Linux and Open Source news headlines
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Tue, 10/28/2025 - 22:20
The Ubuntu Unity community flavor of Ubuntu Linux built around the Unity desktop is in a difficult position and at risk for its survival given the lack of developers involved. A call-out has been made in seeking more community developers to contribute to Ubuntu Unity...
Tue, 10/28/2025 - 22:20
Learn how to open and navigate Linux terminals effortlessly, including keyboard shortcuts and bonus tips for efficient command-line usage, in this comprehensive guide.
Tue, 10/28/2025 - 22:20
OpenRazer 3.11 is out as the newest version of these out-of-tree but open-source and community-maintained drivers for Razer devices on Linux. Plus OpenRazer also provides a user-space daemon for controlling Razer RGB lighting and other features. Paired with the likes of the Polychromatic app, OpenRazer makes for a pleasant Razer device experience for gamers and enthusiasts under Linux...
Tue, 10/28/2025 - 22:20
For the best Linux performance, check out these fastest and most lightweight Linux distributions you can run inside a virtual machine.
Tue, 10/28/2025 - 22:20
Nations previously exempt from scraping now in the firing lineIf you thought living in Europe, Canada, or Hong Kong meant you were protected from having LinkedIn scrape your posts to train its AI, think again. You have a week to opt out before the Microsoft subsidiary assumes you're fine with it.…
Tue, 10/28/2025 - 22:20
A big focus for the FreeBSD 15.0 development was on supporting reproducible builds as has been a growing trend in the open-source ecosystem in recent years. One month out from the official FreeBSD 15.0 release, the FreeBSD project is today celebrating having crossed the milestone of being able to be built reproducibly and as well now building FreeBSD without requiring root privileges...
Tue, 10/28/2025 - 22:20
nEMU 3.4 arrives a year and a half after the previous release, introducing a VM preview feature, new config options, and improved QEMU integration.
Tue, 10/28/2025 - 22:20
Python’s governing body drops a $1.5 M U.S. grant, saying the anti-DEI clause violates its mission and community spirit.
Mon, 10/27/2025 - 22:20
KDE’s Nate Graham explains why KDE Linux bets on immutability for stability and simplicity, moving away from traditional package systems.
Mon, 10/27/2025 - 22:20
Beyond packing many exciting new features and changes, Linux 6.18 is expected to become this year's Long Term Support (LTS) kernel version. Assuming the Linux 6.18 LTS designation, this next kernel version will see lots of use in enterprise environments and thus recently carried out some AMD EPYC 9965 2P "Turin" benchmarks between Linux 6.17 stable and the Linux 6.18 development kernel state...
Mon, 10/27/2025 - 22:20
Ubuntu Unity faces manpower shortages as lead dev Rudra has no time to maintain it, sparking a public call for help.
Mon, 10/27/2025 - 22:20
OpenIndiana 2025.10 ISOs were published on Sunday as the newest half-year update to this Illumos (OpenSolaris) derived platform...
Mon, 10/27/2025 - 22:20
Big names are pushing AI browsing as the future of the web, yet open source options are rare, leaving users to either weigh features against control and privacy… or fight back.
Mon, 10/27/2025 - 22:20
Catch up on the latest Linux news: KDE Plasma 6.5, VirtualBox 7.2.4, Jellyfin 10.11, Uptime Kuma 2.0, Valkey 9.0, Canonical Academy, new NTFS Linux driver, Alma 10.1 adds Btrfs support, and more.
Mon, 10/27/2025 - 22:20
The MX Linux team announced today the general availability of the Release Candidate (RC1) version of the upcoming MX Linux 25 distribution based on the Debian 13 “Trixie” operating system series.
Mon, 10/27/2025 - 22:20
Debian Project Leader Andreas Tille announced today that their "FTP Master" team is being disbanded and instead establishing the Debian Archive Operations Team "Archive Team" and DFSG, Licensing & New Packages Team "DFSG Team" in its place...
Mon, 10/27/2025 - 22:20
Ongoing DDoS attacks push Arch Linux to activate AUR protection, which currently disrupts SSH on port 22.
Mon, 10/27/2025 - 22:20
In this video, I’ll show you how to fix the overlapping blur effect on windows in KDE Plasma. The issue occurs when the blur extends beyond the window boundaries for example, when opening an app like Dolphin File Manager, the normally rounded corners appear sharp instead.
Mon, 10/27/2025 - 22:20
The Linux 6.18-rc3 kernel is now available for testing in working toward the Linux 6.18 stable kernel release in just about one month. Linux 6.18 is expected to become this year's Long Term Support "LTS" kernel...
Mon, 10/27/2025 - 22:20
In this article, you will learn how to use the sshpass command to gain non-interactive access to a remote server by providing the password on the same line.