Linux NewsOpenTofu 1.13 IaC Tool Brings Windows ARM64 Support, Smarter Planning
OpenTofu 1.13 adds official Windows ARM64 builds, new functions for reducing unknown values during planning, and early experimental linting.
[$] The year in Plasma and what's ahead
A lot has happened in the KDE Plasma desktop environment in the last year. Marco Martin, a KDE contributor who spends most of his time working on Plasma, took the stage at Akademy 2026 in Graz, Austria to give an update on Plasma's major new features, some of the minor-but-interesting ones, and a preview of what's coming soon. The biggest upcoming change, dropping X11 support from Plasma, has been well-advertised; but there are also plans afoot to further improve remote-desktop support and more.
Kernel Recipes videos posted
The full set of videos from the recently concluded Kernel Recipes conference has been posted. Also noteworthy are the associated caricature drawings, by Frank Tizzoni, of attendees and the speakers.
More AI In Open-Source, CachyOS, Ryzen AI Halo, Framework Laptop 13 Pro & Other Q3 Hits
With the third quarter wrapping up, here is a look back at the most interesting content on Phoronix over the past three months...
Reports from the 2026 Python Language Summit
The 2026 Python Language Summit was held on July 14 in Kraków, Poland; there is now a series of reports available on the topics that were discussed there. They include the memory buffer protocol, garbage collection, free-threaded Python, and "Spicycrab".
[$] Comparing Chromium development at Google and Igalia
Sharon Yang is a Chromium developer who worked at Google on the browser and now works on it at Igalia. On the final day of FOSSY 2026, she gave a presentation on her experiences with both of those companies, comparing and contrasting the ways the each operates and how that affects work on the code base. She enjoyed working at Google and feels the same about Igalia, so the talk was not aimed at complaints—instead it was meant to give a feel for two companies that are rather different.
The Linux Foundation Technical Advisory Board 2026 election approaches
The election for members of the Linux Foundation Technical Advisory Board will be held electronically after the close of the upcoming Linux Plumbers Conference. The call for candidates is is open, with a nomination deadline of October 7. There are six seats to fill this time instead of the usual five due to the unfortunate passing of Dan Williams. Serving on the TAB is a good way to help the kernel-development community. Please see this article from last year for an overview of what the TAB does and why membership is rewarding, then consider putting in your nomination.
EDG C/C++ Front-End Open-Sourced
Edison Design Group has open-sourced their EDG C/C++ front-end that has been known in the commercial world for its extensive dialect support and other features. The EDG C++ front-end has been used by the likes of Intel C++ Compiler classic, NVIDIA CUDA NVCC, and even Microsoft Visual Studio for IntelliSense...
Mozilla Thunderbird 157 Fixes 100% CPU Usage, OpenPGP, and IMAP Issues
Mozilla Thunderbird 157 rolls out with fixes for a 100% CPU usage bug, OpenPGP key handling, IMAP message saving, Gmail OAuth2, and CalDAV.
Qt 6.12 LTS Released With QML Hot Reload, GPU-Accelerated CanvasPainter
Qt 6.12 LTS arrives with five years of maintenance, built-in QML Hot Reload, GPU-accelerated CanvasPainter, and improved Qt Graphs.
Stop treating your daily-driver Linux PC like a science experiment
I learned the hard way that your main computer shouldn't be a lab—here is why boring is better for your daily driver.
Security updates for Wednesday
Security updates have been issued by AlmaLinux (389-ds:1.4, container-tools:rhel8, go-toolset:rhel8, grafana, httpd:2.4, nodejs:22, postgresql:12, and postgresql:15), Debian (libwebsockets, openssl, and pcre2), Fedora (adwaita-icon-theme, cinnamon, dconf, epiphany, flatpak-builder, gcr, gdm, gjs, glib-networking, glib2, gnome-backgrounds, gnome-calendar, gnome-characters, gnome-chess, gnome-clocks, gnome-connections, gnome-console, gnome-contacts, gnome-control-center, gnome-desktop3, gnome-initial-setup, gnome-keyring, gnome-kiosk, gnome-maps, gnome-remote-desktop, gnome-settings-daemon, gnome-shell, gnome-shell-extensions, gnome-system-monitor, gnome-text-editor, gnome-user-docs, gnote, gnucash, gnucash-docs, gsettings-desktop-schemas, gtk4, hplip, libadwaita, libdex, libsecret, libshumate, libxmp, mingw-llvm, mutter, nautilus, parted, perl-Imager, quadrapassel, rootlesskit, rygel, shotwell, sngrep, sushi, sysprof, tecla, thunderbird, xdg-desktop-portal-gnome, and xdotool), Red Hat (
Mozilla Thunderbird 157 Email Client Released with New Enterprise Policies
Mozilla Thunderbird 157 open-source email client is now available for download with new enterprise policies, optional IMAP/POP manual configuration port field, and other changes.
Audacity 4.0.1 Audio Editor Fixes Project Corruption, Linux AppImage Issues
Audacity 4.0.1 fixes project corruption, broken AUP3 conversions, Linux AppImage startup issues, and adds improved multi-file exporting.
Audacity 4.0.1 Audio Editor Restores Keyboard Shortcuts from Audacity 3
Audacity 4.0.1 open-source audio editor is now available for download with keyboard shortcuts from Audacity 3, exporting of tracks or labelled regions to its own file, and other changes.