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Version:6.6.76 (longterm) Released:2025-02-08 Source:linux-6.6.76.tar.xz PGP Signature:linux-6.6.76.tar.sign Patch:full (incremental) ChangeLog:ChangeLog-6.6.76

Let’s Encrypt, the world’s leading provider of free, automated, and open SSL/TLS certificates for websites, has announced plans to end its longstanding practice of sending email reminders about certificate expirations.

The post Let’s Encrypt Phases Out Certificates Expiry Notifications appeared first on Linux Today.

If you’re looking for a lightweight Linux distribution without a graphical user interface (GUI), you likely want something fast, minimal, and efficient.

A lightweight Linux distro without a GUI uses fewer system resources, runs faster, and is ideal for older hardware or specific tasks like servers, embedded systems, and minimal computing environments.

In this article, we’ll explore some of the best lightweight Linux distros that don’t come with a GUI by default (or allow you to remove it easily).

The post Top 5 Lightweight Linux Distros Without GUI appeared first on Linux Today.

As a data scientist, you likely spend a lot of your time writing Python code, which is known for being easy to learn and incredibly versatile and it can handle almost any task you throw at it.

But even if you’re comfortable with the basics, there are some advanced tricks that can take your skills to the next level and help you write cleaner, faster, and more efficient code, saving you time and effort in your projects.

In this article, we’ll explore 10 advanced Python tricks that every data professional should know. Whether you’re simplifying repetitive tasks, optimizing your workflows, or just making your code more readable, these techniques will give you a solid edge in your data science work.

The post 16 Top Python Hacks for Data Scientists to Improve Productivity appeared first on Linux Today.

Collabora’s involvement in Open Source XR development continues to grow today as we welcome the libsurvive project, the open source lighthouse tracking system, into the fold!

The post Welcoming the libsurvive project appeared first on Linux Today.

Windows Clock is a time management app offering alarms, world clocks, timers, a stopwatch, and focus sessions.

Windows Clock is proprietary software. We recommend the best free and open source alternatives for Linux.

The post Best Free and Open Source Alternatives to Microsoft Windows Clock appeared first on Linux Today.

Ever wondered why your computer has an IP address or why there’s such a heated debate about using IPv4 vs. IPv6? Well, let’s break it down because picking the correct IP address type can affect your home computer usage and your online business.

The post IPv4 vs. IPv6 – Which is Better? appeared first on Linux Today.

The hosts file is a text file in Linux that maps hostnames with IP addresses. It has priority over the DNS resolution, so it can be used for testing applications, development, and blocking websites. There is also a hosts file in other Operating Systems, such as Windows and MacOS. However, this tutorial will show how to edit your hosts file in Linux.

The post How to Edit your Hosts File in Linux appeared first on Linux Today.

Running large language models like DeepSeek locally on your machine is a powerful way to explore AI capabilities without relying on cloud services.

In this guide, we’ll walk you through installing DeepSeek using Ollama on Ubuntu 24.04 and setting up a Web UI for an interactive and user-friendly experience.

The post How to Install DeepSeek Locally with Ollama LLM in Ubuntu 24.04 appeared first on Linux Today.

The BPF verifier is charged with the challenging task of ensuring that a BPF program is safe for the kernel to run before that program is loaded. Among many other concerns, the verifier must ensure that any kfuncs (kernel functions that have been exported to BPF programs) are called with the correct parameters and from the right context. The "context" part of that enforcement is showing its age in ways that are hurting performance; Juntong Deng has been working on infrastructure to provide finer-grained control over when a kfunc can be called.

Discover a way to run a Windows 11 machine on a Docker container in your Linux system, such as Ubuntu, Debain, RedHat, Fedora, etc.

The post Run Windows 11 in a Docker Container (Access it via the Browser) appeared first on Linux Today.

Security updates have been issued by Debian (openjdk-17), Fedora (firefox, FlightGear, java-1.8.0-openjdk, java-11-openjdk, java-latest-openjdk, and SimGear), Mageia (gstreamer), Red Hat (firefox, kernel, kernel-rt, libsoup, and python-jinja2), SUSE (bind, curl, dcmtk, etcd, firefox, google-osconfig-agent, krb5, openssl-1_1, podman, python311-cbor2, thunderbird, wget, and xrdp), and Ubuntu (glibc).

The Linux /proc filesystem is a virtual filesystem that provides detailed real-time information about the system, including CPU, memory, processes, and network activity.

The post Understanding the Linux /proc Filesystem: A Beginners Guide appeared first on Linux Today.

Version:next-20250207 (linux-next) Released:2025-02-07

Jonathan Bryce has announced two open community meetings to hear input on the topic of the OpenInfra Foundation migrating to the Linux Foundation. Bryce wrote that the OpenInfra board has carefully evaluated its options, and sees joining the Linux Foundation as the best way forward.

Like the Linux Foundation, the OpenInfra Foundation is 501(c)(6) nonprofit. According to the FAQ, OpenInfra "is in great health, financially and otherwise" with a growth in membership of about 15% in the last year. However, its needs in 2025 are different than when it was founded as the OpenStack Foundation in 2012.

While the opportunities ahead for open source to make a positive impact on the world are greater than they have ever been, the challenges are more significant as well, particularly with respect to regulations, licensing and geopolitical tensions that threaten global collaboration.

The meetings will be held on February 11 and February 13 as Zoom calls. The OpenInfra board will schedule a vote after feedback has been collected and draft governance documents have been published.

Version 25.2 of the LibreOffice productivity suite is out. Changes include the ability to remove all personal information from any document, support for ODF version 1.4, a number of accessibility improvements, and more; see the release notes for details.

Version 24.10.0 of the OpenWrt router-oriented distribution has been released. Changes include an update to the 6.6 kernel, use of access control lists on larger systems, multipath TCP support, better WiFi6 support, the beginning of WiFi7 support, and more.

Open source is often described as a "gift economy"—an ecosystem where contributors are motivated by a desire to make the world a better place. That is, sometimes, true. However, James Bottomley used his main track slot at FOSDEM 2025, on February 1, to make the case that it is better to bank on the selfish motivations of individuals to drive community success than to rely on their altruism.

Security updates have been issued by Debian (asterisk and chromium), Fedora (FlightGear, java-1.8.0-openjdk, java-11-openjdk, java-17-openjdk, java-latest-openjdk, and SimGear), Mageia (bind, chromium-browser-stable, python-django, and vim), Oracle (buildah, bzip2, firefox, keepalived, mariadb:10.11, and podman), Slackware (curl, mariadb, and mozilla), SUSE (cargo-audit-advisory-db-20250204 and python311-scikit-learn), and Ubuntu (ckeditor, krb5, and ruby2.7).

Version:next-20250206 (linux-next) Released:2025-02-06