New story! Wine 10.7 Released with Improved Write Watch Performance

  • Linuxiac.com; By Bobby Borisov (Posted by bobolin on May 3, 2025 2:44 PM CST)
  • Story Type: News Story; Groups: Linux
Wine 10.7 is out now, featuring user fault fd support, float format conversion updates, PDB backend work, and 14 bug fixes.

New story! Here's Why Flatpak Apps Use So Much Disk Space On Linux

  • ostechnix.com; By Senthil Kumar (Posted by ostechnix on May 3, 2025 11:55 AM CST)
  • Story Type: Tutorial; Groups: Linux
This tutorial explains why Flatpak apps use so much disk space and are larger in size compared to traditional packages in Linux.

New story! FreeBSD 14.3 Beta Released Ahead Of FreeBSD 15.0 Later This Year

  • Phoronix (Posted by bob on May 3, 2025 9:22 AM CST)
  • Story Type: News Story
The first beta release of FreeBSD 14.3 was released on Friday night for testing. FreeBSD 14.3 will become the newest stable release this summer while later in 2025 we can look forward to the big FreeBSD 15.0 release...

New story! Redis 8.0 Released: Now Tri-Licensed With AGPLv3

Last year Redis made the much criticized move to Redis Source Available License v2 and Server Side Public License v1 (SSPL) licensing. The move was widely panned by the open-source community and led to the Linux Foundation forking it as Valkey and also other forks like Redict coming about. In the months since many Linux distributions have switched from Redis to Valkey. Now Redis Labs announced today that with the Redis 8.0 release, they are adding AGPLv3 to the licensing mix...

New story! FOSS Force Mostly Open Tech News Quiz – May 2, 2025

Did you have time to keep up with the news this week? Here’s your chance to brag… or not. This week there are 10 questions. Good luck!

New story! Oh No, My PC Monitor Goes Blank When Fullscreen On Endeavor OS Linux KDE Plasma!

  • Fosslicious; By Fosslicious (Posted by fosslicious on May 3, 2025 4:48 AM CST)
  • Groups: KDE, Linux
When I first ran Endeavor OS on a new PC device. I tried to watch a video, and when in fullscreen mode, suddenly the monitor screen went blank like the monitor was dead. At that time I clicked 2x using the mouse so that the screen became fullscreen. In addition, trying to use the F11 button on the keyboard is also the same.

New story! Full Disk Encryption Performance With Ubuntu 25.04 + Framework Laptop 13 Strix Point

For anyone storing personal information on their laptops especially, I definitely recommend making use of Linux LUKS-based full disk encryption capabilities. I've been recommending going with the full disk encryption capabilities for nearly two decades to help protect personal data in case your laptop is lost or stolen. The performance implications of using full disk encryption have went down over time and in most real-world workloads you'll see minimal to any difference out of it. As it's been a while since running any reference benchmarks looking at no disk encryption to full disk encryption, here are some results on the newly-released Ubuntu 25.04 paired with the Framework Laptop 13 powered by AMD Ryzen AI 300 "Strix Point".

New story! Firefox Finally Did It

Thousands of users wanted it, so Firefox delivered it. Tab Groups are now live to help you declutter and stay organized while browsing.

New story! Data Shows Largest EU Economies Shifting to GNU/linux

Microsoft can see this; all it can do is spam the "media" with WSL nonsense (i.e. stay with Windows, please!).

New story! Continued Work On Attack Vector Controls Ahead Of Linux 6.16

  • Phoronix; By Michael Larabel (Posted by bob on May 2, 2025 10:42 PM CST)
  • Story Type: News Story; Groups: Linux
Going back to last year an AMD engineer has been pursuing "Attack Vecotr Controls" to rethink CPU security mitigation handling. Attack Vector Controls aims to make it easier to manage CPU security mitigation settings by focusing on the class/scope of vulnerabilities rather than managing the mitigations at an individual level. It's looking like the initial attack vectors control code will be ready for mainlining in the upcoming Linux 6.16 cycle but stopping short of the complete implementation...

