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After looking yesterday at the most viewed Linux hardware reviews and benchmarks of 2025, today's look is at the most popular open-source/Linux news of the past year. There were 3,286 original news articles on Phoronix during 2025 written by your's truly, here's a look back at what excited readers the most over these past twelve months...
Arch Linux 2026.01.01 is now available for download as the January 2026 ISO snapshot powered by Linux kernel 6.18 LTS.
The terminal isn’t a black box. These beginner commands help you navigate, find files, manage apps, and undo mistakes with confidence.
Not every great distro makes a splash on the front page of DistroWatch or in mainstream coverage. These are the five Linux distros from 2025 that we think merit a closer look. The post Our Top Five Most Underrated Linux Distros for 2025 appeared first on FOSS Force.
Locked out of your Linux system? Here are two safe and easy ways to reset your password without reinstalling.
SDL 3.4, a cross-platform DirectMedia library, adds native PNG image support, expanded GPU rendering APIs, and improved graphics handling across multiple platforms.
The ReactOS free software project is turning 30 this year and its "open-source Windows" OS ambitions remain. They are starting out this year with another "major step" towards Windows NT 6.0 compatibility...
VLC 3.0.23 open-source media player is now available for download with support for exposing additional audio codec information for FLAC 24-bit, improvements to the dark palette in the Qt interface, and more.
The first FOSS Weekly of the year 2026.
The first FOSS Weekly of the year 2026.
For fans of the IceWM X11 window manager, the project kicked off 2026 by releasing IceWM 4.0...
You don't always need to install an open source software on your desktop or self host in your homelab. I use some of my favorites from the comfort of a web browser.
You don't always need to install an open source software on your desktop or self host in your homelab. I use some of my favorites from the comfort of a web browser.
Zorin OS says it hit 1M downloads in just over a month, mostly from Windows PCs. I installed it to see if it’s a real Windows 10 replacement.
Kicking off the new year for Linux gaming and cross-platform gaming at large is the release of the SDL 3.4 library. SDL is part of the Steam runtime and continues to be widely-used for abstracting software/hardware for creating more portable games and other applications...
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