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Linux 6.18 LTS is now the latest stable and long-term supported (LTS) kernel series, and Ubuntu users can install it on their machines via the official Ubuntu Mainline Kernel PPA archive. Here’s how!

Arch Linux has made its official WSL image fully reproducible, ensuring bit-for-bit identical builds using archived repositories and normalized timestamps.

OpenZFS 2.4 is out as stable in time for the holidays! The big OpenZFS 2.4 feature release is now available for FreeBSD and Linux systems to continue advancing the open-source ZFS file-system support...

Even if Mozilla is going to add an AI kill switch, that may not be enough to reassure many. Waterfox, a popular fork of Firefox, is saying nay to AI. Considering how unpopular Mozilla's plan to botify its browser has become, this could win the alternative some converts.…

System76’s Pop!_OS 24.04 lands with the all-new Cosmic Epoch 1 desktop. We installed it and kicked the tires so you know what to expect.

In addition to the release this week of OpenShot 3.4, released today is a major update to another popular open-source video editing application: Kdenlive. The Kdenlive 25.12 release brings many improvements to help with editing of any year-end / holiday videos...

After the controversial news shared earlier this week by Mozilla’s new CEO that Firefox will evolve into “a modern AI browser,” the company now revealed it is working on an AI kill switch for the open-source web browser.

The Linux Foundation today published their 2025 Annual Report where they offer a glimpse into the finances of the organization for this year...

Announced one year ago was KDE Internet of Things "Kiot" with an emphasis on providing nice integration between the KDE Plasma desktop and Home Assistant for handling open-source home automation. Development on Kiot sadly fell through the cracks for most of the year but development on it recently restarted...

The Linux Mint team has published today the ISO images of the beta version of the upcoming Linux Mint 22.3 release, which can be downloaded (for testing purposes) from the official mirrors.

Youyeetoo has unveiled the K1, a compact x86 embedded platform based on Intel’s 12th-generation Alder Lake-N N100 processor. The system pairs an 82 × 71 mm core board with an optional 134 × 92 mm carrier board, targeting edge computing, industrial HMI, digital signage, and network appliance applications running Windows or Linux. The Youyeetoo K1 […]

In this article, you will learn how to use the ping command with its available options, including the explanation of output and ping flooding.

A guide to the open-source foundations, projects, and use cases that provide network professionals with a map for vendor independence and advanced automation.

The systemd v259 release makes journald persistent by default, drops TPM 1.2 support, and fully transitions networking components to nftables.

This is your friendly reminder that, as of today, the Linux 6.17 kernel series has reached the end of its supported life, which means that it’s time to start upgrading your installations to Linux kernel 6.18 LTS.

NVIDIA’s Linux driver 590.48 debuts as a New Feature Branch release with Wayland fixes, Vulkan performance improvements, and updated platform requirements.

Security boffins warn flaw is now being used for ransomware attacks against live networks Microsoft says attackers have already compromised "several hundred machines across a diverse set of organizations" via the React2Shell flaw, using the access to execute code, deploy malware, and, in some cases, deliver ransomware.…

The Document Foundation announced today the general availability of LibreOffice 25.8.4 as the fourth maintenance update to the latest LibreOffice 25.8 office suite series with various bug fixes.

After looking at the new Calibre 8.16 which puts AI on the playing field, our writer wonders if that's a good idea.

Engineers cry foul over plan to charge $0.002/min for self-hosted Actions runners GitHub customers, take notice: Come March, the Microsoft-owned repository host will begin charging for some uses of self-hosted Actions runners.…