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X.Org is Still Alive and Just Fixed Five New Security Flaws

X.Org is Still Alive and Just Fixed Five New Security Flaws

X.Org Server and Xwayland have received new security updates addressing five recently disclosed vulnerabilities in this long-standing but still maintained display stack. The issues impact X.Org Server versions earlier than 21.1.22 and Xwayland versions prior to 24.1.10. Tracked as CVE-2026-33999…

OpenSSL 4.0 Released with ECH Support and Significant Legacy Code Removal

OpenSSL 4.0 Released with ECH Support and Significant Legacy Code Removal

OpenSSL 4.0.0 has been released as a major feature update to the widely used cryptography and TLS library. This version brings new protocol capabilities, API updates, and the long-awaited removal of legacy components. One of the standout additions is support…

How to Install Redis on Ubuntu 26.04

How to Install Redis on Ubuntu 26.04

Redis is a powerful, open-source, in-memory data structure store widely used as a database, cache, message broker, and streaming engine. If you are looking to redis install Ubuntu 26.04, this guide walks you through every step, from installation and security…

openSUSE Tumbleweed Switches Fresh Installs to systemd-boot

openSUSE Tumbleweed Switches Fresh Installs to systemd-boot

openSUSE Tumbleweed now uses systemd-boot as the default bootloader for new installations, replacing GRUB2 with BLS support. To be clear, this change only applies to fresh installs—existing systems will continue using GRUB unless users decide to switch manually. Because of…

Kontainer Brings a Native KDE GUI to Distrobox Container Management

Kontainer Brings a Native KDE GUI to Distrobox Container Management

Here’s a tool that can make working with containers easier, especially if memorizing all the commands isn’t your favorite thing. I’m talking about Kontainer. Kontainer is a relatively new graphical frontend for Distrobox, designed for KDE Plasma users who prefer…

DavMail 6.6 Exchange Gateway Released with Office 365 Fixes

DavMail 6.6 Exchange Gateway Released with Office 365 Fixes

DavMail, an open-source gateway that enables standard mail and calendar clients to work with Microsoft Exchange and Office 365, has been updated to version 6.6. The project serves as a bridge between Microsoft’s servers and desktop email clients by offering…

Linux Kernel 7.0 Released, This is What’s New

Linux Kernel 7

Linux kernel 7.0 has been released, but the jump in version number does not signal a major shift in development. As Linus Torvalds has done in the past, the move from 6.19 to 7.0 is mainly a version reset after…

Trisquel 12.0 Releases as Ubuntu-Based Fully Free Linux Distro

Trisquel 12.0 Releases as Ubuntu-Based Fully Free Linux Distro

Trisquel 12.0 “Ecne” has officially been released, but before diving into what’s new, it’s worth understanding what makes this distribution unique. Trisquel isn’t a typical mainstream Linux distribution—and it doesn’t aim to be. Instead, it is designed for users who…

Popular macOS Network Monitor Little Snitch Arrives on Linux

Popular macOS Network Monitor Little Snitch Arrives on Linux

Objective Development has announced that Little Snitch is being brought to Linux, introducing the popular network monitoring tool from the macOS ecosystem to the open-source desktop and server environment. For those unfamiliar, Little Snitch is a network monitoring and connection…

Deepin 25.1 Arrives With Linux Kernel 6.18 and New AI Features

Deepin 25.1 Arrives With Linux Kernel 6.18 and New AI Features

Deepin 25.1 marks the first major update in the Deepin 25 series and is available as a fresh ISO for AMD64, ARM64, and Loong64 architectures, along with a RISC-V technology preview. One of the most significant changes is the kernel…