Linux NewsMageia 10 Enters Public Beta Testing with Linux Kernel 6.18 LTS and Mesa 26.0
Mageia 10 is now available for public beta testing with Linux kernel 6.18 LTS, KDE Plasma 6.5, GNOME 49, and Xfce 4.20 desktop environments.
5 settings making your Linux PC less secure
Your Linux PC is only as secure as the settings you choose to enable (or disable).
What Everybody Knows About You: Governments
This article is part of a continuing series about data collection today. I wanted in the previous articles to demonstrate how pervasive information intrusions are among all kinds of institutions, before turning in this article to governments, where most people ... Read more The post What Everybody Knows About You: Governments appeared first on Linux Professional Institute (LPI).
Security updates for Friday
Security updates have been issued by AlmaLinux (capstone, glibc, grub2, kernel, libarchive, libpng, mysql, and python3.11), Debian (evolution-data-server, imagemagick, and snapd), Fedora (bpfman, chromium, cpp-httplib, dotnet10.0, openssh, polkit, and vim), Mageia (graphicsmagick, imagemagick, openssh, and perl-YAML-Syck), Oracle (capstone, grub2, kernel, mysql, and python-pyasn1), Red Hat (container-tools:rhel8, rhc, yggdrasil, and yggdrasil-worker-package-manager), SUSE (cargo1.92, cargo1.93, chromedriver, coturn, curl, freerdp, jq, kernel, libssh, php-composer2, python311-uv, python312, qemu, tomcat, util-linux, vim, and virtiofsd), and Ubuntu (exiv2, freerdp3, glance, linux, linux-aws, linux-aws-hwe, linux-gcp, linux-gcp-4.15, linux-hwe, linux-kvm, linux-oracle, and linux-aws-fips, linux-fips, linux-gcp-fips).
Fed up with the Spotify Linux app? This custom widget is the fix
Use Playerctl, Python, and Conky timer to create a 'now playing' Spotify desktop widget.
Dell Upstreams Firmware For The XPS Snapdragon X Elite Laptop
When it comes to using Qualcomm Snapdragon X1 Elite laptops on Linux, one of the big challenges have involved the need to extract the necessary firmware from the Windows 11 partition due to most vendors not providing the firmware in an easily redistributable and public form. The one exception has been the Lenovo ThinkPad with X1 Elite having upstream firmware in linux-firmware.git while now the Dell XPS model has joined the party too...
SteamOS 3.8 Preview Preps For Steam Machine, KDE Plasma Desktop With Wayland By Default
In addition to last night's Steam client beta with Steam Runtime container support for the client and that SteamRT3 client now a 64-bit build, Valve also released a big preview update to the forthcoming SteamOS 3.8. The SteamOS 3.8 preview release brings initial support for Steam Machine hardware, various handheld gaming device support improvements, various other Steam Deck updates, improved compatibility with newer Intel and AMD platforms, and its KDE Plasma desktop is now using Wayland by default...
How to Fix “No Sound” Issue on MacBook Pro with Linux Kernel 6.17 and Later
A quick tutorial on how to fix the "no sound" issue on MacBook Pro computers with Linux distributions running Linux kernel 6.17 and later.
System76 Redesigns Thelio Mira as a Liquid‑Cooled Linux Desktop
System76’s new Thelio Mira keeps the base specs close to Prime but leans on cooling, power headroom, and expandability to court GPU‑heavy Linux workloads. The post System76 Redesigns Thelio Mira as a Liquid‑Cooled Linux Desktop appeared first on FOSS Force.
Systemd Introduces Birth Date Support for Upcoming Linux Desktop Age Controls
A recent systemd update introduces birth date storage, supporting ongoing efforts to implement age-based access controls in the Linux desktop stack.
Ubuntu 26.04 Delivers Enhanced Performance For AMD Radeon Linux Gaming
Earlier this month was a preview of the Ubuntu 26.04 performance benefits for NVIDIA Linux gaming while today's article is providing an early look at how the open-source AMD Radeon gaming experience is looking for the upcoming Ubuntu 26.04 LTS release.
Vykar is a New Open Source Backup Tool That's Faster Than Borg, Restic, and Kopia
The BorgBase team has cooked up a new open source backup client written in Rust.
Patches Sent Out For Booting Linux On Apple M3 But Without Much Functionality
Asahi Linux developers have been working for a while now on porting Asahi Linux to the Apple M3 hardware that launched back in 2023. Sent out today to the Linux kernel mailing list were finally Device Tree files for booting Linux on Apple M3 hardware but it's far from functional for end-users...
Linux Patches Updated To Steal Tasks For Improving CPU Utilization
Huawei engineer Chen Jinghuang posted the latest request for comments (RFC) patches for stealing tasks from overloaded CPUs in the same last level cache (LLC) in order to improve overall CPU utilization with today's large core count servers...
Ubuntu Maker Canonical Announces MicroCloud Cluster Manager
Ubuntu maker Canonical announced today MicroCloud Cluster Manager that is now in beta as a new cloud platform for managing lightweight cloud clusters...