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Lingmo OS is a Debian-based Linux distribution featuring a custom-built LingmoUI desktop environment. The project's main goal is to provide users with a unified and practical desktop, software that is compatible with the desktop environment, and a smooth experience, even on low-performance hardware.

SDesk is an Arch-based Linux distribution which strives for an easy to use, modern approach to desktop computing. The SDesk project ships up to date software and uses GNOME running on a Wayland session for its default desktop environment. SDesk includes a number of popular open source applications, including LibreOffice and uses Calamares to install the operating system.

FreeBSD is a UNIX-like operating system for the i386, amd64, IA-64, arm, MIPS, powerpc, ppc64, PC-98 and UltraSPARC platforms based on U.C. Berkeley's "4.4BSD-Lite" release, with some "4.4BSD-Lite2" enhancements. It is also based indirectly on William Jolitz's port of U.C. Berkeley's "Net/2" to the i386, known as "386BSD", though very little of the 386BSD code remains. FreeBSD is used by companies, Internet Service Providers, researchers, computer professionals, students and home users all over the world in their work, education and recreation. FreeBSD comes with over 20,000 packages (pre-compiled software that is bundled for easy installation), covering a wide range of areas: from server software, databases and web servers, to desktop software, games, web browsers and business software - all free and easy to install.

blendOS is an Arch Linux-based, rolling-release distribution which automates installing software from supported distributions (Arch Linux, Fedora and Ubuntu) into containers. blendOS tries to make software management in across containers feel native and provides access to the user's home directory for each container.

Uncom OS is Russian commercial Linux distribution based on Ubuntu's long-term support branch and localised into Russian. It is developed by Advilabs-Rus LLC. Some of the distribution's more interesting features include a custom application store, out-of-the-box support for Flatpak packages, a Windows-style dock panel, extended support for VPN protocols, a custom application for restoring system integrity, and use of Bottles to run Windows applications. Besides commercial "Home", "Business" and "Education" editions of Uncom OS, the company also offers a freely downloadable trial variant for testing purposes.

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The Ruby community has experienced some turbulence of late after Ruby Central took control of the GitHub repositories for a number of projects including RubyGems and Bundler. Those projects have historically been developed separately from Ruby itself. They are now being put under the control of Ruby's core team, according to Ruby creator Yukihiro Matsumoto (a.k.a. "Matz"):

To provide the community with long-term stability and continuity, the Ruby core team, led by Matz, has decided to assume stewardship of these projects from Ruby Central. We will continue their development in close collaboration with Ruby Central and the broader community.

Ruby Central has also issued a statement.

Ruby libraries and applications are distributed via a packaging format called a gem. RubyGems.org has been the central hosting service for gems since about 2010. This article is part one of a two-part series on the RubyGems.org takeover by Ruby Central. Understanding the history of RubyGems.org, and the contributor community behind it, is vital to making sense of the current power struggle between Ruby Central and members of the Ruby community who have maintained those services and tools for many years.

Security updates have been issued by AlmaLinux (kernel and libssh), Debian (firefox-esr and pgpool2), Mageia (varnish & lighttpd), Red Hat (python3, python3.11, python3.12, python3.9, and python39:3.9), SUSE (expat, gstreamer-plugins-rs, kernel, openssl1, pgadmin4, python311-ldap, and squid), and Ubuntu (dotnet8, dotnet9, dotnet10 and mupdf).

The OpenStack cloud infrastructure project keeps on going, 15 years after it was first created as a joint effort of NASA and Rackspace.

Today the open-source effort debuted its 32nd release known as OpenStack Flamingo. The new release follows a year of change for OpenStack. In March, the Open Infrastructure Foundation (OpenInfra), itself an evolution of the OpenStack Foundation, was merged into the Linux Foundation. That integration has created operational efficiencies for the organizations, but it hasn’t changed the core focus or technical development practices of OpenStack.

The post OpenStack Flamingo Pays Down Technical Debt as Adoption Continues to Climb appeared first on Linux Today.

Cairo-Dock, previously known as GLX-Dock, is a dock-like application that comes with many applets that can be detached from the dock to act as desktop widgets, ready-to-use themes, and several customization options. You can use Cairo-Dock to modernize your Linux desktop, make it more attractive and usable.

The post Cairo-Dock 3.6 Released with Wayland and HiDPI Support, systemd Integration appeared first on Linux Today.

Starting with Alpine Linux 3.23, any new installation will be /usr-merged, with /lib, /bin, and /sbin being symbolic links to their /usr counterparts. This will only affect new Alpine Linux installations, while existing users will be able to upgrade without being forced to /usr merge their systems.

The post Alpine Linux Is Moving to a /usr-merged File System Layout appeared first on Linux Today.

Artix Linux maintainers announce the end of GNOME desktop support, citing systemd dependence as the key breaking point.

The post Artix Linux Drops GNOME Desktop Support Over Systemd Dependence appeared first on Linux Today.

Here are the latest updates to our compilation of recommended software. We’ve increased the number of roundups this month despite focusing again on hardware reviews. And we’ve got a new hardware series starting next week.

The post Best Free and Open Source Software: September 2025 Updates appeared first on Linux Today.

Based on the SUSE Linux Framework One (formerly Adaptable Linux Platform (ALP)) and powered by Linux kernel 6.12 LTS, openSUSE Leap 16 is designed to offer users a balanced operating system that includes cutting-edge software on top of a traditional Linux-based operating system using the new Agama installer.

The post openSUSE Leap 16 Is Now Available for Download with Linux Kernel 6.12 LTS appeared first on Linux Today.

Highlights of OpenSSL 3.6 include LMS signature verification support as per [SP 800-208] in both the FIPS and default providers, and support for EVP_SKEY opaque symmetric key objects to the key derivation and key exchange provider methods via EVP_KDF_CTX_set_SKEY(), EVP_KDF_derive_SKEY(), and EVP_PKEY_derive_SKEY() functions.

The post OpenSSL 3.6 Officially Released with LMS Signature Verification Support, More appeared first on Linux Today.

Organizing your home directory or even system can be particularly hard if you have the habit of downloading all kinds of stuff from the internet using your download managers.

Often you may find you have downloaded the same mp3, pdf, and epub (and all kinds of other file extensions) and copied it to different directories. This may cause your directories to become cluttered with all kinds of useless duplicated stuff.

In this tutorial, you are going to learn how to find and delete duplicate files in Linux using rdfind, fdupes, and rmlint command-line tools, as well as using GUI tools called DupeGuru and FSlint.

A note of caution – always be careful what you delete on your system as this may lead to unwanted data loss. If you are using a new tool, first try it in a test directory where deleting files will not be a problem.

The post 6 Best Tools to Find and Remove Duplicate Files in Linux appeared first on Linux Today.

NixOS moderators resign, citing interference from the Steering Committee and calling for clearer governance rules.

The post NixOS Moderation Team Resigns in Protest of SC Interference appeared first on Linux Today.

Ubuntu Touch 24.04-1.0 is here as the first release of Ubuntu Touch based on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS, a major update to the mobile operating system with new features like new logos, a built-in way to switch the theme of applications, theme live-switching, and experimental support for personal data encryption.

The post Ubuntu Touch Mobile Linux OS Is Now Finally Based on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS appeared first on Linux Today.

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