Linux NewsTwo New Distros Adopt Enlightenment
MX Moksha and AV Linux 25 join ranks with Bodhi Linux and embrace the Enlightenment desktop.
In 26.04, Ubuntu Will Look More Like Vanilla GNOME
Ubuntu’s desktop is about to look more like upstream GNOME than it has in years — but lest you panic, we’re not talking majorly. The Yaru theme team — try saying that several times in a row — has embarked on a refactor of its GNOME Shell theme ahead of the next long-term support release, Ubuntu 26.04 LTS. Instead of maintaining a separate, customised stylesheet based on Adwaita, the idea is take a simpler approach: use Adwaita directly, but apply minimal., Ubuntu-specific tweaks on top. Thought they were already doing that? Not quite. Currently, Ubuntu’s ‘Shell’ theme is based on Adwaita (GNOME’s […]
Solus Linux 4.8 Features Removes Python 2
Solus Linux 4.8 has been released with the latest Linux kernel, updated desktops, and a key removal.
Solus Linux 4.8 Removes Python 2
Solus Linux 4.8 has been released with the latest Linux kernel, updated desktops, and a key removal.
The 2024 Free Software Awards winners
The Free Software Foundation has announced the recipients of its 2024 (even though 2025 is almost over) Free Software Awards. Andy Wingo won the award for the advancement of free software, Alx Sa is the outstanding new free-software contributor, and Govdirectory takes the award for projects of social benefit.
AerynOS Delivers December Updates With New Alpha ISO
AerynOS closes 2025 with major package upgrades, infrastructure improvements, and a refreshed 2025.12 Alpha ISO.
AerynOS 2025.12 Released with GNOME 49.2, Mesa 25.3, and KDE Plasma 6.5.4
AerynOS 2025.12 Linux distribution is now available for download with the GNOME 49.2 desktop environment, Linux kernel 6.17, and more. Here’s what’s new!
Ubuntu 26.04 to Include AMD ROCm in Official Repos (Like CUDA)
Canonical is adding AMD’s ROCm to the Ubuntu 26.04 LTS repos, making it faster for developers to install GPU-accelerated AI and HPC libraries for AMD Instinct and Radeon GPUs. The news mirrors September’s NVIDIA CUDA announcement, when Canonical said it would package CUDA tools in the official Ubuntu repositories, negating multi-step installation hurdles for developers to get up and running with GPU-accelerated AI/ML tasks on Ubuntu. Now, AMD already provide ROCm for Ubuntu directly via its own website/repo. What this news means is packaging and maintenance duties shift over to Canonical, which has created a dedicated engineering team to shoulder the […]
This Company Uses Lab-Grown Human Neurons for Energy-efficient Computing
Swiss startup offers remote access to living neural networks for research.
Pebble Index 01 Arrives as a Private Open Source Voice Capture Ring
Pebble Index 01 is an open-source smart ring that captures quick voice notes instantly and privately, with on-device processing and years of battery life.
This security-focused Linux distro is switching to KDE
ParrotOS is also getting a package base upgrade and more efficient temporary file management.
Thunderbird 146 Introduces Configuration UI for Setting Up OpenPGP Keyservers
Thunderbird 146 open-source email client is now available for download with support for configuring preferred OpenPGP keyservers via the UI and other changes. Here's what's new!
Mozilla Thunderbird 146 Brings OpenPGP Keyserver Settings
Thunderbird 146 open-source email client introduces a new OpenPGP keyserver setting and delivers a range of fixes improving stability, usability, and security.
Fedora Cloud Will Switch To /boot As A Btrfs Subvolume
The Fedora Engineering and Steering Committee "FESCo" today signed off on a new feature for Fedora Cloud 44 to switch /boot to being as a Btrfs sub-volume rather than a separate partition...
Linux 6.19 For RISC-V Brings Parallel CPU Hotplugging, Zalasr Ratified ISA Support
The RISC-V CPU architecture changes have been merged for the in-development Linux 6.19 kernel...