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Mozilla Firefox 138 introduces support for copying links for background tabs using the tabstrip context menu on Linux and macOS systems, an improved address and credit card autofill feature that better handles dynamically updated forms, and new Contrast Control settings that let users use the same colors across websites for improved readability.

The post Mozilla Firefox 138 Is Now Available for Download, Here’s What’s New appeared first on Linux Today.

Peridio, a platform for building and maintaining advanced embedded products, has launched Avocado OS, an open-source embedded Linux distribution made to simplify the way developers build complex embedded systems. Avocado OS focuses on delivering a smooth developer experience while offering security, reliability, and consistent performance.

The post Avocado OS: Open-source Linux Platform for Embedded Systems appeared first on Linux Today.

For the last several decades, India has been quietly developing its economic independence muscles as it morphs into an IT leader with global prowess.

The post What the EU Can Learn From India About Digital Policies appeared first on Linux Today.

The GNOME Foundation has announced the hiring of Steven Deobald as its new executive director.

Steven has been a GNOME user since 2002 and has been involved in numerous free software initiatives throughout his career. His professional background spans technical leadership, cooperative business development, and nonprofit work. Having worked with projects like XTDB and Endatabas, he brings valuable experience in open source product development. Based in Halifax, Canada, Steven is well-positioned to collaborate with our global community across time zones.

This week was a bit slow on news and releases. Some highlights include a major release of the OpenMandriva Lx distribution, a major release of the QEMU open-source virtualization software, and new maintenance updates to the GStreamer open-source multimedia framework and Mixxx open-source DJ software.

On top of that, I tell you all about the new alpha milestone of System76’s upcoming Rust-based COSMIC desktop environment. 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 April 27th, 2025.

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Catch up on the latest Linux news: COSMIC Desktop Alpha 7, OpenMandriva Lx 6, Fedora 43 to remove GNOME X11 support, Arch lands in WSL2, and more.

The post Linuxiac Weekly Wrap-Up: Week 17 (Apr 21 – 27, 2025) appeared first on Linux Today.

Version:next-20250509 (linux-next) Released:2025-05-09

Version:6.14.6 (stable) Released:2025-05-09 Source:linux-6.14.6.tar.xz PGP Signature:linux-6.14.6.tar.sign Patch:full (incremental) ChangeLog:ChangeLog-6.14.6

Version:6.12.28 (longterm) Released:2025-05-09 Source:linux-6.12.28.tar.xz PGP Signature:linux-6.12.28.tar.sign Patch:full (incremental) ChangeLog:ChangeLog-6.12.28

Version:6.6.90 (longterm) Released:2025-05-09 Source:linux-6.6.90.tar.xz PGP Signature:linux-6.6.90.tar.sign Patch:full (incremental) ChangeLog:ChangeLog-6.6.90

Version:6.1.138 (longterm) Released:2025-05-09 Source:linux-6.1.138.tar.xz PGP Signature:linux-6.1.138.tar.sign Patch:full (incremental) ChangeLog:ChangeLog-6.1.138

Version:5.15.182 (longterm) Released:2025-05-09 Source:linux-5.15.182.tar.xz PGP Signature:linux-5.15.182.tar.sign Patch:full (incremental) ChangeLog:ChangeLog-5.15.182

The famfs filesystem is meant to provide a shared-memory filesystem for large data sets that are accessed for computations by multiple systems. It was developed by John Groves, who led a combined filesystem and memory-management session at the 2025 Linux Storage, Filesystem, Memory Management, and BPF Summit (LSFMM+BPF) to discuss it. The session was a follow-up to the famfs session at last year's summit, but it was also meant to discuss whether the kernel's direct-access (DAX) mechanism, which is used by famfs, could be replaced in the filesystem by using other kernel features.

Security updates have been issued by Debian (chromium, libapache2-mod-auth-openidc, mariadb-10.5, and openssh), Red Hat (osbuild-composer), Slackware (mariadb), SUSE (apache2-mod_auth_openidc, glib2, ImageMagick, libsoup, libsoup2, libva, openvpn, sqlite3, and weblate), and Ubuntu (libsoup3, php-horde-css-parser, and python-django).

Highlights of Mixxx 2.5.1 include new mappings for the DJ TechTools MIDI Fighter Spectra, Numark NS6II, Numark Platinum FX, M-Vave SMC-Mixer, Hercules DJControl Inpulse 500, and Reloop Digital Jockey 2 IE controllers, and a piano keyboard mapping for the M-Vave SMK-25 II controller.

The post Mixxx 2.5.1 Adds Mapping for the DJ TechTools MIDI Fighter Spectra Controller appeared first on Linux Today.

Check out our completely updated guide on installing a WireGuard VPN server using wg-easy and managing everything effortlessly via a user-friendly web UI.

The post How to Set Up WireGuard VPN Server with Docker appeared first on Linux Today.

To provide an insight into the quality of software that is available, we have compiled a list of 13 high quality open source podcast tools that let you manage and download podcasts. The selection includes terminal-based tools only.

The post 13 Best Free and Open Source Terminal-Based Podcast Tools appeared first on Linux Today.

The Linux kernel is the core component of any Linux operating system, managing hardware resources and system processes.

The latest version available is Kernel 6.15 RC3, which has been recently released.

The post How To Install Kernel 6.15 RC3 On Ubuntu, Debian And Derivative Systems appeared first on Linux Today.

If you’ve ever needed to create a bootable USB drive to install or repair an operating system, chances are you’ve used Rufus. It’s one of the most popular and reliable tools out there for formatting USB drives and creating bootable media quickly and efficiently. Whether you’re installing Windows, trying out a new Linux distribution, or working with rescue tools, Rufus is often the go-to choice.

The post Rufus 4.7: What’s New in This Essential Tool for Creating Bootable USB Drives appeared first on Linux Today.

The Linux operating system offers an impressive range of versatile dictionary tools, which can look up words and phrases for different languages in multiple dictionary file formats, as well as using online sites such as Wikipedia and Wiktionary.

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