Linux NewsArch Linux Website Hit by DDoS and Temporarily Limited to IPv6
Arch Linux has confirmed an active DDoS attack during Christmas, with IPv4 access to its website unavailable.
GStreamer 1.26.10 Brings Fixes for FLAC Opus and Matroska Handling
GStreamer 1.26.10 multimedia framework resolves multichannel FLAC and Opus issues and improves Matroska demuxing for 4K uncompressed video streams.
Wayback 0.3 Preview Arrives With Fedora and Alpine Availability
Wayback 0.3, a X11 compatibility layer that allows running X11 desktop environments using Wayland, is now available in Fedora 42/43 and Alpine Linux stable repositories.
Ruby 4.0 Released With Ruby Box Isolation and New ZJIT Compiler
Ruby 4.0 is now available, introducing the experimental Ruby Box isolation feature, the new ZJIT compiler, and performance and concurrency improvements.
FreshRSS 1.28 Feed Aggregator Released With New Sorting Options
FreshRSS 1.28 self-hosted RSS feed aggregator introduces advanced search, new sorting by user date and article length, UI improvements, and more.
Kitty Terminal 0.45 Released With New Keyboard-First File Selector Kitten
Kitty 0.45 GPU-accelerated terminal introduces a new keyboard-first file selector kitten with fast navigation and rich previews for text, images, videos, and e-books.
OpenMediaVault 8 NAS Launches With Debian 13 Upgrade
OpenMediaVault 8.0 is now available, upgrading the NAS platform to Debian 13 and officially dropping support for legacy CPU architectures.
Pinta 3.1 Image Editor Brings New Grid, Selection Tools, and More
Pinta 3.1, an open-source image-drawing/editing app, is out with improvements to canvas performance, reduced memory usage, and smoother zooming for large images.
Parrot OS 7.0 Released With KDE Plasma 6, Wayland, and Debian 13 Base
Parrot OS 7.0 is now available, introducing KDE Plasma 6, Wayland by default, a Debian 13 base, and a fully rewritten system architecture.
QEMU and FFmpeg Founder Introduces Micro QuickJS JavaScript Engine
Fabrice Bellard, founder of QEMU and FFmpeg, has published Micro QuickJS, a minimal JavaScript engine targeting embedded and low-memory environments.
Docker Update Tool Watchtower Reaches End of Maintenance
Watchtower, a widely used Docker container update tool, is no longer maintained after its core developers stepped away.
postmarketOS 25.12 Brings GNOME 49, Plasma Mobile 6.5, and Phosh 0.51
The postmarketOS 25.12 release updates all major mobile Linux interfaces, including GNOME 49, Plasma Mobile 6.5.3, and Phosh 0.51.
QEMU 10.2 Expands RISC-V, PowerPC, and s390x Emulation Capabilities
QEMU 10.2 expands emulation support for RISC-V, PowerPC, and s390x, adding performance improvements, new machine support, and fixes.
Lua 5.5 Released With Incremental Garbage Collection and Compact Arrays
The Lua 5.5 programming language introduces explicit global variable declarations alongside major improvements to memory and garbage collection.
Raspberry Pi Imager 2.0.3 Released With Smarter Networking and Faster Writes
Raspberry Pi Imager 2.0.3 improves flashing performance with real-time bottleneck detection, faster async I/O, smarter sync handling, and detailed write timing analysis.