Linux and Open Source news headlines
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Fri, 07/24/2026 - 22:20
System76 developers today released COSMIC Epoch 1.4 as the newest stable release to their Rust-based desktop environment...
Fri, 07/24/2026 - 22:20
Sfera Labs has begun shipping the Strato Pi Plus, a DIN-rail industrial edge server based on the Raspberry Pi 4B or Raspberry Pi 5. The system adds a 10–50 V DC power supply, up to four isolated RS-485 interfaces, CAN FD connectivity, and an independent RP2354 microcontroller. According to the Strato Pi Plus documentation, the […]
Fri, 07/24/2026 - 22:20
Just one week after releasing Lemonade 11.0, the Lemonade 11.5 local AI server was released today for this open-source AMD backed project during their AMD Advancing AI event...
Fri, 07/24/2026 - 22:20
Mozilla has officially released Firefox 153, bringing another round of improvements to its open-source web browser. The latest version introduces new multimedia capabilities, enhanced PDF editing tools, stronger privacy protections, better support for modern web technologies, and several features aimed at improving the browsing experience across Linux, Windows, and macOS. Firefox 153 became available on the stable release channel on July 21, 2026.
Fri, 07/24/2026 - 22:20
Sam Lantinga of Valve and SDL fame has landed HDR10 rendering support into the Simple DirectMedia Library...
Fri, 07/24/2026 - 22:20
The Raspberry Pi Foundation launched today a new, bigger variant of their Raspberry Pi Touch Display, the Raspberry Pi Touch Display 2 with a 10-inch display and an $80 USD price tag.
Fri, 07/24/2026 - 22:20
Linux sound subsystem maintainer Takashi Iwai of SUSE sent out this week's batch of sound fixes that he describes as "A collection of fixes that have been accumulated recently. The amount is still "new normal", but all small fixes. Mostly hardware-specific quirks, but including a few core fixes, too." The "new normal" has been a common phrase recently to reflect the increased tempo of patches as well as security/bug disclosures all due to the increased pace of AI/LLM activity...
Fri, 07/24/2026 - 22:20
Linux hardware vendor System76 released COSMIC 1.4 today as the latest stable version of this open-source, free, and Rust-based graphical desktop environment for Linux-based operating systems.
Fri, 07/24/2026 - 22:20
With the release of Firefox 153 ESR rolling to all supported platforms, Mozilla promoted the next major release, Firefox 154, to the beta channel for public testing, so it’s time to take a look at the new features and improvements.
Thu, 07/23/2026 - 22:20
It's not bluewashing 'til it's 100% done
Thu, 07/23/2026 - 22:20
Raspberry Pi has introduced a 10-inch version of its Touch Display 2, expanding the display family beyond the existing 5-inch and 7-inch models. The new panel provides a 1200 × 1920 resolution, ten-point capacitive touch, and compatibility with the Raspberry Pi 5 and supported Compute Module platforms. The 10.1-inch IPS display uses a native portrait […]
Thu, 07/23/2026 - 22:20
And the hits just keep on coming . . . Not only was last week a first for Distro of the Week, we follow up with another first: This time, it's a Spanish distro based on Devuan, complete with its lack of systemd and using XLibre as the default X server. Ladies and gentlemen -- that covers most of you -- welcome to Vendefoul Wolf Excalibur Xfce, this week's Distro of the Week.
Thu, 07/23/2026 - 22:20
Valve released a new stable Steam Client update today with more improvements for Linux, Steam Input, Remote Play, Steam Controller firmware, SteamVR, In-Game Overlay, and Steam Workshop.
Wed, 07/22/2026 - 22:20
Following the release of Mozilla Firefox 153 ESR, the Mozilla Thunderbird 153 open-source email client is now available for download with various new features, improvements, and numerous bug fixes.
Wed, 07/22/2026 - 22:20
Mozilla Thunderbird 153 is out with built-in Thundermail services, OAuth login through the default browser, and numerous stability fixes.
Wed, 07/22/2026 - 22:20
Linux's cryptsetup for configuring and managing encrypted storage devices is ready with a new version as the developers work to deal with the recent deprecation of the Linux AF_ALG interface...
Wed, 07/22/2026 - 22:20
Canonical today disclosed three new Snap security vulnerabilities affecting snapd. Two are rated high impact vulnerabilities while the third is considered medium but covers all Ubuntu releases of the past decade going back to Ubuntu 16.04 LTS...
Wed, 07/22/2026 - 22:20
OBS Studio 32.2 has been released today as the second update to the latest OBS Studio 32 series of this powerful, open-source, cross-platform, and free video recording and live streaming software.
Wed, 07/22/2026 - 22:20
Jellyfin is undergoing a major leadership transition as its project leader, a core team member, and another co-founder leave within days of each other.
Wed, 07/22/2026 - 22:20
InputPlumber is out with its newest feature release. As a reminder, InputPlumber is the open-source input router and remapper daemon for combining various input devices from gamepads to mice and keyboards as well as the ability to emulate them...