Today, Ryan Finnie announced the release and general availability of Finnix 250 (codename Eau Claire) as the latest stable version for this Debian-based live Linux distro targeting casual system administrators.
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EU OS Is a New Community-Led Linux Alternative for Europe’s Public Sector
EU OS is a new—still in the idea stage—Fedora-based Linux project designed to provide the EU public sector with secure, sovereign, and eco-friendly computing.
FreeDesktop.org GitLab Transitions To New Server Infrastructure
Last weekend FreeDesktop.org began transitioning to their new server/cloud infrastructure after recently finding out their sponsored Equinix Metal services were shutting down. Following the complex migration process this past week, FreeDesktop.org GitLab is up and running on the Hetzner server infrastructure in Germany…
Build CachyOS Kernel 6.13.7 on Kali Linux 2025.1a (KDE Plasma 6.2.5)
Start building debian’s vmlinuz-6.13.7 and kernel’s initrd.img-6.13.7 with configuration…
KDE KWin Lands FIFO v1 Wayland Support, GNOME 48 Squeezed In XDG Toplevel Drag v1
There is some new Wayland protocol support activity this week worth mentioning for both the KDE Plasma and GNOME desktops…
Three Saturday stable kernels
Ikey Doherty’s Serpent OS Changes Name to AerynOS
As of today, March 20th, the Serpent OS distribution created by ex-Solus founder and Budgie desktop creator Ikey Doherty changed its name to AerynOS. Here’s what you need to know about this major change!
T-Display K230 Combines RISC-V Processing with LoRa, Wi-Fi, and AMOLED Display
The LILYGO T-Display K230 is a compact development board targeting IoT and embedded system applications. It features the Kendryte K230 system-on-chip, which includes a dual-core 64-bit RISC-V processor and dedicated units for AI acceleration, graphics rendering, and multimedia processing. The K230 SoC includes two CPU cores: CPU1 operates at 1.6 GHz, while CPU0 runs at […]
Wine 10.4 Improves Vulkan Video Decoder
Wine 10.4 is out now with better PDB support, Vulkan video decoding updates, bug fixes, and more.
Boost Productivity with Custom Command Shortcuts Using Linux Aliases
Linux is a powerful operating system favored by developers, system administrators, and power users due to its flexibility and efficiency. However, frequently using long and complex commands can be tedious and error-prone. This is where aliases come into play.
The Top Five — For the Week Ending March 21, 2025
Did you miss this week’s top articles? Here are the five most read article on FOSS Force for the week that just ended.
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Linux 6.15 Plans To Drop Support For A Useless CRC-32 Checksum In The Kernel Image
Ingo Molnar began sending out the pull requests today for the upcoming Linux 6.15 merge window of code areas he oversees for the Linux kernel. Among those early pulls are of the x86/build updates, which includes removing some seemingly useless CRC-32 checksum code from the kernel…
Photoshop FOSS alternative GIMP wakes up from 7-year coma with version 3.0
Meanwhile, open source video codec Ogg Theora stirs in its crypt. After a seven-year nap, version 3.0 of FOSS image editor GIMP is arriving with a splash, while a long-dormant open video format wakes from its slumbers and lumbers into beta.…
AMD RDNA 3.5 Cleaner Shader Support Prepped For Linux 6.15
Ahead of the imminent Linux 6.15 merge window expected to begin next week, a batch of AMDGPU/AMDKFD Radeon kernel driver updates were sent out on Friday for this next kernel cycle. It’s mostly about bug fixes but does container cleaner shader support for AMD RDNA 3.5 graphics…
Code Submitted Ahead Of Linux 6.15 For Enabling Block Sizes Greater Than Page Size
Ahead of the Linux v6.14 kernel expected for release tomorrow and in turn the Linux 6.15 merge window, Linux engineer Christian Brauner at Microsoft began sending out his pull requests today of new code he’s hoping to see merged for this next cycle. One of those interesting pulls is the work for block devices to allow for block sizes to be greater than the page size…
NVIDIA’s Open-Source Kernel Driver Ported To Haiku OS, Mesa NVK Adapted To Run On Top
Haiku OS developer X512 has managed a rather impressive feat: porting NVIDIA’s open-source kernel modules to Haiku. Not only did he get NVIDIA’s official Linux kernel modules running on Haiku but he also ported the Mesa NVK Vulkan driver to be able to run atop the NVIDIA kernel driver interface…
KDE Continues Prepping More Features For Plasma 6.4
KDE developers continue pushing ahead with new feature development on the Plasma 6.4 desktop to further refine Plasma 6…
RPI Image Gen Introduces Custom Raspberry Pi Image Creation
The Raspberry Pi team has introduced rpi image gen, a new tool for creating custom software images with detailed control over configuration. It is designed for embedded systems, industrial applications, and personalized projects. rpi image gen is an alternative to the existing pi gen tool, which is used to produce the official Raspberry Pi OS […]
Linux Candy: Clairvoyant is a fortune teller
Clairvoyant is a simple program that’s like a magic 8-ball inspired fortune teller. It’s free and open source software.
Calibre 8.0 Brings Major Kobo Upgrade and KEPUB Support Arrive
Calibre 8.0 ebook manager adds native KEPUB editing, Kobo firmware support, folder-as-device connections, and major bug fixes.