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LWN.net Apr 1, 2026

Security updates for Wednesday 📋

Security updates have been issued by AlmaLinux (freerdp, libxslt, python3.11, and python3.12), Debian (libpng1.6, lxd, netty, and python-tornado), Fedora (chunkah, cpp-httplib, firefox, freerdp, gst-devtools, gst-editing-services, gstreamer1, gstreamer1-doc, gstreamer1-plugin-libav, gstreamer1-plugins-bad-free, gstreamer1-plugins-base, gstreamer1-plugins-good, gstreamer1-plugins-ugly-free, gstreamer1-rtsp-server, gstreamer1-vaapi, insight, python-gstreamer1, python3.14, rust, rust-cargo-rpmstatus, rust-cargo-vendor-filterer, rust-resctl-bench, rust-scx_layered, rust-scx_rustland, rust-scx_rusty, and xen), Mageia (freeipmi, python-openssl, python-ply, ruby-rack, vim, and zlib), Oracle (firefox, freerdp, kernel, libpng, thunderbird, uek-kernel, and virt:ol and virt-devel:ol), Red Hat (golang), SUSE (bind, expat, fetchmail, ffmpeg-7, freerdp, gsl, incus, kernel, libjavamapscript, libjxl, libpng16-16, libpolkit-agent-1-0-127, net-snmp, net-tools, openexr, perl-XML-Parser, python-ldap, pyth 📋

Phoronix Apr 1, 2026

Cloudflare Announces EmDash As Open-Source "Spiritual Successor" To WordPress 📋

Cloudflare continues to be full of open-source surprises. Today Cloudflare announced EmDash as an open-source "spiritual successor" to WordPress with an emphasis on better security... 📋

How-to Geek Apr 1, 2026

6 Linux command-line habits you need to break today 📋

Your arrow keys deserve better. 📋

Linuxiac Apr 1, 2026

Komodo 2.0 Build and Deploy Tool Adds Docker Swarm Support 📋

Komodo 2.0 adds Docker Swarm management, introduces PKI-based authentication, and updates its UI with improved terminal features. 📋

Phoronix Apr 1, 2026

HarfBuzz 14.0 Released With New GPU Accelerated Text Rendering Library 📋

HarfBuzz is the open-source text shaping engine originally born out of the FreeType project and now widely-used by GNOME, KDE, Java, Flutter, Godot, Chromium, LibreOffice, and countless other applications. HarfBuzz 14.0 released today and making this release quite exciting is introducing a GPU-accelerated text rendering library... 📋

Foss Force Apr 1, 2026

Hyprland WM’s Eye Candy and Efficiency Ship With a Learning Curve 📋

From ricing to hyprctl, this window manager rewards tinkerers with a sleek, efficient desktop while reminding casual users that convenience isn’t always part of the deal. The post Hyprland WM’s Eye Candy and Efficiency Ship With a Learning Curve appeared first on FOSS Force. 📋

Phoronix Apr 1, 2026

April 1 Linux Patches: Verified Birth Date For File Creation, Block Emacs From Running 📋

What's more annoying: half-baked AI slop open-source patches or April Fools' Day with programmers trying to have some fun? This year, April 1 is seeming more patches than usual... 📋

Phoronix Apr 1, 2026

KDE Linux Hardening Their OS Against Updates Making Systems Unbootable 📋

KDE Linux as the in-house, leading-edge Linux distribution for showcasing the latest KDE Plasma innovations has promoted itself as being an atomically updated Linux distribution. But these atomic updates didn't quite work out as planned recently with some users finding their system(s) unbootable. But improvements are being made now for better robustness moving forward... 📋

Phoronix Apr 1, 2026

The Linux Kernel's Minimum Rust Version Supported Prepares For Rust 1.85 Baseline 📋

The Rust-For-Linux crew is preparing to raise the minimum supported Rust version for building the Linux kernel and and similarly also bumping the minimum supported version of bindgen, the tool for generating Rust FFI bindings for C code in the kernel... 📋

It's FOSS Apr 1, 2026

ONLYOFFICE Gets Forked as "Made in Europe", Sparks Licensing and Trust Debate 📋

Euro-Office is a new European fork of ONLYOFFICE. Here’s why it was created, what it changes, and why it’s already controversial. 📋

Phoronix Apr 1, 2026

Wayland Protocols 1.48 Released With XDG Session Management 📋

Wayland Protocols 1.48 is out today with the long-awaited XDG Session Management protocol in tow as well as several new experimental protocols... 📋

Foss Force Apr 1, 2026

FOSS Force’s Top Ten for March 📋

Here’s what people were reading the most on FOSS Force during the month of March, 2026. The post FOSS Force’s Top Ten for March appeared first on FOSS Force. 📋

Fedora Magazine Apr 1, 2026

Make a private CA with step-ca 📋

In this article you will learn how TLS (Transport Layer Security) and SSH (Secure SHell) use public/private key-pairs to authenticate web servers you visit and linux machines you log in to. You will also learn how the TLS framework installed by default in mainstream web browsers fails to prevent MITM (Man In The Middle) attacks […] 📋

Linuxiac Apr 1, 2026

AerynOS March 2026 Update Brings GNOME 50, KDE 6.6.3, and Linux 6.18 📋

AerynOS March alpha ISO brings GNOME 50, KDE Plasma 6.6.3, Linux kernel 6.18, and tooling improvements across moss and boulder. 📋

Phoronix Apr 1, 2026

Dell XPS 13 Snapdragon Elite Laptop Sees New EC Linux Driver To Improve Support 📋

Last month Dell upstreamed the firmware needed for their XPS 13 935 Snapdragon X1 Elite laptop. This makes the Linux outlook for this ARM-based Dell XPS laptop much better than before in not having to worry about extracting necessary firmware blobs from Windows 11. Now another step forward for the Dell XPS 13 9345 is being made with a new EC driver being posted to enhance the hardware support... 📋