Linux NewsKdenlive 26.08.1 Video Editor Released with Timeline Improvements
Kdenlive 26.08.1 is out with fixes for several crashes, ripple editing issues, Effects Zones, transcoding, and theme handling.
Bottles' Founder Has Managed to Run Microsoft 365 on Linux
As of now, he has the desktop app installing and signing in.
Linux Mint announces two new desktop apps
Two new apps are coming to Linux Mint later this year: a new calendar and eBook reader. A redesigned document hub will also be included to make it easier to find and manage files on your device. The new apps are part of the distro-agnostic XApp Project family (which, incidentally, now has a shiny new website dressed in the Claude design aesthetic blanketing half the web these days). Clockenstien is Mint’s new Calendar app Clockenstein is Linux Mint’s new calendar app but – before anyone scream in horror at the terrible name, the user-facing label is simple Calendar. It replaces […]
EuroPython 2026 videos published
All of the videos from the EuroPython 2026 conference, held in Kraków from July 13 through July 19, are now online along with a recap of the event from conference organizers.
[$] Accelerating the kernel's build process
Kernel developers do a lot of kernel builds. Since the kernel is not a small program, those builds can take a fair amount of time, even on a fast machine. The kernel also has a complex build system; it is probably fair to say that few developers truly understand it, and fewer still are willing to try to improve it. Lorenzo Stoakes, armed with LLM-based assistance, decided to give it a try, though, and has managed to reduce the time it takes to build a kernel — and not by a small amount.
New Cache Aware Scheduling Fixes Out For Testing
Since being merged back during the Linux 7.2 cycle, the Cache Aware Scheduling code continues seeing more fixes as users test out this scheduling enhancement on different processors and system configurations...
Two stable kernel updates for Friday
Greg Kroah-Hartman has announced the release of the 7.2.5 and 6.18.51 stable kernels. There are more than 550 patches in each with fixes throughout the tree; users are advised to upgrade.
Security updates for Friday
Security updates have been issued by AlmaLinux (apr-util and qt6-qt5compat), Debian (libevent and ruby-rack), Fedora (bluez, corosync, curl, dokuwiki, grpcurl, libevent, and rest), Oracle (gstreamer1-plugins-bad-free, perl-DBI, python-urllib3, qt5-qtbase, qt6-qt5compat, and thunderbird), Red Hat (osbuild-composer), SUSE (azure-storage-azcopy, chromedriver, corosync, ggml-devel, helm, kernel, libmariadb-devel, libzypp, zypper, opensc, php7, tomcat10, and waylyrics), and Ubuntu (apache2, beets, glibc, kissfft, libebml, linux-nvidia-6.17, php8.1, php8.3, php8.5, and python2.7, python3.4, python3.5, python3.6, python3.7, python3.8, python3.9, python3.10, python3.11, python3.12, python3.14).
openSUSE Releases Agama 24 Installer with Networking and Storage Improvements
openSUSE releases the Agama 24 web-based installer for Tumbleweed, Slowroll, and MicroOS with improvements across networking, theming, storage, language, and other components.
openSUSE’s Agama Installer 24 Released with Improved Storage and AutoYaST Support
Agama 24 improves storage device selection, regional settings, network configuration, accessibility, and AutoYaST compatibility.
Linux's IO_uring Sees Some "Crazy" Patches That Deliver Very Nice Improvements
Linux block subsystem maintainer and IO_uring lead developer Jens Axboe continues to uncover new opportunities for making the wonderful IO_uring framework even more performant within the Linux kernel. For ending out the week he's posted some "crazy" patches delivering some significant gains...
The most ambitious Linux project of all time failed because lawsuits were more lucrative
The story of a hobby project outrunning billion-dollar backing.
Linux Mint Devs Introduce New EPUB Reader and Calendar Apps
Linux Mint devs introduce new apps for the upcoming Linux Mint 23 release, including Xepub EPUB reader and Clockenstein calendar.
CachyOS vs. Windows 11 vs. Ubuntu 26.04 LTS On Intel Wildcat Lake + 8GB RAM
Often times when testing different Linux distributions or comparing Windows vs. Linux it's on leading flagship desktop or server hardware, but today we are looking at the Ubuntu vs. CachyOS vs. Windows performance at the opposite end of the spectrum. With the new CHUWI UniBook $449 laptop powered by Intel Core 3 Wildcat Lake and with 8GB of system memory, here is a look at how those three operating systems compare across a variety of workloads.
Linux Mint Is Getting New Calendar and Book Reader Apps
Linux Mint previews a new Calendar app, EPUB reader, redesigned Library, and other XApp improvements planned for its next release.