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For the past several months a Uniwill laptop driver for the Linux kernel has been in development to expose extra platform capabilities for laptops manufactured by this Taiwanese OEM/ODM manufacturer. Assuming no last minute issues, this driver is now set to premiere in Linux 6.19 for helping Uniwill laptops and hardware from other brands relying on Uniwill as the device manufacturer...
Version 5.0 of the Blender animation system has been released. Notable improvements include improved color management, HDR capabilities, and a new storyboarding template. See the release notes for a lengthy list of new features and changes, and the bugfixes page for the 588 commits that fixed bugs in Blender 4.5 or older.
Shout it to the heavens: the Steam Machine, powered by Linux, is set to arrive in 2026.
A release candidate of the upcoming GIMP 3.2 release is now available for download and testing. GIMP 3.2 will be next major release of the free, open-source raster image editor, arriving a mere 8 months after the huge 3.0 milestone as a result of a new accelerated release schedule.
The developer has decided to make the switch to Linux themselves.
Blender 5.0 is out with a major UI redesign, a revamped Node Editor, new Closure and Bundle systems, and HDR color management support.
Systemd 259 RC1 previews the removal of SysV init script support and introduces major compatibility changes ahead of the v260 transition.
by George Whittaker Introduction Mozilla has rolled out Firefox 145, a significant update that brings a range of usability, security and privacy enhancements, while marking a clear turning point by discontinuing official support for 32-bit Linux systems. For users on older hardware or legacy distros, this change means it’s time to consider moving to a 64-bit environment or opting for a supported version. Here’s a detailed look at what’s new, what’s changed, and what you need to know. Major Changes in Firefox 145 End of 32-Bit Linux Builds One of the headline items in this release is Mozilla’s decision to stop building and distributing Firefox for 32-bit x86 Linux. As per their announcement: “32-bit Linux (on x86) is no longer widely supported by the vast majority of Linux distributions, and maintaining Firefox on this platform has become increasingly difficult and unreliable.” From Firefox 145 onward, only 64-bit (x86_64) and relevant 64-bit architectures (such as ARM64) will be offici
Blender 5.0 free and open-source 3D computer graphics software tool set is now available for download as a major update with many new features and improvements. Here's what's new!
Life online seems to be returning to normal after a major outage centered on Cloudflare's WARP service. Sporadic outages still possible for the next few hours. The post AI Platforms, Major Sites Back Online After Cloudflare Outage appeared first on FOSS Force.
There have been several recent announcements about Linux distributions changing the list of architectures they support, or adjusting how they build binaries for some versions of those architectures. Ubuntu introduced architecture variants, Fedora considered dropping support for i686 but reversed course after some pushback, and Debian developers have discussed raising its architecture baseline for the upcoming Debian 14 ("forky"). Linux supports a large number of architectures, and it's not always clear where or by whom they are used. With increasing concerns about diminishing support for legacy architectures, it's a good time to look at the overall state of architecture support on Linux.
The Debian Libre Live Images project allows you to run and install the Debian GNU/Linux operating system without non-free software.
Intel's LASS functionality was queued today into tip/tip.git's "x86/cpu" Git branch. With LASS now making it into a TIP branch, it looks like it will be submitted for the upcoming Linux 6.19 merge window barring any last minute issues or objections from Linus Torvalds...
The Homebrew project is an open-source package-management system that comes with a repository of useful packages for Linux and macOS. Even though Linux distributions have their own package management and repositories, Homebrew is often used to obtain software that is not available in a distribution's repository or to install more current versions of projects than are available from long-term-support (LTS) distributions. Homebrew 5.0.0, released on November 12, 2025, expanded Linux support to include 64-bit Arm packages in addition to x86_64, and turned on concurrent downloads by default to speed up package downloads.
Security updates have been issued by Debian (libwebsockets), Fedora (chromium and fvwm3), Mageia (apache, firefox, and postgresql13, postgresql15), Oracle (idm:DL1), Red Hat (bind, bind9.18, firefox, and openssl), SUSE (alloy, ghostscript, and openssl-1_0_0), and Ubuntu (ffmpeg and freeglut).
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