Linux NewsUbuntu 26.04 Snapshot 2 Available to Download
The second Ubuntu 26.04 snapshot is ready to download, making testing of 'Resolute Raccoon' ahead of next April's stable release easier. Details inside.
NetworkManager 1.54.3 Improves Certificate Access Checks
NetworkManager 1.54.3 improves security by verifying user access to 802.1X certificates and keys used in private network connections.
10 fun things you can connect to a Raspberry Pi's GPIO pins
A computer that wears many HATs.
[$] Best practices for linux-next
One of the key components in the kernel's development process is the linux-next repository. Every day, a large number of branches, each containing commits intended for the next kernel development cycle, is pulled into linux-next and integrated. If there are conflicts between branches, the linux-next process will reveal them. In theory, many other types of problems can be found as well. Some developers feel that linux-next does not work as well as it could, though. At the 2025 Maintainers Summit, Mark Brown, who helps to keep linux-next going, led a session on how it could be made to work more effectively.
COSMIC desktop for Linux exits beta with Pop!_OS 24.04
It's replacing GNOME Shell in Pop!_OS, and coming to other distributions, too.
KDE Gear 25.12 released
KDE has announced the release of KDE Gear 25.12. This release adds more "extractors" to the Itinerary travel-assistant application, improved Git support in the Kate text editor, better PDF export in Konqueror, and much more. See the changelog for all new features, improvements, and bug fixes.
KDE Frameworks 6.21 Is Out With Extensive Bug Fixes
KDE Frameworks 6.21 delivers broad bug fixes, code cleanups, and tooling improvements across KIO, Kirigami, KConfig, and more.
Ventoy 1.1.09 Released With Experimental Btrfs Support
Ventoy 1.1.09 is out with fixes for openSUSE 16.0 boot issues, Arch Linux persistence problems, and early experimental btrfs support.
Linux 6.19 Lands x2AVIC Patches For AMD SVM Handling Up To 4096 vCPUs
The Kernel-based Virtual Machine "KVM" updates for Linux 6.19 include preparations by AMD for handling up to a possible 4,096 virtual CPUs for VMs...
Security updates for Friday
Security updates have been issued by AlmaLinux (firefox, luksmeta, mysql, mysql:8.0, mysql:8.4, tomcat, and wireshark), Debian (chromium, kernel, and tzdata), Fedora (brotli, dr_libs, perl-Alien-Brotli, python-urllib3, singularity-ce, wireshark, and yarnpkg), Oracle (firefox, grafana, lasso, libsoup3, luksmeta, ruby, ruby:3.3, tomcat, and wireshark), Slackware (mozilla), SUSE (container-suseconnect, kubernetes-client, libpoppler-cpp2, postgresql14, postgresql15, and python3), and Ubuntu (c-ares, keystone, linux, linux-aws, linux-aws-5.15, linux-azure, linux-gcp, linux-gcp-5.15, linux-gke, linux-gkeop, linux-hwe-5.15, linux-ibm, linux-ibm-5.15, linux-intel-iotg, linux-intel-iotg-5.15, linux-lowlatency, linux-lowlatency-hwe-5.15, linux-nvidia, linux-nvidia-tegra, linux-nvidia-tegra-5.15, linux-nvidia-tegra-igx, linux-oracle, linux-oracle-5.15, linux-xilinx-zynqmp, linux-azure, linux-azure-4.15, linux-oracle,, linux-fips, linux-aws-fips, linux-azure-fips, linux-gcp-fips, linux-fips, linux
3 cool Linux apps to try this weekend (December 12 - 14)
Want proper genres assigned to your music files? One of these apps can make it so.
New Patches Lay Out Linux Kernel Adjustments For RISC-V RVA23 Hardware
With the first of RISC-V RVA23-compatible hardware expected to be released in 2026, we are beginning to see more Linux developers prepare for this RVA23 profile and the now-mandated extensions. Sent out this week was an initial "request for comments" patch series on RVA23 adjustments for the Linux kernel...
Take The 2026 Open Source Professionals Job Survey!
Let employers know what matters to you! Open Source JobHub and Linux Professional Institute (LPI) have teamed up again to launch the third episode of the Open Source Professionals Job Survey, designed to understand what matters most to professionals in ... Read more The post Take The 2026 Open Source Professionals Job Survey! appeared first on Linux Professional Institute (LPI).
Cinnamon 6.6 Release Sets the Tone for the Next Linux Mint Release
The update also introduces notification badges and theme categorization.
SeaGL 2025: A Community-Driven Linux Weekend
The Seattle GNU/Linux Conference returned to the University of Washington from November 7 to 8 for its thirteenth edition. SeaGL has always been a proudly community-driven, completely free event — as in the freedom to not need to register or ... Read more The post SeaGL 2025: A Community-Driven Linux Weekend appeared first on Linux Professional Institute (LPI).