Linux and Open Source news headlines
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Sat, 03/14/2026 - 22:20
KDE announced the release of Marknote 1.5, the WYSIWYG (What You See Is What You Get) note-taking application for the Linux desktop, which lets you create, edit, and organize rich text notes.
Sat, 03/14/2026 - 22:20
Krita developers outline their 2026 roadmap, focusing on a mobile-friendly interface, faster performance, improved color management, and a potential new file format.
Sat, 03/14/2026 - 22:20
Earlier this month were various Linux 7.0 file-system benchmarks showing how XFS is leading the race in the overall upstream Linux file-system performance on this forthcoming kernel. Stemming from that testing some premium supporters requested a fresh look at the historical performance of XFS as well as EXT4. So today's article is a look at how XFS and EXT4 have performed on every kernel release going back to Linux 6.12 LTS.
Sat, 03/14/2026 - 22:20
Someone, somewhere, ticked a box on a build farm. The wait is overChrome is finally coming to ARM64 Linux devices, years after it turned up on macOS and Windows on Arm.…
Sat, 03/14/2026 - 22:20
Less than a week after their prior NVIDIA Vulkan beta driver in the R595 driver series, today NVIDIA released another new Vulkan beta driver for Linux and Windows systems...
Sat, 03/14/2026 - 22:20
Age-verification laws target operating systems because apparently teenagers having root access is now a safeguarding crisisOpinion A new wave of age verification laws requires kids and teenagers to register before they can use a computer.…
Sat, 03/14/2026 - 22:20
The KDE Project released today KDE Frameworks 6.24 as the monthly update to this collection of more than 80 add-on libraries to Qt and a companion to the KDE Plasma desktop environment and KDE Gear software suite.
Sat, 03/14/2026 - 22:20
Announced today was debaudit, a new set of tools and services designed to verify the integrity and reproducibility of Debian source packages...
Sat, 03/14/2026 - 22:20
The gpasswd command is used to administer “/etc/group” and “/etc/gshadow” file by allowing you to manage group members in your Linux system.
Sat, 03/14/2026 - 22:20
Originally released in 2016, I have completely modernized the Elegant Arch Linux SDDM theme for Qt6 while keeping the classic elegance users love.
Fri, 03/13/2026 - 22:20
APTUI is a new open-source terminal UI that simplifies APT package management for Debian, Ubuntu, and Linux Mint users.
Fri, 03/13/2026 - 22:20
Forlinx has introduced the FET-MX95xx-C SoM built around NXP’s i.MX95 applications processor family and demonstrated a multimodal industrial security solution at Embedded World 2026. The demo combines the i.MX95 processor with an Ara240 AI computing card to accelerate edge inference workloads. The module integrates the NXP i.MX9596 processor, which combines six Arm Cortex-A55 cores running […]
Fri, 03/13/2026 - 22:20
Fwupd developer Richard Hughes released fwupd 2.1.1 today as a major update of this open-source Linux firmware update utility that introduces numerous new features and extends hardware support.
Fri, 03/13/2026 - 22:20
Arch-based EndeavourOS Titan debuts with Linux 6.19, enhanced hardware detection, GPU driver improvements, and more.
Fri, 03/13/2026 - 22:20
The BeagleBoard.org Foundation has introduced BeagleBadge, an open-source wearable development platform for IoT and embedded applications. The badge integrates a 4.2-inch ePaper display, onboard sensors, wireless connectivity, and expansion interfaces in a compact board for prototyping wearable and interactive systems. The platform is built around the Texas Instruments AM62L Sitara SoC. The AM62L32 integrates a […]
Fri, 03/13/2026 - 22:20
Google has shared exciting news with us today that they are bringing their Chrome web browser to ARM64 Linux devices...
Fri, 03/13/2026 - 22:20
What are GNOME Shell extensions? Imagine that Fedora Workstation is your desk, and GNOME Shell extensions are small accessories you add to make it feel more personal. It’s like placing a pencil case on the right side, a lamp that helps you focus, or a small cabinet to keep your things from getting scattered. It’s […]
Fri, 03/13/2026 - 22:20
Remote connection via ssh is significantly more convenient for cut and paste all set of LVs resizing, creating, removing commands along with fstab's updates then typing all of them manually during local Arch Linux Instance setup with more or less complicated LVs updated layout .
Fri, 03/13/2026 - 22:20
The AppArmor Linux kernel security module used notably by Ubuntu Linux and currently maintained by Canonical has been affected by several vulnerabilities made public today...
Fri, 03/13/2026 - 22:20
Moonforge Linux is a new Yocto-based open-source framework that streamlines the development and maintenance of embedded Linux systems.