Latest Linux and Open Source News

The v3 patch series brings improved performance and new features while dropping the "Plus" moniker.

Two-year journey from Debian Ports brings LoongArch to the officially supported architecture lineup.

But it's not entirely Arch Linux's fault. This stems from NVIDIA dropping Pascal support and Arch's decision to push legacy drivers to AUR.

And I understand why he got annoyed and angry.

The devs plan a hardened server image with optimized packages and pre-tuned settings.

No, this is not a list of all the new distros that came up in 2025. We are listing the ones we covered throughout this year.

FuriLabs launches enterprise-only VX1 with MDM capabilities for companies.

Based on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS with Secure Session as default and many other improvements.

End 2025 on a winning note by grabbing some fun games for your Linux gaming rig!

The open source YouTube alternative offers some welcome updates for content creators.

Previously enterprise-only hardened images go open source under Apache License 2.0.

The new addition brings custom AI security and safety tooling to Red Hat.

Greg Kroah-Hartman announced this alongside 150+ C code vulnerabilities that were addressed.

Official Armbian utility supports over 300 boards with smart image filtering and verified writes.

Proposed legislation would make it illegal to use VPNs for accessing geo-blocked content.

Snapscope makes it easy to scan any Snap package for security issues.

New policy targets low-quality AI-generated code while still allowing AI as a learning tool.

A moderation system that leans on automation just knocked legitimate tech tutorials and even entire channels offline. The appeals felt automated, too. Creators are powerless against opaque enforcement and the incentives that should favor craft and trust are tilting toward noise.

The update also introduces notification badges and theme categorization.