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Flatpak Adds Support For Building OCI Bundles Using Zstd Compressed Layers
Back in November Flatpak 1.17 released with support for sideloading from OCI images and other improvements in working toward the Flatpak 1.18 stable release. Out today is Flatpak 1.17.1 and was then followed quickly by Flatpak 1.17.2 to fix a mistake in the release artifacts...
The best Linux Mint desktop environment for you: Cinnamon vs. Xfce vs. MATE
Now that you've picked Linux Mint as your preferred distro, which desktop environment will you pick as your preferred edition?
Security updates for Monday
Security updates have been issued by AlmaLinux (firefox, grafana, kernel, libsoup3, mysql8.4, and wireshark), Debian (ruby-git, ruby-sidekiq, thunderbird, and vlc), Fedora (apptainer, chromium, firefox, golangci-lint, libpng, and xkbcomp), Mageia (golang), SUSE (binutils, chromium, firefox, gegl, go1.25, govulncheck-vulndb, hauler, kernel, keylime, libpng12, pgadmin4, postgresql16, python, python-Django, python-django, python3, python311, rhino, thunderbird, unbound, and xkbcomp), and Ubuntu (usbmuxd).
Kitty is the open-source Mac terminal that iTerm wishes it could be
This kitty's got claws, and I’m smitten by its kittens!
Fresh Launches as a New Terminal-First Text Editor
Fresh is a newly released open-source terminal text editor combining modern UI elements, mouse support, plugins, and strong performance.
A guide to using Bash pattern matching instead of grep and sed
Transform your Bash scripts from slow to speedy with this simple tweak.
No AI Slops! GNOME Now Forbids Vibe Coded Extensions
New policy targets low-quality AI-generated code while still allowing AI as a learning tool.
Linux 6.19 Features: LUO, PCIe Link Encryption, ASUS Armoury, DRM Color Pipeline API & More
With Linux 6.19-rc1 released, the merge window for Linux 6.19 has now concluded. Here is a summary of the interesting Linux 6.19 new features and changes with this kernel version.
AmpereOne M Finally Appears - In The Oracle Cloud With A4
Back in July 2024, Ampere Computing announced AmpereOne M on their road-map for Q4'2024 to provide AmpereOne with 12 channel DDR5 memory compared to eight memory channels with the original AmpereOne processors. Then this past May the AmpereOne M SKUs were announced while Ampere Computing stated these "M" processors had been shipping since Q4 of last year. Since then we haven't seen or heard anything more about AmpereOne M nor the AmpereOne MX processors with up to 256 cores. Since then, the acquisition of Ampere Computing by SoftBank also was completed that made us wonder more about impacts to the roadmap and what hardware may or may not make it out to market. Well, today, we are finally seeing AmpereOne M availability in the public cloud with the new Oracle Cloud A4 instances...
SparkyLinux 2025.12 Brings Kernel 6.17 and Updated Desktop ISOs
SparkyLinux 2025.12 updates the semi-rolling release with Debian Testing packages, Linux kernel 6.17, and refreshed desktop ISOs.
Wayland Protocols 1.47 Released With Updated Color Management Protocol
Following the Color Management protocol introduced in Wayland Protocols 1.41, out today is Wayland Protocols 1.47 with various revisions to that color management and HDR support...
SparkyLinux 2025.12 “Tiamat” Released with Debian Forky Base, Linux Kernel 6.17
SparkyLinux 2025.12 distribution is now available for download based on Debian Testing/Forky and powered by Linux kernel 6.17. Here's what's new!
15 Signs Linux Is Not For You
If you recognized yourself in a few of these points, that doesn’t mean Linux isn’t for you. In fact, you can count it as an invitation. It just means you’ve spent a long time in an ecosystem that treats you more like a product than a participant.
Scribus 1.6.5 Open-Source Desktop Publishing App Released with Various Changes
Scribus 1.6.5 free and open-source desktop publishing software is now available for download with various updates and bug fixes. Here’s what’s changed!