Linux NewsMOS Is a New Open-Source Server OS Aimed at Homelabs and Self-Hosting
MOS is a new open-source server operating system designed for homelabs and self-hosting, combining storage, containers, and virtual machines.
This is the easiest way to run Linux distros on your Android phone
You can install just the command-line version or get the full desktop experience for free.
Linux 7.0 Scheduler Updates Land Time Slice Extension, Performance & Scalability Work
Merged today for the Linux 7.0 kernel are some pretty exciting scheduler changes: new features and never-ending work around scheduler performance optimizations and greater scalability with today's increasingly high core count systems...
DevOps Tools Introduction #04: Source Code Management
Storing work results and sharing them with colleagues is an essential part of open source and DevOps culture. Source code management (SCM) and version control ensure that all members of a team stay on top of changes to source code ... Read more The post DevOps Tools Introduction #04: Source Code Management appeared first on Linux Professional Institute (LPI).
Redis 8.6 Improves Throughput by More Than Five Times Over Redis 7.2
Redis 8.6 in-memory data store is out with performance and latency improvements, alongside reduced memory usage across core data structures.
GOG Moves Toward Native Linux Support: A Major Shift for DRM-Free Gaming
by George Whittaker In a development that has energized the Linux gaming community, GOG (Good Old Games) has officially confirmed that it is working on native Linux support. While GOG has long provided Linux installers for select titles, this announcement signals something more substantial: deeper platform integration and a renewed commitment to Linux as a first-class gaming environment. For Linux users who value DRM-free software and ownership rights, this could be a significant turning point. Why This Matters GOG has built its reputation on offering DRM-free games that users truly own, free from online activation requirements and restrictive launchers. However, Linux users have historically faced a mixed experience: Some games included native Linux builds Others required manual setup through Wine or Proton The GOG Galaxy client itself lacked native Linux support While community tools like Heroic Games Launcher and Lutris filled the gap, the absence of official Linux support for the G
Dave Farber RIP
From the NANOG list comes the sad news of the passing of Dave Farber. His professional accomplishments and impact are almost endless, but often captured by one moniker: "grandfather of the Internet," acknowledging the foundational contributions made by his many students at the University of California, Irvine; the University of Delaware; the University of Pennsylvania; and Carnegie Mellon University.
What are Linux Mint Cinnamon Spices and how to use them
Linux Mint has a collection of powerful secret weapons that most people completely ignore.
GTK hackfest, 2026 edition (GTK Development Blog)
Matthias Clasen has published a short summary of the GTK hackfest held prior to FOSDEM 2026. Topics include discussions on unstable APIs, a decision to bump the C runtime requirement to C11 in the next development cycle, limiting changes in GTK3 to crash and build fixes, as well as the state of accessibility: On the accessibility side, we are somewhat worried about the state of AccessKit. The code upstream is maintained, but we haven't seen movement in the GTK implementation. We still default to the AT-SPI backend on Linux, but AccessKit is used on Windows and macOS (and possibly Android in the future); it would be nice to have consumers of the accessibility stack looking at the code and issues. On the AT-SPI side we are still missing proper feature negotiation in the protocol; interfaces are now versioned on D-Bus, but there's no mechanism to negotiate the supported set of roles or events between toolkits, compositors, and assistive technologies, which makes running newer applications
BSD: What is it, and how is it different from Linux?
Learn the ABCs of BSD.
GNU coreutils explained: the basic Linux tools that make the terminal work
The coreutils tools include ls, cp, mv, chmod, and many more. Find out what this collection is, why it matters, and how to use it.
MythTV 36.0 Open-Source Media Center Is Out Now with Support for FFmpeg 8
MythTV 36.0 open-source media center software capable of recording TV, playing DVDs, and viewing photos is now available for download as a major update with new features and improvements.
Go 1.26 Introduces Two Language Changes, New Performance Improvements
For programmers fond of the Go programming language, Go 1.26 is out today with two language changes, performance improvements, and other alterations to this Google-backed programming language...
[$] FOSS in times of war, scarcity, and AI
Michiel Leenaars, director of strategy at the NLnet Foundation, used his keynote at FOSDEM to sound warnings for the community for free and open-source (FOSS) software; in particular, he talked about the threats posed by geopolitical politics, dangerous allies, and large language models (LLMs). His talk was a mix of observations and suggestions that pertain to FOSS in general and to Europe in particular as geopolitical tensions have mounted in recent months.
Security updates for Tuesday
Security updates have been issued by AlmaLinux (fence-agents, firefox, fontforge, freerdp, kernel-rt, keylime, libsoup, libsoup3, nodejs22, nodejs24, opentelemetry-collector, osbuild-composer, python3.12-wheel, qemu-kvm, resource-agents, thunderbird, and util-linux), Debian (kernel, rlottie, shaarli, and usbmuxd), Fedora (asciinema, atuin, bustle, cef, envision, glycin, greetd, helix, java-21-openjdk, java-25-openjdk, java-latest-openjdk, keylime-agent-rust, maturin, mirrorlist-server, ntpd-rs, python3.6, rust-add-determinism, rust-afterburn, rust-ambient-id, rust-app-store-connect, rust-bat, rust-below, rust-btrd, rust-busd, rust-bytes, rust-cargo-c, rust-cargo-deny, rust-coreos-installer, rust-crypto-auditing-agent, rust-crypto-auditing-client, rust-crypto-auditing-event-broker, rust-crypto-auditing-log-parser, rust-dua-cli, rust-eif_build, rust-git-delta, rust-git-interactive-rebase-tool, rust-git2, rust-gst-plugin-dav1d, rust-gst-plugin-reqwest, rust-heatseeker, rust-ingredients, r