Jellyfin 12.0 is out with a faster database backend, Modern UI by default, FFmpeg 8.1, expanded books and comics features, and security fixes.

The mystery deepens around an x86 implementation from a corporate entity other than AMD and Intel and has been making some very intriguing changes for coming from a seeming start-up. Beyond 16 tile and 32 tile AMX implementations that already surpass Intel's current Advanced Matrix Extensions (AMX) capabilities in shipping Xeon CPUs, new disclosures were made today concerning Advanced Performance Extensions (APX), Flexible Return and Event Delivery (FRED), and even x86S as the effort that Intel previously stopped for cleaning up the x86 baggage...

Arch Linux is powerful but brutal to install. These 8 Arch-based distros give you the speed and AUR without the pain. See which one fits you.

OpenVPN 2.7.7 has been released as the seventh maintenance update to the latest OpenVPN 2.7 series of this open-source software for connecting to virtual private networks (VPN).

KDE’s Photos application is being positioned as a potential successor to Gwenview, with broader desktop use now in focus.

A recently posted Linux kernel patch has revealed a new security improvement with Zen 6 processors...

Bottles pushes its ARM64 efforts forward with Soda 11.0-10, opening the door to running Windows software on more ARM64 Linux devices.

Rustls as the modern TLS library implementation written in the Rust programming language is out with a new feature release. This morning's Rustls 0.23.44 release enables post-quantum secure ML-DSA certificates by default...

GStreamer 1.28.7 is now available with security updates, playback fixes, OpenCV 5 support, and stability improvements.

For those that haven't yet made the move to FreeBSD 15 with still relying on FreeBSD 14 in production, out today is FreeBSD 14.5-RELEASE...

Shelly 3.1.3 has been released today as a new stable update in the Shelly 3.1 series of this pacman alternative for Arch Linux distributions, introducing several new features and enhancements.

As an interesting development for Ubuntu 26.10, the daily ISOs of the "Stonking Stingray" now include amd64v3 images...

Asahi Linux now officially supports Macs powered by Apple M3, M3 Pro, and M3 Max chips, with support merged into the installer.

Last week's set of DRM-Misc-Next changes submitted to DRM-Next with targeting the upcoming Linux 7.4 kernel cycle features HDMI 2.1 related work for both the AMDGPU kernel driver as well as the Nouveau open-source NVIDIA driver...

Recently, Framework announced their new Laptop 12, which optionally comes with the KDE Edition of Fedora Linux pre-installed. Framework’s modular hardware has long captured the hearts of tinkerers, and many Framework users were already running Fedora Linux. Giving community members the option to unbox a hardware-validated, pre-installed Fedora KDE system is the culmination of months […]

The 308th installment of the 9to5Linux Weekly Roundup is here for the week ending September 6th, 2026, keeping you updated on the most important developments in the Linux world.

NetBSD 9.5 released today as the final release of the NetBSD 9 stable branch...

OpenTofu is developing built-in linting for version 1.13, starting with experimental checks integrated directly into its core workflow.

GNOME has been working to establish a formal request for comments (RFC) process for solving major technical questions and changes moving forward. A drafted RFC is now under discussion by GNOME stakeholders for moving this process forward...

As AI platforms summarize Linux tutorials, open-source project documentation, API references and technical guidance, teams need ways to measure whether their content is mentioned, cited and accurately represented.

An AEO platform provides that visibility. They help writers, maintainers, developers, and content teams examine how pages appear in generated answers, which sources receive citations, and whether AI platforms send traffic to the intended documentation.

After the Linux 7.3 merge window concluded last weekend, today we are up to the Linux 7.3-rc2 test kernel release in working toward the stable v7.3 kernel during the second half of October...

Catch up on the latest Linux news: Arch 2026.09, LFS 13.1, Audacity 4.0, OpenShot 4.0, Noctalia 5 Shell, Firefox 155, Debian 13 takes over 2,2K CERN control systems, and more.

Ahead of the Linux 7.3-rc2 kernel being released later today, a set of scheduler fixes have been sent out for this week's kernel test release. Most notable with the scheduler fixes are dealing with possible misfits for Cache-Aware Load Scheduling on hybrid CPUs like Intel Core (Ultra) processors...

With $13 million already committed, Omacom says it will spend aggressively over the next three years to support Linux Desktop development and its wider ecosystem.

Asahi Linux developers announced today that they are now officially supporting the Linux distribution on Apple M3 powered Macs. With the exception of the Mac Studio M3 Ultra, other M3 / M3 Pro / M3 Max devices should now work with the latest Asahi Linux builds but with some feature caveats...

Ikey Doherty is back with Barney, a new Linux build project that arrives with bold ideas and familiar questions about long-term commitment.

In addition to Linux developers focused on Apple Silicon being busy enabling functionality for the M3 and newer SoCs under the Linux kernel, there are also developers working on enabling the A18 Pro SoC used by the new, budget-friendly MacBook Neo laptop. Patches were posted this week for initial enablement of the A18 Pro and the MacBook Neo Device Tree... But even with these patches, the Linux support is still severely limited for now...

Fish Shell 4.9 is out with a workaround for a Konsole keyboard issue, faster completions around slow symlinks, and several scripting fixes.

Ahead of the Linux 7.3-rc2 kernel release due out later today, a merge causing a lot of code churn was pulled in by Linus Torvalds. This tree-wide effort converts more of the kmalloc() function calls over to the newer and superior kmalloc_obj() family of functions...

Zenwalk’s latest rolling snapshot brings Xfce 4.20, a BORE-patched Linux kernel 7.1, Flatpak integration, and a refreshed desktop experience.