Linux NewsLinux 7.0 Brings A Significant Improvement For Workqueue Rescuer
The Linux kernel's workqueue for async task handling within a dedicated kernel thread is seeing some useful improvements with Linux 7.0...
Hands-On With Lilidog Linux 26.02.06, the New Debian-Based Openbox Distro
When Lilidog Linux 26.02.06 was released on Friday, our Larry Cafiero opened it up and took a look to become one of the first to review it. As you will see, he was pleasantly surprised by what he found. The post Hands-On With Lilidog Linux 26.02.06, the New Debian-Based Openbox Distro appeared first on FOSS Force.
FocusWriter 1.9 Simple Word Processor Adds Heading Shortcuts
FocusWriter 1.9, a simple fullscreen word processor, adds heading shortcuts, refines heading behavior, and switches to KDSingleApplication.
How I Scored 100% on the Linux Essentials Exam
To celebrate the beginning of my journey as a Linux Professional Institute (LPI) Trainer, I wanted to reshape some video content of mine as an LPI article. So: Hello everybody, I’m Szymon Izydorek, the creator behind the BecomeDevops channel. In ... Read more The post How I Scored 100% on the Linux Essentials Exam appeared first on Linux Professional Institute (LPI).
Linux 7.0 Performance Events Prep For Intel Xeon Diamond Rapids
The performance "perf" events changes for the Linux 7.0 kernel are continuing to prepare for next-generation Xeon Diamond Rapids processors as the successor to current Xeon 6 Granite Rapids...
Save the Date: Fedora Council Video Meeting on 2026 Strategy Summit
Join the Fedora Council public video meeting on Wednesday, February 25, 2026, at 14:00 UTC. Fedora Project Leader Jef Spaleta will share outcomes from the recent 2026 Strategy Summit and outline the strategic direction for the upcoming year. Attendees can ask questions live on Google Meet or submit them early via the Fedora Discussion topic. This is your opportunity to engage directly with leadership regarding Fedora's future.
Intel Is Making It Easier In Linux 7.0 To Monitor Energy Use For A Group Of Tasks
Intel has upstreamed some Resource Control "resctrl" improvements to Linux 7.0 for enhanced telemetry monitoring. This is the good kind of telemetry with this new code being useful for being able to monitor how much energy or work is attributed to a group of tasks / process IDs on the system...
Linux 7.0 Removes Support For Signing Modules With Insecure SHA-1
The Linux 7.0 kernel has removed support for signing kernel modules using SHA-1 as it's no longer considered secure but existing SHA-1 signed modules can still be loaded...
Media Driver Updates Merged For Linux 7.0 - Still Without The AMD ISP4 Driver
All of the media subsystem driver updates have been merged for the in-development Linux 7.0 kernel and brings some new work around AV1 acceleration as well as other driver updates...
[$] LWN.net Weekly Edition for February 12, 2026
Inside this week's LWN.net Weekly Edition: Front: Git; GCC and KCFI; modernizing swapping; 6.18 statistics; modern FOSS challenges. Briefs: Kernel ML; tag2upload; LFS sysvinit; postmarketOS FOSDEM; Ardour 9.0; Offpunk 3.0; Dave Farber RIP; Quotes; ... Announcements: Newsletters, conferences, security updates, patches, and more.
Tails 7.4.2 Anonymous Linux OS Released to Fix Critical Security Vulnerabilities
Tails 7.4.2 Linux OS is now available for download as an emergency release that fixes critical security vulnerabilities in Linux kernel, as well as other issues.
Mesa 26.0 Open-Source Graphics Stack Officially Released, Here’s What’s New
Mesa 26.0 open-source graphics stack is now available for download with new features and improvements across all supported drivers. Here's what's new!
Linux man pages 6.17 released
Version 6.17 of the Linux manual-page collection has been released. Along with a long list of updates to the man pages themselves, it includes some new utility programs of interest. The grepc(1) program is something that originated in this project, as it helped me find code quickly in glibc and the Linux kernel. However, I've found it incredibly useful outside of this project. I'll take some space to announce it, as it's much more than just a tool for writing manual pages, and I expect it to be useful to most --if not all-- C programmers. It is a command-line tool that finds C source code (for example, a function definition) in arbitrary projects. It doesn't use any indexing mechanism (unlike ctags and similar tools). This means that it can be used right after cloning some repository, without having to first generate an index.
VibeOps Folks Rejoice! Warp Launches Oz for Managing AI Coding Agents in the Cloud
Can run many agents simultaneously, targets developer teams.
Linux 7.0 Graphics Drivers See New AMD Hardware, Intel Xe SR-IOV + Multi-Device SVM
The massive set of Linux kernel graphics/display driver Direct Rendering Manager (DRM) updates were sent out and merged today for the Linux 7.0 kernel. This also includes the growing work around accelerator "accel" drivers for AI NPUs and the like...