Latest Linux and open source news from around the web
Red Hat has quietly bought Chatterbox Labs, a boutique firm that stress‑tests AI models for trouble. Is this a signal that AI safety is moving from marketing slop to production requirement? The post Red Hat Goes Shopping for AI Safety, Comes Home With Chatterbox Labs appeared first on FOSS Force.
After three years of development, Linux hardware provider System76 has declared the COSMIC desktop environment stable. It shipped COSMIC Epoch 1 as part of the long-awaited Pop!_OS 24.04 LTS release on December 11, just in time for Linux enthusiasts to have something to tinker with over the end-of-year holidays. With the stable release out the door, it seemed like a good time to check back in on COSMIC and see how it has evolved since the first alpha. For a first stable release of a new desktop environment, COSMIC shows a lot of promise and room to grow.
Systemd 259 is out as the newest feature release for this widely-used Linux init system and service manager. Yes, there are more features in tow for this systemd release to top off 2025...
Linux takes productivity to a new level.
Rust-based editor combines fast performance with GUI-style shortcuts that just work.
After looking at the new Calibre 8.16 which puts AI on the playing field, our writer wonders if that's a good idea. The post Calibre 8.16’s AI Wants to Talk Books. It Can’t Even Find Mine. appeared first on FOSS Force.
A new set of patches posted today to the Linux kernel mailing list begin adapting the Linux software RAID code paths to begin making use of the folio data structure...
The Asahi Linux project has published its progress report following the release of Linux 6.18. This time around the project reports progress on many fronts, including microphone support for M2 Pro/Max MacBooks, work queued for Linux 6.19 to support USB3 via the USB-C ports, and work to improve the Asahi Linux installation experience. The project is also enabling as additional System Management Controller (SMC) drivers, which means that "the myriad voltage, current, temperature and power sensors controlled by the SMC will be readable using the standard hwmon interfaces".
Opus 1.6 open-source audio codec introduces 96 kHz Opus HD support, ML-based bandwidth extension, improved redundancy, and more.
Here are the operating system choices when you want to use Raspberry Pi in a desktop setup.
The Civil Infrastructure Platform (CIP) first launched in that form in April 2016, so it has a tenth-anniversary celebration in its near future. At the 2025 Open Source Summit Japan, Yoshitake Kobayashi talked about the goals of this project and where it is headed in the future. Supporting a Linux system for even one year is a challenging task; maintaining that support for a decade or more is rather more so, and a changing regulatory environment complicates the task further.
Security updates have been issued by Debian (node-url-parse), Fedora (assimp, conda-build, mod_md, util-linux, and webkitgtk), Oracle (firefox), SUSE (chromium, librsvg, poppler, python311, qemu, strongswan, webkit2gtk3, wireshark, and xen), and Ubuntu (linux-azure, linux-azure-5.4, linux-azure-5.15, linux-azure-fips, and linux-raspi, linux-raspi-realtime, linux-xilinx).
Organizing work efficiently is challenging, especially when collaborating in a team. The complexity of task management multiplies quickly, making it essential to find the right tool. But what if you don’t want to rely on commercial solutions that lock your ... Read more The post Morrolinux: Vikunja – from Trello to FOSS appeared first on Linux Professional Institute (LPI).
Intel XPU Manager 1.3.5 released today as the newest version of this open-source software for monitoring and managing Intel GPU hardware with a focus on their data center products. Notable with this revision is adding BMG-G31 GPU support...
Ubuntu Studio comes preloaded for visual art, 3D, music production, and more. Just install one ISO and start creating instead of configuring.
Linux News