Security 'Dirty Frag' Linux flaw one-ups CopyFail with no patches and public root exploit Broken disclosure embargo left admins facing a fresh root-level flaw with no CVE
Cyber-crime Attackers are cashing in on fresh 'CopyFail' Linux flaw Researchers dropped a reliable root exploit and it didn’t sit idle for long
On-Prem Moving to mainframe can be cheaper than sticking with VMware: Gartner Serious Linux VMs will enjoy big iron – if you can learn to love lock-in risks and skills challenges
OSes Linux cryptographic code flaw offers fast route to root Patches land for authencesn flaw enabling local privilege escalation
OSes Fedora 44 is out – countless versions of it New sealed bootable container images and Stratis storage, too
OSes Ubuntu Resolute Raccoon spits out Xorg, but still lets you run X11 apps New LTS is here, with more tooling for GPGPU and AI workloads
OSes More ancient Linux device support faces the chop One way to deal with bug hunting LLMs: ditch the old drivers
Public Sector Linux may get a hall pass from one state age-check bill, but Congress plays hall monitor Colorado amendments could exempt open source OSes, code repos, and containers
OSes You can now run WSL on Windows 95, in case you're crazy, too 'I think this might be one of my greatest hacks of all time,' says dev behind unholy abomination
OSes Zorin OS 18.1 released - and the Lite edition reappears Plus news from its Dublin neighbors, Linux Mint
OSes Linux 7.1 will have an optional new NTFS driver Good news for those working with Windows, bad news for Paragon Software
OSes Decades-old Linux UI bug fixed by dev younger than the window manager Kamila Szewczyk prefers old software, as back then people understood something could actually be finished
Public Sector France’s digital directorate dumping Windows desktops, adopting Linux instead Après ça, le déluge, as plans call for move away from plenty more American software and hardware
OSes Linux 7.0 debuts as Linus Torvalds ponders AI's bug-finding powers Makes Rust support official, adds code for ancient Alpha and SPARC CPUs
OSes Patch to end i486 support hits Linux kernel merge queue After a year of patchwork, maintainers look ready to start retiring 486-class CPUs
OSes SystemRescue 13 lands with Linux 6.18 and bcachefs support And other handy tools that could save your data in a crisis
AI + ML AI bug reports went from junk to legit overnight, says Linux kernel czar Greg Kroah-Hartman can't explain the inflection point, but it's not slowing down or going away
OSes Age checks creep into Linux as systemd gets a DOB field Flatpak may be next, and the lobbying behind it is raising eyebrows
OSes Systemd-free antiX Linux 26: Debian 13, in bonsai form Plus: Still supports 32-bit hardware or VMs
Software Avalonia bolts Linux and WebAssembly onto .NET MAUI Broader platform coverage lands, if developers can tolerate the rough edges
OSes WSL graphics driver update brings better GPU support for Linux apps Meanwhile, WINE and OpenGL tweaks speed Windows apps on 64-bit hosts
AI + ML Sashiko: AI code review system for the Linux kernel spots bugs humans miss Beats getting roasted on the mailing list
OSes GNOME 50 debuts with X11 axed, Wayland front and center Most Ubuntu desktop users will be looking at this until at least 2028
Storage Big moves in Linux filesystems as new bcachefs lands and KDE adds support for Apple's APFS Linux still can't mount or read APFS volumes by default ... but that's about to change
OSes Age verification isn't sage verification when it's inside operating systems Toothbrushes, Turing and the truth give the lie to California’s legal lunacy
Storage RAM is getting expensive, so squeeze the most from it Zram versus zswap – two ways to get a quart into a pint pot
