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Following last year's release of FreeBSD 15.0, FreeBSD 15.1 is working its way toward release release in June. For kicking off the release dance, FreeBSD 15.1 Beta 1 is available today for testing...

APT 3.3 package manager removes the long-standing unstable CLI warning and adds support for requesting a specific CLI version.

Zoey Bauer released Shelly 2.2 today as a major update to this graphical package manager for Arch Linux and Arch Linux-based distributions like CachyOS, which introduces a revamped UI and other improvements.

Plenty of corporate speak in this announcement, but you can look beyond that:

The ESP-FLY DIY Kit is a compact micro drone platform built around the Seeed Studio XIAO ESP32-S3, developed as a collaboration between Seeed Studio and Max Imagination. The kit targets educational and hobbyist use, combining a small airframe with wireless control options and a customizable firmware environment. The system is delivered as a DIY kit […]

Wine 11.8 updates Mono to version 11.1, improves MSXML and VBScript support, and fixes 22 bugs across games and Windows apps.

Canonical confirms Ubuntu web infrastructure is facing a sustained cross-border DDoS attack, causing service disruption.

In addition to today's monthly ISO refresh of Arch Linux that is now pulling in the Linux 7.0 kernel and other updates, the downstream EndeavourOS also happens to be out with a new ISO release for starting the month of May...

Both Cupertino and Google are imposing ever stricter limits on their phones – but you have alternativesAs both Apple and Google introduce unwelcome changes in their phone OSes, here's a quick reminder that you do have alternatives to the Gruesome Twosome.…

'Online platforms can rely on our app,' says Commish, 'there are no more excuses'The European Commission has recommended EU member states adopt an age verification app designed to protect children from harmful online content.…

The Arch Linux project released a new ISO snapshot of the Arch Linux distribution for May 2026, which is powered by the latest and greatest Linux 7.0 kernel series.

Arch Linux’s May 2026 ISO is out with Linux kernel 7.0, Plasma 6.6.4, GNOME 50.1, updated firmware, and refreshed core packages.

313 Team tells Canonical: pay up or the packets keep comingCanonical says its web infrastructure is under attack after a pro-Iran hacktivist group instructed its members to target the open source giant.…

CVE-2026-31431, colloquially known as "Copy Fail," is a critical logic flaw in the Linux kernel's Cryptographic API (specifically the `algif_aead` module). It allows an unprivileged local user to perform a deterministic, controlled 4-byte write into the read-only page cache of any accessible file on the system. By corrupting the in-memory representation of SUID binaries, an attacker achieves local privilege escalation to the root user and can successfully escape containerized environments.

AerynOS, the Linux distribution formerly known as Serpent OS, is out with a new monthly ISO refresh and details on other recent improvements to this original, from-scratch Linux distribution...

The explainshell is a web-based tool that can be said to be an alternative to traditional Linux man pages for providing you with detailed explanations in a beautiful hierarchy.

We take Fedora’s newest weekly?distro pick for a spin to see how it handles real?world browsing, office work, media… with a bit of gaming on the side.

Shotcut 26.4 has been released today as the latest stable version of this open-source, cross-platform, and free video editing software that introduces several new features and many improvements.

A new exploit lets you run full Linux on PlayStation 5 hardware with 8-core CPU and desktop-class GPU performance.

In this low?pressure Monday meetup, Otto Kekäläinen helps aspiring Debian devs untangle packaging puzzles, absorb the culture, and turn curiosity into accepted contributions.