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SmartOS is an open-source UNIX-like operating system based on illumos, a community fork of OpenSolaris. It features four technologies - ZFS (a combined file system and logical volume manager), DTrace (a dynamic tracing framework for troubleshooting kernel and application problems), Zones (a lightweight virtualisation solution), KVM and bhyve (two full virtualisation solutions for running a variety of guest operating systems, including Linux, Windows, BSD and Plan9). SmartOS is designed to be particularly suitable for building clouds and generating appliances.

Version:6.16.10 (stable) Released:2025-10-02 Source:linux-6.16.10.tar.xz PGP Signature:linux-6.16.10.tar.sign Patch:full (incremental) ChangeLog:ChangeLog-6.16.10

Version:6.12.50 (longterm) Released:2025-10-02 Source:linux-6.12.50.tar.xz PGP Signature:linux-6.12.50.tar.sign Patch:full (incremental) ChangeLog:ChangeLog-6.12.50

Version:6.6.109 (longterm) Released:2025-10-02 Source:linux-6.6.109.tar.xz PGP Signature:linux-6.6.109.tar.sign Patch:full (incremental) ChangeLog:ChangeLog-6.6.109

Version:6.1.155 (longterm) Released:2025-10-02 Source:linux-6.1.155.tar.xz PGP Signature:linux-6.1.155.tar.sign Patch:full (incremental) ChangeLog:ChangeLog-6.1.155

Version:5.15.194 (longterm) Released:2025-10-02 Source:linux-5.15.194.tar.xz PGP Signature:linux-5.15.194.tar.sign Patch:full (incremental) ChangeLog:ChangeLog-5.15.194

Version:5.10.245 (longterm) Released:2025-10-02 Source:linux-5.10.245.tar.xz PGP Signature:linux-5.10.245.tar.sign Patch:full (incremental) ChangeLog:ChangeLog-5.10.245

Version:5.4.300 (longterm) Released:2025-10-02 Source:linux-5.4.300.tar.xz PGP Signature:linux-5.4.300.tar.sign Patch:full (incremental) ChangeLog:ChangeLog-5.4.300

Garuda Linux is a rolling distribution based on the Arch Linux operating system. Unlike Arch Linux, Garuda Linux comes with a graphical installer (Calamares) for easy installation, and other advanced graphical tools for managing your system. Garuda is a performance-oriented distro with many performance enhancing tweaks. Some of the many tweaks include using zram, a performance CPU governor, along with custom memory management software. Garuda Linux has striven to provide system stability by including the Timeshift backup utility.

Founded in 2014 by Oliver Pinter and Shawn Webb, HardenedBSD is a security-enhanced fork of FreeBSD. The HardenedBSD Project is implementing many exploit mitigation and security technologies on top of FreeBSD. The project started with Address Space Layout Randomization (ASLR) as an initial focal point and is now implementing further exploit mitigation techniques.

Raspberry Pi OS (formerly Raspbian) is a free operating system based on Debian GNU/Linux and optimised for the Raspberry Pi hardware (the armhf processor architecture). Raspberry Pi OS comes with over 35,000 packages, or pre-compiled software bundled in a nice format for easy installation on a Raspberry Pi. The initial build was completed in June of 2012, but the distribution continues to be active developed with an emphasis on improving the stability and performance of as many Debian packages as possible. Although Debian produces a distribution for the arm architecture, it is compatible only with versions later than the one used on the Raspberry Pi (ARMv7-A CPUs and higher vs the Raspberry Pi's ARMv6 CPU).

After Arch Linux, Mageia is now reporting infrastructure outages, with forums and wiki down due to what looks like another bot-driven attack.

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Highlights of GNOME 49 include a new “Do Not Disturb” toggle in Quick Settings, a dedicated Accessibility menu in the login screen, support for handling unknown power profiles in the Quick Settings menu, support for YUV422 and YUV444 (HDR) colour spaces, support for passive screen casts, and support for async keyboard map settings.

The post GNOME 49 “Brescia” Desktop Environment Officially Released, Here’s What’s New appeared first on Linux Today.

Even though the GuitarPedal repo is just an experiment, it comes from the Linux creator, Linus Torvalds, so it’s already creating buzz among open-source fans.

The post Linus Torvalds Tinkers with GuitarPedal appeared first on Linux Today.

Systemd 258 drops cgroup v1, sets kernel baseline 5.4, tightens TTY perms, and makes OpenSSL the only TLS backend, marking security-focused changes.

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Based on the latest Debian 13 “Trixie” operating system series, the beta version of the upcoming Linux Mint Debian Edition (LMDE) 7 release is powered by the long-term supported Linux 6.12 LTS kernel series and features the Cinnamon 6.4.12 desktop environment.

The post Linux Mint Debian Edition (LMDE) 7 “Gigi” Is Now Available for Public Beta Testing appeared first on Linux Today.

Waydroid is a container-based approach to boot a full Android system on Ubuntu Touch (and other Linux systems) running Wayland based desktop environments.

The post Volla Phone Quintus running Ubuntu Touch: Waydroid battery life appeared first on Linux Today.

If you’ve ever run a Linux system in production or even just kept a personal server, you’ll know that running out of disk space is one of the most frustrating issues. Suddenly, your applications stop working, databases won’t write new data, and log files keep filling up like a runaway train.

The good news is that Linux makes it surprisingly easy to monitor disk usage and catch problems before they happen. All you need is a small shell script, a bit of logic, and maybe an email alert (or a message to your Slack channel, if you’re fancy).

In this article, we’ll build a simple script that checks your disk usage and sends an alert if it goes over 80%.

The post A Shell Script to Monitor Disk Usage and Send an Alert if it Exceeds 80% appeared first on Linux Today.

Sparky semi-rolling 2025.09 “Tiamat” is out with Linux kernel 6.16, GCC 15, Calamares 3.4, and Debian “Forky” testing base.

The post SparkyLinux 2025.09 “Tiamat” Released with Debian “Forky” Base appeared first on Linux Today.

Arkime is an open-source system for large-scale network analysis and packet capture. It works with your existing security tools to store and index network traffic in standard PCAP format, making it easy to search and access.

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