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Rune Keyboard-Driven IDE Is Now Open Source Under GPLv3
Rune, a GPU-rendered and keyboard-driven IDE for Linux and macOS built mainly in Go, is now open source under the GPLv3 license.
Ubuntu 26.10 completes its transition to Rust-based coreutils
Ubuntu 26.10 completes the distro’s move to Rust-based core utilities, with the commands previously held back due to security issues now migrated to memory-safe versions. cp, mv and rm were held back on their GNU versions in Ubuntu 26.04 LTS while TOCTOU (time-of-check to time-of-use) issues were addressed in the uutils versions. Wit those issues now resolved upstream, Ubuntu 26.10 has made the switch; the ‘Stonking Stingray’ ships with a full set of Rust core utilities, including ls, cat, chmod, chownand du. Canonical’s engineers began “oxidising” the distro – replacing foundational software with Rust alternatives – in 2025, noting the security benefits of doing so (as Rust catches memory bugs at compile time, […]
Shotwell 0.33 Open-Source Image Viewer for GNOME Is Here with GTK4 Port
Shotwell 0.33 open-source image viewer and organizer for the GNOME desktop environment is now available for download with GTK4 port and numerous other improvements.
Immich 3.2 Photo and Video Management Solution Released with Redesigned Search
Immich 3.2 is out with a redesigned search experience, Search API v2, cross-user face clustering, improved workflows, and a new Memories page.
Zstd Improvement For Linux 7.4 To Avoid Redundant Initialization
In addition to Usama Arif's recent Linux patches for addressing a major inefficiency within the Linux kernel's Zstd compression code, he also has a separate patch series destined for Linux 7.4 to further enhance the Zstd compression/decompression performance by avoiding redundant initialization...
BFS File-System Being Removed For Linux 7.4
The latest upstream file-system to be removed from the mainline Linux kernel is... BFS...
ARCTIC's Fan Controller Driver For Linux Being Dual-Licensed With BSD-2-Clause
Earlier this year ARCTIC published a fan controller driver for Linux. Besides being rare for an enthusiast-oriented company to publish a Linux driver themselves where typically it's left up to the open-source community for driver support for such peripherals, it was all the more interesting as they published the Linux driver and got it mainlined before the product was even released. In the end the ARTCIC Fan Controller is the best desktop fan controller for Linux and less than $10 USD. That open-source driver is now being dual-licensed to help with in bringing it to more operating systems...
DietPi 10.7 Adds Support for Containers with Network and ARMv8 VMs
DietPi 10.7 distribution for single-board computers is now available for download with support for containers with virtual network, ARMv8 VMs, and LubanCat 4 SBCs.
GNOME Shotwell 33 Photo Manager Released With GTK4 Port
It's been quite some time since hearing any news out of the Shotwell photo manager project for GNOME, but out today is Shotwell 33 with the long-awaited GTK4 port...
KaOS Linux 2026.09 Released with Noctalia 5.1, Linux Kernel 7.1, and Mesa 26.2
KaOS Linux 2026.09 distribution is now available for download as the second ISO snapshot using Dinit as the default init system instead of systemd. Here’s what’s new!
EROFS Disables LZ4 Rolling Decompression Due To Data Corruption Possibility
The EROFS read-only file-system popular for embedded systems, containers, and other use-cases has resorted to temporarily disabling its LZ4 rolling decompression support due to data corruption concerns...
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DietPi 10.7 Introduces New Network Configuration Tool
DietPi 10.7 debuts the new dietpi-network utility, adds LubanCat 4 support, new container images, and several hardware fixes.
KaOS 2026.09 Released with Dinit, Niri, and Noctalia 5.1
KaOS 2026.09 is out with a Dinit-based system, Niri 26.04, Noctalia 5.1, Linux kernel 7.1, and Limine as the default bootloader.