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GNOME Boxes as a front-end to libvirt and QEMU is preparing to deliver a much improved virtualization experience for those wanting to enjoy desktop VMs from the GNOME desktop...
NVIDIA is kicking off the new month by releasing an updated R610 Linux driver build with quite a number of bug fixes...
It looks like Linux 7.3 will end up dropping FreeVxFS as the read-only Linux kernel driver for the Veritas VxFS file-ssytem used formerly by HP-UX and SCO UnixWare...
KDE developer David Edmundson announced today his KGamma2 tool in aiming to address a pain point for KDE Plasma desktop users on Wayland...
Released overnight on Sunday were the beta versions of Mutter 51 and GNOME Shell 51. This follows GNOME 51 embarking on itsAPI/ABI freeze, feature freeze, and UI freeze a day earlier...
With July all wrapped up, the monthly status report is now published for KDE Linux as the in-house Linux distribution featuring all of the latest KDE wares and other open-source innovations...
Within the Linux networking subsystem's "net-next" Git branch there is now queued up support for MCTP-over-USB v1.1. This is the newest version of the standard for sending Management Component Transport Protocol (MCTP) packets over USB for tasks loike crash dumps, logging, and firmware updates...
Queued into net-next ahead of the Linux 7.3 merge window is adding support for the Realtek RTL8261C and RTL8261D 10 Gigabit PHYs that launched last year...
9to5Linux Weekly Roundup for August 2nd, 2026, brings news about COSMIC 1.5, Ubuntu virtualization HWE stack, Shelly 3.0, Wayfire 0.11, 4MLinux 52.0, Firefox 153.0.1, MocaccinoOS 26.08, Archcraft 26.08, AerynOS 2026.08, Shotcut 26.7, Calibre 9.12, GNOME 50.3, fwupd 2.1.7, and more.
Codenotary says Anthropic’s Claude for OSS program will help accelerate immudb development and improve code quality. The post Anthropic’s Claude for OSS Program Adds Codenotary’s immudb appeared first on FOSS Force.
The 7.2-rc6 kernel prepatch is out for testing. Quoth Linus: "Hmm. This rc is huge. Even by the "new normal" standards this is a big rc, and I think it's the biggest rc6 we've had in years at least by commit count." There were 537 non-merge commits applied between 7.2-rc5 and 7.2-rc6.
AerynOS 2026.08 independently-develop distribution is now available for download with GNOME 50.3, KDE Plasma 6.7.3, COSMIC 1.5, Linux kernel 7.1, package management improvements, and other changes.
Catch up on the latest Linux news: Arch Linux August ISO, COSMIC 1.5, Shotcut 26.7, Nano 9.2, Xen 4.22, Linux desktop market share surpasses 10% in North America, and more.
Check in for a roundup of the hottest Linux app release that landed in July 2026 (and not just hot because of the temperatures last month). Major updates last month included the Firefox 153 release, with container tabs confusing those who’ve had them for ages. It also finally rounded window bottom corners on GTK-based Linux desktops, Ubuntu included. But the slick system monitor Mission Center also dropped a big update. I recommend checking that out, especially if you’ve longed for a way to swot over power stats. Anthropic delivered a Linux beta of its Claude Desktop app, easily installed on […]
Collabora is bringing Mesa’s open-source RADV Vulkan driver to Windows, with the experimental port already capable of launching Counter-Strike 2.
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