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Electronic Design Automation (EDA) is a type of software that enables individuals to design electronic systems. We pick the best open source tools for Linux.

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Security updates have been issued by Debian (graphicsmagick and libapache2-mod-auth-openidc), Fedora (giflib, mod_auth_openidc, mysql8.0, perl, perl-Devel-Cover, perl-PAR-Packer, perl-String-Compare-ConstantTime, rust-openssl, rust-openssl-sys, trunk, and workrave), Mageia (chromium-browser-stable and rust), Oracle (java-1.8.0-openjdk, java-17-openjdk, java-21-openjdk, kernel, libreoffice, and webkit2gtk3), Red Hat (gvisor-tap-vsock), SUSE (containerd, docker, docker-stable, forgejo, GraphicsMagick, libmozjs-115-0, perl-32bit, poppler, subfinder, and thunderbird), and Ubuntu (erlang and ruby2.3, ruby2.5).

APTRS is an open-source reporting tool built with Python and Django. It’s made for penetration testers and security teams who want to save time on reports. Instead of writing reports by hand, users can create PDF and Excel files directly in the tool.

The post APTRS: Open-source automated penetration testing reporting system appeared first on Linux Today.

Eza is a modern replacement for the traditional command-line program “ls“ that offers more features and optimization out of the box.

The post Eza: A Modern Replacement of the ls Command on Linux (Install + Use) appeared first on Linux Today.

Git, Linus Torvalds’s brainchild that revolutionized software development, just turned 20. Here are some little-known facts about the tool that changed how developers collaborate worldwide.

The post Git Distributed Version Control System Turned 20 appeared first on Linux Today.

Linkwarden 2.10 self-hosted bookmark manager introduces powerful new tools—highlighting, advanced search, and external AI tagging.

The post Linkwarden 2.10 Brings AI Tagging, Advanced Search, and More appeared first on Linux Today.

Version 25.04 ("Plucky Puffin") of the Ubuntu Linux distribution has been released. This release includes Linux 6.14, GNOME 48, APT 3.0, and introduces a Arm64 desktop ISO to install Ubuntu Desktop on Arm64 systems. This is an interim release, with support through January 2026. See the release notes for a detailed list of new features and changes.

Cheat is a Linux command-line tool that allows anyone to access the community cheatsheet or create their own personal cheatsheet in a sec.

The post Cheat: Create a Cheatsheet for Your Favorite Command in Linux appeared first on Linux Today.

So far it’s just a proof-of-concept, but it wants to grow up to be a layered — or modular — Linux distro that can become the workhorse of the European Union.

The post EU OS: The Hatchling Distro That Wants to Unify the Eu’s Public Sector appeared first on Linux Today.

Fedora 43 will include RPM 6, a major upgrade approved by FESCo this week, plus, Jef Spaleta steps in as the new Fedora Project Leader.

The post Fedora 43 Ushers in RPM 6, Introduces New Project Leader appeared first on Linux Today.

You maybe haven’t thought about it, but every time you ask your favorite generative AI platform a question, you’re pumping greenhouse gases into the atmosphere.

The post What’s Your Chatbot’s Carbon Footprint? appeared first on Linux Today.

Chef is an open source systems integration framework and configuration management system. We recommend other open source solutions.

The post Best Free and Open Source Alternatives to Progress Chef appeared first on Linux Today.

Rust 1.86 is out now, bringing trait upcasting support, safer mutable indexing for slices and maps, and stable target feature support for safe functions.

The post Rust 1.86 Introduces Major Language Features appeared first on Linux Today.

WattWise is a lightweight, opensource, command-line tool to monitor the power usage of your system in real-time.

The post WattWise: Monitor Your Computer’s Power Usage in Real-Time appeared first on Linux Today.

Thunderbird launches Thundermail and Pro services to offer an open-source alternative to Gmail and Office365, focused on privacy, freedom, and user control.

The post Thunderbird Launches Open Source Services to Rival Gmail and Office365 appeared first on Linux Today.

Emacs has a long and revered history. The original program was written in 1976 as a set of macros for an existing text editor called TECO.

The post 8 Best Free and Open Source Emacs-Like Text Editors appeared first on Linux Today.

There’s been a notable shift in the types of threats targeting software developers, with a total of 17,954 open source malware packages identified in Q1 2025, according to Sonatype.

The post Open-Source Malware Doubles, Data Exfiltration Attacks Dominate appeared first on Linux Today.

Version 14.5 of the Tor Browser has been released. Notable features in this release include the addition of Connection Assist for the Android version of the Tor Browser, and language support for Belarusian, Bulgarian, and Portuguese for all versions of the browser.

Should Tor Browser fail to establish a direct connection to the Tor network, Connection Assist will offer to find and try bridges for you. But before this feature could be made available on Android, we had to embark on a multi-year effort to refactor our tor integration across each platform first. This project has now reached an important milestone, and we're proud to announce the release of Connection Assist for Android today.

See the full changelog for all changes in this release, and the issues page for known problems.

The kernel's memory controller works within the control-group mechanism to enforce memory-usage limits on groups of processes. This component has often had performance problems, so there is continual interest in optimizing it. Shakeel Butt led a session during the memory-management track of the 2025 Linux Storage, Filesystem, Memory-Management, and BPF Summit to look at the current state of the memory controller and what can be done to reduce its overhead.

Security updates have been issued by Debian (chromium and libapache2-mod-auth-openidc), Oracle (expat, freetype, glibc, grub2, gvisor-tap-vsock, and kernel), Red Hat (grub2 and webkit2gtk3), and SUSE (apache2-mod_auth_openidc, cosign, gitoxide, govulncheck-vulndb, GraphicsMagick, haproxy, hauler, mozjs52, oci-cli, pam, perl-Data-Entropy, poppler, python-lxml-doc, python311-aiohttp, rekor, rubygem-rexml, and webkit2gtk3).