KDE 5.26 gets a second point release (yes, already) It's worth it, though. And it's easy to install the latest KDE on the latest Kubuntu OSes27 Oct 2022 | 16
The GNOME Project is closing all its mailing lists Everyone has to join Discourse… although you can still participate via email OSes27 Oct 2022 | 57
Microsoft's Lennart Poettering proposes tightening up Linux boot process Building your own initial RAMdisk? That's insecure! OSes26 Oct 2022 | 187
Teen dream team reboots Rolling Rhino into Rhino Linux Well, these distros are all about continual reinvention, after all OSes26 Oct 2022 | 5
Update time for Ubuntu: Last version of Linux kernel 5.19.17 hits Only just installed? You may need another upgrade all the same OSes25 Oct 2022 |
Lash#Cat9: A radical new Linux UI for keyboard warriors Comment Arcan sub-project reinvents command lines and GUIs at once Software25 Oct 2022 | 74
Intel DAOS 2.2 and Red Hat Stratis 3.3 released New versions of two next-gen Linux storage engines may belie fading interest Storage24 Oct 2022 |
OpenBSD 7.2: The other other FOSS xNix released, runs on Apple M2 Macs Plus better support for some newer Intel wireless and graphics chipsets OSes21 Oct 2022 | 31
DisplayPort standards bods school USB standards bods with latest revision Video Electronics Standards Association shows the USB Implementers Forum how it's done Personal Tech20 Oct 2022 | 38
Ubuntu 22.10 is out, with an extra remix in the family: Unity Linux wunderkind's project now an official flavor as 'Kinetic Kudu' brings nine months of updates OSes20 Oct 2022 | 26
Google submits Go apps container project to Cloud Native Computing Foundation Did we say donate? We meant submit. Megacorp swiftly KOs former blog title Devops19 Oct 2022 | 2
FreeBSD comes to Amazon's lightweight hypervisor "Serverless" microVMs further blur the line between containers and virtual machines Virtualization19 Oct 2022 | 9
FOSS digital audio workstation Ardour reaches version 7 An open source rival to Ableton OSes18 Oct 2022 | 4
Firefox 106 will let you type directly into browser PDFs Sorry Adobe but we can let users type or even hand-write directly Software18 Oct 2022 | 86
Juno offering Linux-powered tablet PC for pre-order The company already sells penguin-infested laptops and desktops, but an x86 Linux fondleslab is new Personal Tech17 Oct 2022 | 19
Google reveals another experimental operating system: KataOS Based on Rust, on top of seL4 – a big deal in the microkernel world OSes17 Oct 2022 | 27
Linux kernel 6.1 will contain fixes, features. Useful Rust modules? Not yet But you get a super practical patch that prints CPU, core, and socket when you get a segfault OSes14 Oct 2022 | 10
Zinc: An Ubuntu remix that dares to be different Impressive distro is somewhere between a tech demo and a power user's tool OSes13 Oct 2022 | 14
Canonical displays controversial 'ad' in shell update prog Updated Ubuntu once again courts controversy, but alternative commands are available OSes13 Oct 2022 | 61
Tuxedo Computers releases version 1.0 of its Ubuntu remix We spin up Linux PC vendor's first public version of its in-house OS OSes12 Oct 2022 | 10
Oracle VirtualBox 7.0 is here – just watch out for the proprietary Extension Pack Latest version of FOSS hypervisor boasts support for new 3D acceleration tech and encrypted virtual machines Virtualization11 Oct 2022 | 37
Red Hat backs CNCF project, spills TEE support over Kubernetes Keeping the contents of your clusters secure from whoever's hosting them Security10 Oct 2022 |
Plop. That's the sound of a boot manager booting PCs off media they can't start from Friday Freeware Fest … Including virtual machines as well as physical ones OSes07 Oct 2022 | 23
Linux kernel 5.19.12 'may harm' Intel laptop screens Remember the bad old days when getting X settings wrong could fry your CRT? They're back, kinda Personal Tech06 Oct 2022 | 28
Canonical makes Ubuntu Pro free for up to five machines Kernel live-patching and a full decade of software updates OSes06 Oct 2022 | 3
SUSE wheels out first public prototype of its server Linux distro, asks for feedback Adaptable Linux Platform v0.01 shows that the future of SLE is containerized OSes05 Oct 2022 | 12
Linux 6.1: Rust to hit mainline kernel New language will be official, probably within a couple of months OSes05 Oct 2022 | 32
IceWM reaches version 3 after a mere 25 years And it's not the only venerable window manager still in development Applications05 Oct 2022 | 28
You thought you bought software – all you bought was a lie Comment Isn't code something worth paying for? Well, frankly, no Software04 Oct 2022 | 216
Big changes coming in Debian 12: Some parts won't be FOSS Vote result good news for new users, but might be bad for remixes OSes03 Oct 2022 | 27
