Open-source News

After 34 years, the Linux kernel community finally has a contingency plan to replace Linus Torvalds  Adafruit

I switched to this tiling window manager and can't go back to normal desktops  MakeUseOf

CachyOS vs. EdeavorOS: Which spinoff makes Arch Linux easier to use?  ZDNET

The Linux community now has a succession plan for when Linus Torvalds checks out, after an apparently uplifting discussion about 'our eventual march toward death'  PC Gamer

Wasmer 7.0 is out today for this WebAssembly "WASM" run-time for enabling lightweight containers that can run "anywhere" from the desktop to cloud and the edge. The security-minded and extensible WASM runtime provided by Wasmer has already proven to be quite robust while with Wasmer 7.0 has become even more featureful...

Linux Kernel Leaders Draft Linus Succession Plan  findarticles.com

The upcoming release of GNOME 50 to be found in the likes of Ubuntu 26.04 LTS and Fedora Workstation 44 will feature improved discrete GPU detection within the GNOME Shell. This effort has been two years coming and finally merged this week...

Linux after Linus? The kernel community finally drafts a plan for replacing Torvalds  ZDNET

Windows 11 haters get excited as GOG says 'Linux is the next major frontier' for Galaxy client  TweakTown

The live Linux distro for editing disks just got a big update  How-To Geek

VirtualBox 7.2.6 Released with Initial Support for Linux Kernel 6.19  9to5Linux

CISA adds critical Microsoft Office, Linux Kernel, and SmarterMail vulnerabilities to KEV catalog  SC Media

Following last week's code branching / feature freeze and first release candidate of Mesa 26.0, Mesa 26.0-rc2 is now available with an initial batch of bug fixes for this quarter's feature update to these open-source OpenGL and Vulkan drivers...

COSMIC Desktop ‘Frosted Glass’ UI Effect Previewed  OMG! Ubuntu

Hooray! Linux is GOG's 'next major frontier'. Oh no! It wants to 'Actively use and promote AI-assisted development tools'  PC Gamer

NVIDIA security bulletin for January 2026 reveals new GPU driver security issues  GamingOnLinux

VirtualBox 7.2.6 Released With Stability Fixes Across Windows, Linux, and macOS  Linuxiac

4 reasons I prefer screen over tmux on Linux  XDA

Handmade by human hands using machines  Digg

KDE Plasma 6.6 is almost here, and this Linux distro gave me an early look - here's how  ZDNET