Category Linux

Canonical Says Ubuntu Infrastructure Is Facing Cross-Border DDoS Attack

Canonical Says Ubuntu Infrastructure Is Facing Cross-Border DDoS Attack

Canonical has confirmed on x that its Ubuntu web infrastructure is currently dealing with a sustained cross-border distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack, leading to disruptions across public-facing services. In an official announcement on Ubuntu Discourse, the company stated that it is…

EndeavourOS Titan Neo Arrives with Installer and Package Updates

EndeavourOS Titan Neo Arrives with Installer and Package Updates

EndeavourOS has released Titan Neo (2026.04.27 ISO), a refreshed installation image for its Arch-based distribution, arriving about six weeks after the original Titan release. This update is aimed strictly at new installations. Existing EndeavourOS users don’t need to reinstall, as…

KDE Plasma 6.7 is Getting Sharper Zoom Upscaling

KDE Plasma 6.7 is Getting Sharper Zoom Upscaling

KDE Plasma 6.7, expected in mid-June, is shaping up with a variety of desktop enhancements and refinements. One of the most notable additions is support for the “Background apps” portal. This allows applications—particularly newer GNOME apps—to run in the background…

APT 3.3 Lands in Debian Unstable with CLI Versioning Support

APT 3.3 Lands in Debian Unstable with CLI Versioning Support

APT 3.3 has arrived in Debian Unstable, introducing a notable user-facing change: the removal of the long-standing warning about APT’s “unstable” command-line interface. For years, users invoking apt in certain scenarios were shown a cautionary message stating that its CLI…

Uptime Kuma 2.3 Adds OracleDB Monitoring and Status Page Groups

Uptime Kuma 2.3 Adds OracleDB Monitoring and Status Page Groups

Uptime Kuma 2.3 is now available as the latest stable release of the self-hosted monitoring tool. A standout addition in this version is the new OracleDB monitor, which expands its database monitoring capabilities. The update also enhances WebSocket functionality, including…

DavMail 6.7 Exchange Gateway Adds TOTP MFA Support

DavMail 6.7 Exchange Gateway Adds TOTP MFA Support

DavMail 6.7 has been released as a bugfix update for the open-source Exchange and Microsoft 365 gateway. It introduces PhoneAppOTP support for TOTP-based multi-factor authentication and continues progress on the Microsoft Graph backend. For those unfamiliar, DavMail acts as a…

Calibre 9.8 E-Book Manager Adds Local OpenAI-Compatible AI Provider Support

Calibre 9.8 E-Book Manager Adds Local OpenAI-Compatible AI Provider Support

Calibre 9.8 has been released, bringing a range of improvements across its content server, ebook editor, AI features, text-to-speech system, and bundled news sources. A major highlight is expanded AI integration. Calibre now supports any local provider that offers an…

Linux Mint Starts Publishing HWE ISOs with Newer Kernels

Linux Mint Starts Publishing HWE ISOs with Newer Kernels

Linux Mint has announced that it will start offering updated HWE (Hardware Enablement) ISO images to improve installation support on newer hardware. These refreshed images will include more recent Linux kernels than those found in the standard release ISOs. In…

AerynOS Gets New Branding and Updated Desktop Stacks

AerynOS Gets New Branding and Updated Desktop Stacks

AerynOS, an atomic-update-focused Linux distribution still in its alpha stage, has published its April 2026 progress report alongside a new Alpha ISO, AerynOS 2026.05, powered by Linux kernel 7.0. Previously known as Serpent OS, the project has now fully transitioned…

Copy Fail Linux Kernel Flaw Allows Local Users to Gain Root

Copy Fail Linux Kernel Flaw Allows Local Users to Gain Root

Security researchers have revealed Copy Fail, a serious Linux kernel vulnerability that allows a local attacker to gain root privileges. Specifically, an unprivileged user can write four controlled bytes into the page cache of any readable file and potentially leverage…