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For those on the current FreeBSD 14 series with no immediate plans to move to FreeBSD 15 that debuted at the end of 2025, FreeBSD developers have been preparing for the release of FreeBSD 14.4. Released overnight was the first release candidate of FreeBSD 14.4...

KDE Plasma 6.7 development continues heating up following the Plasma 6.6 desktop release earlier this month...

Metasploit Unveils Exploit Modules for Linux RC4 and BeyondTrust Vulnerabilities  cyberpress.org

KDE Plasma 6.7 will introduce more rounded corners to make everything look more consistent  XDA

BunsenLabs Carbon Is Here with Support for Wayland Sessions, Based on Debian 13  9to5Linux

Handmade by human hands using machines  Digg

Linux-based Orange Pi Neo gaming handheld delayed due to rising RAM and storage costs  Notebookcheck

If you are cloning from a GNOME repository on their GitLab and now finding your Git traffic being redirected to GitHub, you are not alone. GNOME's infrastructure team is now redirecting Git traffic from the GNOME.org GitLab over to GitHub mirrors for reducing bandwidth costs...

elementary OS 8.1.1 Released With Linux kernel 6.17  Linuxiac

A new California law says all operating systems, including Linux, need to have some form of age verification at account setup  [H]ard|Forum

CVE Severity Distribution For Linux Statistics 2026  commandlinux.com

Catching me by surprise today was a new Intel CPU microcode drop "20260227" for Linux users/administrators outside of their typical Patch Tuesday alignment for CPU microcode releases...

Hyprland 0.54 was released today as what's described as a "a massive update with no understatement" to this Wayland compositor...

New California law will require operating systems to have age verification  Shacknews

State of Linux Mobile 2026: PostmarketOS & F-Droid Updates  SitePoint

Yokogawa strengthens Linux‑based offshore automation systems through OIN 2.0  Offshore Magazine

RISC-V Linux will be ready for wide adoption in 2026, says Canonical  How-To Geek

For those looking to build a rackmount-ready server or workstation that can handle up to an SSI-EEB motherboard and capable of fitting a large liquid cooling setup, the RM4A is a new option from SilverStone that can fit up to a 360mm radiator while still fitting an SSI-EEB motherboard and up to eight expansion slots within 4U size constraints.

Arch-based Bluestar Linux 6.18.9 drops with a new kernel, Firefox 148, LibreOffice 26.2.1, and more  Notebookcheck

The OrangePi Neo gaming handheld with Manjaro Linux is now "on ice" due to component prices  GamingOnLinux