Linux NewsLinux Snap Users Warned as Attackers Push Malware Through Old Trusted Apps
A new Snap Store scam campaign abuses expired publisher domains to bypass trust signals and deliver malicious app updates.
The end of OzLabs
OzLabs is a collection of Australian free-software developers that was, for most of its history, associated with IBM. Members of OzLabs have included Hugh Blemings, Michael Ellerman, Ben Herrenschmidt, Greg Lehey, Paul Mackerras, Martin Pool, Stephen Rothwell, Rusty Russell, and Andrew Tridgell, among others. The OzLabs "about" page notes that, as of January 2026, the last remaining OzLabs members have departed IBM. "This brought to a close the Ozlabs association with IBM". Thus ends a quarter-century of development history. (Thanks to Jon Masters).
This developer just made Photoshop work on Linux, with some caveats
A major barrier for Linux artists just got knocked down.
MX Linux 25.1 ISOs Are Now Available With Dual Init Support
MX Linux 25.1 "Infinity" is out now, restoring dual init support with both systemd and sysvinit available on a single ISO.
X.Org Server May Create A New Selective Git Branch With Hopes Of A New Release This Year
A proposal has been laid out for a new X.Org Server "main" Git branch to house their development going forward and cleaning up the development lapses over the past few years. Ultimately the hope is for having a new cleaned-up X.Org Server and XWayland Git branch for shipping new releases in 2026...
MX Linux 25.1 Is Out with Dual-Init Support, Debian 13.3 Base, and Linux 6.18 LTS
MX Linux 25.1 distribution is now available for download with dual-init support, Debian 13.3 base, and Linux kernel 6.18 LTS. Here's what's new!
Photoshop Installer Runs on Linux Despite Adobe Not Giving a Damn For Years
Still early to say whether this will make it into Wine officially, this should rekindle some hope for Linux users and users-to-be who have been missing Adobe's creative suite on the platform.
It’s Official: Richard Stallman Will Speak at Georgia Tech on January 23
While RMS has continued to speak at occasional events, he's largely remained publicly invisible until now. Is this about to change? The post It’s Official: Richard Stallman Will Speak at Georgia Tech on January 23 appeared first on FOSS Force.
Mozilla Now Offers an Official Firefox RPM Package for RPM-Based Linux Distros
Mozilla announces a dedicated RPM package for users of RPM-based distributions who want to install Firefox as a native RPM package.
DevOps Tools Introduction #01: Getting “Getting Started” Started
In November 2025, Linux Professional Institute (LPI) released version 2.0 of the Linux Professional Institute DevOps Tools Engineer certification. Covering a series of tools used to develop and deliver software in a collaborative manner, the content of this exam extends ... Read more The post DevOps Tools Introduction #01: Getting “Getting Started” Started appeared first on Linux Professional Institute (LPI).
Haas: Who contributed to PostgreSQL development in 2025?
PostgreSQL contributor Robert Haas has published a blog post that breaks down code contributions to PostgreSQL in 2025. I calculate that, in 2025, there were 266 people who were the principal author of at least one PostgreSQL commit. 66% of the new lines of code where contributed by one of 26 people, and 90% of the lines of new code were contributed by one of 67 people. Contributions to the project seem to be on the upswing; in his analysis of development in 2024, there were 229 people who were the primary authors of a commit, and 66% of new lines of code were contributed by one of 18 people. The raw data is also available.
New Patches From Valve Bring AMDGPU Power Management Improvements For Old GCN 1.0 GPUs
Last year Valve contractor Timur Kristóf managed to improve the AMDGPU driver enough for old GCN 1.0 Southern Islands and GCN 1.1 Sea Islands GPUs that with Linux 6.19 AMDGPU is now the default for those GPUs with better performance, RADV Vulkan out-of-the-box, and other benefits. He isn't done though improving the old GCN 1.0/1.1 era GPU support on this modern AMDGPU kernel driver - a new patch series posted today brings some power management fixes...
[$] Task-level io_uring restrictions
The io_uring subsystem is more than an asynchronous I/O interface for Linux; it is, for all practical purposes, an independent system-call API. It has enabled high-performance applications, but it also brings challenges for code built around classic, Unix-style system calls. For example, the seccomp() sandboxing mechanism does not work with it, causing applications using seccomp() to disable io_uring outright. Io_uring maintainer Jens Axboe is seeking to improve that situation with a rapidly evolving patch series adding a new restrictive mechanism to that subsystem.
openSUSE Myrlyn Package Manager Reaches Version 1.0
The openSUSE Myrlyn package manager moves to version 1.0 with enhanced transaction history, RPM Recommends search, and usability refinements.
Linux: The Real Operating System
Linux doesn’t hide the system behind guardrails. Here’s why its freedom, flexibility, and control still outclass the mainstream desktop OSes. The post Linux: The Real Operating System appeared first on LinuxInsider.