Linux NewsThree new stable kernels
Greg Kroah-Hartman has released the 6.18.1, 6.17.12, and 6.12.62 stable kernels. Each contains important fixes; users of those kernels are advised to upgrade.
Pop!_OS 24.04 LTS Review: Is This the Linux Distro of the Year 2025?
After years of development, System76's Rust-based desktop delivers.
Kali Linux 2025.4 arrives with GNOME 49, KDE Plasma 6.5, and much more
Another solid point release for the cybersecurity-focused Linux distribution.
Wine 11.0-rc2 Released With 28 Known Bug Fixes
Following last week's Wine 11.0-rc1 release that marked the feature freeze as well in working toward Wine 11.0 in January, out today is Wine 11.0-rc2...
Pop!_OS 24.04 LTS Launches with Scratch-Built COSMIC Epoch 1
System76 didn’t just ship a new Pop!_OS -- it quietly flipped the switch on a brand‑new Rust desktop, Cosmic Epoch 1. We take a look at why this one matters far beyond Pop!’s existing fanbase. The post Pop!_OS 24.04 LTS Launches with Scratch-Built COSMIC Epoch 1 appeared first on FOSS Force.
Ubuntu 26.04 Snapshot 2 Available to Download
The second Ubuntu 26.04 snapshot is ready to download, making testing of 'Resolute Raccoon' ahead of next April's stable release easier. Details inside.
NetworkManager 1.54.3 Improves Certificate Access Checks
NetworkManager 1.54.3 improves security by verifying user access to 802.1X certificates and keys used in private network connections.
10 fun things you can connect to a Raspberry Pi's GPIO pins
A computer that wears many HATs.
[$] Best practices for linux-next
One of the key components in the kernel's development process is the linux-next repository. Every day, a large number of branches, each containing commits intended for the next kernel development cycle, is pulled into linux-next and integrated. If there are conflicts between branches, the linux-next process will reveal them. In theory, many other types of problems can be found as well. Some developers feel that linux-next does not work as well as it could, though. At the 2025 Maintainers Summit, Mark Brown, who helps to keep linux-next going, led a session on how it could be made to work more effectively.
COSMIC desktop for Linux exits beta with Pop!_OS 24.04
It's replacing GNOME Shell in Pop!_OS, and coming to other distributions, too.
KDE Gear 25.12 released
KDE has announced the release of KDE Gear 25.12. This release adds more "extractors" to the Itinerary travel-assistant application, improved Git support in the Kate text editor, better PDF export in Konqueror, and much more. See the changelog for all new features, improvements, and bug fixes.
KDE Frameworks 6.21 Is Out With Extensive Bug Fixes
KDE Frameworks 6.21 delivers broad bug fixes, code cleanups, and tooling improvements across KIO, Kirigami, KConfig, and more.
Ventoy 1.1.09 Released With Experimental Btrfs Support
Ventoy 1.1.09 is out with fixes for openSUSE 16.0 boot issues, Arch Linux persistence problems, and early experimental btrfs support.
Linux 6.19 Lands x2AVIC Patches For AMD SVM Handling Up To 4096 vCPUs
The Kernel-based Virtual Machine "KVM" updates for Linux 6.19 include preparations by AMD for handling up to a possible 4,096 virtual CPUs for VMs...
Security updates for Friday
Security updates have been issued by AlmaLinux (firefox, luksmeta, mysql, mysql:8.0, mysql:8.4, tomcat, and wireshark), Debian (chromium, kernel, and tzdata), Fedora (brotli, dr_libs, perl-Alien-Brotli, python-urllib3, singularity-ce, wireshark, and yarnpkg), Oracle (firefox, grafana, lasso, libsoup3, luksmeta, ruby, ruby:3.3, tomcat, and wireshark), Slackware (mozilla), SUSE (container-suseconnect, kubernetes-client, libpoppler-cpp2, postgresql14, postgresql15, and python3), and Ubuntu (c-ares, keystone, linux, linux-aws, linux-aws-5.15, linux-azure, linux-gcp, linux-gcp-5.15, linux-gke, linux-gkeop, linux-hwe-5.15, linux-ibm, linux-ibm-5.15, linux-intel-iotg, linux-intel-iotg-5.15, linux-lowlatency, linux-lowlatency-hwe-5.15, linux-nvidia, linux-nvidia-tegra, linux-nvidia-tegra-5.15, linux-nvidia-tegra-igx, linux-oracle, linux-oracle-5.15, linux-xilinx-zynqmp, linux-azure, linux-azure-4.15, linux-oracle,, linux-fips, linux-aws-fips, linux-azure-fips, linux-gcp-fips, linux-fips, linux