Building off yesterday's release of Linux 6.17, the GNU Linux-libre 6.17-gnu kernel is now available for this downstream kernel variant that strips away support for loading non-free microcode and other elements not aligned with the Free Software Foundation principles. This ultimately ends up limiting the hardware support available with most of today's modern hardware requiring microcode/firmware but alas here is the latest release with a fresh round of de-blobbing...

OpenTofu nightly builds add Ephemeral and Write-Only features, arriving soon in 1.11 for better secret and state management.

Back during the Linux 6.17 merge window the RISC-V changes were rejected as "garbage" for being submitted too late in the merge window and with some code choices that upset Linus Torvalds. With lessons learned, the RISC-V changes for Linux 6.18 were submitted today during the first official day of this new kernel cycle...

Ask Brave debuts in Brave Browser, merging AI chat with traditional search to deliver faster, grounded answers with context.

Earlier this year NVIDIA announced Newton as an open-source physics engine focused on robotic simulations. This physics engine was developed by NVIDIA in cooperation with Google DeepMind and Disney Research. Today it's been contributed to the Linux Foundation...

A millennial does battle with Redmond's enterprise tools and comes away reeling Comment Probably the single most common argument against switching to Linux is the absolute non-negotiable requirement of many organizations to have Microsoft Exchange. Here's a fascinating glimpse of the view from the other side.…

The Linux kernel's audit subsystem/framework for greater insight into system activity for security purposes will now be able to properly cope with multiple Linux Security Modules (LSMs)...

Open source Android app store cannot exist if Google's plans go ahead, says F-Droid board memberThe F-Droid project, which distributes open source apps for Android, will end if Google goes ahead with its plans to enforce developer registration for app installation, according to the project's board member Marc Prud'hommeaux.…

The 259th installment of the 9to5Linux Weekly Roundup is here for the week ending on September 28th, 2025, keeping you updated with the most important things happening in the Linux world.

GraalVM has been an interesting and performant Java JDK that over time added support for additional programming languages and execution models. Following their 2022 announcement that GraalVM CE Java code would be donated to OpenJDK, Oracle recently announced that moving forward GraalVM will focus on non-Java languages...

Linux kernel 6.17 brings new filesystem updates, security improvements, and expanded hardware support.

Adding to the list of pull requests submitted early in advance of the Linux 6.18 merge window opening are several cryptography-related improvements. In particular, some nice performance optimizations once again for the Linux kernel...

Catch up on the latest Linux news: COSMIC Desktop Beta, MX-25, Kali 2025.3, Kernel 6.17, Fish Shell 4.1, Kitty Terminal 0.43, RPM 6.0, Ladybird Browser gains Cloudflare support, and more.

Linux kernel 6.17 is now available for download, featuring enhanced hardware support through new and updated drivers, improvements to file systems and networking, and more.

Fish shell 4.1 is now available with transient prompts, brace-based commands, smarter autosuggestions, and significant argparse upgrades.

Fedora Project seeks community input on a draft AI-assisted contributions policy designed to ensure responsible and ethical AI use.

The latest Nextcloud Hub 25 Autumn brings a polished new interface, streamlined workflows, and a host of usability upgrades—check out our screenshots of the refreshed user experience.

Kitty 0.43 GPU-accelerated terminal emulator adds session management, cursor trail colors, blinking text, and improved macOS compatibility.

Following the release earlier this year of the Fish 4.0 shell that was ported from C++ to Rust, Fish 4.1 was released this weekend as the next major feature release...

KaOS Linux 2025.09 has been released as the latest ISO snapshot for this independent Linux distribution built on top of the latest KDE software and using Arch Linux’s pacman package manager.