Linux NewsMozilla Thunderbird 152 Released with Thundermail Setup and Gmail OAuth Update
Mozilla Thunderbird 152 introduces one-click setup for Thundermail accounts, enterprise policy updates, Gmail OAuth changes, and security fixes.
To Make Things Easier, CachyOS Created a RUST-Based GUI Package Manager
There are a couple of graphical package managers for Arch-based distros, but CachyOS created a new one in Rust.
VirtualBox 7.2.10 Adds Initial Linux Kernel 7.1 Support
VirtualBox 7.2.10 ships with initial Linux kernel 7.1 support, Linux host fixes, and improvements for CentOS 10 guests.
Mozilla Thunderbird 152 Email Client Updates GMail OAuth to Use PKCE
Mozilla Thunderbird 152 open-source email client is now available for download with new features, improvements, and numerous bug fixes. Here's what's new!
What’s Next for Pagure.io?!
At the Flock 2026 Birds of a Feather session, poetically named FFFwF (or, for us lazy people, Forging Fedora’s Future with Forgejo), we discussed the current state of our migration effort to the new forge. I asked the obligatory question: Who still has things on pagure.io?! A few brave contributors raised their hands, some with […]
Firefox 152.0 released
Version 152.0 of the Firefox web browser has been released. Notable changes in this release include a brand-new look for the Firefox Settings interface, the ability to disable tracker blocking in private browsing tabs, a feature to mute browser sound from the address bar, experimental support for the JPEG XL image format, and more.
Wayland's Weston 16 Alpha Brings HDR Improvements, Vulkan Renderer Fixes
Wayland developers have prepared the release of Weston 16.0 Alpha 1 for this reference Wayland compositor with new features...
KDE Plasma 6.7 released
KDE Plasma 6.7 has been released, and it brings a feature many of its users have been requesting for decades: independent per-screen virtual desktops. The latest stable update also sees a classic KDE theme revived, supports simultaneous HDR and ICC profiles and packs in an assortment of usability, UI and performance tweaks. This release is dedicated to Eric Laffoon, a longtime KDE supporter who passed away in May 2026. Users of the Ubuntu-based KDE Neon and rolling-release distributions like Arch will be able to install Plasma 6.7 in the coming days. Kubuntu 26.04 LTS users should check the Kubuntu Backports […]
Commodore Callback 8020 Is a Linux Phone Built to Block the Web
Commodore’s new Sailfish OS flip phone blocks browsers, social media, email, and work apps by design, with pricing starting at $499.
KDE Plasma 6.7 released
Version 6.7 of KDE's Plasma desktop has been released. Notable changes in this release include per-screen virtual desktops, faster desktop switching, introduction of the Union theming system as a tech preview, as well as many other improvements and bug fixes. The release is dedicated to Eric Laffoon, a longtime KDE supporter, who passed away in May. See the KDE wiki for a full list of new features, and the Changelog for a list of all commits in this release.
Linux 7.2 Improves Anonymous/Unnamed Pipe Performance For Shell Pipelines & More
Yet another performance optimization merged for the in-development Linux 7.2 kernel is improving the speed of anon_pipe_write, the kernel function used for writing data into anonymous/unnamed pipes such as when using shell pipelines or standard streams from applications...
Security updates for Tuesday
Security updates have been issued by AlmaLinux (mod_http2, postfix, and webkit2gtk3), Debian (bird2, libgd-perl, and libreoffice), Fedora (7zip, ack, hugo, and perl-Mojo-JWT), Mageia (atril, evince, xreader, emacs, lcms2, libgcrypt, libinput, libsndfile, putty, and sudo), Red Hat (openssl and osbuild-composer), SUSE (cheat, chromedriver, containerized-data-importer, cyrus-imapd, freeipmi, graphicsmagick, java-11-openj9, java-17-openj9, kitty, kubevirt, kubevirt-1.6, libcaca, libopenssl-3-devel, librav1e0_8, neonmodem, opensc, openssh, openssl-1_0_0, openssl-1_1, openssl-3, perl-HTTP-Daemon, perl-XML-LibXML, python-python-dotenv, python311-paramiko, python311-PyJWT, python311-starlette, python311-tornado6, qemu, restic, and trivy), and Ubuntu (adsys, cups, fastnetmon, freerdp2, freerdp3, mesa, nginx, rsync, ruby2.3, ruby2.5, and tmux).
Immich 3.0 Is Just Around the Corner, Here’s What to Expect
Immich 3.0 is nearing release with mobile editing, Workflows, improved backups, real-time transcoding, OCR, and timeline upgrades.
Intel Compute Runtime Now Advertises Early Support For Nova Lake, Introduces Experimental "LEO"
Intel's open-source Compute Runtime stack for OpenCL and oneAPI Level Zero on their graphics processors has been bringing up Nova Lake support since January. With today's release of the Intel Compute Runtime 26.22.38646.4, the Nova Lake Xe3P support has matured to the state of it being advertised now as under an "early support" status...
Giada 1.5 Hardcore Loop Machine Adds New Tick-Based Audio Rendering Engine
Giada 1.5 open-source minimalistic and hardcore music production software has been released today as a major update that introduces several new features and improvements.