Linux NewsArch Linux February ISO Is Out With Kernel, Desktop, and Security Updates
Arch Linux has released its updated February installation ISO, bringing a new kernel, refreshed system libraries, desktop updates, and security fixes.
Navidrome 0.60 Music Server & Streamer Unleashes WebAssembly Plugin System
Navidrome 0.60 introduces a WebAssembly-based plugin system, enabling developers to extend the self-hosted music server with Go, Rust, Python, or JavaScript.
Leveraging urunc For Efficiently Running BSD Applications In Linux Environments
While there is the Linuxulator as a kernel-level solution on FreeBSD for running unmodified Linux binaries that can even work for gaming on FreeBSD, running BSD applications on Linux isn't talked about as much. But developers have found that for those wanting to run BSD applications in Linux environments, the urunc lightweight container runtime can work out rather well for efficiently handling BSD apps on Linux...
36 Years in Making, GNU's Very Own Kernel Project Hurd is Anything But Dead
Better late than never!
Windows 11 May Introduce a Linux-like Feature for its Power Users
This sure does feel familiar to any Linux user. And it is for Windows power users.
COSMIC Desktop 1.0.5 Adds Battery Percentage Option and Tab Drag-and-Drop
System76's COSMIC Desktop 1.0.5 release adds a toggle for battery percentage and tab drag-and-drop support in the Files app.
A Pillar of the Linux Kernel: Greg Kroah-Hartman Honored with European Open Source Award
by George Whittaker The open-source community is celebrating a well-deserved recognition. Greg Kroah-Hartman, one of the most influential figures in the Linux ecosystem, has been awarded the European Open Source Award, honoring decades of sustained contributions that have shaped Linux into the stable, trusted platform it is today. For anyone who relies on Linux, whether on servers, desktops, embedded devices, or cloud infrastructure, this award highlights the quiet but essential work that keeps the ecosystem reliable. A Steward of Stability Greg Kroah-Hartman is best known for his role as the maintainer of the Linux kernel’s stable branches. While new kernel features often grab headlines, the stable kernels are where real-world systems live. They receive carefully vetted fixes for security issues, regressions, and bugs, without introducing disruptive changes. That responsibility requires deep technical knowledge, discipline, and trust from the community. Kroah-Hartman has carried it fo
System76 Releases COSMIC 1.0.5 with New Option to Show Battery Percentage
COSMIC 1.0.5 desktop environment is now available with a new option to show battery percentage in the system tray applet and other changes. Here's what's new!
This Rust-powered tool makes Linux search effortless
Love the speed of grep but hate the terminal syntax? Discover the Rust-based GUI tool that makes complex file searches as easy as point-and-click.
NVIDIA DLSS For Blender Under Review But Licensing Concerns Persist
A few months ago at SIGGRAPH was a demo of Blender with NVIDIA Deep Learning Super Sampling (DLSS) integration. The pull request is now open for landing NVIDIA DLSS support into Blender for better quality upscaling/denoising and performance but concerns persist over the licensing due to NVIDIA DLSS binaries...
I tried the oldest Linux distro still standing, and it was a total reality check
In an era of automated updates and "easy" installers, Slackware 15.0 is a jarring reminder of what Linux used to be.
Dank Fedora MiracleWM & Other Fedora 44 Changes Approved
The Fedora Engineering and Steering Committee "FESCo" has signed off on the latest batch of Fedora 44 change proposals as they work toward nearing the end of feature work for this spring update to Fedora Linux. Plus some early changes for Fedora 45 have also been granted...
[$] The future for Tyr
The team behind Tyr started 2025 with little to show in our quest to produce a Rust GPU driver for Arm Mali hardware, and by the end of the year, we were able to play SuperTuxKart (a 3D open-source racing game) at the Linux Plumbers Conference (LPC). Our prototype was a joint effort between Arm, Collabora, and Google; it ran well for the duration of the event, and the performance was more than adequate for players. Thankfully, we picked up steam at precisely the right moment: Dave Airlie just announced in the Maintainers Summit that the DRM subsystem is only "about a year away" from disallowing new drivers written in C and requiring the use of Rust. Now it is time to lay out a possible roadmap for 2026 in order to upstream all of this work.
DevOps Tools Introduction #03: Cloud Components and Platforms
Previous installments in this series described modern software development and got us thinking about architectures for that software. Equipped with this knowledge, we will focus on the building blocks of such applications. Objective 701.2 of LPI’s DevOps Tool Engineer exam ... Read more The post DevOps Tools Introduction #03: Cloud Components and Platforms appeared first on Linux Professional Institute (LPI).
Libreboot 26.01 Open-Source Boot Firmware Released With New Board Support
Libreboot 26.01, an open-source boot firmware, is now available, adding support for several new boards and stability fixes.