Linux NewsGoogle Says Developer Verification Makes Android Safer. Critics Say It Just Makes Android More Closed
The line between a secure garden and a locked cage is getting blurry.
Meta Renewing Investment Into The jemalloc Memory Allocator
The jemalloc memory allocator "malloc" implementation has been popular for HPC and server use down to desktop use in apps like Firefox. Jemalloc has proven over the years to be effective on delivering better performance and scalability while enjoying lower memory usage and less fragmentation than alternative malloc implementations. Meta recently announced that they are renewing their investment into jemalloc...
Canonical Plans To Integrate NVIDIA DOCA-OFED Into The Ubuntu Archive
An interesting Linux detail from today's NVIDIA GTC 2026 kickoff is that Canonical will be integrating NVIDIA's DOCA-OFED software framework into the Ubuntu Linux archive for leveraging the high-speed networking stack for HPC and AI...
FFmpeg 8.1 “Hoare” Multimedia Framework Brings D3D12 H.264/AV1 Encoding
FFmpeg 8.1 open-source multimedia framework is now available for download with D3D12 H.264/AV1 encoding, xHE-AAC Mps212 MPEG-H decoder, and more. Here’s what’s new!
Ubuntu 26.04’s new folder icons are here – and you’re going to have opinions…
Ubuntu 26.04 LTS is refreshing its folder icons with a squatter shape and more colourful design – if past icon changes are anything to go by, not everyone is going to be thrilled. These restyled icons are but one of many visual changes to land in Ubuntu 26.04 ‘Resolute Raccoon’ daily builds recently. There’s also redesigned icons for LibreOffice, an ‘accent adaptive’ Calculator icon, and a shell theme that tacks closer to vanilla GNOME. But it’s the change to folder icons that most will have strong feelings over. Here’s a reminder of how Yaru’s folder icons look (with the default […]
FFmpeg 8.1 Brings Vulkan Compute Codecs and New Decoder Support
FFmpeg 8.1 “Hoare” introduces Vulkan compute-based codecs, new decoders, EXIF metadata parsing, and Rockchip hardware encoding support.
Marknote 1.5 released
Version 1.5 of Marknote, a Markdown-based note-management application, has been released. Notable features in this release include Source Mode for working directly with Markdown instead of the WYSIWYG interface, internal wiki-style links for notes, as well as simpler management of notes and notebooks.
Lightpanda Promises a Faster, Lightweight Alternative to Headless Chrome
Lightpanda is a new open-source headless browser that claims up to 9× faster automation while using up to 16× less memory than Chrome.
Debian Project Leader election underway
Kurt Roeckx has announced that Debian has moved to the campaigning period for the 2026 Debian Project Leader (DPL) election. This year there is only one candidate, Sruthi Chandran, so Debian voters will have a choice between Chandran as DPL or "None of the above". The campaign period will run through April 3, and the voting period will run from April 4 to April 17. Chandran has not yet posted a platform for the 2026 election, but her 2024 platform is available on the Debian wiki.
NetBird Makes Network Management Simple
It’s Friday evening. You’re leaving the office when that dreaded call arrives: “The production server isn’t responding, can you check it?” You connect to the corporate VPN, but it drops every two minutes. Three hours later, you’re still fighting network ... Read more The post NetBird Makes Network Management Simple appeared first on Linux Professional Institute (LPI).
How NetBird Makes Network Management Simple
It’s Friday evening. You’re leaving the office when that dreaded call arrives: “The production server isn’t responding, can you check it?” You connect to the corporate VPN, but it drops every two minutes. Three hours later, you’re still fighting network ... Read more The post How NetBird Makes Network Management Simple appeared first on Linux Professional Institute (LPI).
GIMP 3.2 released
After a year's worth of development since GIMP 3.0 was released, the team behind the open-source image editor has released GIMP 3.2. It comes as part of the plan to release GIMP more frequently, rather than wait six or seven years between releases. The release comes with lots of new features (as can be seen in more detail in the release notes), including 20 new brushes for the MyPaint Brush tool, an "overwrite" paint mode, new and upgraded file formats, UI improvements in a variety of places, such as the on-canvas text editor, and new non-destructive layers: You can now use Link Layers to incorporate external image as part of your compositions, easily scaling, rotating, and transforming them without losing quality or sharpness. The link layer's content is updated when the source file is modified The Path tool can now create Vector Layers, which lets you draw shapes with adjustable fill and stroke settings.
GNU C Library Lands x86_64 FMA'ed cosh For A ~35% Improvement
A bit of time has passed since having any exciting performance improvements to report on within the GNU C Library "glibc" but that changed today with another nice x86_64 optimization for modern CPUs...
FFmpeg 8.1 Released With Experimental xHE-AAC MPS212, More Vulkan Acceleration
FFmpeg 8.1 is out today as the newest stable release of this widely-used, open-source multimedia library...
Linux 7.1 sched_ext To Add "SCX_ENQ_IMMED" For Tighter Control When Tasks Land On A CPU
The Linux kernel's extensible scheduler class "sched_ext" to allow for custom CPU scheduling policies as BPF programs continues enabling new functionality. Queued up in the sched_ext development code ahead of next month's Linux 7.1 cycle is the new SCX_ENQ_IMMED capability for enabling tighter control over when tasks land on a CPU...