The world of Linux and its surrounding ecosystem is experiencing turbulent times. Developers are divided over how to integrate Rust into the kernel, key contributors are departing, and core subsystems are being handed over...
Stamus Networks has announced the release of Clear NDR Community 1.0 — the open edition of its network detection and response platform. The launch marks the project’s evolution into a solution ready for industrial...
An independent researcher named Alexander Popov has unveiled a novel exploitation technique for a critical Linux kernel vulnerability, identified as CVE-2024-50264. This use-after-free flaw in the AF_VSOCK subsystem has existed since kernel version 4.8...
The Linux Lite 7.6 distribution, developed in New Zealand, has been released. Built on Ubuntu 24.04.3 and powered by the 6.8 kernel, it retains the Xfce 4.18 desktop environment. The system makes minimal modifications...
The independent GNU/Linux distribution AerynOS has received a new update — version 2025.08. The system is being developed by Ikey Doherty, the former creator of Solus, and this marks its second release of the...
Generative AI is now assisting in selecting patches for backporting into the stable branches of Linux, including long-term support (LTS) releases. Sasha Levin, the LTS maintainer, recently advanced updates to kernel documentation regarding the...
GhostBSD has unveiled an updated release, version 25.02-R14.3p2. Built upon FreeBSD 14.3, this iteration delivers bug fixes and refinements aimed at enhancing both stability and overall user experience. The most notable innovation is the...
The Linux Foundation has announced the induction of DocumentDB—a Microsoft-developed, open, document-oriented database—into its community. Licensed under MIT, the project was conceived as an alternative to MongoDB following its adoption of more restrictive licensing...
The first release of the Linux 6.17 kernel has arrived—yet it contains no updates related to the bcachefs file system. And the reason lies not in technical shortcomings. On August 10, Linus Torvalds announced...
Whonix 17.4, a distribution purpose-built for uncompromising anonymity online, has been released. Based on Debian GNU/Linux, the system routes all network traffic exclusively through Tor, with its source code available under the GPLv3 license....
Several years ago, Google engineers began developing the Address Space Isolation (ASI) mechanism for the Linux kernel, designed to shield systems from attacks exploiting speculative processor execution. The aim was to create a universal...
The Debian GNU/Hurd development team has announced the release of version 2025. While not an official release of the core Debian distribution, it marks the official publication of the GNU/Hurd port, synchronized with the...
