openKylin 3.0 Release Makes it a "AI first" Linux Desktop
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Distro With an Expiry Date? Gravity Linux is a New Distro for Apple Silicon
Its first alpha targets the M4 Mac mini and runs on a Fedora base, with all driver work aimed at the upstream Linux kernel.
PeppermintOS Is Moving From Xorg to XLibre to Avoid Wayland
The lightweight distro will ship the XLibre display server in its upcoming Debian and Devuan ISO refreshes, and it says it has no plans to switch to Wayland for the foreseeable future.
Organizations Are Now Reaching for OpenSearch for AI, Not Just Search
The 2026 Open Data Infrastructure Report finds 62% of current users already run OpenSearch for AI workloads.
Signal Will Let You Sign Up Without a Phone Number — For $3
The feature is currently in testing on Android, with iOS support still a bit far away.
18 Programming eBooks, 1 Bundle, and Your Purchase Also Fights Surveillance
DRM-free ebooks on programming from the prestigious No Starch Press. Part of your purchase gets donated to EFF.
Portainer Cuts the Cord Between Its Free and Paid Editions
The free CE build is frozen on 2.x, while all new development goes into a Kubernetes-first, closed-source implementation.
Garuda Linux Begins Nixification By Promoting Its Subsystem
The Nix subsystem now installs as a standalone distro and is available in the Dr460nized and Mokka flavors.
Ubuntu Would Rather Kill Your Apps Before It Takes Down The Session
Ubuntu 26.10 is shipping a change that should keep the desktop standing when your memory runs out.
GrapheneOS Isn't Happy With Google Over Pixel's Widening Head Start
GrapheneOS is calling out Google over its negligence in providing certain patches.
Valve Quietly Open-Sources Its Android Compatibility Layer
The Lepton project is aimed at game developers who want to bring VR-focused Android titles over to Steam Frame.
Bonjour! Firefox Smart Window Users Now Get to Use a French AI
Mistral Small 4 is the latest in Smart Window's model lineup, available for users in France, Canada, and the US.
The Famed PS5 Linux Project Lead Quits Over a Premature Exploit Report to Sony
Andy Nguyen blames AI-assisted bug reporters who ignored his request.
On Time! GNOME 51 Arrives With a Set of Improvements You Shouldn't Miss
Offline maps, a fingerprint manager, and a refined shell are some of the additions you can expect.
Ubuntu's Rustification Has a New Milestone! Coreutils Migration is Complete
The Ubuntu 26.10 release moves its last three GNU commands, cp, mv, and rm, to Rust.
Rune Goes Open Source, Looks to Share Revenue With Contributors
The Go-based IDE is now available under GPLv3, and contributors keep the rights to their work.
openEuler and the Race to Build Asia's AI Infrastructure
openEuler is an open-source project incubated and operated by the OpenAtom Foundation. The community is expanding international collaboration through local user groups, industry partnerships, and participation in global open-source events.
MAKERphone 2.0 Lets You Build a 4G Phone and Vibe-Code Its Apps
It runs on an ESP32-S3, takes a real SIM for 4G calls and texts, snaps together without soldering. Code your own app, away from social media.
Bottles' Founder Has Managed to Run Microsoft 365 on Linux
As of now, he has the desktop app installing and signing in.
Linux Kernel is Getting Ready to Purge Old 32-bit Arm Platform Code
These thirteen patches would delete the deprecated platform code, and the driver cleanup will follow later.
Broadcom Kills Public VDDK Access to Tighten its Grip on VMware
Existing copies still work; getting a fresh one is another matter. They seem to have "forgotten" to announce this.
Bottles Brings Hope for Windows-only Software on ARM Devices
While still a test release, the cpak package brings in native ARM64 support and Soda 11.0-10.
A Clanker Pitted Fedora Against Windows 11. Fedora Won, Mostly
PhoneBuff's automated test found Windows 11 ahead only at launching Cyberpunk 2077.
Ikey Doherty vs Omarchy: Why He’s Building Barney Instead of Another Distro
Ikey Doherty, the creator of Solus and AerynOS, is back with Barney, a Rust tool that builds Linux distros from source. So that you can easily create your own Omarchy.
