Two Local Privilege Escalation Flaws Discovered in Linux
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more »TuxCare Announces Support for AlmaLinux 9.2
Jun 10, 2025Thanks to TuxCare, AlmaLinux 9.2 (and soon version 9.6) now enjoys years of ongoing patching and compliance.
more »KaOS 2025.05 Officially Qt5 Free
May 30, 2025If you're a fan of independent Linux distributions, the team behind KaOS is proud to announce the latest iteration that includes kernel 6.14 and KDE's Plasma 6.3.5.
more »Red Hat Releases RHEL 10 Early
May 21, 2025Red Hat quietly rolled out the official release of RHEL 10.0 a bit early.
more »openSUSE Joins End of 10
May 14, 2025openSUSE has decided to not only join the End of 10 movement but it also will no longer support the Deepin Desktop Environment.
more »Arch Linux Available for Windows Subsystem for Linux
May 01, 2025If you've ever wanted to use a rolling release distribution with WSL, now's your chance.
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Apr 24, 2025The latest release of OpenMandriva has arrived with a new kernel, an updated Plasma desktop, and a server edition.
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KDE Sets Ambitious Goals for 2026 and Beyond
KDE Connect reveals the goals for the Linux desktop darling, with one of those goals long overdue.
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It’s Time to Test Fedora 45 Beta
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Ubuntu Stonking Stingray Gets Even Rustier
Ubuntu 26.10 has completed its migration to the Rust-based coreutils.
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AI Fixes Linux Bottlenecks Using “Hideous” Code
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Advanced Video Coding Still Under Patent
Brazilian patent BRPI0109962B1 has expired, which means that DivX and Xvid are no longer problematic for Linux, but it doesn’t mean that video is all of a sudden fully unleashed.
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2,000 Vulnerabilities per Linux Release
Thanks to AI bug hunters, the Linux kernel is seeing record numbers of vulnerabilities, and it's overwhelming developers.
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Linux Exempt from California’s Age Verification Law
So long as Linux is distributed under the GPL, MIT, BSD, and Apache licenses, the OS is exempt from being required to verify the age of its users in California.
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Roll Out the Cake: Linux Turns 35
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China Switching from Windows to Linux
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Pine64 Halts Production of Linux Devices
With continued DRAM and eMMC shortages, Pine64 has decided to discontinue production of Linux devices.