OSes Nanny state discovers Linux, demands it check kids' IDs before booting Age-verification laws target operating systems because apparently teenagers having root access is now a safeguarding crisis
OSes Linux PC vendor System76 tries to talk Colorado down over OS age checks Don't celebrate yet – more states are considering them
OSes US state laws push age checks into the operating system Bad legislation, but an especially big headache for FOSS
OSes BunsenLabs Carbon keeps the CrunchBang flame alive with Debian 13 Release lays the groundwork for going Wayland, if that's your sort of thing
AI + ML Bcachefs creator insists his custom LLM is female and 'fully conscious' It's not chatbot psychosis, it's 'math and engineering and neuroscience'
OSes GhostBSD to ditch Xorg for XLibre as Red Hat's Wayland crusade leaves X11 fans out in the cold FreeBSD's friendliest desktop distro bets on the controversial fork
OSes KDE Plasma 6.6 isn't forcing systemd but the arguments rage on BSD support improves, FreeBSD eyes a desktop option, and the init wars refuse to die
OSes Linus Torvalds: Someone ‘more competent who isn't afraid of numbers past the teens’ will take over Linux one day Emperor Penguin releases kernel 7.0 rc1 with some numerological musings
OSes Linus Torvalds and friends tell The Reg how Linux solo act became a global jam session Ts'o, Hohndel and the man himself spill beans on how checks in the mail and GPL made it all possible
OSes Price of popularity: Linux Mint's success also means maintainer stress Lots of donations, but lots of pressure to go with it
Applications Contain your Windows apps inside Linux Windows Can't live without Adobe? Get on board WinBoat – or WinApps sails a similar course
Software The Linux mid-life crisis that's an opportunity for Tux-led transformation Sudo make me a star
OSes Linus Torvalds keeps his ‘fingers and toes’ rule by decreeing next Linux will be version 7.0 But first, kernel 6.19 is upon us, with many goodies
OSes CentOS is coming to RISC-V soon if you have the kit The RHELatives are more versatile than you might realize
Devops VS Code for Linux may be secretly hoarding trashed files Versions installed via Snap don't delete files when users empty system trash
OSes Sudo maintainer, handling utility for more than 30 years, is looking for support Many vital open source resources rely on the devotion of a few individuals
OSes Systemd daddy quits Microsoft to prove Linux can be trusted Lennart Poettering's Amutable aims to bring 'cryptographically verifiable integrity' to the other OS
Personal Tech Penguin in your pocket: Nexphone dual boots into Linux, Windows 11 An expandable tablet, and a phone that reboots into desktop Windows
OSes Succession: Linux kernel community gets continuity plan for post-Linus era Conclave doc outlines path to eternal releases
OSes KDE Plasma 6.6 beta ships a login manager that won't log in without systemd Bad luck, BSDs – although alternatives still work
OSes Emmabuntüs DE 6: A newbie-friendly Linux to help those in need A distro aimed at helping people, reducing e-waste – and helping a charity, too
OSes China’s Deepin Linux gets a slick desktop - and, yes, built-in AI Where FOSS desktop OSes meet geopolitics
OSes Debian's FreedomBox Blend promises an easier home cloud There are other home server, NAS, and media-streaming distros, but this aspires to much more
OSes MX Linux 25.1 brings back switchable init systems Dislike systemd but occasionally need it for something? MX can help
OSes Mozilla starts offering RPMs of Firefox Nightly More packaging options for the leading all-FOSS browser
OSes Ready for a newbie-friendly Linux? Mint team officially releases v 22.3, 'Zena' Newer kernel, newer Cinnamon, new tools, and even new icons
OSes Wine 11 runs Windows apps in Linux and macOS better than ever Transparently runs 16, 32, and 64-bit Windows apps, but still doesn't use the Microsoft store.
