Linux NewsNovember Raspberry Pi OS Update Adds HiDPI Scaling
The November 2025 Raspberry Pi OS update adds full HiDPI scaling, refreshed icons, updated labwc, and new browser versions.
[$] APT Rust requirement raises questions
It is rarely newsworthy when a project or package picks up a new dependency. However, changes in a core tool like Debian's Advanced Package Tool (APT) can have far-reaching effects. For example, Julian Andres Klode's declaration that APT would require Rust in May 2026 means that a few of Debian's unofficial ports must either acquire a working Rust toolchain or depend on an old version of APT. This has raised several questions within the project, particularly about the ability of a single maintainer to make changes that have widespread impact.
Rust For Linux Kernel Co-Maintainer Formally Steps Down
Alex Gaynor recently announced he is formally stepping down as one of the maintainers of the Rust for Linux kernel code with the removal patch now queued for merging in Linux 6.19...
New Raspberry Pi OS Release Supports Setting HiDPI Scaling, Updates Labwc
Raspberry Pi OS 2025-11-24 is now available for download with support for setting HiDPI scaling, updated Labwc Wayland compositor, and other changes. Here's what's new!
Three stable kernel updates, two french hens, ...
Greg Kroah-Hartman has announced the release of the 6.17.9, 6.12.59, and 6.6.117 stable kernels. As usual, he advises users of stable kernels to upgrade.
Security updates for Monday
Security updates have been issued by Fedora (calibre, chromium, cri-o1.32, cri-o1.33, cri-o1.34, dotnet10.0, dovecot, gnutls, gopass, gopass-hibp, gopass-jsonapi, kubernetes1.31, kubernetes1.32, kubernetes1.33, kubernetes1.34, and linux-firmware), Mageia (ffmpeg, kernel, kmod-xtables-addons & kmod-virtualbox, kernel-linus, konsole, and redis), Red Hat (bind and bind-dyndb-ldap and kernel), SUSE (act, alloy, amazon-ssm-agent, ansible-12, ansible-core, blender, chromium, cups-filters, curl, elfutils, expat, firefox, glib2, grub2, helm, kernel, libipa_hbac-devel, libxslt, nvidia-container-toolkit, ongres-scram, openexr, podman, poppler, runc, samba, sssd, thunderbird, and tomcat), and Ubuntu (cups-filters, linux, linux-aws, linux-gcp, linux-hwe-6.14, linux-oracle, linux-realtime, linux-oem-6.14, and linux-realtime-6.14).
AlmaLinux 10.1 Released - Complete With Btrfs Support
Building off the release of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10.1 from two weeks ago, AlmaLinux 10.1 is now available in GA form for this community-oriented RHEL10 downstream. Making AlmaLinux 10.1 all the more interesting is the project's decision to promote Btrfs file-system support...
Raspberry Pi Imager 2.0 Debuts With a Complete UI Redesign
Raspberry Pi Imager 2.0 arrives with a fully redesigned interface, a new setup wizard, and smoother OS customization across all platforms.
Raspberry Pi Imager 2.0 Released with Revamped UI and Device Detection
Raspberry Pi Imager 2.0 is now available for download with a new wizard UI, device detection, accessibility improvements, and more. Here's what's new!
Linux First, Windows Later! Dell Launches Qualcomm NPU Laptop on Linux Before Windows
Windows takes a backseat on Dell's latest AI workstation as Linux gets the priority. Windows 11 version will be coming in 2026.
AMD SDCIAE Working Its Way Into The Linux 6.19 Kernel
A year and a half after the Linux kernel patches were first posted, SDCIAE that is found with AMD Zen 5 server processors is set to finally be supported by the mainline kernel come Linux 6.19...
8 Linux shell tricks that completely change how commands work
The shell does far more than run commands. Here’s how Bash expands your input behind the scenes so you can write cleaner, more reliable commands.
Zypper Package Manager User Guide for openSUSE Users
Learn how to use Zypper, openSUSE's package manager, in practical examples, to easily install, update, and manage software.
Dell Pro Max with GB10 Arrives For Linux Performance Benchmarking
The most exciting hardware to arrive this month in the Phoronix lab is Dell having sent over two of their new Dell Pro Max with GB10 systems. The Dell Pro Max with GB10 is their build-out around NVIDIA's GB10 superchip with ten Cortex-X925 CPU cores and ten Cortex-A725 cores plus the GB10 Blackwell GPU. With 128GB of LPDDR5X memory and 2TB or 4TB SSD by default all within the small chassis, this is an interesting workstation for AI developers.
Upgrading from Zorin OS 17 to 18 (In Early Access)
Existing Zorin OS 17 users will soon be able to upgrade to version 18. The tool is in early access and we gave it a try.