Open-source News

Linux 6.14: Rust milestone, AMD and Intel updates, and more  Developer News

The Linux tool you forgot about: How Synaptic makes software installation a breeze  ZDNet

'Tiny' Linux 6.14-rc1 released: What's new in 500,000 lines of modified code  ZDNet

Alpine Linux In An Infrastructure Crisis With Equinix Metal Sunsetting  Phoronix

Last week I wrote about the crisis plaguing X.Org / FreeDesktop.org with losing out on their cloud/server infrastructure due to losing out on their free server resources provided by Equinix at the end of April. It's not only FreeDesktop.org and all those hosted projects now rushing to find hosting alternatives and sponsorships to cover new costs, but it turns out the Alpine Linux project is also in a similar position...

Ardour 8.11 Open-Source DAW Is Out to Fix a Critical Workflow-Blocking Bug on Linux  9to5Linux

Someone got Linux running inside a PDF file, because its users are something else  XDA Developers

5 Photoshop Alternatives for Linux  Review Geek

5 Photoshop Alternatives for Linux  How-To Geek

How I turned traditional Ubuntu Mate into a modern, minimal desktop - and you can too  ZDNet

Forget upgrading to Microsoft Windows 11: Nitrux Linux 3.9.0 is the operating system you need!  BetaNews

Linux's second-in-command Greg Kroah-Hartman is proposing "Faux Bus" as a new "fake" bus solution for simple devices...

Fed up with Windows? Download The Ultimate Linux Newbie Guide for free  Neowin

Cross-platform AirDrop style free and open-source file sharing app  TechHQ

Mozilla Firefox 135 release binaries are now available for those wanting to grab the latest browser release right away...

Firefox 135 Published With Safeguards To Prevent Overwhelming The Back History  Phoronix

Slackware-based PorteuX 1.9 portable Linux launches with multiple fixes, CUPS support in GTK3, a new kernel, and more  Notebookcheck.net

Christian Schaller as Red Hat's Director of Software Engineering outlined in a blog post today some of the areas they will be focusing on this year with Fedora Workstation development. Additionally, they will be hiring at least two more Linux desktop engineers this year at Red Hat...

Red Hat Hiring To Continue Advancing The Linux Desktop In 2025  Phoronix

Slackware-Based PorteuX 1.9 Released with Linux Kernel 6.13, Docker Support  9to5Linux