Linux NewsRocky Linux 9.7 Released With Updated Toolchains
Rocky Linux 9.7 introduces post-quantum cryptography policies, toolchain updates, a refreshed Cockpit UI, and expanded image creation options for developers.
Canonical Now Offering Ubuntu Pro For WSL
Evidently Canonical has been pretty pleased with the uptake of Ubuntu on Microsoft's Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL2) within enterprise/corporate environments as they are now offering Ubuntu Pro for WSL...
openSUSE Begins Rolling Out Intel NPU Support
Via the openSUSE Innovator Initiative, packaging of the Intel Neural Processing Unit (NPU) driver for the openSUSE ecosystem has begun. This is helping to jump-start the Intel NPU support within the openSUSE space although user-space applications ready to leverage the Intel NPU still remains very limited...
Optimized NUMA Distances For Intel GNR & CWF, Other Scheduler Improvements In Linux 6.19
The big set of kernel scheduler changes were merged on Monday for the in-development Linux 6.19 kernel...
Kernel Credential Guards Merged For Linux 6.19
Merged yesterday for the Linux 6.19 kernel were "substantial" improvements to the kernel's credential infrastructure to provide guard-based management that allows for kernel code simplification and avoiding manual reference counting across many subsystems...
TUXEDO Computers Scraps Snapdragon X1E-Based Laptop
Due to issues with a Snapdragon CPU, TUXEDO Computers has cancelled its plans to release a laptop based on this elite hardware.
Arch Linux’s December 2025 ISO Is Out Now with the Archinstall 3.0.14 Installer
Arch Linux 2025.12.01 is now available for download as Arch Linux’s ISO release for December 2025, powered by Linux kernel 6.17.9 and featuring the Archinstall 3.0.14 menu-based installer.
Ubuntu Touch OTA-1.1 Rolls Out with VoLTE Support for Fairphone 4, Volla Phone 22
Ubuntu Touch OTA 1.1 update is now rolling out with VoLTE support for Fairphone 4 and Volla Phone 22 devices, as well as other improvements and bug fixes.
GStreamer 1.26.9 Improves Support for DeckLink Capture Cards, Spotify Integration
GStreamer 1.26.9 open-source multimedia framework is now available for download with various improvements and bug fixes. Here’s what’s new!
Linux App Release Roundup (November 2025)
December’s here (“December’s here, December’s here…“ as the festive ear worm from New Found Glory goes) which means November is no longer here — ergo, it’s time for a Linux App Release Roundup! November was host to a number of big software updates, a few of which I did plan to cover properly but, for one reason or another, got away from me. I did cover Firefox 145 and Thunderbird 145 (out like clockwork), the Raspberry Pi Imager 2 released (redesigned), Mission Center 1.1 (better filtering), Fish 4.2 (multi-line suggests) and the GIMP 3.2 Release Candidate (improved text tool). Read […]
ONLYOFFICE 9.2 Update Adds AI Features, Bug Fixes
A new version of ONLYOFFICE Desktop Editors, the free, open source productivity suite for Linux, macOS and Windows is out. ONLYOFFICE 9.2 includes a new AI agent across all editors in its stack, including Document Editor, Spreadsheet Editor, Presentation Editor and PDF Editor. Thus it is possible to quickly generate documents from prompts, analyse and ask questions regarding specific document contents, fill in PDF forms and, for those feeling brave, allow the AI Agent to do local file management. AI Agent in ONLYOFFICE was introduced in the v9.1 update as a beta plugin users needed to explicitly install. The release […]
Why I Use BrowserOS, But Never for Visiting Websites
Because the risks of AI browsers outweigh the hype, our Christine Hall uses BrowserOS as a tightly controlled research tool instead of a way to surf the web. The post Why I Use BrowserOS, But Never for Visiting Websites appeared first on FOSS Force.
[$] Checked-size array parameters in C
There are many possible programmer mistakes that are not caught by the minimal checks specified by the C language; among those is passing an array of the wrong size to a function. A recent attempt to add some safety around array parameters within the crypto layer involved the use of some clever tricks, but it turns out that clever tricks are unnecessary in this case. There is an obscure C feature that can cause this checking to happen, and it is already in use in a few places within the kernel.
GStreamer 1.26.9 Brings Playback Stability Fixes
GStreamer 1.26.9 multimedia framework improves playback stability and enhances adaptive streaming performance across HLS and DASH.
Steam On Linux Use Easily Hits An All-Time High In November
The Steam Survey results are out for November 2025 and continue to be very positive for the growing adoption of Linux gaming thanks to the success of the Steam Deck, the underlying Steam Play (Proton) software, and now further excitement thanks to the upcoming Steam Machine and Steam Frame...