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Powered by the Linux 6.12 LTS kernel series on the standard editions and a Linux 6.15 Liquorix kernel on the AHS (Advanced Hardware Support) editions, MX Linux 25 (codename Infinity) ships with the Xfce 4.20, KDE Plasma 6.3.6, and Fluxbox 1.3.7 graphical environments by default.

The post MX Linux 25 “Infinity” Enters Public Beta Testing Based on Debian 13 “Trixie” appeared first on Linux Today.

Linux is generally more secure than many other operating systems. A key part of this security comes from user management and permissions, which control who can do what on the system. By default, normal users cannot perform system-level operations.

When a regular user needs to make changes that affect the entire system, they must use either the su or sudo command to gain temporary administrative privileges.

The post Difference Between su and sudo and Configuring sudo in Linux appeared first on Linux Today.

Catch up on the latest Linux news: Ubuntu 25.10 Beta, LMDE 7 Beta, Zorin 18 Beta, GNOME 49, Systemd 258, Firefox 143, APT adds native history parsing, Torvalds tinkers with GuitarPedal, and more.

The post Linuxiac Weekly Wrap-Up: Week 38 (Sep 15 – 21, 2025) appeared first on Linux Today.

This week we got yet another batch of awesome releases, starting with the GNOME 49 desktop environment and the Tails 7.0 operating system, and continuing with the Firefox 143 web browser, Giada 1.3 loop machine, PorteuX 2.3 and IPFire 2.29 Core Update 197 distributions, and Thunderbird 143 email client.

On top of that, we got beta versions of Fedora Linux 43, LMDE 7, Ubuntu 25.10, Zorin OS 18, KDE Plasma 6.5, and Firefox 144. 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 September 21st, 2025.

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After a year’s gap, VLC 3.0.22 RC1 media player introduces Qt6 build support, Windows ARM64 compatibility, and improved playback reliability.

The post VLC’s First Update in a Year to Introduce Qt6 and Windows ARM64 Support appeared first on Linux Today.

Version 3.14.0 of the Python language has been released. There are a lot of changes this time around, including official support for free threading, template string literals, and much more; see the announcement for details.

Paul McKenney gave a remote presentation at Kangrejos 2025 following up on the talk he gave last year about the lifetime-end-pointer-zapping problem: certain common patterns for multithreaded code are technically undefined behavior, and changes to the C and C++ specifications will be needed to correct that. Those changes could also impact code that uses unsafe Rust, such as the kernel's Rust bindings. Progress on the problem has been slow, but McKenney believes that a solution is near at hand.

Systemd v258 was released on September 17 after more than nine months of development. LWN has already covered some of the features and changes being readied for v258 before it was final. Now that the release is out, it is time to look at more of what came in v258, including a sandbox shell, new boot options, service-level disk quotas, and enhancements to systemd-resolved.

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

The post 4 Best Free and Open Source Ruby Linter Tools appeared first on Linux Today.

DietPi 9.17 delivers faster, space-saving backups, a Roon early access toggle, and fixes for SPI flashing issues.

The post DietPi 9.17 Released with Faster Backups and Roon Server Early Access appeared first on Linux Today.

FLX1s is a $550 Linux phone that debuts with Debian-based FuriOS, 5G support, and hardware kill switches for privacy.

The post FuriLabs Opens Pre-Orders for FLX1s Linux Phone appeared first on Linux Today.

Git developers discuss adopting Rust, with a formal RFC proposing it as a required dependency once version 3.0 is released.

The post Git Heads Toward 3.0 with Rust as a Hard Dependency appeared first on Linux Today.

Scrobbling is the process of automatically tracking and recording the music you listen to, sending the data (like song title, artist, and timestamp) to a service.

The post 8 Useful Free and Open Source Scrobbler Tools appeared first on Linux Today.

The Multikernel team opens its Linux kernel codebase, promising a new path to scalability for modern multi-core and cloud environments.

The post Linux Kernel Multikernel Project Opens Up, Initial Patches Ready for Review appeared first on Linux Today.

Debian’s APT package manager is adding a new history command, letting users list and inspect past package transactions.

The post Debian’s APT Adds Native History Parsing to Track Past Operations appeared first on Linux Today.

The PCLinuxOS Magazine staff is pleased to announce the release of the PCLinuxOS Recipe Corner Special Edition, Volume 2 of the PCLinuxOS Magazine. The PCLinuxOS Magazine is a product of the PCLinuxOS community, published by volunteers from the community. The magazine is led 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.

 

The cover was designed by Meemaw, Assistant Editor, using an image found on Pixabay. The Recipe Special Edition contains all of the recipes that The PCLinuxOS Magazine ran between January, 2017 and December, 2019. This special edition of the magazine is only available as a PDF download. The HTML versions of the individual articles are available online in the respective month of their original publication.

 

Download the PDF (9.8 MB)

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Zorin OS 18 Beta debuts with a refreshed design, advanced window tiling, web apps, and OneDrive support.

The post Zorin OS 18 Beta Launches with a Redesigned Desktop appeared first on Linux Today.

Ubuntu 25.10 distribution is now available for public beta testing with Linux kernel 6.17, GNOME 46, and many other changes. Here’s what to expect!

The post Ubuntu 25.10 Beta Released with Linux Kernel 6.17, GNOME 49, and More appeared first on Linux Today.

Version:next-20251007 (linux-next) Released:2025-10-07

MakuluLinux is a rolling-release, desktop distribution based either on Ubuntu's LTS (long-term support) release or Debian's "Testing" branch. It includes pre-installed multimedia codecs, device drivers and software for everyday use. MakuluLinux comes in four editions: "LinDoz" - featuring the Cinnamon desktop with the user interface customised to resemble that of Microsoft Windows, "Core" - presenting a highly customised Xfce desktop environment, "Flash" - providing a standard Xfce desktop, and finally "Shift" - delivering a pre-configured GNOME desktop environment.