Linux NewsLinux 6.19 Will Allow Enforcing IPE Security Checks On Indirectly Executed Scripts
Linux's Integrity Policy Enforcement "IPE" module is gaining a useful addition with the in-development Linux 6.19 kernel...
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Mesa 25.3.1 Released With Initial Set Of Fixes, Mesa 25.2 Comes To An End
Mesa 25.3.1 was released overnight as the first point release of the Mesa 25.3 series. The Mesa point releases are typically bi-weekly but this one dragged out to nearly three weeks. In turn this also marks an end to the Mesa 25.2 series...
EXT4 Optimizes Online Defragmentation, Improves Performance & Larger Block Sizes
The merged EXT4 changes for Linux 6.19 bring some of the most prominent feature changes in recent times for this mature and widely-used Linux file-system...
FOSS Force’s Top Ten for November
Here’s what people were reading the most on FOSS Force during the month of July, 2025. The post FOSS Force’s Top Ten for November appeared first on FOSS Force.
FOSS Weekly #25.49: Kernel 6.18 'LTS', Ubuntu 26.04 LTS, Linus Torvalds on BSOD, Obsidian Distro and More Linux Stuff
And we enter the Christmas month.
Screen video tutorial
Just recorded/released a new screen tutorial .. check it out, subscribe! There's a lot of reasons to use screen. Mostly it's because you want to make sure you can re-connect to the session that you started on that other server. This video goes over how to use it so you can get your stuff done. https://www.linux.org/threads/screen-video-tutorial.59592/
Linux Bootloaders: Installing and Configuring rEFInd, Limine, and GRUB
In following the modularity of Linux, we will look at the Bootloader. A Bootloader is software that the hardware loads the Linux kernel into memory. The system Bootloader is the bridge between the hardware powering up and the Operating System (OS) taking over. NOTE: If you continue with installing any of these Bootloaders, you need to disable Secure Boot in your UEFI settings. There are two folders to be aware of for Bootloaders. The Boot folder is where the actual kernel and... https://www.linux.org/threads/linux...and-configuring-refind-limine-and-grub.57750/
Cro provides commentary on LWN's Zig asynchronicity article
Loris Cro has published a detailed YouTube video talking about the terminology used to discuss asynchronicity, concurrency, and parallelism in our recent article about Zig's new Io interface. Our article is not completely clear because it uses the term "asynchronous I/O" to refer to what should really be called "non-blocking I/O", and sometimes confuses asynchronicity for concurrency, among other errors of terminology, he says. Readers interested in precise details about Zig's approach and some of the motivation behind the design may find Cro's video interesting.
[$] LWN.net Weekly Edition for December 4, 2025
Inside this week's LWN.net Weekly Edition: Front: Rust in Debian; Python comprehensions; asynchronous Zig; BPF and io_uring; C safety; 6.18 statistics; just. Briefs: Landlock; Let's Encrypt lifetimes; Last 5.4 kernel; TAB election; AlmaLinux 10.1; FreeBSD 15.0; NixOS 25.11; Django 6.0; Home Assistant 2025.12; PHP 8.5.0; Racket 9.0; Quotes; ... Announcements: Newsletters, conferences, security updates, patches, and more.
Ubuntu Pro Now Available for Windows (on WSL, Obvs)
Canonical announce Ubuntu Pro for WSL, bringing extended security coverage to users running Linux on Windows. As on desktop, it's free for personal use.
Alpine Linux 3.23 Released With Kernel 6.18
Alpine Linux 3.23 introduces kernel 6.18, GCC 15, updated desktops, and package updates across the system.
Alpine Linux 3.23 Released with Linux Kernel 6.18 LTS, GNOME 49, KDE Plasma 6.5
Alpine Linux 3.23 distribution is now available for download with GNOME 49, KDE Plasma 6.5, LXQt 2.3, and Linux kernel 6.18 LTS. Here’s what’s new!
ReactOS Lands Improvements For Its USB Stack - Fixing Various Blue Screens of Death
ReactOS as the open-source operating system aiming to be an "open-source Windows" by striving for binary compatibility with Windows programs and device drivers is now slightly better with its USB support...
Wireshark 4.6.2 Is Out to Update Protocol/Capture File Support and Fix More Bugs
Wireshark 4.6.2 open-source network protocol analyzer is now available to download with various bug fixes and updated protocols. Here’s what’s changed!
Linux 6.19 Goes Ahead And Enables Microsoft C Extensions Support
Last month I reported on Linux 6.19 looking to enable Microsoft C Extensions support throughout the Linux kernel with setting the -fms-extensions compiler option to allow Microsoft C Extensions when building the kernel. Linus Torvalds today merged that support without objections...