Linux NewsFinally! Firefox Is Getting a Kill Switch for Its (Unwanted) AI Features
Maybe this will bring back some of those lost users.
GNU Coreutils 9.10 Released With Many Improvements
Earlier this week Rust Coreutils 0.6 released while out today is GNU Coreutils 9.10 as the de facto standard for this set of core utilities on Linux systems and other platforms...
LibreOffice 26.2 Released With Many Refinements To This Open-Source Office Suite
LibreOffice 26.2 is now officially released as the newest half-year update to this leading open-source and cross-platform free software office suite...
One Line Fix Coming For Achieving Better Linux Performance On The HP OMEN 8E41 Laptop
A one-line patch to the HP WMI x86 platform driver for Linux was posted for allowing the HP OMEN Transcend Gaming Laptop 14-fb1xxx to correctly hit its rated TDP limit for allowing better performance outside of the Microsoft Windows confines...
libinput 1.31 Bringing Support For Fast Three-Finger Swipes
Linux input expert Peter Hutterer of Red Hat announced today the first release candidate of libinput 1.31, the input handling library used by both modern X.Org Server and Wayland desktop environments...
AMD Expands FPGA Offerings With Mid-Range Kintex UltraScale+ Gen 2
AMD announced today an expansion of their FPGA prodict line-up with the Kintex UltraScale+ Gen 2 for "intelligent, high performance systems" for medical, industrial, and other fields...
Papers adds handwriting & text annotations in latest Nightly builds
Handwriting and markup features have been added to Papers, GNOME’s – and since 25.04, Ubuntu’s – document viewer app. The latest nightly builds of Papers let you draw on documents with ink tools to add callouts, doodles or your own signature to PDF files, and pepper tags with text boxes to type on forms that don’t otherwise support input. Papers already has text highlighting and an annotations sidebar, but it lacked freeform pen tools or moveable text boxes. Fleshing out the document editing tools is welcome as it will save the hassle of installing additional software. Adding the PDF Annotation […]
Oh Dear! Notepad++ Was Quietly Compromised for Six Months (But Don't Panic Just Yet)
The attack occurred last year, but updating to a recent version is still recommended.
Arch Linux February ISO Is Out With Kernel, Desktop, and Security Updates
Arch Linux has released its updated February installation ISO, bringing a new kernel, refreshed system libraries, desktop updates, and security fixes.
Navidrome 0.60 Music Server & Streamer Unleashes WebAssembly Plugin System
Navidrome 0.60 introduces a WebAssembly-based plugin system, enabling developers to extend the self-hosted music server with Go, Rust, Python, or JavaScript.
Leveraging urunc For Efficiently Running BSD Applications In Linux Environments
While there is the Linuxulator as a kernel-level solution on FreeBSD for running unmodified Linux binaries that can even work for gaming on FreeBSD, running BSD applications on Linux isn't talked about as much. But developers have found that for those wanting to run BSD applications in Linux environments, the urunc lightweight container runtime can work out rather well for efficiently handling BSD apps on Linux...
36 Years in Making, GNU's Very Own Kernel Project Hurd is Anything But Dead
Better late than never!
Windows 11 May Introduce a Linux-like Feature for its Power Users
This sure does feel familiar to any Linux user. And it is for Windows power users.
COSMIC Desktop 1.0.5 Adds Battery Percentage Option and Tab Drag-and-Drop
System76's COSMIC Desktop 1.0.5 release adds a toggle for battery percentage and tab drag-and-drop support in the Files app.
A Pillar of the Linux Kernel: Greg Kroah-Hartman Honored with European Open Source Award
by George Whittaker The open-source community is celebrating a well-deserved recognition. Greg Kroah-Hartman, one of the most influential figures in the Linux ecosystem, has been awarded the European Open Source Award, honoring decades of sustained contributions that have shaped Linux into the stable, trusted platform it is today. For anyone who relies on Linux, whether on servers, desktops, embedded devices, or cloud infrastructure, this award highlights the quiet but essential work that keeps the ecosystem reliable. A Steward of Stability Greg Kroah-Hartman is best known for his role as the maintainer of the Linux kernel’s stable branches. While new kernel features often grab headlines, the stable kernels are where real-world systems live. They receive carefully vetted fixes for security issues, regressions, and bugs, without introducing disruptive changes. That responsibility requires deep technical knowledge, discipline, and trust from the community. Kroah-Hartman has carried it fo