Linux News4 simple habits that instantly transform Bash scripts into cleaner, more readable code
Techniques so absurdly simple, you'll curse all the code you wrote without them.
Seven new stable Linux kernels
Sasha Levin has announced the release of the 6.19.6, 6.18.16, 6.12.75, 6.6.128, 6.1.165, 5.15.202, and 5.10.252 stable kernels. Each contains important fixes throughout the tree; users of these kernels are advised to upgrade.
Security updates for Wednesday
Security updates have been issued by AlmaLinux (container-tools:rhel8, firefox, go-rpm-macros, kernel, kernel-rt, mingw-fontconfig, nginx:1.24, thunderbird, and valkey), Debian (gimp), Fedora (apt, avr-binutils, keylime, keylime-agent-rust, perl-Crypt-URandom, python-apt, and rsync), Red Hat (go-rpm-macros and yggdrasil-worker-package-manager), Slackware (python3), SUSE (busybox, cosign, cups, docker, evolution-data-server, freerdp, glibc, gnome-remote-desktop, go1.24-openssl, go1.25-openssl, govulncheck-vulndb, libpng16, libsoup, libssh, libxml2, patch, postgresql14, postgresql15, postgresql16, postgresql17, postgresql18, python, python311, rust-keylime, smc-tools, tracker-miners, and zlib), and Ubuntu (curl, imagemagick, intel-microcode, linux, linux-aws, linux-kvm, linux-aws, linux-aws-5.15, linux-gcp-5.15, linux-hwe-5.15, linux-ibm, linux-ibm-5.15, linux-nvidia-tegra-5.15, linux-nvidia-tegra-igx, linux-oracle-5.15, linux-aws-fips, and linux-raspi, linux-raspi-5.4).
[$] Magit and Majutsu: discoverable version-control
Jujutsu is an increasingly popular Git-compatible version-control system. It has a focus on simplifying Git's conceptual model to produce a smoother, clearer command-line experience. Some people already have a preferred replacement for Git's usual command-line interface, though: Magit, an Emacs package for working with Git repositories that also tries to make the interface more discoverable. Now, a handful of people are working to implement a Magit-style interface for Jujutsu: Majutsu.
Origami Linux Leaves Beta With First Stable Snapshot Release 2026.03
Origami Linux leaves beta with the 2026.03 snapshot, introducing its first stable release built on Fedora 43 Atomic with the COSMIC desktop.
These are the Linux TUI apps I leave open 24/7
These one-command TUIs let you monitor resources at a glance or even manage files.
AI’s House of Lies: Fake Deals Create Fake Booms
AI gold rush or house of cards? How $110B OpenAI "deals" and Ellison's media grab expose the announcement economy's grift. The post AI’s House of Lies: Fake Deals Create Fake Booms appeared first on FOSS Force.
Ubuntu, Fedora, Linux Mint Eye Age Verification Amid California Law Backlash
California's upcoming Digital Age Assurance Act law requires OSes to let users input their birth date during the setup to follow child privacy rules.
4 overlooked Linux shells you’ll actually want to use
Four more shells that you should consider to enrich your Linux life.
Keep Your Linux Notes Encrypted with Lockbook
With Markdown support, syncing across devices, and end‑to‑end encryption, Lockbook makes it easy to keep your Linux notes organized and locked down. The post Keep Your Linux Notes Encrypted with Lockbook appeared first on FOSS Force.
AMD EPYC Achieves 5G/6G RAN Performance Leadership With New OCUDU Project
Announced this week at Mobile World Congress (MWC) by the Linux Foundation was the establishing of the OCUDU Ecosystem Foundation for advancing open-source AI-RAN (Radio Access Network) innovations. OCUDU is building a reference platform and innovations around 5G and early 6G network solutions. With OCUDU being benchmark-friendly, I have been putting the early code through some performance tests on current AMD EPYC and Intel Xeon server platforms.
Linux Mint Ready With Its Wayland-Compatible Cinnamon Screensaver
Linux Mint developers recently outlined their work on developing a new Wayland-compatible screensaver for use with their Cinnamon desktop environment. Linux Mint developers announced today that their new screensaver solution is ready for use...
systemd 260-rc2 Released With More Changes
Last week marked the release of systemd 260-rc1 with a new "mstack" feature, a new "FANCY_NAME" field for os-release, dropping System V service script support, and other changes. Out today is systemd 260-rc2 release with more changes in further working its way toward a stable release for empowering 2026 Linux distributions...
Linux Preps IBPB-On-Entry Feature For AMD SEV-SNP Guest VMs
Heading toward the Linux 7.0 kernel and marked for back-porting to current stable Linux kernel versions is employing a new SEV-SNP security feature found on AMD Zen 5 processors for enhancing security of guest virtual machines...
AMD Engineer Leverages AI To Help Make A Pure-Python AMD GPU User-Space Driver
AMD's VP of AI Software, Anush Elangovan, has used Claude Code to help craft a pure-Python AMD GPU user-space driver. This Python user-space driver is currently being created to help exercise other ROCm code and for debugging in passing through the ROCm/HIP user-space stack...