A recently discovered vulnerability in Ubuntu 22.04's printing subsystem, specifically within the "ippusbxd" package, could have allowed attackers to execute arbitrary code on locked laptops.

GIMP 3.0 RC3 is out today as what is hopefully the last release candidate before the long-awaited stable release of GIMP 3.0 as this long in development free software alternative to the likes of Adobe Photoshop.

KDE Plasma 6.3 desktop environment is now available with various new features and improvements for Plasma and its components.

The recent Linux kernel drama over Rust code has resulted in the creation of a Rust kernel policy.

Systemd lead developer Lennart Poettering has been working on adding the ability to let systemd boot directly into a disk image downloaded via HTTP within the initial RAM disk (initrd) during the Linux boot process.

X86-P6 Pocket NAS features Intel Twin Lake CPU, 4 x M.2 slots, and 2 x 2.5 GbE LAN port

EndeavourOS Mercury landed with Linux kernel 6.13, Plasma 6.2.5, Xfce 4.20, dark themes by default, and better installer functionality.

A new version of the slick Clapper media player is out with several neat improvements Not newly new, I should say. I hadn't run a flatpak update in Ubuntu

Why bother with the tedious aspects of server management when Ansible can do all the heavy lifting?

FLAC 1.5 is out today as the newest feature update to the software built around the Free Lossless Audio Codec.

After a short testing period, the Linux performance overlay MangoHud had version 0.8.0 released today to bring new features and fixes to one of my favourite open source projects. This also powers the built-in overlay on the Steam Deck.

Gnome.org has relaunched with a minimalist and cleaner design, but where's the favorite footprint?

Learn how you can use Tailscale to secure connect to your Raspberry Pi from outside your home network.

Python 3.14 Alpha 5 is out today as the latest of many development releases in stepping toward the Python 3.14 stable release in October.

CrowPi 3 is a Raspberry Pi 5-powered education kit coming soon to Kickstarter

OpenSSL has patched CVE-2024-12797, a high-severity vulnerability found by Apple that can allow man-in-the-middle attacks.

HandBrake 1.9.1 open-source video transcoder is now available for download with improved support for SRT files with overlapping subnoscripts.

Go 1.24 programming language rolls out with performance boosts, better tooling, improved WebAssembly support, and more.

Given the recent patch proposal to raise the Linux kernel's default timer frequency from 250Hz to 1000Hz, I ran some fresh benchmarks looking at the 250Hz vs

Have fun customizing your Linux desktop.