New story! Initial AMDGPU User Mode Queues Support Prepped For Linux 6.16

Sent out a few minutes ago was the latest batch of AMDGPU graphics and AMDKFD compute kernel driver feature patches for DRM-Next in getting ready for the Linux 6.16 merge window opening in a few weeks. This pull request contains a big new feature: the initial albeit currently experimental support for AMDGPU user mode queues...

New story! Raspberry Pi Reduces Prices on 4GB and 8GB Compute Module 4

This month, Raspberry Pi announced a price reduction for two of its most widely used Compute Module 4 variants. As of May 1, 2025, the 4GB RAM version is now $5 cheaper, while the 8GB RAM version has been reduced by $10. These discounts apply to standard temperature models purchased through Raspberry Pi Approved Resellers. […]

New story! KDE Drops Plasma LTS Label, Eyes Extended Support for All Releases

  • Linuxiac.com; By Bobby Borisov (Posted by bobolin on May 2, 2025 6:07 PM CST)
  • Story Type: News Story; Groups: KDE
KDE discontinues Plasma LTS, moving toward more reliable support via longer regular releases, and introduces a smarter, opt-in telemetry system.

New story! Good News! You Can Now Install and Run Arch Linux Officially on Windows via WSL

Arch Linux now has an official image for Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL). You can now run Arch Linux directly from Windows 10 and 11 systems.

New story! Celebrating 20 Years of the OASIS Open Document Format (ODF) Standard

  • Document Foundation; By Document Foundation (Posted by bob on May 2, 2025 3:04 PM CST)
  • Story Type: Press Release; Groups: Standards
oday, The Document Foundation joins the open source software and open standards community in celebrating the 20th anniversary of the ratification of the Open Document Format (ODF) as an OASIS standard. Two decades after its approval in 2005, ODF is the only open standard for office documents, promoting digital independence, interoperability and content transparency worldwide.

New story! OSU Open Source Lab At Risk Of Closure This Year Due To Lack Of Funding

  • Phoronix (Posted by bob on May 2, 2025 1:33 PM CST)
  • Story Type: News Story
For those that have spent any length of time in the open-source world have likely come across osuosl.org when downloading open-source projects that often are mirrored at the Oregon State University Open Source Lab (OSU OSL). The OSU OSL over the past two decades has also provided VMs for various architectures from x86 and AArch64 to POWER for CI and testing purposes to open-source projects, among many other support roles. Unfortunately, the OSU OSL risks closure this year...

New story! Banana Pi BPI-R4 Advances 5G Gateway Design with OpenMPTCProuter Support

  • LinuxGizmos.com (Posted by bob on May 2, 2025 12:01 PM CST)
  • Story Type: News Story
Banana Pi’s new BPI-R4 is a 5G aggregation gateway built for edge networking. Designed to host multiple cellular modems, it supports OpenMPTCProuter and targets scenarios where wired internet is limited or unavailable. The BPI-R4 is based on the MediaTek Filogic 880 (MT7988A) platform, a quad-core processor running at 2.0 GHz, similar to the original Banana […]

New story! Welcome Back to the Open-Source Family, Redis

  • Linuxiac.com; By Bobby Borisov (Posted by bobolin on May 2, 2025 10:30 AM CST)
  • Story Type: News Story
Redis in-memory data store returns to its open-source roots by adopting AGPLv3 in Redis 8 to address community concerns.

New story! Debian Developers Pursuing A General Resolution Around AI Models

The Debian developer community is pursuing a General Resolution for voting on their policy around AI models...