Security New Linux malware targets the cloud, steals creds, and then vanishes Cloud-native, 37 plugins … an attacker's dream
AI + ML Linus Torvalds tries vibe coding, world still intact somehow The Emperor Penguin has a go… just for fun
Software IceWM soldiers on while Budgie jumps the Wayland ship Two new Linux GUIs – plus Phoenix, an experimental new X server in Zig
OSes Debian goes retro with a spatial desktop that time forgot Trixie plus a carefully configured MATE setup, and absolutely nothing else
OSes Linus Torvalds: Stop making an issue out of AI slop in kernel docs – you're not changing anybody's mind 'Because the AI slop people aren't going to document their patches as such'
OSes GNOME dev gives fans of Linux's middle-click paste the middle finger Proposal targets long-standing behavior as 'an X11ism'
OSes What if Linux ran Windows… and meant it? Meet Loss32 It's crazy, a million-to-one shot, but it might just work
Applications Finally - a terminal solution to the browser wars A full-featured, Sixel-capable terminal browser for those who’d rather skip AI assistants
Software The most durable tech is boring, old, and everywhere From COBOL and C to Linux and SQL, the unglamorous software that keeps the world running refuses to disappear
OSes What the Linux desktop really needs to challenge Windows Wasn't 2025 the year it happened? Yes. No. Answers on a Christmas card
OSes Vultures rake our claws over COSMIC as Pop OS 24.04 LTS with 'Epoch 1' emerges Even with the latest Gparted Live, it's not easy to dual boot – but it's worth the hassle
Offbeat Infinite Machine e-scooter is like the offspring of a Vespa and a Cybertruck Custom-designed $10,000 scooter goes 65mph, has a 60-mile range, and runs silently
OSes pearOS is a Linux that falls rather close to the Apple tree Revived distro returns on Arch with KDE Plasma, global menus, and a familiar macOS-style sheen
Personal Tech New Jolla phone and Sailfish 5 offer a break from iOS-Android monotony Powered by the original mobile Linux OS with crowdsourced specs
OSes Linux 6.18 crowned LTS kernel – and Alpine 3.23 wastes no time adopting it Umpteen other distros just put out new versions, but this one is our favorite
OSes Linux 6.18 arrives as the year's final drop and likely next LTS Bye-bye bcachefs, but hello there bhyve
OSes Two paths to Enlightenment: AV Linux 25 and MX Moksha step forward Whether you want a studio rig or a featherweight desktop, MX Linux spins have you covered
Personal Tech Speccy clone storms back for Christmas without a shred of Sinclair code Rubber-key revival leans on Linux, emulation, and third-party ROMs
OSes KDE Plasma sets date to dump X11 as Wayland push accelerates If that's a step too far, then there are new versions of CDE – and tmux
OSes Tiny tweak for Pi OS, big makeover for the Imager Debian 13.2 freshness, better HiDPI support, and 101 other things to run on your Pi
Personal Tech Tuxedo Computers slams lid on Arm Linux laptop after 18 months of pain Planned Snapdragon goes puff and disappears, but the code will survive
OSes Systemd 259 release candidate flexes musl support – with long list of caveats PostmarketOS pushed for the change, but devs warn it may not last
OSes Linus Torvalds is OK with vibe coding as long as it's not used for anything that matters Linux inventor also discusses Rust in the kernel, Nvidia's proprietary code, and the problem of AI crawlers
OSes Canonical pushes Ubuntu LTS support even further - if you pay Enterprise Linux vendors keep jostling to see who can prop up geriatric distros the longest
Personal Tech Retro Games opens pre-orders for THEA1200, a full-size working Amiga replica Company behind THESPECTRUM brings the holiday season early for retro computing fans
Personal Tech The Steam Machine rises again as Valve readies 2026 hardware trifecta Linux-powered PC, Arm VR headset, and refreshed controller all land on pre-order for next year
Security Ubuntu 25.10's Rusty sudo holes quickly welded shut The goal of 'oxidizing' the Linux distro hits another bump
OSes To 'Infinity' ... and beyond: MX Linux 25 has arrived Systemd-free option still available if you choose that download
OSes De-duplicating the desktops: Let's come together, right now Here come old FlatPak, it comes grooving up slowly...
OSes When Debian won't do, Devuan 6 'Excalibur' Linux makes the grade Debian 13 base, minus systemd and RISC-V build
OSes Game on! Penguin levels up as Linux finally cracks 3% on Steam Only a point up in a year, but that’s a 50% leap for Linux gamers
OSes Linux vendors are getting into Ubuntu – and Snap Ubuntu's much-maligned format may be finally reaching critical mass
OSes KDE tidies up Plasma 6.5 with 60-odd fixes and smoother setup for OEMs Big release with a lot of new features – and a few inevitable glitches
OSes AlmaLinux gives Btrfs a home after Red Hat kicked it out Not the default file system, but in the installer if you want it
OSes New Linux kernel patch lets you cancel hibernation mid-process RFC proposes power-button interrupt – and highlights wider problems with sleep states
OSes Introducing NTFSplus – because just one NTFS driver for Linux is never enough Dev unveils a faster, modernized take on Microsoft's file system for penguin-powered PCs
OSes Mobian makes Debian's latest 'Trixie' release pocket-sized Another phone Linux? The Reg attempts to disentangle the options
Cyber-crime Like burglars closing a door, Apache ActiveMQ attackers patch critical vuln after breaking in
