Linux NewsLinux players on Steam reached all-time high in December
It's actually a larger share than Valve initially thought.
This is the tiniest Linux distro I've ever seen
It fits into 20MB and brings old computers back to life. Plus, it runs entirely off a USB stick.
All Fedora 44 KDE Variants To Use Plasma Login Manager Rather Than SDDM
The Fedora Engineering and Steering Committee (FESCo) has approved a Fedora 44 change for switching all KDE variants away from using the SDDM display manager to instead use the newer Plasma Login Manager...
Security updates for Tuesday
Security updates have been issued by AlmaLinux (kernel, ruby, and thunderbird), Debian (libsodium and ruby-rmagick), Fedora (gnupg2 and proxychains-ng), Oracle (gcc-toolset-14-binutils, rsync, tar, and thunderbird), Red Hat (buildah, mariadb, mariadb10.11, podman, and tar), SUSE (alloy, apache2, buildah, erlang26, glib2, ImageMagick, kernel, libsoup, pgadmin4, python-tornado6, python3, python312, python313, qemu, webkit2gtk3, and xen), and Ubuntu (webkit2gtk).
Ubuntu 25.04 (Plucky Puffin) Officially Nears End of Life
Ubuntu 25.04 (Plucky Puffin) will reach end of life on January 15, 2026, after which security updates and official support will no longer be available. Users should upgrade promptly.
StarBook Horizon Linux Laptop Now on Sale with 32GB RAM, Wi-Fi 6E, and Coreboot
Linux hardware vendor StarLabs announced today that its StarBook Horizon Linux-powered laptop is now on sale as a 13-inch Coreboot notebook designed for privacy and …
How to enable and customize Linux Mint Cinnamon’s built-in gestures
The "beginner distro" is hiding the most advanced gesture system in Linux.
Why I use Qubes: 3 security reasons a normal Linux distro can’t match
Discover the game-changing OS that keeps your system persistently fresh and secure.
Ubuntu Now Officially Supports NVIDIA Rubin AI Systems
NVIDIA Rubin AI platforms are now officially supported on Ubuntu, unifying CPU, GPU, and DPU components for scalable AI workloads.
Redox OS Begins Developing Its Own Intel Graphics Driver
The Rust-written Redox OS operating system had an exciting end to the year as it began developing its own native Intel graphics driver...
Transparent Hugepage Performance On Linux 6.18 LTS: Madvise vs. Always
With some Linux distributions like Fedora Workstation and Ubuntu defaulting to "madvise" Transparent Hugepages (THP) while others like CachyOS and openSUSE defaulting to "always", you may be curious about the madvise vs. always THP difference in modern Linux environments. If so this round of benchmarking is for you in looking at the performance impact of madvise vs. always THP.
Gentoo’s 2025 Report: Financial Health and the Push Away From GitHub
Gentoo’s 2025 report outlines stable finances, ongoing migration to SPI, and plans to move development infrastructure away from GitHub toward Codeberg.
GStreamer 1.28 Release Candidate Now Available for Testing with Rust Goodies
GStreamer 1.28 open-source multimedia framework now has a first Release Candidate (RC) available for public testing. Here's what's new!
Pre-Compiled Headers Being Debated For LLVM/Clang To Speed-Up Build By 1.5~2x
LLVM developers and other stakeholders have begun debating the use of pre-compiled headers "PCH" as a means of speeding up the compiulation of the LLVM compiler infrastructure by 1.5x to 2x than with non-PCH builds...
Revised Steam Survey For December 2025 Puts Linux Gaming Marketshare At 3.58%
Back on the 1st Valve published the Steam Survey results for December 2025 and they put the Linux gaming marketshare at 3.19%, a 0.01% dip from November. But now the December results have been revised with a nice bump to the Linux marketshare...