Linux NewsI ditched my NAS OS for Ubuntu Desktop, and I’m never going back
Why settle for a restrictive storage dashboard? I replaced my specialized NAS software with Ubuntu and its better at almost everything.
KDE Plasma 6.8 Enters Final Polishing Ahead of October 14 Release
KDE Plasma 6.8 is now firmly in the polishing stage, with developers focusing on bug fixes and refinements ahead of its October 14, 2026 release.
Simple Optimization For Linux 7.4 Can Open Files For Reading ~39% Faster
More than two years in the making, Linux 7.4 is poised to introduce a patch that amounts to a rather simple optimization to avoid unnecessary/duplicative work that can net some nice gains when opening files for reading...
3 design decisions from 1990s Linux that modern desktops still can't improve on
An example of how to keep that good stuff from Unix without the baggage.
Wine-Staging 11.18 Adds New Patches To Further Improve WoW64
Building off yesterday's Wine 11.18 bi-weekly development release is now Wine-Staging 11.18. This experimental flavor of Wine is presently carrying 273 extra patches over that upstream Git state, including some new patches for helping enhance the WoW64 support...
GNOME OS Turns To Zswap To Deal With OOM Issues, Progress On Geary Email Client Fork
In addition to this week's GNOME 51 release were several other exciting developments in the GNOME desktop space...
Intel Xe Driver For Linux 7.4 Adds vRAM Health Check, Degraded Memory Handling
Sent out this week were more Intel Xe kernel graphics driver changes targeting the upcoming Linux 7.4 kernel cycle. The theme this week was around dealing with video memory health and also being able to better deal with hardware degraded video RAM...
KDE Plasma 6.8 Seeing More Polishing & Fixes, Plasma 6.9 Begins Seeing More Activity
Following last week's Plasma 6.8 beta release, KDE desktop developers have spent this week mostly working on bug fixes as well as some early changes toward Plasma 6.9...
Laser is a new, modern CD ripper for Linux
Under my bed is a giant box of CDs that I’ve been meaning to rip for years. Some aren’t on Spotify, some are, but not the right version and one is by an artist I’m half convinced is a folk memory or the Mandela effect. Laser is a new GTK4/libadwatia CD ripping application for Linux that’s coaxed me into getting on with the job. CD sales in the UK are booming as younger buyers put off by the gentrified price of vinyl turn to cheaper physical formats. Perhaps that’s why, a decade after optical drives disappeared from laptops, Linux suddenly […]
Wine 11.18 Improves Windows Kernel Driver Support
Wine 11.18 is now available with expanded NTOSKRNL support for kernel drivers, C header compatibility fixes, and 21 bug fixes.
MariaDB 13.0 Goes Stable with New SQL and InnoDB Features
MariaDB 13.0 is now stable, introducing UPDATE RETURNING, improved Optimizer Trace, InnoDB log archiving, and SQL compatibility enhancements.
Ubuntu 26.10 Switches To The Linux 7.3 Kernel
As a very pleasant surprise, the upcoming Ubuntu 26.10 release will now be powered by the Linux 7.3 kernel rather than their original plans and switch over to the Linux 7.2 kernel...
4 innocent-looking Linux commands that can ruin your day
The terminal will do exactly what you tell it to — to the point of malicious compliance.
What’s Wrong with GitHub?
GNU Project founder Richard Stallman and developer Jacob Bachmeyer argue that GitHub’s licensing guidance, nonfree JavaScript, AI services, and centralized workflows undermine software freedom. The post What’s Wrong with GitHub? appeared first on FOSS Force.
GrapheneOS Isn't Happy With Google Over Pixel's Widening Head Start
GrapheneOS is calling out Google over its negligence in providing certain patches.