Installing VS Code on Arch Linux Takes Some Thinking

New Arch users may find it a bit confusing when it comes to installing popular VS Code editor on Arch Linux.

Linux Kernel 6.15 Now Available

The latest Linux kernel is now available with several new features/improvements and the usual bug fixes.

Microsoft Makes Surprising WSL Announcement

In a move that might surprise some users, Microsoft has made Windows Subsystem for Linux open source.

Thunderbird 139 Adds ‘Mark as Read’ and ‘Delete’ Actions to Email Notifications

Mozilla Thunderbird 139 open-source email client is now available for download with various new features and many bug fixes. Here’s what’s new!
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Independent Distro KaOS 2025.05 Arrives with Linux 6.14 and KDE Gear 25.04

KaOS Linux 2025.05 independent distribution is now available for download with the latest KDE Plasma 6.3 desktop environment and Linux kernel 6.14. Here’s what’s new!
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automake @ Savannah: automake 1.18 released [stable]

Automake 1.18 released. Announcement:

https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/autotools-announce/2025-05/msg00001.html

Distribution Release: KaOS 2025.05

The DistroWatch news feed is brought to you by TUXEDO COMPUTERS. KaOS is an independent, rolling release distribution featuring the KDE Plasma desktop. The project’s latest snapshot drops Qt5 support from the default installation and introduces a Next…

AlmaLinux OS 10 Released as a Free Alternative to Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10

AlmaLinux OS 10 Linux distribution is now is now available for download as a free alternative to Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10. Here’s what’s new!
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Fedora 42 Release Party: Join the Celebration on Thursday

You don’t have to use Fedora to attend the Fedora 42 Release Party, but you will have to get up early if you live in the US. The party starts on Thursday at 9 am on the east coast, and at 6 am for those overlooking the Pacific.
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FSF Events: Free Software Directory meeting on IRC: Friday, May 30, starting at 12:00 EDT (16:00 UTC)

Join the FSF and friends on Friday, May 30 from 12:00 to 15:00 EDT (16:00 to 19:00 UTC) to help improve the Free Software Directory.

Distribution Release: AlmaLinux OS 10.0

The DistroWatch news feed is brought to you by TUXEDO COMPUTERS. The AlmaLinux OS team have announced version 10.0 of their distribution which aims to be compatible with Red Hat Enterprise Linux while also expanding support to a wider range of hardwar…

Linux Magazine Full Feed 2025-05-27 13:40:11

Chronicler Zack Brown reports on kernel efficiency improvements and tracking compiler plugin problems.

A proof of concept distro for the EU public sector

Some distros are more political than technical. EU OS attempts to break free of Active Directory and Microsoft Windows and keep distro maintenance close to home.

Linux Magazine Full Feed 2025-05-27 13:40:06

Fedora Workstation 42 Live and Ubuntu Budgie 25.04

A data-oriented shell

Nushell’s data-first approach elevates shell scripting to a new level of clarity and precision.

Scanning made easy

How to scan documents with the NAPS2 software.

NiceGUI Lets You Create Web Apps in Python

With a Raspberry Pi and the NiceGUI Python library you can build a weather station or a Pi Rover app in less than 15 lines of Python code.

Linux Magazine Full Feed 2025-05-27 13:39:50

In the news: openSUSE Joins End of 10; New Version of Flatpak Released; IBM Announces Powerhouse Linux Server; Plasma Ends LTS Releases; Arch Linux Available for Windows Subsystem for Linux; System76 Releases COSMIC Alpha 7; OpenMandriva Lx 6.0 Availab…

Exploring the Lomiri desktop environment

Ubuntu’s ambitious dream of convergence is alive and well in the now-independent Lomiri desktop.

This trusty troubleshooting tool can track processes along with network traffic

The legacy Tcpdump is a tool no admin would want to do without, but it is a bit long in the tooth. The eBPF-based Ptcpdump aims to counter this worry. The rewrite offers extensive CLI compatibility and can even display process information.