Linux NewsPlasma 6.6 Improves System Monitor, HDR Calibration, and Desktop Stability
KDE Plasma 6.6 adds graphical process priority controls to System Monitor, improves HDR calibration, and more.
11 Interesting ESP32 Microcontroller Projects Beginners Can Try
Try your hand at these creative projects!
FreeBSD 15.1 Aims To Have KDE Desktop Installer Option
FreeBSD 15.0 had been aiming to offer a KDE desktop installation option as part of the FreeBSD OS installer. This initiative as part of the FreeBSD laptop support enhancements project didn't pan out in time for FreeBSD 15.0 but now they are working on getting the installer option ready for FreeBSD 15.1. Adding a NVIDIA GPU driver option to the FreeBSD installer was also recently carried out...
CVE-2026-0915: GNU C Library Fixes A Security Issue Present Since 1996
CVE-2026-0915 was published on Friday as a security issue with the GNU C Library "glibc" for code introduced 30 years ago. The latest Glibc Git code is now patched for this issue introduced in 1996...
KDE Begins Landing Features For Plasma 6.7, Some Last Minute Plasma 6.6 Improvements
KDE developers have been quite busy this week in preparing for the upcoming Plasma 6.6 release in February while also beginning to land features for what will be the Plasma 6.7 desktop...
Shotcut 26.1 Beta Video Editor Adds New Hardware Decoder Options
The Shotcut 26.1 beta was released overnight as the newest version of this Qt6-based, cross-platform video editing solution. Standing out the most with this new development release are some new GPU-accelerated hardware decode options for aiming to help speed-up this free software video editor...
GNOME 50 Will Make Sure You Don't Use Your Computer Past Your Bedtime
As part of the GNOME Foundation funded Digital Wellbeing project, the GNOME Shell for GNOME 50 has merged options to prevent unlocking the desktop session past their bed time. The intent here is on rounding out GNOME's parental controls functionality...
Upcoming exFAT Linux Driver Patch Can Boost Sequential Read Performance By ~10%
A patch for the open-source exFAT file-system driver for Linux can boost the sequential read performance by about 10% in preliminary tests...
Let’s Encrypt Launches IP Address Certificates With 6-Day Lifetimes
Let’s Encrypt has made IP address TLS certificates generally available, allowing secure HTTPS connections directly to IPs.
Origami Linux’s COSMIC Desktop on Fedora Atomic Almost Wins Me Over
Origami Linux pairs the Cosmic desktop with a Fedora Atomic base and a deliberately sparse default install, leaving most of the customization to you. The post Origami Linux’s COSMIC Desktop on Fedora Atomic Almost Wins Me Over appeared first on FOSS Force.
Android Power Users Can Now Run Full Desktop Linux Environments Without Root Access
This open source app delivers one-tap Arch Linux installation with development tools, file sharing, and desktop software support.
Recalbox turned my Raspberry Pi into a retro gaming monster
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[$] A free and open-source rootkit for Linux
While there are several rootkits that target Linux, they have so far not fully embraced the open-source ethos typical of Linux software. Luckily, Matheus Alves has been working to remedy this lack by creating an open-source rootkit called Singularity for Linux systems. Users who feel their computers are too secure can install the Singularity kernel module in order to allow remote code execution, disable security features, and hide files and processes from normal administrative tools. Despite its many features, Singularity is not currently known to be in use in the wild — instead, it provides security researchers with a testbed to investigate new detection and evasion techniques.
4 Fedora-based Linux distributions that are better than Fedora
Why install regular Fedora Linux when you can wear a different hat?
First .NET 10 Servicing Update Now Available in Ubuntu 24.04 LTS
Looking to run .NET 10 on Noble Numbat? The .NET 10.0.1 update is now available for Ubuntu 24.04 LTS. Latest SDK and runtime improvements – an apt command away.