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The Incus team has announced the release of Incus 7.2, a system container and virtual machine manager developed as a community-led fork of LXD. The update addresses eight security issues, including six critical vulnerabilities. These include flaws that could permit…

Although KDE Plasma 6.8 is not expected to arrive until mid-October, development is progressing steadily, and several upcoming features have already been revealed. One of the most significant improvements is that KWin will enable triple buffering by default for systems…

System76 has expanded its COSMIC desktop ecosystem by introducing a native System Monitor application, providing users with an integrated way to track system performance and manage running processes. Designed specifically for the COSMIC Desktop, the application combines hardware resource monitoring…

Calibre 9.9 has been released as the latest update to the popular open-source e-book manager, with the Content Server introducing a modern interface with a sidebar to improve navigation when browsing libraries in a browser. PWA support has also been…

Just when Linux admins were starting to put DirtyFrag behind them, another closely related kernel flaw has entered the spotlight, showing the story is not quite over yet. Security researchers at JFrog have disclosed DirtyClone, a new Linux kernel local privilege escalation vulnerability…

Fastfetch, the popular command-line system information tool among users for displaying a sleek summary of system information in the terminal alongside an OS’s ASCII logo, has just rolled out version 2.65. One visible change is that long lines wrap by…

The DXVK development team has officially released DXVK 3.0, introducing a major update to the popular Direct3D-to-Vulkan translation layer used by Wine and Proton. The new release delivers significant performance improvements, reduced memory consumption, enhanced compatibility, and a range of…

Linux users looking for a lightweight, distraction-free whiteboard application have a promising new option. Drawy is a modern KDE application designed to provide an infinite digital canvas where users can sketch ideas, create diagrams, organize concepts, and take visual notes…

The developers behind Tmux, the popular terminal multiplexer that lets users manage multiple terminal sessions, windows, and panes from a single interface, have officially released version 3.7. This update introduces several new features, usability improvements, and important security fixes. Floating…

Systemd 261 has been released with major updates to the init system, service manager, boot tools, networking, TPM support, containers, virtual machines, and system update tools. A key addition is the new cloud Instance Metadata Service subsystem. Systemd now includes systemd-imdsd,…