KDE has announced it’s getting a €1.28 million grant from the Sovereign Tech Fund (STF) to help improve the Plasma desktop, KDE Linux and the communication frameworks used by both. The German government-backed fund, which sees its work as “…
Read MoreFedora offers two different takes on an immutable option, each of which might be similar on the inside, but on the outside, they couldn’t be different.
Read MoreThe Widgets feature can be annoying but it’s also able to provide useful news and info. Here’s how I tweak it to be less intrusive and more helpful.
Read MoreThe DistroWatch news feed is brought to you by TUXEDO COMPUTERS. Lime Technology, Inc. has announced the release of Unraid OS 7.3.0, the latest version of the company’s Linux-based commercial operating system designed for Network-Attached Storage (NAS…
Read MoreIf you recently downloaded the Cemu emulator for Linux from the project’s GitHub, be aware: it may have added malware to your system. The team behind the Wii U emulator discovered that both Linux builds of Cemu 2.6 on Github, the AppImage and a s…
Read MoreUse-after-free bug in Exim’s GnuTLS BDAT handling lets remote attackers corrupt memory, with no workaround other than upgrading to version 4.99.3.
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by George Whittaker
Canonical has officially kicked off development planning for Ubuntu 26.10, the next interim release of the popular Linux distribution. Codenamed “Stonking Stingray,…
Read MoreThe latest version of Fedora has been released with gaming support.
Read More When offered the option to run other people’s code, a prime
consideration is often ease of deployment. While much progress has been
made in support of rapid deployment, the security implications of those
quick deployments is often overlooked. In …
NVIDIA VA-API driver, the VA-API hardware acceleration implemention using NVIDIA GPU, released new 0.0.17 version a few days ago. The new version of this free open-source library fixed only two but important bugs for JPEG decoding and NVIDIA DGX Spark memory systems. As you may know, Linux has several ways (VA-API, VDPAU, AMF, NVDEC, or […]
Read MoreFedora and Pop!_OS have also pushed fixes. Here’s what changed and how to get patched.
Read MoreIf you’re looking for a user-friendly Linux distribution, your destination could depend on your starting point. Here’s how two of your best options compare.
Read MoreIf your HEIC photos show a “Could not load image” error in Ubuntu 26.04’s Image Viewer, you’re not alone – it’s an intentional breakage, albeit one that’s easy to fix. HEIC files are a variant of HEIF which use H.265…
Read MoreUbuntu and Fedora are two powerhouse Linux distributions, but both take very different approaches, so which one should you be using?
Read MoreThe latest Manjaro 26.1 preview has been released with new desktop versions, a new kernel, and more.
Read MoreThis Linux kernel vulnerability has defenders scrambling. Here’s which systems are affected – and what you should do ASAP.
Read MoreSerious Linux vulnerabilities, like Copy Fail and Dirty Frag, are becoming more common. Here’s why, and how the Linux development community is responding.
Read MoreAudacious, the lightweight music player with both Qt and GTK UI, announced the Beta for next 4.6 version yesterday. The new version of this free open-source player app added built-in file browser, macOS Now Playing, other new features and various bug-fixes. First, the new version introduced a built-in file browser, which can be enabled by […]
Read MorePackages that can’t be rebuilt byte-for-byte are now blocked from entering Debian’s testing branch.
Read MoreThis AI-assisted patch would let admins disable vulnerable kernel functions until a proper fix ships.
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