Linux NewsKDE Plasma 6.8 Desktop Environment Is Now Available for Public Beta Testing
KDE Plasma 6.8 desktop environment is now available for public beta testing with various new features, improvements, and bug fixes. Here’s what’s new!
What is Linux? Eight Ways It Changed Our Lives, Part 3
The first two articles in this series explored the far-reaching impacts of Linux on computing, business, and public access to software. This article concludes the series, covering the following trends: Sparking interest in the newly recognized phenomenon of crowdsourcing Furnishing ... Read more The post What is Linux? Eight Ways It Changed Our Lives, Part 3 appeared first on Linux Professional Institute (LPI).
Ubuntu 24.04.5 LTS Released With Linux 7.0 HWE Stack
For those continuing to make use of the Ubuntu 24.04 Long Term Support "LTS" series, Ubuntu 24.04.5 LTS is out today as the newest point release...
Julia 1.13 released
Version 1.13 of the Julia programming language has been released. Highlights include faster precompilation of packages, improvements to Julia's REPL, and Juliaup, a graphical interface for the Julia version manager. A full list of changes can be found in the release notes. LWN covered Julia 1.12 in November 2025.
Security updates for Thursday
Security updates have been issued by AlmaLinux (389-ds-base, ansible-core, buildah, expat, glib2, gpsd, gpsd-minimal, gzip, kernel, kernel-rt, opentelemetry-collector, osbuild-composer, perl-DBI, python-lxml, python3.12-lxml, qt5-qtbase, thunderbird, valkey, vim, and xz), Debian (pyasn1), Fedora (darktable, freeipa, freerdp2, gdk-pixbuf2, GitPython, libsoup3, openssl, perl-Net-DNS, rust-ppmd-rust, samba, and valkey), Mageia (ceph, firefox, nss, perl-DBI, thunderbird, and wget), Oracle (389-ds-base, buildah, expat, git-lfs, glib2, glibc, gpsd, gpsd-minimal, grafana-pcp, kernel, libssh, nginx, perl-GD, python3.14-cryptography, redis:7, skopeo, thunderbird, valkey, xmlrpc-c, and xz), Slackware (xz), SUSE (bzip2, cpio, curl, dracut, fuse-overlayfs, golang-github-vpenso-prometheus_slurm_exporter, helm, java-1_8_0-ibm, kbfs, kernel, kernel-devel, libopenslide-devel, libsoup, libssh2_org, libusb-1_0, libvirt, libzypp, zypper, mcphost, multipath-tools, NetworkManager, opensc, openssl-3, perl-N
Intel Xeon 600 Workstation Performance vs. AMD Threadripper 9000 In Nearly 400 Benchmarks
Last month I had the chance to test the Xeon 678X workstation processor as my first hands-on opportunity with the Xeon 600 "Granite Rapids WS" series. The Intel Xeon 678X was within the HP Z4 G6i workstation and used it for a number of different benchmarks. In that HP workstation review were also some comparison points to the likes of AMD Ryzen Threadripper while in this article are some much more concentrated benchmarks between the competing Xeon 600 series and AMD Ryzen Threadripper 9000 series for workstations. Nearly 400 benchmarks plus power and frequency comparison too.
KDE Plasma 6.8 Beta Released With Many Great Improvements, Kup Backup Scheduler
Ahead of the stable release of Plasma 6.8 due out on 14 October that also marks the 30th anniversary of the KDE project, out today is the much anticipated beta release...
Omarchy Linux Quiz
Omarchy fan? Test how much you know about the hottest distro of the year 2026.
I tested 5 daily PC tasks to see if Linux is actually harder than Windows
I performed the same five everyday PC tasks in Windows and Zorin OS to see whether Linux still deserves its reputation for being harder.
Calamares 3.4.3 Linux Graphical Installer Improves Disk Partitioning, Locale
Calamares 3.4.3 open-source universal graphical installer for GNU/Linux distributions is now available for download with improvements to disk partitioning, locale, and Wayland support.
KDE Gear 26.08.1 Lands With a Broad Set of Bug Fixes
KDE Gear 26.08.1 rolls out with crash fixes and stability improvements for Kdenlive, Okular, KDE Connect, Dolphin, NeoChat, and more.
KDE Gear 26.08.1 Is Out with More Improvements for Your Favorite KDE Apps
KDE Gear 26.08.1 is now available as the first maintenance update to the latest KDE Gear 26.08 open-source software suite series with fixes for various KDE applications.
Intel BFF Driver Slated For Linux 7.4 Introduction
Last month I covered Intel posting a new driver named "BFF" for the Linux kernel. This BFF driver is for a new hardware feature debuting with next-gen Diamond Rapids processors for better dealing with aging CPU silicon where some bits may become stuck over time...
Omarchy Funding Surges to $18.5M With DigitalOcean’s $3M Pledge
DigitalOcean’s $3 million Omarchy pledge is drawing criticism after reports that it recently ended a roughly $50-per-month GNOME and Flathub sponsorship.
NVIDIA NVK Driver Lands Improvement To Help With Valve's Gamescope
Merged today for next quarter's Mesa 26.3 release is an improvement for the open-source NVIDIA "NVK" Vulkan driver paired with the Nouveau kernel driver. This latest NVK improvement benefits usage of Valve's Gamescope micro-compositor and should help with performance during game recording and remote play...