Inventor Bjarne Stroustrup argues feature is neither minimal nor viable The ISO C++ committee (WG21) has approved the C++26 standard, described by committee member Herb Sutter as the most compelling release since C++11, and including Contracts, despite opposition to the feature from C++ inventor Bjarne Stroustrup, among others.…

AerynOS 2026.03 is now available as the newest release of this from-scratch Linux distribution originally known as Serpent OS. With this month's update comes GNOME 50, KDE Plasma 6.6.3, and various Wayland compositor updates alongside other software improvements...

In this article you will learn how TLS (Transport Layer Security) and SSH (Secure SHell) use public/private key-pairs to authenticate web servers you visit and linux machines you log in to. You will also learn how the TLS framework installed by default in mainstream web browsers fails to prevent MITM (Man In The Middle) attacks […]

Raspberry Pi prices are going up yet again due to the continued memory squeeze on the industry. To help offset the memory prices for some use-cases, Raspberry Pi also announced the introduction of the Raspberry Pi 4 3GB model at $83 to help fill the void between the 2GB and 4GB options...

Today, the AerynOS project released AerynOS 2026.03 as the ISO snapshot for March 2026 of this independent Linux distro previously known as Serpent OS.

MidnightBSD 4.0.4 is out today as the newest update to this desktop-minded BSD operating system. Notable with this update is introducing the Aged daemon and Agectl program for handling age verification and age attestation given the increasing number of US states pursuing laws around age verification at the OS user level...

The GNOME Project released GNOME 49.5 today as the fourth point release of the latest GNOME 49 “Brescia” desktop environment series with more bug fixes and improvements.

Apertis v2026 is here, bringing a significantly modernized foundation for industrial embedded development. Based on Debian 13 (Trixie), this release delivers updated system libraries, development tools, compilers, and core services, alongside a new default Wayland compositor, a reworked SDK, and smarter packaging pipelines. The result is a more capable, maintainable platform designed to meet the long-term stability and security requirements of industrial products.

The chvt command is an essential Linux built-in utility to help you switch between different TTY screens (or virtual consoles) from the command line interface.

OpenVPN 2.7.1 has been released today as the first maintenance update to the latest OpenVPN 2.7 series of this open-source software for connecting to virtual private networks (VPN).

Seeed Studio has launched an 8-inch HMI device combining a touch display, wireless connectivity, and multimedia hardware in a single platform. The reTerminal D1001 pairs an ESP32-P4 with an ESP32-C6 for networking, along with a 6-axis IMU for motion sensing. The system is powered by the ESP32-P4NRW32, a dual-core RISC-V processor operating at up to […]

Servo 0.0.6 is out today to round out the month with many great improvements made in recent weeks to this Rust-based browser engine advancing with its servoshell implementation and many prospects around using it for embedded browser use cases...

The Document Foundation, creator of LibreOffice, urges Europeans to adopt open source solutions and reduce dependence on proprietary software and major technology platforms.

Oopsy-doodle: Did someone forget to check their build pipeline? Would you like a closer look at Claude? Someone at Anthropic has some explaining to do, as the official npm package for Claude Code shipped with a map file exposing what appears to be the popular AI coding tool's entire source code.…

The PCLinuxOS Magazine staff is pleased to announce the release of the April 2026 issue.

While having the new System76 Thelio Mira in the lab I ran some benchmarks of Ubuntu 24.04 LTS vs. 26.04 development on that AMD Ryzen 9000 series powered desktop. Those results were interesting for how the Ubuntu performance has changed over the past two years, but even if drilling down to just the past six months there have been some nice gains on the AMD Zen 5 desktop. In this article is a look at how Ubuntu 26.04 in its near-final state is performing relative to Ubuntu 25.10 with this Ryzen 9 9950X desktop.

When models can audit firmware and legacy binaries at scale, hiding vulnerabilities stops working. Open, patchable code becomes a core security requirement.

Hitting the mailing list today are patches providing initial support for AMD's next-gen NPU "AIE4" platform, complete with SR-IOV support...

GIMP 3.2.2 open-source image editor is now available for download with various improvements, bug fixes, and UI/UX updates.

Rspamd 4.0 is out today as a big update to this powerful open-source spam filtering system...

After 12 years leading Ubuntu MATE, its founder says it’s time to hand the reins to new maintainers.

For those wanting to make use of Linux GPU compute software under Windows 11 by way of Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL2), AMD's ROCDXG "librocdxg" library is now deemed production-ready for delivering open-source ROCm compatibility with WSL...

Elive 3.8.50 LTS has been released today for this nostalgic, yet fancy GNU/Linux distribution based on Debian and featuring the lightweight and modern Enlightenment graphical environment.

Principle of Argument doesn't provide any information about values of polynomial zeros inside predefined circle as well as locations of these zeros on complex plane. Classic math just says how many polynomial zeros we get inside given circle and nothing else. Library cxroots imported in python module provides object Circle having method roots to achieve the goal to get actual zeros values.

Archinstall 4.0 introduces a modern textual UI, replacing the curses interface to enhance usability and accessibility in the Arch Linux installer.

Here's something that wasn't on my bingo card for this year of the "MKISS" driver for ham radio being modernized in 2026 as opposed to just being dropped. The MKISS code hasn't seen much driver activity since the original Git import of the Linux kernel more than twenty years ago...

Yes, it’s that time of the year when the GNOME developers are planning for the next major release of this popular desktop environment for Linux-based OSes, GNOME 51, due out on September 16th, 2026.

Catch up on the latest Linux news: Kali 2026.1, GIMP 3.2.2, Firefox 149, NVIDIA 595.58, Fish SHell 4.6, Krita 6.0, Canonical plans controversial GRUB changes, and more.

It's fairly rare for the RadeonSI Gallium3D driver to hit OpenGL rendering game bugs these days as besides more games going opting for Vulkan API use, RadeonSI is rather robust and very mature at this stage. Recently though a Linux gamer that upgraded to a Radeon RX 9070 XT RDNA4 graphics card noticed that the open-source EDuke32 Duke Nukem 3D build and its derivatives were failing to render properly with the RadeonSI driver...

Krita 6.0 open-source digital painting app is now available for download with Wayland color management support, Qt 6 port, and more. Here’s what’s new!