Linux NewsKDE Plasma 6.7 Addresses 5 Year Old Request For Easier Microphone Testing
It's been another busy week in the KDE space as Plasma developers continue working on new feature activity for the big Plasma 6.7 release...
Ubuntu 26.10 could drop btrfs, ZFS and LUKS support from GRUB
Ubuntu engineers are debating ways to reduce the number of features present in the signed version of GRUB, the boot loader used on systems with Secure Boot enabled. Canonical engineer Julian Klode proposes dropping support for /boot on btrfs, HFS+, XFS and ZFS filesystems, along side GRUB’s JPEG and PNG image parsers, ahead of Ubuntu 26.10. Apple partition table support, LVM volume handling, all software RAID except RAID 1 and, more controversially, LUKS-encrypted /boot partitions are also on the chopping block. “The timing here is crucial”, Klode says, adding that “by performing the changes directly after an LTS, we can keep affected […]
DRBD Driver Working To Land ~15 Years Worth Of Changes Into The Linux Kernel
Developers behind the Distributed Replicated Block Device "DRBD" for mirroring block devices between multiple host systems are working to resync the upstream Linux kernel DRBD support with the out-of-tree DRBD code they have been maintaining for the past ~15 years out-of-sync. It's a big undertaking but they have begun staging patches for review and testing to get this massive set of changes up to par for mainline...
Ubuntu 26.04 LTS Beta Shows You There's Potential in the Stable Release
Canonical has opened up Resolute Raccoon for testing, and the beta shows promise.
Mixxx 2.5.6 Open-Source DJ App Improves Controller Mapping Support and Effects
Mixxx 2.5.6 open-source virtual DJ software for performing live mixes is now available for download with improvements to controller mappings and effects, as well as bug fixes.
Hyprland 0.54.3 Wayland Compositor Released With Crash Fixes
Hyprland 0.54.3 delivers fixes for crashes in compositor, layout handling, and XWayland, improving overall stability in this patch release.
ODF: Open by Design, Not by Marketing
ODF was built in the open, under public standards bodies, to be fully implementable by anyone. OOXML’s “standard” status hides a legacy format that only Microsoft can truly unlock. The post ODF: Open by Design, Not by Marketing appeared first on FOSS Force.
Why Ubuntu 26.10 Might Drop ZFS, RAID & Encryption Support
The proposal calls for stripping out filesystem drivers and other features.
[$] The many failures leading to the LiteLLM compromise
LiteLLM is a gateway library providing access to a number of large language models (LLMs); it is popular and widely used. On March 24, the word went out that the version of LiteLLM found in the Python Package Index (PyPI) repository had been compromised with information-stealing malware and downloaded thousands of times, sparking concern across the net. This may look like just another supply-chain attack — and it is — but the way it came about reveals just how many weak links there are in the software supply chains that we all depend on.
Framework Computer Steps Up Their Support For KDE
Framework Computer as the company behind the modular Framework laptops and incredible Ryzen AI Max "Strix Halo" Framework Desktop has stepped up their support for the KDE community...
The telnyx packages on PyPI have been compromised
The SafeDep blog reports that compromised versions of the telnyx package have been found in the PyPI repository: Two versions of telnyx (4.87.1 and 4.87.2) published to PyPI on March 27, 2026 contain malicious code injected into telnyx/_client.py. The telnyx package averages over 1 million downloads per month (~30,000/day), making this a high-impact supply chain compromise. The payload downloads a second-stage binary hidden inside WAV audio files from a remote server, then either drops a persistent executable on Windows or harvests credentials on Linux/macOS.
Ubuntu Rust Strategy Expands Again With ntpd-rs Proposal
Canonical continues to expand Rust adoption in Ubuntu by targeting time synchronization with ntpd-rs, aiming to improve security in core services.
Grafana Loki 3.7 Log Aggregation System Released with Helm Chart Changes
Grafana Loki 3.7 log aggregation system brings Helm chart migration, Promtail deprecation, and significant changes to the scheduler and engine.
Stable kernel update to fix regression on LoongArch platform
Greg Kroah-Hartman has announced the release of the 6.12.79 stable kernel. This release only reverts a patch that caused a regression on the LoongArch platform; users who could not build 6.12.78 on LoongArch need to upgrade.
These 9 uncommon grep flags are the secret to finding anything from the Linux terminal
Stop piping grep into five other commands. It already handles most of that.