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• Arch Linux's Main NVIDIA Driver Packages Now Using The Open Kernel Modules 2025-12-21
  With the Arch Linux packages for the NVIDIA official graphics driver moving to the now-stable NVIDIA 590 driver series that drops the GeForce GTX 900 and GTX 1000 series GPU support, Arch Linux users with those old Maxwell and Pascal graphics cards will need to transition to using the NVIDIA legacy driver packages from the […]
• MIT and Apache 2.0 Lead Open Source Licensing in 2025 2025-12-21
  According to the Open Source Initiative, MIT and Apache 2.0 remain the most widely used open source licenses in 2025.
• Gemini AI Yielding Sloppy Code For Ubuntu Development With New Helper Script 2025-12-20
  A few weeks ago it was mentioned by a Canonical engineer how trying to use AI to modernize the Ubuntu Error Tracker yielded some code that was "plain wrong" and other issues raised by that Microsoft GitHub Copilot code. The same Ubuntu developer shifted to trying Gemini AI to generate a helper script to assist […]
• Beginners Guide for Who Command in Linux 2025-12-20
  In this article, you will learn how to use the who command to find all the logged-in user information (with practical examples).
• Mesa 26.0 NVK Driver Lands Improvement For NVIDIA GeForce RTX 20 "Turing" GPUs 2025-12-20
  In addition to the open-source NVIDIA "NVK" Vulkan driver in Mesa merging compression support for big performance wins, another performance optimization was merged earlier in the week that stand to benefit GeForce RTX 20 "Turing" graphics processors...
• Incus 6.20 Container & Virtual Machine Manager Released 2025-12-20
  Incus 6.20 delivers new clustering, storage, and VM enhancements, including reliable snapshots on clustered LVM and improved administration tools.
• LoongArch Promoted To Being An Official Architecture For Debian 14 2025-12-20
  Two years and a few months after LoongArch 64-bit "Loong64" was added to Debian Ports, it's now been promoted to being an official architecture for Debian Linux...
• Debian Gets Its Own PPA-Like System as Debusine Repositories Launch 2025-12-20
  Debian introduces Debusine repositories, allowing developers to publish PPA-like add-on packages with integrated builds, testing, signing, and snapshots.
• Wine 11.0-rc3 Released With Another Week Of Bug Fixing 2025-12-20
  In working toward the Wine 11.0 stable release in January, Wine 11.0-rc3 is out today as the latest weekly release candidate...
• OpenZFS 2.4 Extends Linux Kernel Support to 6.18 and Supports FreeBSD 14–16 2025-12-20
  OpenZFS 2.4 extends Linux kernel compatibility up to 6.18 while supporting FreeBSD 14, 15, and 16, bringing major performance, quota, and storage improvements.
• 2025 Brought "Transformative Changes" For FreeBSD On Laptops 2025-12-20
  As we have been covering over the past year, major investments have been made to better the outlook for running FreeBSD on laptop hardware. From WiFi driver improvements to enhancing suspend/resume, power management, graphics drivers, and other features, it's been a big undertaking to make FreeBSD work better on laptops. The FreeBSD Foundation calls 2025 […]
• Fwupd 2.0.19 Linux Firmware Updater Supports Lenovo Sapphire Folio Keyboard 2025-12-20
  Fwupd developer Richard Hughes released fwupd 2.0.19 today as the nineteenth maintenance update to the fwupd 2.0 series of this open-source Linux firmware update utility.
• Mageia 10 Planning For April Release While Still Maintaining 32-bit Support 2025-12-20
  The Mageia development team recently met to solidify their plans for releasing Mageia 10 as the next major release of this LInux distribution with its roots that trace back to the days of Mandrake Linux...
• Microsoft, Over 120 Billion Dollars in Debt, Prepares Next Round of Mass Layoffs (After Christmas) 2025-12-20
  Based on the online "rumour mill", Microsoft is already planning the next "megacull"; some workers hope that joining a union will protect them, as we showed some days ago, but in reality those Microsoft employees are a liability to such unions.
• 5 Ways to Follow (or Find All) Symbolic Links in Linux 2025-12-20
  In this article, you will learn five ways to follow symbolic (or soft) links to find the original file to which the symbolic link points.
• Mageia Linux 10 Enters Alpha Phase With April 2026 Release Target 2025-12-20
  The Mageia team has outlined the Mageia 10 release schedule, including alpha, beta, RC milestones, and a final release planned for April 2026.
• Ubuntu 26.04 LTS Plans Confirmed For Linux 6.20 / Linux 7.0 2025-12-19
  Canonical confirmed their Linux kernel plans today for the Ubuntu 26.04 Long Term Support (LTS) release due out in April...
• Kdenlive 25.12 Video Editor Adds New Docking System, Welcome Screen, and More 2025-12-19
  Kdenlive 25.12 was announced as part of the KDE Gear 25.12 open-source software suite as a hefty update to this open-source non-linear video editor for Linux, BSD, macOS, and Windows.
• pearOS is a Linux that falls rather close to the Apple tree 2025-12-19
  Revived distro returns on Arch with KDE Plasma, global menus, and a familiar macOS-style sheenThe new pearOS distro is a Romanian project that picks up the concepts behind the original Pear Linux from 2011 and updates them. It's not going to turn the distro world upside down, but it's fun, interesting, and a showcase for […]
• How to Install Linux Kernel 6.18 LTS on Ubuntu 25.10 and Ubuntu 25.04 2025-12-19
  Linux 6.18 LTS is now the latest stable and long-term supported (LTS) kernel series, and Ubuntu users can install it on their machines via the official Ubuntu Mainline Kernel PPA archive. Here’s how!