New story! KDE Plasma 6.0.5 Released as the Last Update in the Series with More Bug Fixes

  • 9to5linux.com; By Marius Nestor (Posted by hanuca on May 21, 2024 6:21 PM EDT)
  • Story Type: News Story; Groups: KDE, Linux
The KDE Project released today KDE Plasma 6.0.5 as the fifth and last maintenance update to the latest KDE Plasma 6 desktop environment series fixing more bugs and adding various performance improvements.

New story! 6 Top Free and Open Source Scala Web Frameworks

  • LinuxLinks.com; By LinuxLinks (Posted by sde on May 21, 2024 4:51 PM EDT)
  • Story Type: Roundups; Groups: Linux
When it comes to web development, there are a fairly small range of Scala frameworks to choose. The choice depends on finding the right tool for the job at hand. Here’s our pick of the finest Scala web frameworks.

New story! Oracle Abandons Terraform in Favor of OpenTofu

  • Linuxiac.com; By Bobby Borisov (Posted by bobolin on May 21, 2024 3:21 PM EDT)
  • Story Type: News Story; Groups: Oracle
Oracle phases out HashiCorp's Terraform in favor of OpenTofu, aiming for more open infrastructure solutions.

New story! Fwupd 1.9.20 Enhances Support for FPC FF2 Fingerprint Devices

  • Linuxiac.com; By Bobby Borisov (Posted by bobolin on May 21, 2024 1:33 PM EDT)
  • Story Type: News Story
The latest fwupd 1.9.20 firmware update daemon fixes bugs, adds more hardware support, and enhances security for firmware updates.

New story! Launch Fedora 40 in Microsoft Azure

In Fedora 40, Cloud images for Microsoft Azure are directly available in Azure via its new Community Gallery feature. This article will describe how to use these. Introduction Starting in Fedora 39, the Fedora Project began producing Cloud images for Microsoft Azure which could be manually uploaded to an Azure tenant. In Fedora 40, these […]

New story! MX Linux 23.3 “Libretto” Released with Linux Kernel 6.8 and Updated Components

The MX Linux team announced today the release and general availability of MX Linux 23.3 as the third stable update to the latest MX Linux 23 “Libretto” series of this Debian-based distribution featuring Xfce, KDE Plasma, and Fluxbox editions, as well as a Raspberry Pi edition.

New story! How to create a bootable Linux USB drive

  • Latest stories for ZDNET in Open-Source (Posted by bob on May 21, 2024 8:44 AM EDT)
  • Groups: Linux; Story Type: News Story
If you want to install Linux on a desktop, you'll first have to create a bootable USB drive with your distribution of choice.

New story! Ventoy 1.0.98 Fixes Boot Issues

  • Linuxiac.com; By Bobby Borisov (Posted by bobolin on May 21, 2024 7:14 AM EDT)
  • Story Type: News Story
Ventoy 1.0.98, an open-source tool for creating a bootable USB drive to load multiple ISO files, brings a few important fixes. Here's more on that!

New story! 9to5Linux Weekly Roundup: May 19th, 2024

  • 9to5linux.com; By Marius Nestor (Posted by hanuca on May 21, 2024 5:44 AM EDT)
  • Story Type: Roundups; Groups: Linux
The 188th installment of the 9to5Linux Weekly Roundup is here for the week ending on May 19th, 2024, keeping you updated with the most important things happening in the Linux world.

New story! Everything You Need to Know About the DNF Package Manager

  • Make Tech Easier; By Ramces Red (Posted by damien on May 21, 2024 4:14 AM EDT)
  • Story Type: Tutorial; Groups: Linux
DNF is a powerful package and repository manager for RPM-based Linux distros. Learn how you can use DNF to manage your Linux system today.

New story! Auto Reset User Account to Original State on Ubuntu 24.04 and 23.04

Learn how to automatically reset the user account to its original state in Ubuntu 23.04 and 24.04 using the script and Systemd service files.

New story! What are AppImages and how do you use them on Linux?

  • Latest stories for ZDNET in Open-Source (Posted by bob on May 21, 2024 1:15 AM EDT)
  • Groups: Linux; Story Type: News Story
This unique format for distributing Linux applications keeps it simple -- mostly.

New story! IceWM 3.5.0: With Focus on Usability and System Compatibility

IceWM-3.5.0 window manager rolls out new features for theme installation and enriched address bar functionality.

New story! 6 Best Free and Open Source Linting Tools

  • LinuxLinks.com; By Steve Emms (Posted by sde on May 20, 2024 10:15 PM EDT)
  • Story Type: Roundups; Groups: Linux
We recommend the finest prose linters, software which checks your text against style guides.

New story! HandBrake 1.8 Video Transcoder Adds GTK4 Port on Linux, FFmpeg 7.0 Support

  • 9to5linux.com; By Marius Nestor (Posted by hanuca on May 20, 2024 8:45 PM EDT)
  • Story Type: News Story; Groups: Linux
HandBrake 1.8 open-source and cross-platform video transcoder application arrived today as a major update that finally brings a GTK4 port for Linux, as well as numerous other new features and improvements.

