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KMSCON Continues Improving For VT Terminal Emulator In User-Space
KMSCON 9.3.4 is out today for this virtual terminal (VT) emulator in user-space that runs atop the Linux DRM/KMS APIs for those wanting to enjoy a CONFIG_VT=n Linux kernel experience...
Many Great Networking Improvements Arrive In Linux 7.1
Merged recently to Linux Git were the big set of networking changes for the Linux 7.1 kernel...
Ubuntu Looks Toward More Snap-Based Devpacks Moving Forward
Canonical is out with a new blog post today outlining toolchain changes to Ubuntu Linux from Ubuntu 24.04 LTS to Ubuntu 26.04 LTS due for release tomorrow. While those changes over the past two years aren't too news worthy if you have been following the interim Ubuntu releases, what's interesting is their road ahead on the Ubuntu toolchain front for developers...
PipeWire 1.6.4 Improves ALSA Sequencer Port Names, Fixes More Bugs
PipeWire 1.6.4 audio/video server for Linux is now available for downlaod with ALSA Sequencer improvements and various bug fixes.
PipeWire 1.6.4 Multimedia Framework Released With JACK, Bluetooth, and ALSA Fixes
PipeWire 1.6.4 is now available, addressing JACK glitches, Bluetooth issues, ALSA sequencer crashes, and LADSPA plugin loading problems.
Intel LLM-Scaler vllm-0.14.0-b8.2 Released With Official Arc Pro B70 Support
As part of Intel's LLM-Scaler initiative for AI inferencing on Intel Arc hardware, out today is their vllm-0.14.0-b8.2 update that includes officially supporting the Arc Pro B70 graphics card...
QEMU 11.0 Released with New CPU Model for Intel Diamond Rapids
QEMU 11.0 open-source virtualization software is now available for download as a major update that introduces many new features and improvements for supported architectures. Here’s what’s new!
Intel Media Driver 2026Q1 Continues Nova Lake S Enablement
Intel today published their official quarterly feature release to their open-source Media Driver providing Video Acceleration API (VA-API) support on Linux...
You’re Invited: Celebrate the Fedora Linux 44 Release Party!
Celebrate the release of Fedora Linux 44 with our global community! Join us on Friday, April 24, 2026, for a free, virtual half-day event packed with live sessions and technical deep-dives. Hear directly from the Fedora Project Leader, learn about the new Nix integration, explore the future of Fedora Atomic Desktops, and get a sneak peek at Flock 2026. Whether you are a veteran contributor or a brand-new user, register now to secure your spot and celebrate our latest release!
Kernel code removals driven by LLM-created security reports
There are a number of ongoing efforts to remove kernel code, mostly from the networking subsystem, as an alternative to dealing with the increase in security-bug reports from large language models. The proposed removals include ISA and PCMCIA Ethernet drivers, a pair of PCI drivers, the ax25 and amateur radio subsystem, the ATM protocols and drivers, and the ISDN subsystem. Remove the amateur radio (AX.25, NET/ROM, ROSE) protocol implementation and all associated hamradio device drivers from the kernel tree. This set of protocols has long been a huge bug/syzbot magnet, and since nobody stepped up to help us deal with the influx of the AI-generated bug reports we need to move it out of tree to protect our sanity.
Ghostty OpenGL-Accelerated Terminal Available On Ubuntu 26.04 LTS
Since Ubuntu 25.04 Ptyxis has been the default terminal emulator after it initially became available in Ubuntu 24.10. For the upcoming Ubuntu 26.04 LTS release, Ptyxis remains the default but Ghostty is now available too...
Firefox: The zero-days are numbered
This Firefox blog post reports that the Firefox 150 release includes fixes for 271 vulnerabilities found by the Claude Mythos preview. Elite security researchers find bugs that fuzzers can't largely by reasoning through the source code. This is effective, but time-consuming and bottlenecked on scarce human expertise. Computers were completely incapable of doing this a few months ago, and now they excel at it. We have many years of experience picking apart the work of the world's best security researchers, and Mythos Preview is every bit as capable. So far we've found no category or complexity of vulnerability that humans can find that this model can't. This can feel terrifying in the immediate term, but it's ultimately great news for defenders. A gap between machine-discoverable and human-discoverable bugs favors the attacker, who can concentrate many months of costly human effort to find a single bug. Closing this gap erodes the attacker's long-term advantage by making all discoveries
QEMU 11.0 Released With CET Virtualization Support, Native Nitro Enclaves
The QEMU 11.0 emulator is now available for this important piece of the open-source Linux virtualization stack...
Mozilla Thunderbird 150 Brings Support for Generating Unobtrusive Signatures
Mozilla Thunderbird 150 open-source email client is now available for download with support for generating unobtrusive signatures for OpenGPG, Account Hub improvements, and many other changes.