Catch up on the latest Linux news: Linux Kernel 6.19, COSMIC Desktop 1.0.6, Mesa 26, Vim 9.2, OpenVPN 2.7, Podman 5.8, XFS could gain a self-healing feature, and more.

Linus Torvalds merged the code this weekend that allows easily replacing the Tux penguin boot logo used during the boot process. This new code optionally allows specifying an alternative boot logo at compile/build time...

Uptime Kuma 2.1 introduces globalping support and new notification integrations, alongside monitoring and stability improvements.

Version 0.20 of the popular wlroots Wayland support library is nearing its official release. Over the past week were two release candidates for wlroots 0.20 were published for this library used by Sway, Wayfire, Cage, Gamescope, and numerous other Wayland compositors...

KaOS Linux 2026.02 was released today as the February 2026 ISO snapshot for this independent GNU/Linux distribution, which uses Arch Linux’s pacman package manager, and the first release to ship with the Niri Wayland compositor.

The power sequencing subsystem updates have been merged for the Linux 7.0 cycle. Typically not an area of the kernel too exciting but one new driver addition is the "pwrseq-pcie-m2" to provide power sequencing for PCIe M.2 connectors...

The Banana Pi BPI-R4 Pro router board is now available following its earlier preview. Built around the MediaTek MT7988A (Filogic 880) quad-core Arm Cortex-A73 processor at 1.8GHz, it targets Wi-Fi 7 access points and multi-gigabit gateway applications. The BPI-R4 Pro was first introduced in May 2025 and is offered in two variants. The “8X” model […]

The open-source Linux file-system driver for supporting Microsoft's exFAT now can deliver better sequential read performance with Linux 7.0 thanks to multi-cluster support...

The 279th installment of the 9to5Linux Weekly Roundup is here for the week ending February 15th, 2026, keeping you updated on the most important developments in the Linux world.

The $99 BeaglePlay single board computer has reached a notable milestone: its integrated PowerVR Rogue GPU is now supported by a fully upstream open-source graphics stack in the mainline Linux kernel and Mesa. BeaglePlay, introduced in 2023, is built around the Texas Instruments AM625, a quad-core Cortex-A53 SoC that integrates a PowerVR Rogue AXE-1-16M GPU. […]

It seems like the FSF is making somewhat of a comeback

Zypper, the powerful command-line package manager to effortlessly install, update, and manage packages on SUSE Linux, with practical examples

KaOS 2026.02 is released without Plasma on the ISO, introducing the Niri and Noctalia Wayland desktops. Plasma 6 remains available in the repositories.

A patch series sent out for review this weekend can significantly improve the system hibernation performance under Linux. Particularly for those with slower SSDs, the patches can make Linux hibernate up to several times faster...

Ezurio has introduced the Carbon AM62, a 45 x 30mm OSM-MF v1.2 system-on-module based on TI’s Sitara AM623 and AM625 processors. The solder-down module integrates a TPS65219 PMIC, LPDDR4 memory, eMMC storage, and optional Wi-Fi 6 and Bluetooth LE via Ezurio’s Sona wireless modules. Carbon AM62 integrates up to a quad-core Arm Cortex-A53 processor clocked […]

The HID subsystem changes were merged this week for the ongoing Linux 7.0 kernel merge window. Among the Human Interface Devices (HID) work this cycle were supporting more guitars while also adding more device IDs and different laptop quirks...

Vim 9.2 has been released today as the latest version of this open-source and highly configurable text editor, a release that introduces new features and improvements.

Can't live without Adobe? Get on board WinBoat – or WinApps sails a similar courseHands-on Run real Windows in an automatically managed virtual machine, and mix Windows apps in their own windows on your Linux desktop.…

This Valentine's Day there is a lot of red on the screen for the X.Org Server with the code delta as a result of renaming of their main Git development branch and in the process selectively dropping questionable patches to the prior "master" codebase...

Lenny Zeltser informs 9to5Linux today about the release and general availability of REMnux 8, the go-to Linux toolkit for malware analysis and reverse-engineering of malicious software.