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In the first round of benchmarking the in-development Linux 7.4 kernel there are some performance improvements -- and some small regressions -- worth noting over the current Linux 7.3 stable kernel. This first round of Linux 7.4 kernel benchmarking was on a System76 Thelio Major workstation with AMD Ryzen Threadripper 9980X.

Fixes are available in Ubuntu for the CVE-2026-109518 vulnerability affecting APT.

Simulating the Agama Web UI in a virtualized environment as a KVM guest provides a sandboxed, easily reproducible, and risk-free environment to test next-generation installer workflows, remote deployment configurations, and automated storage provisioning without modifying bare-metal hardware. Web UI Native Testing: Agama is designed with a decoupled architecture where the installer engine runs as a service and exposes a Web UI. A KVM guest allows you to easily simulate a true headless server deployment, letting you test connecting to the installer's port from a host web browser.

Rsync 3.5.2 addresses CVE-2026-119741, fixes interrupted file transfers, and introduces new options for process priorities and symlink handling.

Here’s our summary of updates, events and activities in the LibreOffice project in October – click the links to learn more… We announced LibreOffice 26.8.1, with around 40 bug fixes focused on compatibility with Microsoft Office files, along with more reliable text and CSV import across a range of character

Another possible factor is that people expect 7.4 to be the next LTS release.

Two legacy NetworkManager VPN plugins—NetworkManager-vpnc and NetworkManager-fortisslvpn—are retiring and will be obsolete, starting in Fedora Linux 45. This is part of ongoing system maintenance and security cleanup. If you use Virtual Private Networks (VPNs) to connect to remote workplace or enterprise networks, take note of this upcoming change in NetworkManager package availability. This…

From earlier in the year you may recall a new experimental open-source Linux driver for modern DisplayLink hardware. That "Vino" driver for DisplayLink driver was a clean-room reverse-engineered DisplayLink driver that was developed in part by AI and written in Rust. Unfortunately, that open-source driver has disappeared following legal threats by Synaptics…

Developers who use Launchpad can now use a USB FIDO2 security key to restrict API access, which makes any stolen login details useless without it. Launchpad is, as I’m sure you know, where Canonical builds Ubuntu’s package, hosts code, PPAs and many other things that end up on a users’ system. Developer tools, like lp-shell and ubuntu-archive-tools, log in with a saved token, normally kept as a…

Chimera Linux refreshes its installation images with Linux kernel 7.3, GNOME 51, KDE Plasma 6.8, and NetworkManager replacing iwd.

GIMP 3.2.8 is out, the fourth maintenance update in the current stable series, which first launched in March 2026. No major new features ship, as fixes and fine-tuning are the primary focus. Major work is happening alongside maintenance, but the fruits of that will arrive in the next major series update – those do come out sooner now, so patience. GIMP 3.2.8 changes since the v3.2.6 update…

KDE Plasma 6.8 was released on KDE’s 30 year anniversary and we are proud to have it be the star of Fedora KDE Plasma Desktop Edition 45. The Fedora KDE Plasma Desktop Edition is well suited for many needs. It combines the reliable and trusted Fedora Linux base with the KDE Plasma Desktop environment. It…

GIMP 3.2.8 is out today as the newest stable release of this open-source image editing application that's most popular on the Linux desktop…

Belgium's Kiro Linux, made by ArcoLinux's Eric Dubois with a little help from Claude AI (AI which you can turn off easily, if need be), is a strong contender for anyone who values a modern, rolling-release system. Further, it's a thoughtful reinterpretation of Arch Linux, and a welcome addition to the Arch-based family.

On my machines, the upgrade to Fedora 45 replaced gnome-keyring with oo7, and on the first one Brave came out with an almost empty password list. Nothing was actually lost: the old passwords were still on disk, and my real password store is KeePassXC anyway. On a second machine, an XFCE desktop, I upgraded carefully, with backups, and found where it goes wrong and how to fix it.

This article explains how Chromium-family browsers store passwords on Linux, what oo7 does differently, the steps that got every password back under XFCE, and two ways to save what you need before an upgrade: Brave's own password export, and a small script, browser-pwsafe.

At nearly 42 million lines, Linux 7.4 is the largest merge in the history of the kernel.

The Fedora Asahi SIG and Asahi Linux projects announced the general availability of Fedora Asahi Remix 45 as the latest version of this distribution developed for Apple Silicon Macs.

Fedora 45 is now available! 🎉 So let’s see what this new release for the Fedora Atomic Desktops variants includes for Silverblue, Kinoite, Sway Atomic, Budgie Atomic and COSMIC Atomic. Changes for all Atomic Desktops Completed the migration to the new Fedora forge Everything related to the Atomic Desktops now resides in the atomic-desktops organization.…

Full-disk encryption joins the toolkit, MATE and Xfce stay while Gershwin sits this one out

Fedora Workstation features the latest six months of meticulous polish, under-the-hood responsiveness, and security hardening for F45, based on GNOME 51. Whether you are multitasking across monitors, managng daily appointments, or organizing large sets of files, GNOME 51 brings thoughtful refinements to your daily workflow on Fedora Workstation. Silky-Smooth Responsiveness: Reworked Frame…

IONOS has been picked as a contractor, and the service would run inside data centers in Germany.

Berlin, 3 November 2026 – The Document Foundation today announced the release of LibreOffice 26.2.7, the seventh maintenance update to the LibreOffice 26.2 branch. Building on the major feature release published on 4 February 2026, this update delivers targeted bug fixes and stability improvements contributed by a global community of

The Fedora Project is pleased to announce the release of Fedora Linux 45! Whether you use Fedora on your desktop, server, edge device, or cloud instance, Fedora Linux 45 brings polished desktop upgrades, powerful new installer features, and updated toolchains. Every Fedora release is a major community effort – thank you to everyone in our…

EN / CA / CZ / ES / JA / EL / NL / SV / ZH-TW Members of the openSUSE Project are excited to announce the release of openSUSE Leap 16.1. This is the first minor release in the Leap 16 series and with this release, openSUSE’s immutable server…

Last week, Google and industry partners dismantled the XCPE backdoor which enrolled more than 1.3 million set-top boxes into a botnet. We assess with high confidence that the backdoor and botnet were intentionally developed, deployed, and operated for financial gain by...

AerynOS 2026.11 was released today along with a lengthy blog post highlighting the recent development work on this original Linux distribution…

Fedora Linux 45 is now available for download as the latest stable version of this RPM-based, Red Hat-sponsored modern GNU/Linux distribution for the masses.

Learn a step-by-step guide to installing and using the Dolphin emulator on Ubuntu 25.04 to play your favorite GameCube and Wii console games.

GIMP 3.2.8 is now available for download as the fourth maintenance update to the latest GIMP 3.2 series of this open-source, free, and cross-platform image editing software for GNU/Linux, macOS, and Windows.

Linux Mint is bringing back a feature most Linux distributions quietly gave up on years ago: hibernation.