Linux NewsFirst .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.
COSMIC Desktop Adds Rounded Corners and Window Shadows
COSMIC Desktop now supports rounded corners and window shadows across all apps, with new appearance options available in Settings.
This new premium Linux laptop has up to 128GB RAM and 16TB storage
It comes with your choice of Linux distribution, or Windows if you need it.
Adobe Photoshop 2025 Installer Now Working On Linux With Patched Wine
An open-source developer has worked through the last of the issues preventing the Adobe Creative Cloud installers for Windows from running on Linux via Wine. With pending patches, Adobe Photoshop 2021 and Photoshop 2025 are expected to install and run on Linux...
Linux Mint 22.3 Now Available with New Tools
Linux Mint 22.3 has been released with a pair of new tools for system admins and some pretty cool new features.
New Linux Malware Targets Cloud-Based Linux Installations
VoidLink, a new Linux malware, should be of real concern because of its stealth and customization.
Linux ThinkPad Driver Ready For Reporting Damage Device - Starting With Bad USB-C Ports
Queued yesterday into the platform-drivers-x86.git's "for-next" branch are the patches for the Lenovo ThinkPad ACPI driver to begin reporting damaged device detection. This code being in the "for-next" branch makes it material for the next version of the Linux kernel and initially will be able to report to the user on damaged USB-C ports...
3 cool and handy Linux apps to try this weekend (January 16 - 18)
You don't need your phone to identify music anymore. You can just use this Linux tool!
Security updates for Friday
Security updates have been issued by AlmaLinux (gnupg2), Debian (firefox-esr), Oracle (cups, gnupg2, libpq, net-snmp, postgresql, postgresql:15, postgresql:16, transfig, and vsftpd), Red Hat (firefox), SUSE (apache2, curl, firefox, gpg2, hawk2, libcryptopp-devel, openCryptoki, python310, python311-urllib3, rke2, squid, and tomcat), and Ubuntu (cpp-httplib, git, python-apt, and simgear).
Raspberry Pi Imager 2.0.4 Improves Write Reliability and Large Drive Support
Raspberry Pi Imager 2.0.4 improves write reliability with better recovery handling, timeout safeguards, and enhanced support for large storage devices.
Fedora Games Lab Spin to Switch from Xfce to KDE Plasma with Fedora Linux 44
Fedora Games Lab ditches the Xfce desktop environment for KDE Plasma starting with the upcoming Fedora Linux 44 release in April 2026.
PipeWire 1.4.10 Brings Fixes for Volume Restore and Pulse Server Streams
PipeWire 1.4.10 multimedia framework is out with a small bugfix update, fixing volume restore regressions, stream cleanup issues, and improving overall stability.
AMD EPYC 8004 "Siena" Shows Some Nice Linux Performance Gains Over The Past Two Years
As part of my various end-of-year benchmarks, recently I looked at the Linux LTS kernel performance on AMD EPYC 9005 over the past year, the AMD EPYC Milan-X performance over the past four years, and various other performance comparisons over time to look the evolution of the Linux software performance. Another run I had carried out was looking at the AMD EPYC 8004 "Siena" series since its launch just over two years ago. Here is a look at how an up-to-date Linux software stack can deliver some additional performance gains for these energy efficiency and cost-optimized server processors.
PipeWire 1.4.10 Backports Filter-Graph Channel Support and Fixes More Bugs
PipeWire 1.4.10 open-source server for handling audio/video streams and hardware on Linux is now available for download with various fixes and improvements.
Raspberry Pi Imager 2.0.4 Improves Handling for Files Larger Than 4GB
Raspberry Pi Imager 2.0.4 SD card flashing utility is now available for download with improved handling of files larger than 4GB and other changes. Here's what's new!