Open-source News

Making for an exciting holiday weekend night is the Algol 68 programming language front-end "ga68" being merged into the GNU Compiler Collection (GCC) codebase. After COBOL language support landed in GCC 15 earlier this year, next year's GCC 16 release is adding support for the half-century old Algol 68 programming language...

I keep these operating systems on a Ventoy USB drive  XDA

Archinstall 3.0.14 Allows UEFI Bootloader Installation to Removable Locations  9to5Linux

Don't set up Linux from scratch, these Turnkey distros do it for you  How-To Geek

Glim is the Ventoy alternative Linux enthusiasts should use instead  XDA

In addition to the releases today of updated Endeavour OS and CachyOS, Solus 4.8 is out as the latest version of another desktop Linux distribution popular with enthusiasts...

Solus Linux 4.8 Released With Python 2 Finally Removed, Abandons Solus Software Center  Phoronix

In addition to the release today of a big refresh to Endeavour OS, CachyOS is out with their latest ISO refresh for this additional Arch Linux powered desktop OS. CachyOS for its November 2025 refresh brings installer improvements, now installs additional packages for media acceleration when capable Intel graphics are detected, handling for Bcachefs with its DKMS module, and other improvements...

CachyOS Improves Intel Video Acceleration Experience  Phoronix

Solus 4.8 Released with Linux Kernel 6.17, GNOME 49, KDE Plasma 6.5, and More  9to5Linux

CachyOS ISO Snapshot for November 2025 Improves the Installation Experience  9to5Linux

I replaced my Linux Xfce menu with this and never looked back  XDA

With the Linux 6.18 stable kernel release expected to take place tomorrow on 30 November, here is a reminder about some of the new hardware support and other interesting features coming in this next stable version of the Linux kernel...

I used a modern-day 250MB Linux OS, and it was a real struggle  XDA

5 apps new Linux users should install on day one  How-To Geek

You're probably pronouncing Ubuntu wrong—and these 7 other Linux terms  How-To Geek

For those looking to improve their clipboard management experience on the GNOME desktop, Copyous is a new GNOME Shell extension serving as a new clipboard manager...

4MLinux 50.0 Linux Distro Released with Reproducible Builds, New Apps, and More  9to5Linux

Yes, Linux can do 'real work'—here are 5 things I do on my Linux PC  How-To Geek

Endeavour OS is one of the popular desktop Linux distributions built around Arch Linux providing a nice out-of-the-box experience. Since their last ISO refresh back in March there hadn't been much news from the project nor any new ISO releases for this rolling-release distro. But thankfully today they are back in the saddle with a new ISO release, Endeavour OS 2025.11.24 "Ganymede"...