We fixed Heartbleed. We didn’t fix the open source funding problem that still asks the people securing our infrastructure to volunteer while we overpay commodity app builders.

Kdenlive 25.12.2 open-source video editor, is now available with new stability fixes, better monitor performance, and workflow improvements.

The GNU Binutils project announced today the release and general availability of GNU Binutils 2.46 as the latest stable version of this collection of binary tools for GNU/Linux operating systems.

While Linux 7.0 is the next kernel version solely over Linus Torvalds' numbering preference, there is a notable symbolic change that was sent in overnight for this new kernel merge window: formally concluding the "Rust experiment" with upstream kernel developers now in acceptance that Rust for the Linux kernel is here to stay...

pearOS 26.2 has been released today as a major update to this up-and-coming GNU/Linux distribution featuring the KDE Plasma desktop environment and based on the popular Arch Linux distribution.

Two interesting bits of Blender news this week for those fond of this leading open-source 3D modeling software...

The GNU Linux-libre project announced today the release and general availability of the GNU Linux-libre 6.19 kernel for those who seek 100% freedom for their GNU/Linux computers and software freedom lovers.

The Rust-written Redox OS open-source operating system is now able to leverage Cargo and the Rust compiler "rustc" itself running within this platform. Plus they also made a heck of a lot of other improvements too over the course of the past month. Today they published a status update to outline all of the promising advancements made to this independent OS so far in 2026...

Decman provides a declarative way to manage Arch Linux systems, ensuring installed packages and configuration match a defined state.

By default, the bot listens on all network interfaces, and many users never change it It's a day with a name ending in Y, so you know what that means: Another OpenClaw cybersecurity disaster.…

Last week I began publishing the many exciting Panther Lake benchmarks under Linux from the interesting CPU performance and efficiency to the much anticipated Xe3 graphics with the Intel Arc B390 graphics. Up today is a look at how the out-of-the-box performance for the Intel Core Ultra X7 358H compares under Microsoft Windows 11 and the current Ubuntu Linux 26.04 development state.

Traur is a new tool written in Rust that checks Arch AUR packages for hidden security risks before you install them.

After discovering this morning that Intel archived/discontinued its On Demand "SDSi" GitHub project around that controversial feature, it was a slippery slope in noticing Intel recently archived around two dozen other open-source projects they previously maintained...

The new Memos 0.26 update brings stronger authentication, refresh token rotation, and better media streaming to this self-hosted, open-source note-taking app.

Building off Friday's release of Wine 11.2 is now Wine-Staging 11.2 as this experimental/testing version of Wine with hundreds of extra patches that have yet to be introduced in upstream proper for this open-source software enabling Windows games and applications on Linux. Notable in this bi-weekly update are more patches for continuing to improve the Adobe Photoshop installer support on Linux...

The 278th installment of the 9to5Linux Weekly Roundup is here for the week ending February 8th, 2026, keeping you updated on the most important developments in the Linux world.

Meet llama3pure, a set of dependency-free inference engines for C, Node.js, and JavaScript Developers looking to gain a better understanding of machine learning inference on local hardware can fire up a new llama engine.…

Following Linus Torvalds releasing Linux 6.19 stable, Linus Torvalds is now out with his customary release announcement. Notably he officially confirmed that the next kernel version is Linux 7.0 as the successor to Linux 6.19...

With the release of Linux kernel 6.19 earlier today, Linus Torvalds confirmed that the next major kernel series will have a version number bump as Linux 7.0 rather than Linux 6.20.

Catch up on the latest Linux news: COSMIC Desktop 1.0.5, Wine 11.2, Fish Shell 4.4, LibreOffice 26.2, VirtualBox gains a working KVM backend, GNU/Linux or just Linux?, and more.

So you think Word’s DOCX format is fine because it carries an ISO standard label? Think again. LibreOffice co?founder Italo Vignoli explains why Microsoft’s OOXML has never been, and likely never will be, a true standard.

Linux kernel 6.19 is now available for download, as announced today by Linus Torvalds himself, featuring enhanced hardware support through new and updated drivers, improvements to file systems and networking, and more.

As anticipated due to the extra week for the cycle given end of year holidays, Linus Torvalds today released the Linux 6.19 stable kernel as the first major release of 2026. There is a lot in store with this early 2026 kernel release...

Back in 2022 DreamWorks Animation announced they were open-sourcing their MoonRay renderer and was then published in early 2023 for this renderer that has been used in a variety of featured animated films. Since then they have continued advancing this MoonRay code via the open-source OpenMoonRay project and this week published their newest feature update...

PeaZip 10.9 has been released today as the latest stable update for this open-source file manager and file archiver for Linux, BSD, macOS, ReactOS, and Windows by Giorgio Tani.

A Linux kernel developer has proposed using user-space machine learning models to assist kernel subsystems.

While Mesa 26.0 stable will be out soon, the belated Mesa 25.3.5 point release is now available for serving as the current latest stable point release...

Plasma 6.7 is shaping up to include an improved Window List widget with sorting and clearer grouping for easier window navigation.

With the Linux 6.19 stable kernel expected to be released tomorrow (8 February), here is a reminder about the top features to expect from this next version of the Linux kernel...

Wine 11.2 is out with faster PDB loading, improved MSVC runtime support, and 32 bug fixes affecting games, tools, and audio.