BleachBit 6.0 has been released today as a major update to this open-source disk space cleaner, privacy manager, and computer system optimizer software that brings many new features and improvements.

System76’s Carl Richell says Colorado SB51 has gained a strong open-source exemption after passing a House committee.

The April release of DietPi v10.3 introduces support for the Orange Pi 4 LTS, adds Prometheus as a new software option, and includes a range of enhancements and bug fixes across supported platforms. This update focuses on improving system reliability and usability, with updates to core utilities, storage management features, and software installation workflows. DietPi: […]

Niri 26.04 scrollable-tiling Wayland compositor adds long-awaited blur support, improved screencasting, faster rendering, and more.

Merged for the nearly-over Linux 7.1 merge window are a number of enhancements to the LoongArch architecture support for that Chinese CPU architecture inspired by MIPS and RISC-V...

The Linux kernel continues its fast-paced release cycle, and with that comes an important milestone: Linux kernel 6.19 has officially reached end of life (EOL). For users and distributions still running this branch, it’s now time to upgrade to a newer kernel version.

Microsoft's in-house Azure Linux operating system used within Azure and for WSL and other purposes is reportedly pursuing an overhaul where it would be derived from Fedora Linux...

VirtualBox 7.2.8 open-source virtualization software is now available for download with initial support for Linux kernel 7.0, guest time accounting, and many other Linux changes.

After being deemed not ready for debuting this week as an early release target, Fedora stakeholders have decided that Fedora 44 will be ready to officially debut next Tuesday...

WSL9x is not Microsoft WSL, but a retro Windows 95 and 98 project that makes Linux run where nobody expected it.

As usual in recent years, there were many x86 platform driver changes merged this cycle for benefiting modern AMD Ryzen and Intel Core (Ultra) laptops. A variety of new features and laptop hardware support additions were merged for Linux 7.1...

One way to deal with bug hunting LLMs: ditch the old driversOne tactic to deal with LLM-powered vulnerability detection is simple – just speed up the removal of old code. If it's gone, it no longer matters if it's buggy.…

QEMU 11.0 open-source virtualization software is now available for download as a major update that introduces many new features and improvements for supported architectures. Here’s what’s new!

Firefox 149 quietly adds Brave’s adblock-rust engine as an experimental content-blocking prototype, disabled by default and without filter lists.

The 288th installment of the 9to5Linux Weekly Roundup is here for the week ending April 19th, 2026, keeping you updated on the most important developments in the Linux world.

Fwupd developer Richard Hughes released fwupd 2.1.2 today as the latest stable version of this open-source project for updating and managing the firmware of various hardware on your Linux distribution.

With the Linux 7.1 merge window winding down ahead of the planned Linux 7.1-rc1 release on Sunday, I have begun testing out the Linux 7.1 Git state on various systems in my lab. So far Linux 7.1 appears to be looking good in the performance department with seeing a number of performance improvements in different areas but also a few possible regressions.

New LTS is here, with more tooling for GPGPU and AI workloadsUbuntu 26.04 "Resolute Raccoon," the latest LTS release from Canonical, arrives with GNOME 50, Linux kernel 7.0, and drops the Xorg option from Ubuntu Desktop while still running X11 applications through Xwayland.…

Linus Torvalds did it! He merged the pull request to rid the Linux kernel of the old Integrated Services Digital Network (ISDN) subsystem and various other old network drivers largely for PCMCIA era network adapters. This was the code suggested for removal given the recent influx of AI/LLM-generated bug reports against this dated code that likely has no active upstream users remaining...

Tails 7.7 adds alerts for outdated Secure Boot certificates before their June 2026 expiry, along with updates to Tor Browser and Thunderbird.