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Systemd v258 has been released with a long list of new features and changes; slice units now have basic workload management features, quotas for tmpfs have been added, the "systemctl start" command now has a verbose (-v) option, and more. This release also, finally, completely removes support for control groups v1 support. LWN covered some of systemd v258's features and changes in August.

In October, consumer versions of Windows 10 will stop receiving security updates. Many users who would ordinarily move to the next version are blocked by Windows 11's hardware requirements unless they are willing to buy a newer PC. The "End of 10" campaign is an effort to convince those users to switch to Linux rather than sticking with an end-of-life operating system or buying a new Windows system. At Akademy 2025, Dr. Joseph De Veaugh-Geiss, Bettina Louis, Carolina Silva Rodé, and Nicole Teale discussed their work on the campaign, its progress so far, and what's next.

Security updates have been issued by AlmaLinux (container-tools:rhel8, kernel, and podman), Debian (node-sha.js), Fedora (firefox, kea, and perl-JSON-XS), Mageia (java-1.8.0-openjdk, java-11-openjdk, java-17-openjdk, java-latest-openjdk), Oracle (kernel, libarchive, podman, and python-cryptography), Red Hat (multiple packages, mysql:8.4, and python3.11), SUSE (expat, java-1_8_0-ibm, krb5, libavif, net-tools, nginx, nvidia-open-driver-G06-signed, onefetch, pcp, rabbitmq-server313, raptor, and vim), and Ubuntu (libyang2, linux, linux-aws, linux-aws-5.4, linux-bluefield, linux-gcp, linux-gcp-5.4, linux-hwe-5.4, linux-ibm, linux-ibm-5.4, linux-iot, linux-kvm, linux-raspi, linux-raspi-5.4, linux-xilinx-zynqmp, linux-aws-fips, linux-fips, linux-gcp-fips, and python-xmltodict).

Linux Mint is an Ubuntu-based distribution whose goal is to provide a classic desktop experience with many convenient, custom tools and optional out-of-the-box multimedia support. It also adds a custom desktop and menus, several unique configuration tools, and a web-based package installation interface. Linux Mint is compatible with Ubuntu software repositories. Besides its Ubuntu-based flavour, the project also produces a separate "Debian" edition (called LMDE), based on the latest stable Debian version.

Linux Mint is an Ubuntu-based distribution whose goal is to provide a classic desktop experience with many convenient, custom tools and optional out-of-the-box multimedia support. It also adds a custom desktop and menus, several unique configuration tools, and a web-based package installation interface. Linux Mint is compatible with Ubuntu software repositories. Besides its Ubuntu-based flavour, the project also produces a separate "Debian" edition (called LMDE), based on the latest stable Debian version.

Neptune is a GNU/Linux distribution for desktops. It is based on Debian's Stable branch, except for a newer kernel, some drivers and newer versions of popular applications, such as LibreOffice. It also ships with the latest version of the KDE desktop. The distribution's main goals are to provide a good-looking general-purpose desktop with pre-configured multimedia playback and to offer an easy-to-use USB installer with a persistence option.

Linux systems provide a variety of system services (process management, login, syslog, cron, etc.) and network services (remote login, email, printers, web hosting, data storage, file transfer, DNS, DHCP, and more).

Technically, a service is a daemon — a process or group of processes running in the background, waiting to respond to client requests.

Modern Linux distributions use systemd as the default system and service manager. With the systemctl command, you can easily list, start, stop, restart, enable, or disable services.

The post How to List Running Services in Linux (systemctl Examples) appeared first on Linux Today.

Ghostty sets itself apart from other terminals by offering speed, customization, and simplicity all in one place.

The post Why You Should Use Ghostty Terminal As Your Default Linux Terminal appeared first on Linux Today.

GIMP 3.2 is on the way, bringing non-destructive link and vector layers, new brushes, better text editing, and a refined user experience.

The post GIMP 3.2 Takes Shape With Link and Vector Layers appeared first on Linux Today.

As GNOME swaps executive directors faster than Linux users swap desktops, we ask what’s really happening behind the scenes.

