Linux and Open Source news headlines
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Mon, 03/02/2026 - 17:55
The AerynOS project released today a new ISO snapshot of this independent GNU/Linux distribution, AerynOS 2026.02, which brings various package updates and improvements.
Mon, 03/02/2026 - 17:55
A big set of kernel patches look like they will be submitted for the Linux 7.1 kernel cycle this spring to optimize the scheduler HRTICK timer and in turn allowing it to be enabled by default...
Mon, 03/02/2026 - 07:44
GNU Hurd now supports x86_64 through GNU Guix, marking its first official move beyond 32-bit architecture after decades of development.
Mon, 03/02/2026 - 07:44
A smaller, security-conscious take on the viral AI agent platformInterview Ideally, you shouldn't have to defend yourself against your own AI agent. But we don't live in an ideal world and an unrestrained agent can cause a ton of damage.…
Mon, 03/02/2026 - 07:44
Last July Intel sadly ended their Clear Linux distribution amid cost-cutting measures at the company. Clear Linux for a decade served at the forefront of Linux performance innovations and was consistently the fastest out-of-the-box Linux x86_64 distribution until Intel ended the Linux distribution without any advanced notice for its users. Intel had kept up the ClearLinux.org website online to download the final releases and access other technical content and forum discussions, etc. Sadly, that too was recently taken offline...
Mon, 03/02/2026 - 07:44
Hyprland 0.54 was released today as what's described as a "a massive update with no understatement" to this Wayland compositor...
Mon, 03/02/2026 - 07:44
PorteuX 2.6 has been released today as the latest snapshot of this Slackware-based distribution inspired by Slax and Porteus and designed to be super fast, small, portable, modular, and immutable.
Mon, 03/02/2026 - 07:44
For those on the current FreeBSD 14 series with no immediate plans to move to FreeBSD 15 that debuted at the end of 2025, FreeBSD developers have been preparing for the release of FreeBSD 14.4. Released overnight was the first release candidate of FreeBSD 14.4...
Mon, 03/02/2026 - 07:44
Incus 6.22 introduces vsock support for the Windows VM agent, direct backup streaming, disk-only snapshot restore, and expanded cluster and storage improvements.
Sun, 03/01/2026 - 22:20
AerynOS 2026.02 was released for closing out February as the newest alpha release for this Linux distribution formerly known as Serpent OS. In AerynOS 2026.02 are many package updates plus continued work on the tooling and other innovations around this Linux distribution...
Sun, 03/01/2026 - 22:20
BunsenLabs Carbon has been released today, more than two years after BunsenLabs Boron, with a new Debian base for this OpenBox-based and lightweight distro, the successor of the acclaimed CrunchBang Linux distribution.
Sun, 03/01/2026 - 22:20
A set of patches recently posted to the Linux kernel mailing list have now been queued up to a tip/tip.git branch for planned introduction in Linux 7.1. These patches are for enhancing the Linux perf subsystem support for AMD Instruction-Based Sampling (IBS) improvements with next-gen Zen 6 processors...
Sun, 03/01/2026 - 22:20
Google's AI Assistant brief report some times shows up the command following below : If you need to redefine, use virsh pool-define-as --name default --type dir --target /new/path/libvirt/images, some time skips it. However, "Dive deeper in AI mode" always point to this command. Same procedure may be also performed via Virt-manager GUI with option "preferences" =[he]gt[/he] XML editing enabled and manually editing path to default pool and restarting daemon libvirtd.
Sun, 03/01/2026 - 22:20
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Sun, 03/01/2026 - 22:20
Pangolin 1.16 tunneled reverse proxy adds SSH auth daemon, server-side pagination, and improved private resource visibility.
Sat, 02/28/2026 - 22:20
Hyprland 0.54 tiling Wayland compositor introduces per-workspace layouts, new scroll and monocle modes, and performance improvements.
Sat, 02/28/2026 - 22:20
If you are cloning from a GNOME repository on their GitLab and now finding your Git traffic being redirected to GitHub, you are not alone. GNOME's infrastructure team is now redirecting Git traffic from the GNOME.org GitLab over to GitHub mirrors for reducing bandwidth costs...
Sat, 02/28/2026 - 22:20
elementary OS 8.1.1 arrives with Linux kernel 6.17 and the latest Ubuntu 24.04 LTS Hardware Enablement stack.
Sat, 02/28/2026 - 22:20
You'll find these days that there's no hiding placeAdd privacy to the list of potential casualties caused by the proliferation of AI, because researchers have found that large language models (LLMs) can be used to deanonymize internet users – even those who use pseudonyms – more efficiently than human sleuths.…
Sat, 02/28/2026 - 22:20
Catching me by surprise today was a new Intel CPU microcode drop "20260227" for Linux users/administrators outside of their typical Patch Tuesday alignment for CPU microcode releases...