The Kbuild changes have been merged for the in-development Linux 6.18 kernel…

Following last month’s release of the first KDE Plasma 6.5 Beta, a second beta milestone was released today ahead of the stable release coming later in October…

So far Intel has posted very few Linux kernel driver enablement patches around Nova Lake but it looks like that is about to change…

Following the recent Raspberry Pi 500+ launch, the latest Raspberry Pi news is the release of Raspberry Pi OS now re-based against Debian 13 “Trixie” along with some additional changes…

After many months of preparations, the Alpine Linux development team announced today that they have decided to adopt a /usr-merged file system layout for future Alpine Linux releases.

The hardware monitoring “HWMON” subsystem updates have been sent out for the Linux 6.18 kernel with some notable additions…

Crowd Supply recently featured the SigCore UC, an upcoming universal industrial I/O controller that combines rugged hardware with open-source software for engineers, researchers, and educators seeking a flexible control and data acquisition platform. Unlike typical development boards or expansion modules, SigCore UC arrives as a complete, ready-to-deploy solution. It is capable of handling real-world voltages, […]

The BPF changes have been merged for the in-development Linux 6.18 kernel…

OpenSSL 3.6 has been officially released today as a major update that introduces many new features and improvements for this open-source, cross-platform, and free software library that provides secure communications over computer networks for applications and websites.

Forlinx Embedded has introduced the OK3506-S12 Mini, a compact single board computer built around the Rockchip RK3506J processor. The board is intended for industrial applications that benefit from modest power consumption, stable operation, and long-term supply availability. The system-on-module integrates the RK3506J, which combines three Cortex-A7 cores running at up to 1.5GHz with a Cortex-M0 […]

Inside this week’s LWN.net Weekly Edition:

• Front: Fedora and AI; Linting kernel Rust; openSUSE Leap 16; mmap() file operation; 6.17 statistics; dirlock.
• Briefs: Bcachefs removal; Alpine /usr merge; F-Droid; Fedora AI policy; OpenSUSE Leap 16; PostgreSQL 18; Radicle 1.5.0; Quotes; …
• Announcements: Newsletters, conferences, security updates, patches, and more.

Valve just published the Steam Survey results for September with a slight increase to the Linux gaming userbase…

TrueNAS 25.10-RC1 is out today as the newest test release of this OpenZFS+Linux-based operating system for network attached storage (NAS) hardware and other storage devices…

The OpenStack cloud infrastructure project keeps on going, 15 years after it was first created as a joint effort of NASA and Rackspace.

Sent out today was the x86/mm pull request of the x86/x86_64 memory management changes destined for this next version of the Linux kernel. This pull has just one new patch but is worth mentioning…

First we setup F43 Server KVM Guest and issue `sudo dnf5 update` then reboot instance and run $ sudo dnf install @cosmic-desktop-environment . Then disable cosmic-greeter.service and enable sddm :- $ sudo systemctl disable cosmic-greeter.service ; $ sudo systemctl enable sddm. Reboot and log into Cosmic Beta DE on top of Fedora 43 Server . . . .

Made public and mitigated within the mainline Linux kernel last month was the VMSCAPE vulnerability affecting both AMD and Intel CPUs. Now merged for the in-development Linux 6.18 kernel is adding VMSCAPE to the recently-introduced Attack Vector Controls functionality…

Some think that Bazaar is on its way to being the go-to Flatpak app store in the Linux world — often preferable to standard app stores. It’s certainly worth trying, whether you’re a new or experienced user.

The post Why Bazaar Is the Best Flatpak App Store You’re Not Using appeared first on FOSS Force.

During the month of September on Phoronix were 271 original Linux/open-source news articles and another 19 featured Linux hardware reviews and benchmark articles, all written by your’s truly. Here is a look back at what excited Linux enthusiasts the most on Phoronix during September…

In addition to XFS enabling online fsck by default, Bcachefs being stripped from the mainline Linux kernel, and Btrfs improvements making for a notable first few days of the Linux 6.18 window, there’s more. The EXT4, EROFS, and NTFS3 drivers are bringing the latest batch of file-system changes for Linux 6.18…