Russian Baikal CPUs Are Losing Their Place in the Linux Kernel
Support for Russian Baikal CPUs is being pulled from the Linux kernel. Work has begun in the Linux 7.1 cycle to remove driver code and…
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Proton 11 Enters Beta Testing with Support for Breath of Fire IV, Unknown Faces
Proton 11 is now available for public beta testing with support for Breath of Fire IV, Unknown Faces, Gothic 1 Classic, X-Plane 12, and many…
Privacy Email Service Tuta Now Also Has Cloud Storage with Quantum-Resistant Encryption
Privacy in 2026 is a bit of a joke. Governments have turned surveillance into standard operating procedure, and Big Tech companies treat your personal data…
Thunderbolt is an open-source ‘AI client’ from Mozilla’s for-profit arm
Thunderbolt is a new open source AI client from the Mozilla-owned MZLA Technologies aimed at enterprises who want to run self-hosted chatbots on their own infrastructure.…
Linux Mint’s next release won’t be until Christmas 2026
Linux Mint has confirmed it is switching to a longer development cycle, in order to give the team more time to ‘fix bugs and improve…
FOSS Weekly #26.16: Kernel 7.0, Essential Terminal Tips, France Linux Move, New Age Verification Bill and More
The big new, and it’s good, is coming from France. The government’s digital agency DINUM is moving its workstations from Windows to Linux, with every…
Can You Identify The Fake Linux Distros From The Real Ones?
Not all distros are created equal. In fact, not all distros are created at all. This quiz is simple. You’ll be presented with a few…
Archinstall 4.0 Arch Linux Installer Released with New Textual UI
The biggest new feature of the Archinstall 4.0 release is the TUI (text-based user interface) as the devs moved from the previous curses-based interface to…
Oh No! Now A Federal Bill Wants OS-Level Age Verification for Everyone in the USA
The U.S. has been quietly building up a set of state-level laws that push operating system providers into the age verification plague. California’s AB 1043,…
Debian-Based Elive Linux Distro Is Back with First Stable Release in Seven Years
It’s been more than six and a half years since the last stable Elive release (version 3.0.6), but the project wasn’t dead. During this time,…
Coreboot 26.03 Open-Source Firmware Adds Full Support for Intel PantherLake SoCs
Highlights of Coreboot 26.03 include full support for the recently released Intel PantherLake SoCs, increased SMMSTORE capacity, updated TPM and signed secure blob plumbing across…
4MLinux 51.0 Released with Improved Support for ZX Spectrum and Atari Music
Coming four months after 4MLinux 50.0, the 4MLinux 51.0 release improves support for ZX Spectrum and Atari music via the AY/YM emulation library, and adds…
Rspamd 4.0 Spam Filtering System Released With checkv3 Protocol
Rspamd 4.0 open-source spam filtering system introduces the new checkv3 protocol, built-in Fasttext, major backend changes, and more. The post Rspamd 4.0 Spam Filtering System…
Linux Mint Will Adopt a Longer Development Cycle Starting with Linux Mint 23
Linux Mint devs announced that they will adopt a longer development cycle starting with the upcoming Linux Mint 23 release, as well as other important…
Canonical Releases Mir 2.26 with Initial Rust Implementation of Wayland Frontend
Mir 2.26 compositor is now available for download with initial implementation of the Wayland frontend in the Rust, as well as many other Wayland improvements.…