VLC 3.0.23 has been released as the latest stable version of this popular open-source, free, and cross-platform media player software for GNU/Linux, Android, macOS, tvOS, and Windows platforms.

A patch is on the way to the Linux kernel and looks like it could be ready for the 6.20~7.0 kernel for addressing out-of-memory "OOM" killer inaccuracy behavior when dealing with large core count systems...

Hyprland 0.53.1 tiling Wayland compositor is out with backported fixes addressing crashes.

A new patch series that was posted this week allow for users to more easily replace the default kernel boot logo. While many of us are long accustomed to seeing the picture of Tux as the kernel boot logo, for those preferring to better customize your console boot experience these patches allow it to be easily manipulated via the kernel configuration "Kconfig" options...

A full-featured, Sixel-capable terminal browser for those who’d rather skip AI assistants Old-time web users will fondly remember Lynx, a text-only browser that ran from the terminal. Now, there's a Sixel-compatible web browser that runs completely from the terminal, and has all the graphics and modern features you'd expect. …

Icecast 2.5 open-source streaming media server is out, delivering refinements to the web UI, protocol behavior, and API reporting.

The Aeryn OS Linux distribution formerly known as Serpent OS has published a 2025 retrospective to recap the project changes over the past year as well as a look ahead to 2026...

Updated Devuan Excalibur 6.1 ISOs are now available, with refreshed packages aligned with Debian 13.2, now available for Raspberry Pi.

A New Year’s Eve resolution about BSD from one FOSS Force writer inspires a BSD?flavored response from another.

Debian's maintainer of the Meson build system package is calling attention to the unfortunate state of Debian's bug tracker in 2026. Editing bug data within Debian's bug tracker still relies on writing custom-formatted emails and submitting them via your mail client. There still is no modern web UI for managing the Debian bug tracker as it was largely written in the early 90s...

MiDesktop revives the KDE 1 desktop for modern Linux with a development preview now available for Debian 13 and Ubuntu 24.04 LTS.

History is being distorted before our eyes. Even fake quotes are manufactured, attributed to real and still-living human beings.

The Devuan developers announced today the release of Devuan GNU+Linux 6.1 as a point release to the latest Devuan GNU+Linux 6 “Excalibur” for this Debian GNU/Linux derivative for software freedom lovers without systemd and related components.

Back in November Steam on Linux use hit an all-time high at 3.2%. With the still increasing popularity around the Steam Deck powered by the Arch Linux based SteamOS, Linux gaming continuing to grow thanks to Steam Play (Proton), and excitement around the upcoming Steam Frame and Steam Machine hardware, the Linux gaming outlook continues to be positive. The Steam Survey results for December 2025 are out tonight and with just a tiny dip to Linux use...

Micro 2.0.15 terminal text editor marks a return after a long hiatus, bringing broad syntax enhancements and stability fixes.

Kicking off the new year for Linux gaming and cross-platform gaming at large is the release of the SDL 3.4 library. SDL is part of the Steam runtime and continues to be widely-used for abstracting software/hardware for creating more portable games and other applications...

Arch Linux has kicked off 2026 with a new ISO snapshot targeted at those who want to deploy the flexible Linux distro on new hardware.

Released back in November was Devuan 6.0 for Debian 13 without systemd dependence in order to provide "init freedom" with letting users instead opt for SysVinit, OpenRC, or Runit as the init system. Devuan 6.1 is out today as the newest stable point release...

SDL 3.4, a cross-platform DirectMedia library, adds native PNG image support, expanded GPU rendering APIs, and improved graphics handling across multiple platforms.

Prominent Asahi Linux developer Sven Peter spoke at this week's 39th Chaos Communication Congress "39C3" in Hamburg, Germany. He provided an update around the still-in-the-works Apple M3 / M4 / M5 SoC and device support as well as other outstanding features like getting DisplayPort working on Apple Macs under Linux...

Not every great distro makes a splash on the front page of DistroWatch or in mainstream coverage. These are the five Linux distros from 2025 that we think merit a closer look.

Merged to Linux Git on New Year's Eve was a fix in the form of a code revert for broken MediaTek WiFi on the in-development Linux 6.19 kernel...

IceWM 4.0 lightweight window manager has been released today as a major update that introduces exciting new features, new options, new commands, as well as many improvements and bug fixes.

The ReactOS free software project is turning 30 this year and its "open-source Windows" OS ambitions remain. They are starting out this year with another "major step" towards Windows NT 6.0 compatibility...

After a rough 2025, Jack Wallen maps out five practical resolutions for 2026, from covering BSD more seriously to actually speaking up when people complain about Windows.

As part of the various end-of-year annual benchmarking comparisons and the like on Phoronix, today is a look at how the Intel Core Ultra 7 155H "Meteor Lake" performance has evolved under Ubuntu Linux in the two years since launching. Plus with next-gen Intel Panther Lake laptops expected to be showcased next week at CES, it's a good time for revisiting the Meteor Lake performance to see the difference two years have made for Intel Meteor Lake laptops on Linux.

Archinstall 3.0.15 has been released today as the latest stable version of Arch Linux’s menu-based installer, adding a couple of new features and fixing various bugs and other issues.

A New Year's Eve pull request is ready with several Intel/AMD laptop improvements for the ongoing Linux 6.19 kernel cycle. An x86 platform drivers pull request sent to Linus Torvalds today brings several notable driver enhancements with expanding the range of supported laptops...

Orange Pi closes the year by unveiling new details about the Orange Pi AI Station, a compact board-level edge computing platform built around the Ascend 310 series processor. The system targets high-density inference workloads with large memory options, NVMe storage support, and extensive I/O in a small footprint. The AI Station is powered by an […]

Flathub recorded more than 435 million app downloads in 2025, with Firefox, Chrome, and Discord ranking among the platform’s most downloaded apps.