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The first DRM-Misc-Next pull request was submitted this week to DRM-Next as new kernel graphics/display driver features to begin queuing for the Linux 7.1 kernel that will release mid-year. Among the early code for DRM-Next are two new drivers...

Verisilicon DC8200 & Coreboot Framebuffer Drivers Sent To DRM-Next For Linux 7.1  Phoronix

The Servo project has issued their January 2026 development report that highlights all the interesting changes they made to this open-source browser layout engine last month. With Servo 0.0.5 they have landed many improvements to this engine and also continuing to enhance its ability to embed Servo inside other applications...

Your Linux LTS Kernel Will Be Supported Longer Than You Thought  It's FOSS

Nostalgic developer recreates the 1994 Linux desktop as a modern web app for your browser — open-source project brings old-school CDE interface back from the dead and features classic 90s web browser, text editor, and more  Tom's Hardware

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

Linux Flies into Space  Wind River Software

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