A trusted Debian dev turns scary new kernel bugs into a temporary one‑click fix until distros ship permanent patches.
The post A Simple One-Click Mitigation for ‘Copy Fail’ and ‘Dirty Frag’ for Debian, Ubuntu, Mint, and Other Debian‑Based Distros appea…
The DistroWatch news feed is brought to you by TUXEDO COMPUTERS. The TROMjaro project has announced the availability of the latest update of TROMjaro, a Manjaro-based Linux distribution with a customised Xfce desktop. Version 2026.05.08 updates the Li…
Read MoreThe DistroWatch news feed is brought to you by TUXEDO COMPUTERS. A new addition to DistroWatch, ZenLake OS is a user-friendly Linux distribution featuring a customised GNOME desktop and a built-in ability to restore the system to a previous state in c…
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Read MoreThe DistroWatch news feed is brought to you by TUXEDO COMPUTERS. The PrismLinux team has announced the release of PrismLinux 2026.05.05, a significant update of the project’s Arch-based Linux distribution that boots into a KDE Plasma desktop and provi…
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In the recent weeks I’ve been engaging Prot as an Emacs coach to help
with doing review passes over my upcoming ffs package as I work on
polishing and documenting it in preparation for offering it for
inclusion in GNU ELPA.
Yesterday we had our s…
Read MoreIf you haven’t tried Ubuntu’s ‘Permission Prompting’ feature for a while, there’s more reason to do so in the latest release. Canonical’s Oliver Calder has shared an update on recent improvements to the security feat…
Read Moreby George Whittaker
Linus Torvalds has officially released Linux kernel 7.1-rc2, the second release candidate in the Linux 7.1 development cycle. While Torvalds described the update as…
Read MorePhotoflare, the free open-source Qt-based image editor, released new major 1.7.0 version few days ago. This is a much bigger release since the last 1.6.0 version that was released more than 6 years ago. New features include Qt6 port, GMIC integration dark mode improvements, and more. The new version finally ported its UI from Qt5 […]
Read MoreThe DistroWatch news feed is brought to you by TUXEDO COMPUTERS. The Parrot project has announced the availability of Parrot 7.2. The new version includes a fix for the Copy Fail Linux exploit, automated handling of Flatpak updates, and applies update…
Read MoreNot a good week for Ubuntu fans.
Read MoreYazi makes it easier to build your terminal-first workflow by giving you a pwoerful, featuree-rich file manager.
Read MoreInkscape, the free open-source vector graphics editor, released new 1.4.4 version for Linux, Windows, and macOS users. The new version of this GTK application introduced various stability fixes, some new features, and performance improvements. First, Inkscape 1.4.4 is a bridge release that: Inkscape 1.4.4 is also a bridge release in the sense that it can […]
Read MoreThe PHP Group retires its quirky, and partly non‑GPL‑compatible licenses in favor of the widely used BSD 3‑Clause.
The post The PHP License Is Dead; Long Live the BSD 3-Clause appeared first on FOSS Force.
A fake AI agent, a near-identical Ubuntu URL, and a crypto wallet prompt, here’s how hackers used Ubuntu’s own branding against its users.
Read MoreI like projects built around sustainability and open source. The MiciMike board fits into the original Home Mini enclosure and handles all voice processing locally.
Read MoreThe post How to Create a Test File of Any Size in Linux first appeared on Tecmint: Linux Howtos, Tutorials & Guides .You need a 1GB test file to benchmark your disk, fill a partition to a specific threshold, or simulate a
The post How to Create a Test …
Makes us wonder how things will turn out in the end.
Read MoreIf Canonical hadn’t burned through cash and goodwill during its smartphone detour in the mid-2010s, Ubuntu would likely still ship with the Unity desktop today – albeit in an evolved form. What would that form actually look like? Well, you don…
Read MoreJack Wallen put Firefox’s new AI feature through its paces to see whether opt-in intelligence can win back users from other browsers.
The post Can ‘Smart Window’ Revive Interest in Firefox? appeared first on FOSS Force.