The post After Four Months, Deobald’s Out as GNOME’s Executive Director appeared first on Linux Today.

AIDEFEND (Artificial Intelligence Defense Framework) is an open knowledge base dedicated to AI security, providing defensive countermeasures and best practices to help security pros safeguard AI and machine learning systems.

The post AIDEFEND: Free AI Defense Framework appeared first on Linux Today.

Arch Linux 2025.09.01 is out today as the first Arch Linux ISO release to be powered by Linux kernel 6.16, which should give users a boost when detecting hardware, especially on newer devices, but especially on older ones where previous Arch Linux ISOs failed to detect some of the components.

The post First Arch Linux ISO Powered by Linux Kernel 6.16 Is Now Available for Download appeared first on Linux Today.

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.

Safe, ergonomic interoperability between Rust and C/C++ was a popular topic at RustConf 2025 in Seattle, Washington. Chandler Carruth gave a presentation about the different approaches to interoperability in Rust and Carbon, the experimental "(C++)++" language. His ultimate conclusion was that while Rust's ability to interface with other languages is expanding over time, it wouldn't offer a complete solution to C++ interoperability anytime soon — and so there is room for Carbon to take a different approach to incrementally upgrading existing C++ projects. His slides are available for readers wishing to study his example code in more detail.

Version 143.0 of the Firefox browser has been released. Changes include the ability to pin tabs by dragging them to the edge, previews in the camera permissions dialog, improved fingerprinting protection, and (optional) automatic deletion of files downloaded in private browsing mode.

The Socket.dev blog describes this week's attack on JavaScript packages in the npm repository.

A malicious update to @ctrl/tinycolor (2.2M weekly downloads) was detected on npm as part of a broader supply chain attack that impacted more than 40 packages spanning multiple maintainers.

The compromised versions include a function (NpmModule.updatePackage) that downloads a package tarball, modifies package.json, injects a local script (bundle.js), repacks the archive, and republishes it, enabling automatic trojanization of downstream packages.

There is some more information in this Krebs on Security article.

Version:next-20250916 (linux-next) Released:2025-09-16

Karton’s August 2025 progress report shows KDE’s virtual machine manager advancing with a new UI, SPICE integration, and streamlined VM creation.

The post KDE’s Virtual Machine Manager Moves Forward appeared first on Linux Today.

Security updates have been issued by AlmaLinux (kernel and kernel-rt), Debian (node-sha.js and python-django), Fedora (chromium, cups, exiv2, perl-Catalyst-Authentication-Credential-HTTP, perl-Catalyst-Plugin-Session, perl-Plack-Middleware-Session, and qemu), Red Hat (container-tools:rhel8, podman, and udisks2), SUSE (cargo-audit, cargo-c, cargo-packaging, and kernel-devel), and Ubuntu (libcpanel-json-xs-perl, libjson-xs-perl, rubygems, sqlite3, and vim).

The PCLinuxOS Magazine staff is pleased to announce the release of the September 2025
issue. With the exception of a brief period in 2009, The PCLinuxOS Magazine has been
published on a monthly basis since September, 2006. The PCLinuxOS Magazine is a
product of the PCLinuxOS community, published by volunteers from the community. The
magazine is lead by Paul Arnote, Chief Editor, and Assistant Editor Meemaw. The
PCLinuxOS Magazine is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-
Share-Alike 3.0 Unported license, and some rights are reserved. All articles may be
freely reproduced via any and all means following first publication by The PCLinuxOS
Magazine, provided that attribution to both The PCLinuxOS Magazine and the original author
are maintained, and a link is provided to the originally published article.

In the September 2025 issue:

* ICYMI: UK Moves Forward With Ban From Paying Ransomware Attackers
* Wiki Pick: PkgProblemResolver
* GIMP Tutorial: Create Transparent Cutout Text
* Tip Top Tips: How To Use Joe’s Own Editor (JOE)
* PCLinuxOS Recipe Corner: Creamy Cajun Steak Alfredo
* Adding An Extra Hard Drive To Your PCLinuxOS
* And much more inside!

This month’s cover was created by Meemaw.

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