Amazon lets you rent Ubuntu Pro. Yes, it's Linux on the virtual desktop Insert your Year of Linux joke here, we dare you Virtualization30 Sep 2022 | 7
HDD Clicker gizmo makes flash sound like spinning rust Made your old computer faster but too quiet? Here's a fun fix Offbeat30 Sep 2022 | 41
How Citrix dropped the ball on Xen ... according to Citrix Open Source Summit How to win friends and admit how you lost them earlier? Virtualization30 Sep 2022 | 17
IBM's 'bare metal' LinuxONE push: Did somebody say OpenShift? Plus RHEL has fresh release goodies out too Off-Prem29 Sep 2022 | 4
Late but lustrous, a fresh remix of Ubuntu emerges UbuntuDDE 22.04 is colorful, and with slightly less Chinese flavor than Ubuntu Kylin OSes28 Sep 2022 | 10
Removing an obsolete AMD fix makes Linux kernel 6 quicker Performance-killing workaround rediscovered after 20 years OSes27 Sep 2022 | 80
Is it a bird? Is it Microsoft Office? No, it's Onlyoffice: Version 7.2 released The other open-source productivity suite gets a version bump Applications27 Sep 2022 | 69
Serious surfer? How to browse like a pro on Firefox Mozilla may seem like it has forgotten, but this is the most customizable browser going Software26 Sep 2022 | 96
A match made in heaven: systemd comes to Windows Subsystem for Linux Has someone been Poettering about? OSes24 Sep 2022 | 118
GNOME hits 43: Welcome To Guadalajara Love it or loathe it? Plus: KDE 5.26 here soon, and both desktops still working on mobile support OSes22 Sep 2022 | 35
'I Don't Care About Cookies' extension sold to Avast Users of cookie-warning-buster add-on already forking off due to privacy concerns Security21 Sep 2022 | 23
Firefox 105 is here, and it's faster and more memory-frugal If you love having thousands of tabs open, this might be one for you Software21 Sep 2022 | 48
Linux Foundation launches European division Open Source Summit Plans to drive more open source – and more transparency – into public sector Software20 Sep 2022 | 9
Linux luminaries discuss efforts to bring Rust to the kernel Open Source Summit After 31 years, a second programming language will be allowed in OSes16 Sep 2022 | 64
Open standards body for digital wallets announced Open Source Summit No, not the dodgy cryptocurrency kind Off-Prem16 Sep 2022 | 5
Fedora 37 beta: Hints of what's to come in Red Hat's free flagship Text Editor replaces GEdit for starters, though it's still very early days OSes14 Sep 2022 | 18
Linux kernel's eBPF feature put to unexpected new uses Linux Plumbers Conference The internal traffic-filtering tool can be used for much more than firewalls Software14 Sep 2022 | 19
Kubuntu and Lubuntu get desktop upgrades, as optional extras Latest versions of the KDE Plasma and LXQt desktops now available OSes01 Sep 2022 | 7
MX Linux 21.2: Middleweight Debian-based distro is well worth a look Special report We took our first official test drive and became a little infatuated OSes31 Aug 2022 | 20
Kylin: The multiple semi-official Chinese versions of Ubuntu Investigating the world of Chinese Linux OSes30 Aug 2022 | 19
Deepin prepares to leave Debian base and move to fully independent distro Big changes are afoot in a forthcoming version, but they're not fully visible yet OSes25 Aug 2022 | 33
PanWriter: Cross-platform writing tool runs on anything and outputs to anything FOSS Fest Sometimes you just want something dead simple that can maybe handle bold, italics, and a hyperlink or two Applications24 Aug 2022 | 126
Universal Unix tool AWK gets Unicode support From original author Brian Kernighan, one of the original Unix team Applications23 Aug 2022 | 47
Weighing the less mainstream Ubuntu remixes: Including China's Kylin We look at the official flavors, but there are more out there Applications19 Aug 2022 | 9
We tested all the Ubuntu remixes for resource usage so you don't have to Which flavors are the lightest and the heaviest disk and memory-wise? OSes18 Aug 2022 | 57
Attention Microsoft-oriented Linux devs: .NET 6 is on Ubuntu 22.04 Linux distro announces the availability of Microsoft tooling on Jammy Jellyfish Devops17 Aug 2022 | 19
There's no place like GNOME: Project hits 25, going on 43 Desktop environment celebrates milestone birthday with a beta Applications17 Aug 2022 | 37
Ubuntu 22.04.1: Slightly late, but worth the upgrade Latest shine on the Jammy Jellyfish brings ton of fixes to keep you working smoothly OSes12 Aug 2022 | 13
Dealing with legacy issues around Red Hat crypto versions? Here's a fix RHEL SHA-ll speak unto RHEL… except from 9 to 6 OSes11 Aug 2022 | 13
Rescuezilla 2.4 is here: Grab it before you need it A fork of Redo Rescue that outdoes the original – and beats Clonezilla too Software11 Aug 2022 | 17