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Today, the Fedora Project is excited to announce the general availability of Fedora Linux 44, the latest version of the free and open source operating system. Learn more about the new and updated features of Fedora 44 below and don’t forget to ensure your system is fully up-to-date before upgrading from a previous release.General highlightsAnacondaAnaconda now only creates network profiles for devices configured during installation (by boot options, kickstart or interactively in UI) instead of providing default profiles for all devices. This change will simplify post-instal network configur

We are delighted to welcome Daniel Aw in his new role as the general manager for Red Hat’s Asia Pacific region. In this role, Daniel will lead the next phase of the company’s growth in the region, and advance customer success with AI and open hybrid cloud technology. Daniel brings more than three decades of international experience driving customer satisfaction, sales, and revenue growth. He is known for successfully scaling profitable businesses and expanding operations across Asia Pacific. Prior to this role, Daniel led Red Hat’s enterprise business in the region, helping customers ac

Pack2TheRoot flaw allows Linux privilege escalation  SC Media

Switcher 2026: Ubuntu 26.04 ⭐️  Thurrott.com

Canonical lays out a plan for AI in Ubuntu Linux  The Tech Buzz

Canonical lays out a plan for AI in Ubuntu Linux  The Verge

The newest Mesa Radeon Vulkan driver "RADV" feature enabled by AMD engineers is protected memory support using the Trusted Memory Zone (TMZ) support on newer GPUs...

Valve just announced that their new Steam Controller will be going on sale on 4 May. Pricing in the US is at $99 USD...

How OEDIV Simplified Linux Operations With Ubuntu Pro | Canonical X OEDIV (ol22P4qFg8)  Fathom Journal

Valve Confirms Steam Controller Release Date, $99 Price  Phoronix

Stop wasting time on mediocre Flatpaks—here are 5 genuinely useful apps worth installing  How-To Geek

After looking at the new Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus processor earlier this month with its nice performance evolution for Arrow Lake on Linux, today we are looking at the other new Intel desktop CPU offering: the Core Ultra 5 250K Plus that retails for just $219 USD.

Intel Core Ultra 5 250K Plus Provides Exceptional Value For Linux Users  Phoronix

New Hack Lets 30-Year-Old Windows PCs Run Modern Linux  TechRepublic

Switching to Linux in 2026: What New Users Need to Know  Root-Nation.com

Linux terminals all run the same commands—so why do users fight so hard for their favorite?  How-To Geek

The Linux 7.1 mainline kernel will allow building a real-time "PREEMPT_RT" kernel for the ARM architecture with no longer needing any out-of-tree patches...

With Linux 7.1 The Mainline Kernel Now Supports Real-Time "RT" On ARM  Phoronix

Linux ELF Malware Generator Evades ML Detection Using Semantic-Preserving Changes  cyberpress.org

Red Hat's Olivier Fourdan announced today the availability of XWayland 24.1.11 that brings a few bug/regression fixes...