Linux NewsFish Shell 4.5 Fixes Vi Mode Regressions and Improves History Search
Fish Shell 4.5 resolves Vi mode regressions from 4.4 and fixes history search behavior, including correct cursor positioning with wide characters.
Lutris 0.5.20 Improves Proton Integration and Adds Steam Family Source
Lutris 0.5.20, an open-source game manager for Linux, is out with fixes, Proton integration improvements, and introduces a new Steam Family source for shared game libraries.
Nova Lake S Support Added To Intel LPSS Driver In Linux 7.0
The latest Nova Lake enablement work for the Linux kernel to land is adding support for Nova Lake S platforms to the Intel LPSS driver in the upcoming Linux 7.0 kernel...
DNF 5.4 Released With Some New Options & AI Contributions Policy
DNF 5.4 is out today as the latest release for this next-generation RPM package management solution used by Fedora, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, and various other RPM-based Linux distributions...
KDE Plasma 6.6 Released With Many Excellent Improvements
KDE Plasma 6.6 is now officially out as the newest feature update to this prominent open-source desktop environment. Plasma 6.6 is self-described by KDE developers as "the best desktop in the known universe (according to us). Plasma 6.6 is all about making your life as easy as possible without sacrificing any of the flexibility."..
Lutris 0.5.20 Game Manager Adds Support for Importing Commodore 64 ROMs
Lutris 0.5.20 is now available for download with support for Steam Families, D8VK in Proton, as well as other new features and improvements for Linux gaming.
Gentoo Linux Begins Codeberg Migration In Moving Away From GitHub, Avoiding Copilot
The Gentoo Linux project last year announced plans to move their code hosting to Codeberg rather than GitHub. Gentoo's desire to move away from GitHub was motivated by Microsoft's Copilot training on GitHub repositories. Those plans are turning into action now with the main Gentoo project up on Codeberg and honoring pull requests...
Bottles 62.0 Adds Dynamic Launcher Portal Support
Bottles 62.0, a Wine prefix manager for running Windows apps on Linux, introduces Dynamic Launcher portal support and adds detailed progress reporting for backups and restore operations.
Reverse Engineering Linux Distro REMnux Marks 15 Years With Major v8 Release Featuring AI Agent Support
Malware analysis Linux distro gets Ubuntu 24.04 base, a new installer, and many new tools.
[$] Open source security in spite of AI
The curl project has found AI-powered tools to be a mixed bag when it comes to security reports. At FOSDEM 2026, curl creator and lead developer Daniel Stenberg used his keynote session to discuss his experience receiving a slew of low-quality reports and, at the same time, realizing that large language model (LLM) tools can sometimes find flaws that other tools have missed.
How Our Fundraiser Ended Up on GoFundMe
Christine Hall takes the scenic route while explaining the whys and wherefores behind our 2026 Independence Drive. The post How Our Fundraiser Ended Up on GoFundMe appeared first on FOSS Force.
Linux 7.0 CXL Enables AMD Zen 5 Address Translation Feature
A long-in-development feature for AMD EPYC Zen 5 server platforms now merged for the Linux 7.0 kernel is ACPI PRMT-based address translation for the Compute Express Link (CXL) subsystem...
Murena Teams Up With German Manufacturer to Offer a €698 de-Googled Android Tablet
Featuring 12GB of RAM and a 10,000 mAh battery, this collaboration with Volla brings some decent specs to the privacy-first mobile market.
Four stable kernels to fix problematic commit
Greg-Kroah Hartman has released the 6.19.2, 6.18.12, 6.12.73, and 6.6.126 stable kernels. These kernels each contain a single change; Kroah-Hartman has reverted one problematic commit that prevents some systems from booting. "If the last stable release worked just fine, no need to upgrade."
Idea Raised For Nicer DRM Panic Screen Integration On Fedora Linux
DRM Panic is the Linux kernel infrastructure now supported by most of the Direct Rendering Manager (DRM) kernel graphics/display drivers for being able to render a QR code kernel error message or similar when a kernel panic occurs to provide a cleaner interface should your system run into serious problems. An idea has been raised now within the Fedora Linux camp to provide an improved experience around this feature akin to Windows' "Blue Screen of Death" functionality...