New story! Fedora Miracle Spin: A New Member to Fedora’s Family

Fedora Engineering Steering Committee approved Miracle, a new Wayland compositor based on Ubuntu’s MIR, as an official Fedora spin starting with F41.

New story! AlmaLinux 9.4 beta is out: 4 reasons to consider it for your desktop

  • Latest stories for ZDNET in Open-Source (Posted by bob on May 20, 2024 5:45 PM EDT)
  • Groups: Linux; Story Type: News Story
The server-centric, open-source Linux distribution's latest beta is available with plenty of updates, and it could be your new favorite desktop operating system. Here's why.

New story! IceWM 3.5 Lightweight Window Manager Released with New Features

  • 9to5linux.com; By Marius Nestor (Posted by hanuca on May 20, 2024 4:15 PM EDT)
  • Story Type: News Story; Groups: Linux
IceWM 3.5 lightweight window manager has been released today as a major update that introduces several new features, options, commands, improvements, and bug fixes.

New story! Endless OS 6 Review: Best Distro for Learning, Schools

  • debugpoint.com; By arindam (Posted by arindam1989 on May 20, 2024 2:45 PM EDT)
  • Story Type: Reviews
A new release of Endless OS 6 is here. We spin it for a quick review, and here's what we found.

New story! Guardian Digital, Inc (linuxsecurity.com) Has Resorted to Plagiarism by Chatbots, Flooding the World Wide Web With Fake 'Articles' Wrongly Attributed to Brittany Day

  • Techrights; By Roy Schestowitz (Posted by schestowitz on May 20, 2024 1:15 PM EDT)
  • Groups: Linux
linuxsecurity.com was publishing some weird pages whose titles closely resembled other sites' articles

New story! Kopia – backup/restore tool

  • LinuxLinks.com; By LinuxLinks (Posted by sde on May 20, 2024 11:45 AM EDT)
  • Story Type: Reviews; Groups: Linux
Kopia is a fast and secure backup/restore tool that allows you to create encrypted snapshots of your data and save the snapshots to remote or cloud storage of your choice, to network-attached storage or server, or locally on your machine.

New story! Grafana 11.0 Rolls Out with New Tools for Metrics and Logs Exploration

  • Linuxiac.com; By Bobby Borisov (Posted by bobolin on May 20, 2024 7:30 AM EDT)
  • Story Type: News Story
Grafana 11.0: Now with subfolders, better visualizations, simplified metrics exploration, advanced alerting features, and more.

New story! KDE Unveils Frameworks 5.116.0, Here’s What’s New

  • Linuxiac.com; By Bobby Borisov (Posted by bobolin on May 20, 2024 5:41 AM EDT)
  • Story Type: News Story; Groups: KDE
KDE Frameworks 5.116.0 ships with an updated icons set, TGA support, security updates, and more.

New story! The top three Linux 6.9 kernel upgrades

The recently released Linux 6.9 kernel brings several significant updates and improvements. Here are the most important ones.

New story! Gomir Linux Backdoor Deployed by Kimsuky APT in South Korean Cyberattacks

The Kimsuky APT group, reportedly linked to North Korea's Reconnaissance General Bureau (RGB), has been identified deploying a Linux version of its GoBear backdoor called Gomir. The Gomir backdoor is structurally similar to GoBear, leading to concerns within the cybersecurity community. The overlapping code between malware variants raises questions regarding the extent of the threat and the potential implications for targeted organizations.

New story! 15 Best Free and Open Source Audio Editors

The best free audio editors make it simple and easy to manage audio files for a variety of different purposes.

New story! Kinsing Hacker Group Exploits More Flaws, Expands Cryptojacking Botnet

  • LinuxSecurity.com - Hybrid RSS; By Dave Wreski (Posted by bob on May 19, 2024 10:27 PM EDT)
  • Story Type: News Story, Security; Groups: Linux
The Kinsing hacker group, or H2Miner, has been orchestrating illicit cryptocurrency mining campaigns since 2019 and poses a persistent security threat. The group continuously evolves its toolkit by integrating newly disclosed vulnerabilities to expand its botnet.

New story! SUSE’s Agama Installer Shifts from Cockpit to HTTP

  • Linuxiac.com; By Bobby Borisov (Posted by bobolin on May 19, 2024 8:38 PM EDT)
  • Story Type: News Story; Groups: SUSE
SUSE's new installer, Agama, is taking shape. Now, with a faster startup, improved architecture, and a powerful new storage setup interface.

New story! Research Indicates All Linux Vendor Kernels Are Insecure - But There's a Fix!

Recent research sheds light on the security vulnerabilities prevalent in Linux vendor kernels due to flawed engineering processes that backport fixes. It emphasizes the importance of using the most up-to-date kernel releases for enhanced security, challenging the traditional vendor-bound kernel model.

New story! Plasma 6 Desktop Finally Landed in Void Linux

Void Linux users can now enjoy KDE Plasma 6 after the desktop environment is already available in the distribution's repositories.

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