Plasma 6.7.5
MocaccinoOS 26.10 distribution is now available for download with Linux kernel 6.18.57 LTS, KDE Plasma 6.7.5, COSMIC 1.10, Mesa 26.2.4, GCC 16.2.1, and more.
3 overlooked Linux desktops that are just as good as GNOME, KDE, and Cinnamon
The big three get all the attention, but they’re far from your only good options.
People Are Using AI to Get Rid of Smart TV Ads and Make Their TVs Faster
Android TV owners are pointing Claude Code at their TVs over ADB to strip out ads, telemetry and bloat. Here's how it works and where it can go wrong.
[$] Development statistics for the 7.3 kernel
Linus Torvalds released the 7.3 kernel, at the end of the usual nine-week development cycle, on October 18. This cycle, abundantly fueled by LLM-assisted contributions, broke just about every record imaginable. As usual, we have compiled some statistics showing how this release, which is expected to be the next long-term-support (LTS) kernel, came together. Also included is an attempt to determine whether automated patch review is actually reducing the number of bugs introduced into the kernel.
All Things Open’s New Deep Dives Draw a Crowd
A long badge-pickup line at the Raleigh Convention Center marked a busy opening, though it remains to be seen how many came for the new first-day deep dives. The post All Things Open’s New Deep Dives Draw a Crowd appeared first on FOSS Force.
Lightpanda 1.0 Released as Lightweight Headless Browser Exits Beta
Lightpanda 1.0 is out of beta after two years of development, bringing improved web compatibility, stronger security, and production readiness.
Btrfs Brings More Performance Improvements For Linux 7.4
With Linux 7.3 there are some nice Btrfs performance improvements to enjoy while the in-development Linux 7.4 kernel is set to bring some additional performance optimizations for this copy-on-write file-system...
[$] Cross-crate forward declarations in Rust
Rust has several ad-hoc mechanisms to allow user code to influence how the standard library executes. For example, custom panic handlers and custom allocators both involve registering functions that core standard library code needs to call. With more similar features planned, Jana Dönszelmann spotted the developing pattern and put together a general solution, introducing a safer, checked analogue of C's weak symbol linking. At Kangrejos 2026, she explained how this new language feature works, and proposed using it to clean up the kernel's handling of integer overflows in Rust code.
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