Open-source News

Wild Linker 0.9 was released today as the latest version of this very fast linker for Linux systems that is written in the Rust programming language...

A Linux distro once got too close to Windows, and Microsoft came for it  MakeUseOf

Picking a Linux distro is the wrong first question — here's what you should ask instead  XDA

Hot on the Heels of Copy Fail, New Linux Bugs Grant Root Privileges  HotHardware

Shelly 2.3.1 GUI Package Manager for Arch Linux Improves Notifications  9to5Linux

Packagist Supply Chain Attack Infects 8 Packages Using GitHub-Hosted Linux Malware  The Hacker News

Linux Mint Plans Faster Nemo and New Cinnamon Screenshot Tool  Linuxiac

The Linux Mint project today published their May 2026 status report to outline recent work done to this Ubuntu/Debian-based Linux platform and much of their focus in recent weeks on enhancements to their Cinnamon desktop environment...

Linux Mint Making Improvements To Its File Manager, Theme & Dialogs  Phoronix

With Intel having been one of the most dominant open-source contributors for years across the software ecosystem, months after they began sunsetting various software projects no longer aligned with today's Intel, they continue formally sunsetting/archiving different open-source projects...

Intel's Latest Round Of Open-Source Projects Ended: OBS Studio Plugin, CVE Binary Tool & More  Phoronix

This super-minimalist GNOME theme is changing how I use Linux  How-To Geek

I joyfully reunited with my first Linux distro at the Virtual OS Museum  ZDNET

AI eyes scanning for bugs create a worrisome Linux security trend  The Register

Dirty Frag, Copy Fail, Fragnesia: The start of a worrisome Linux security trend  The Register

For years already AV2 has been in development as the successor to AV1 for this wonderful open-source, royalty-free video codec. While there was talk about releasing AV2 by the end of 2025, that didn't happen but now latest indicators are pointing toward its formal debut next week...

KDE developers continue to be quite busy in preparing for next month's Plasma 6.7 stable desktop release due out in mid-June while also beginning more feature work toward Plasma 6.8...

More ASUS & HP Laptops See Platform Driver Support For Linux 7.1-rc5  Phoronix

This week's x86 platform driver fixes include not only a handful of bug fixes but also enabling some additional laptops within existing drivers for HP and ASUS devices...

Back in 2022 it was announced DreamWorks Animation was open-sourcing their MoonRay renderer that has been used in production feature films. It ended up being published as open-source in March 2023 as OpenMoonRay and since then has continued advancing with new feature releases and improvements. Now it's being contributed to the Academy Software Foundation as the newest project...