Linux NewsGNOME 50 is Here, and X11 is Finally Gone
There's a lot this release offers, but a few changes stand out.
OpenGL Lands New Extension To Benefit Wine
The OpenGL API is still seeing new extensions introduced in 2026. Merged today to the OpenGL Registry is a new extension intended to help Wine usage for 32-bit Windows games/apps on 64-bit Linux systems...
PrismLinux: A No‑Drama, Sane Approach to Arch-Based Linux
A polished Arch-based distro with a stellar installer, sane defaults, and plenty of choices to keep power users happy. The post PrismLinux: A No‑Drama, Sane Approach to Arch-Based Linux appeared first on FOSS Force.
GParted Live 1.8.1 Released With Linux Kernel 6.19
GParted Live 1.8.1, a bootable Linux system for disk partitioning, is out with Linux kernel 6.19, Debian Sid updates, and the stable GParted 1.8.1 release.
Opera GX Web Browser Released For Linux
It's been a while since most of you probably thought about the Opera web browser, but these days they have been catering their "Opera GX" web browser to gamers. Today they have finally delivered this Opera GX gaming-focused browser for Linux users...
Linux 7.1 Should See Working HDMI Support For The Lichee Pi 4A RISC-V Board
Drew Fustini sent out DeviceTree patches this past weekend for enabling the HDMI display controller on the T-Head TH1520 RISC-V SoC. Additionally, there's a patch for lighting up the HDMI display support on the LicheePi 4A RISC-V board...
Canonical Collecting Wish List Ideas For Improving Mir
With Ubuntu 26.04 LTS quickly approaching release next week, Canonical is beginning more of their road-mapping for Ubuntu 26.10 and beyond. To help in plotting future work, Canonical is interested in feedback for features or improvements that developers/users would like to see around their Mir project...
Virtual Swap Space Patches Updated For Improving Linux's Swap Design
The fourth iteration of patches implementing Virtual Swap Space for Linux were sent out on Wednesday. This stems from ideas going back years for an abstraction to better separate a swap entry from its physical backing storage...
[$] LWN.net Weekly Edition for March 19, 2026
Inside this week's LWN.net Weekly Edition: Front: Privacy battles; page-cache-timing protections; null filesystems; Fedora Sandbox; safer kmalloc(); BPF in io_uring. Briefs: AppArmor vulnerabilities; snapd vulnerability; Sashiko; DPL election; Fedora Asahi 43; GIMP 3.2; Marknote 1.5; Quotes; ... Announcements: Newsletters, conferences, security updates, patches, and more.
Linux Distributions Begin Blocking Brazil Access Over New Digital Law
Several Linux distributions are restricting access from Brazil due to concerns about a new digital law impacting online software distribution.
[$] Cindy Cohn on privacy battles old and new
Cindy Cohn is the executive director of the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) and she gave the Saturday morning keynote at SCALE 23x in Pasadena about some of the work she and others have done to help protect online rights, especially digital privacy. The talk recounted some of the history of the court cases that the organization has brought over the years to try to dial back privacy invasions. One underlying theme was the role that attendees can play in protecting our rights, hearkening back to earlier efforts by the technical community.
Samba 4.24.0 released
Version 4.24.0 of the Samba SMB filesystem implementation has been released. There are a number of significant changes, including audit support for authentication information, remote password management, a number of Kerberos improvements, asynchronous-I/O rate limiting, and more.
GNOME 50 Desktop Environment Released, This Is What’s New
GNOME 50 Tokyo introduces parental controls with screen time limits, as well as significant performance and usability enhancements.
Functional Languages and the Future of Programming (Part 1)
Functional programming is one of the fundamental divisions among programming languages, and can be traced back very early in programming history: notably to LISP and ML. This series interviews leading proponents of some current functional languages to look at their ... Read more The post Functional Languages and the Future of Programming (Part 1) appeared first on Linux Professional Institute (LPI).
GNOME 50 released
GNOME 50 has been released. Notable changes in this release include enhancements to the Orca screen-reader application, interface and performance improvements for GNOME's file manager (Files), a "massive set of stability and performance updates" for its display-handling technologies, and much more. See also the "What's new for developers" article that covers changes of interest to GNOME and GNOME application developers.