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The Dash to Panel GNOME extension v72 fixes fullscreen, opacity, and gradient bugs on GNOME 49.

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Firefox 144 introduces AES-256 encryption for passwords, new web APIs, and smoother transitions with improved WebGPU performance.

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LastOSLinux is Linux Mint-based distribution with the goal of being a user-friendly alternative to Windows. It is designed for current Windows users wishing to migrate to Linux, with a Windows-like user interface and tools. The distribution uses the Cinnamon desktop and it also includes the WINE software which is able to run some Windows applications on Linux.

Version:next-20251029 (linux-next) Released:2025-10-29

Bazzite is an atomic distribution based on Fedora. The Bazzite distribution is designed with gaming in mind. It can run on desktop computers, the Steam Deck, and other handheld gaming devices. The base system is read-only and packages are usually supplied using Flatpak bundles.

TrueNAS CORE (previously known as FreeNAS) is a free and Open Source Network-Attached Storage (NAS) operating system that supports file, block and object storage. TrueNAS CORE is FreeBSD based and is a community-supported branch of the TrueNAS project, sponsored by iXsystems. It also has a commercial branch called TrueNAS Enterprise and a free and HyperConverged storage solution called TrueNAS SCALE. The TrueNAS SCALE branch is based on the Debian Linux distribution.

d77void GNU/Linux is a Void-based Linux distribution created to demonstrate the capabilities of Void's tools, such as void-mklive and void-packages. Originally initiated as a Void respin with the Fluxbox window manager, the project has evolved to offer a wide range of window manager, Wayland compositor and desktop environment options, including Awesome, bspwm, Cosmic, dwm, Fluxbox, herbstluftwm, Hyprland, i3wm, JWM, labwc, LeftWM, LXQt, Niri, Openbox, Qtile, River, Sway, Wayfire and Xfce. The distribution can be installed to a hard disc with the text-mode d77void-installer.

Fil-C is a memory-safe implementation of C and C++ that aims to let C code — complete with pointer arithmetic, unions, and other features that are often cited as a problem for memory-safe languages — run safely, unmodified. Its dedication to being "fanatically compatible" makes it an attractive choice for retrofitting memory-safety into existing applications. Despite the project's relative youth and single active contributor, Fil-C is capable of compiling an entire memory-safe Linux user space (based on Linux From Scratch), albeit with some modifications to the more complex programs. It also features memory-safe signal handling and a concurrent garbage collector.

The Fedora Project has announced the release of Fedora Linux 43, with "what's new" articles for Fedora Workstation, Fedora KDE Plasma Desktop, and Fedora Atomic Desktops.

For those of you installing fresh Fedora Linux 43 Spins, you may be greeted with the new Anaconda WebUI. This was the default installer interface for Fedora Workstation 42, and now it's the default installer UI for the Spins as well.

If you are a GNOME desktop user, you'll also notice that the GNOME is now Wayland-only in Fedora Linux 43. GNOME upstream has deprecated X11 support, and has disabled it as a compile time default in GNOME 49. Upstream GNOME plans to fully remove X11 support in GNOME 50.

See the release notes for a full list of changes in Fedora 43.

Security updates have been issued by AlmaLinux (kernel, kernel-rt, libtiff, squid:4, and thunderbird), Debian (strongswan and webkit2gtk), Fedora (pcre2, qt5-qtbase, squid, unbound, and xen), Mageia (icu and libtpms), Oracle (java-1.8.0-openjdk, java-17-openjdk, java-21-openjdk, kernel, squid:4, and thunderbird), Red Hat (libtiff, squid, squid:4, and webkit2gtk3), SUSE (cmake, dracut-saltboot, erlang, exim, expat, ffmpeg-4, firefox, golang-github-prometheus-alertmanager, haproxy, java-11-openjdk, kernel, libxslt, multi-linux-manager, openssl-3, podman, rabbitmq-server, spacewalk-web, strongswan, and wireshark), and Ubuntu (gst-plugins-good1.0, linux-aws-5.15, radare2, ruby2.3, ruby2.5, ruby2.7, and strongswan).

CentOS as a group is a community of open source contributors and users which started in 2003 and has been sponsored by Red Hat since 2014. CentOS Linux versions up to CentOS Linux 8 are 100% compatible rebuilds of Red Hat Enterprise Linux, in full compliance with Red Hat's redistribution requirements. In 2020 it was announced CentOS Linux is being discontinued and replaced with CentOS Stream, a developer-focused distribution which acts as a middle-stream between Fedora and Red Hat Enterprise Linux.

IPFire is a Linux distribution that focuses on easy setup, good handling and high level of security. It is operated via an intuitive web-based interface which offers many configuration options for beginning and experienced system administrators. IPFire is maintained by developers who are concerned about security and who update the product regularly to keep it secure. IPFire ships with a custom package manager called Pakfire and the system can be expanded with various add-ons.

Fedora Linux (formerly Fedora, formerly Fedora Core) is a Linux distribution developed by the community-supported Fedora Project and owned by Red Hat. Fedora Linux contains software distributed under a free and open-source license and aims to be on the leading edge of such technologies. Fedora has a reputation for focusing on innovation, integrating new technologies early on and working closely with upstream Linux communities. The default desktop in Fedora Linux is the GNOME desktop environment and the default interface is the GNOME Shell. Other desktop environments, including KDE, Xfce, LXDE, MATE and Cinnamon, are available. The Fedora project also distributes custom variations of Fedora called Fedora spins. These are built with specific sets of software packages, offering alternative desktop environments or targeting specific interests such as gaming, security, design, scientific computing and robotics.

Let’s play some music on the Raspberry Pi 5. It’s a very capable music player. I explore a few open source solutions.

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In Linux and other Unix-like operating systems, the init (initialization) process is the first process executed by the kernel at boot time, which has a process ID (PID) of 1, and is executed in the background until the system is shut down.

The init process starts all other Linux processes, that is, daemons, services, and other background processes; therefore, it is the mother of all other processes on the system.

A process can start many other child processes on the system, but if a parent process dies, init becomes the parent of the orphan process.

Over the years, many init systems have emerged in major Linux distributions, and in this guide, we shall take a look at some of the best init systems you can work with on the Linux operating system.

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Linus Torvalds announced the general availability of the first Release Candidate version of the upcoming Linux 6.18 kernel series for public testing. Here’s what to expect!

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This week, we got the long-anticipated Ubuntu 25.10 and LMDE (Linux Mint Debian Edition) 7 releases, Wireshark 4.6 as a major update to the world’s most popular network protocol analyzer, the first Release Candidate of Linux kernel 6.18, and new updates to GIMP, LibreOffice, ClamAV, PipeWire, KDE Gear, and KDE Frameworks.

On top of that, I tell you all about the first Linux laptop from System76 to ship with the COSMIC desktop and Linux kernel 6.16’s end of life. Below, you can check out this week’s hottest news and access all the distro and package downloads released this past week in the 9to5Linux weekly roundup for October 12th, 2025.

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Catch up on the latest Linux news: Ubuntu 25.10, Gnoppix KDE 25.10, GIMP 3.0.6, KDE Gear 25.08.2, OpenSSH 10.2, Python 3.14, ClamAV 1.5, Solus begins a new epoch, Meta unveils OpenZL, and more.

The post Linuxiac Weekly Wrap-Up: Week 41 (Oct 6 – 12, 2025) appeared first on Linux Today.

Switching to Linux is less about technical hurdles and more about adjusting your mindset. Here’s why.

The post The Only Thing Stopping You from Switching to Linux Is Your Mindset appeared first on Linux Today.

This article picks some useful tools to help you fix Go code.

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