The new release of Tiny Core Linux illustrates just how far the philosophy of minimalism can be taken in desktop operating systems. The project continues to evolve without straying from its original vision, remaining...
Over the weekend, one of the most compelling updates in recent months landed in the Linux 6.19 branch: the kernel has gained foundational infrastructure for encrypting PCI Express links and authenticating connected devices. Several...
The latest cycle of updates within the Linux distribution ecosystem closes the year with a notable milestone: Alpine Linux 3.23 has become one of the first systems to adopt the 6.18 long-term support kernel....
Nearly two years after the debut of the 14.0 branch, the FreeBSD project has unveiled a major new release — FreeBSD 15.0. Installation images are already available for amd64, aarch64, armv7, powerpc64, powerpc64le, and...
Linux 6.18 is the final major release of 2025, and it is highly likely to become the next long-term support (LTS) version. This means that, in the coming years, 6.18 will serve as the...
The KDE developer community has now definitively charted the future of its graphical environment: support for X11 will be fully discontinued with the release of Plasma 6.8, expected in early 2027. With this decision,...
The Whonix team has unveiled a test build of the major release Whonix 18.0.7.5, a distribution designed for anonymous internet use, and is calling on the community to assist with testing. Prebuilt images are...
The post–Windows 10 transition period has grown increasingly conspicuous amid rising interest in alternative operating systems. As users search for replacements to their familiar environment, one of the most Windows-oriented Linux distributions has unexpectedly...
NVIDIA is preparing a series of patches for inclusion in the Linux 6.19 kernel, paving the way for 1.6-terabit-per-second networking on NVIDIA-Mellanox adapters. Last week, a patch was merged into the RDMA for-next branch,...
A series of patches proposing a MEMINSPECT mechanism for memory analysis and debugging has been submitted to the Linux kernel developers’ mailing list. The initiative comes from Linaro engineer Evgeny Khristev, who introduced twenty-six...
In Linux kernel 6.10, a new system call, mseal, has been introduced, enabling developers to “seal” memory regions and protect them from modification. Its purpose is to prevent sudden overwrites or alterations of critical...
The latest release of MX Linux has received a significant update that reshapes the familiar process of component selection and introduces new features. The developers have revised their installation approach and now separate builds...