New story! KDE 3 lives to fight another day as Trinity Desktop 14.1.4 hits the shelves

  • The Register (Posted by bob on May 2, 2025 7:27 AM CST)
  • Groups: KDE; Story Type: News Story
Good news, everyone: 15 years on, TDE still pushes pixels The long-running fork of KDE 3 has dropped its latest update: Trinity Desktop Environment R14.1.4, now with better distro support and a fresh coat of code. Not bad for a project still chugging along 15 years after KDE itself moved on.…

New story! Kcompressd Proposed For Accelerated Memory Compression On Linux

Mediatek engineers have proposed Kcompressd as a new addition to the Linux kernel to improve the efficiency of memory reclamation. Mediatek engineers testing these patches on their handheld Linux devices have found huge benefit in alleviating memory pressure and enhancing system responsiveness...

New story! MagicaVoxel: A 3D Pixel Art App That Still Works on Linux via Wine!

  • Fosslicious; By Fosslicious (Posted by fosslicious on May 2, 2025 4:24 AM CST)
  • Groups: Linux
MagicaVoxel is one of those applications you can use to create voxel-based artwork think of it like pixel art, but in 3D. Creating objects in the app feels a lot like playing Minecraft, where you build structures block by block. Users can also apply effects to their voxel creations, such as smoke, metal, transparency, or a glass-like look.

New story! Compare Files Line by Line Using diff Command in Linux: A Beginner’s Tutorial

  • ostechnix.com; By Senthil Kumar (Posted by ostechnix on May 2, 2025 2:52 AM CST)
  • Story Type: Tutorial; Groups: Linux
This detailed guide explains how to compare files and directories in Linux using the diff command with practical examples.

New story! Redis 'returns' to open source with AGPL license

  • The Register; By Lindsay Clark (Posted by bob on May 2, 2025 1:21 AM CST)
  • Story Type: News Story; Groups: Community
New plan may remain too restrictive for some developers. Redis, the company behind the popular value-key database of the same name, has returned its main system to an open source license, although the move failed to satisfy some critics.…

New story! Mayday! Mayday! Mayday! Open Source Labs Badly Needs Your Help!

An organization that among other things provides hosting for over 500 free and open source projects from all over the world suddenly finds itself needing a helping hand.

New story! Tails 6.15 Update Drops Support for Legacy Broadcom Wi-Fi Chips

The Tails project has announced the release of its privacy-focused Linux distribution, Tails 6.15, featuring several improvements and fixes.

New story! Setup firewalld and KVM on openSUSE Leap 16 Beta manually

Finally I had decided to skip deployment templates for KVM Host and Cockpit Web Console for openSUSE Leap 16 Beta KVM Guest. Due to absence of YAST on Suse Leap 16 Beta guest following sequence of CLI directives brought me to success with linux bridge been setup via Cockpit Web Console.

New story! Ubuntu 25.10 "Questing Quokka" Opens For Development

  • Phoronix; By Michael Larabel (Posted by bob on May 1, 2025 7:15 PM CST)
  • Story Type: News Story; Groups: Ubuntu
Ubuntu 25.10 "Questing Quokka" is now formally open for development...

New story! How to Build Custom Distributions from Scratch

In a world teeming with Linux distributions — from Ubuntu to Arch, Debian to Fedora — the idea of building your own may seem daunting, if not redundant. Yet, for many technologists, enthusiasts, and developers, creating a custom Linux distribution isn't just an exercise in reinvention; it's an act of empowerment. Whether your goal is to tailor a lightweight OS for embedded devices, create a secure workstation, develop an education-focused system, or simply understand Linux more intimately, building your own distribution is one of the most fulfilling journeys in open-source computing.

New story! Linux Data Recovery: How to Salvage Lost or Corrupted Files

Data loss is a nightmare for any computer user, and Linux users are no exception. Despite the robust architecture of Linux operating systems, disasters can strike in the form of accidental deletions, corrupted partitions, or failing storage devices. Whether you're a system administrator, developer, or everyday Linux user, understanding how to recover data can be the difference between a minor inconvenience and a major setback.

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