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Greg Kroah-Hartman has announced the release of the 6.17.3, 6.12.53, 6.6.112, and 6.1.156 stable kernels. As usual, each contains important fixes throughout the kernel tree. Users of these kernels are advised to upgrade.

Version:next-20251015 (linux-next) Released:2025-10-15

Mobian is a port of the Debian distribution running the mainline Linux kernel to smartphones and tablets. It is available for the PinePhone, PinePhone Pro, PineTab, PineTab 2, Librem 5, OnePlus 6/6T and Pocophone F1, as well as for standard 64-bit desktop and laptop computers. It offers a choice of two open-source graphical user interfaces for mobile and touch-based devices: Phosh (originally developed by Purism) and Plasma Mobile (developed by the KDE community). Mobian provides stable releases built from Debian "Stable", as well as unsupported weekly builds based on Debian's "Testing" branch.

Version:6.17.3 (stable) Released:2025-10-15 Source:linux-6.17.3.tar.xz PGP Signature:linux-6.17.3.tar.sign Patch:full (incremental) ChangeLog:ChangeLog-6.17.3

Version:6.12.53 (longterm) Released:2025-10-15 Source:linux-6.12.53.tar.xz PGP Signature:linux-6.12.53.tar.sign Patch:full (incremental) ChangeLog:ChangeLog-6.12.53

Version:6.6.112 (longterm) Released:2025-10-15 Source:linux-6.6.112.tar.xz PGP Signature:linux-6.6.112.tar.sign Patch:full (incremental) ChangeLog:ChangeLog-6.6.112

Version:6.1.156 (longterm) Released:2025-10-15 Source:linux-6.1.156.tar.xz PGP Signature:linux-6.1.156.tar.sign Patch:full

Linux booting is a complex process compared to other operating systems. The Linux Kernel accepts many parameters during boot, passed through the command line, which provide essential information to the kernel at system startup.

Think of these parameters as special instructions you give to the kernel before it even starts running the operating system.

With them, you can tell the kernel:

which disk contains your root filesystem?
how much memory to use?
whether to load certain hardware features.
or even how to handle errors during startup.
Without them, the kernel would not know how to properly initialize the system.

The post How to Control Kernel Boot-Time Parameters in Linux appeared first on Linux Today.

Docker management commands are used to manage Docker containers, images, networks, volumes, and much more.

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Ask Brave debuts in Brave Browser, merging AI chat with traditional search to deliver faster, grounded answers with context.

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TuxCare has added Rocky Linux 9.6 to its ‘Enterprise Support’ service that had been exclusive to AlmaLinux.

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Gaia is open source software designed for the quick setup and execution of generative AI applications on local PC hardware.

The post AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 NPU in Linux: Gaia – Run LLM Agents appeared first on Linux Today.

9to5Linux Weekly Roundup for September 28th, 2025, brings news about Linux kernel 6.17, RPM 6.0, Raspberry Pi 500+, Ubuntu Touch OTA-10, COSMIC Beta, MX Linux 25 Beta, Calibre 8.11, OBS Studio 32, Kali Linux 2025.3, KaOS Linux 2025.09, and more.

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Based on the recently released Linux 6.17 kernel series, the GNU Linux-libre 6.17 kernel is here to clean up Intel IPU7 and assorted AArch64 devicetree files, as well as to adjust deblobbing of the AMDGPU, prueth, iwlwifi, btusb, pci mhi host, adreno a6xx, nova-core, and Intel AVS drivers.

The post GNU Linux-Libre 6.17 Kernel Is Now Available for Software Freedom Lovers appeared first on Linux Today.

Want to play Windows games on your Linux system but not sure where to begin? Heard that some Linux distros are better optimized for gaming but don’t know which ones to pick? Don’t worry, here’s a guide to the five best Linux distros that make running Windows games smooth and hassle-free.

The good news is that gaming on Linux has improved dramatically in recent years. Besides the many native Linux titles already available, you can also play a huge selection of Windows-only games using compatibility tools like Proton (built into Steam) and Wine. In fact, nearly 80% of the most popular Windows games now run on Linux with little to no extra effort.

Now, technically, you can install almost any Linux distro and get gaming to work with a few tweaks. But let’s be honest, if you’re just starting out or you simply want something that “just works”, you don’t want to spend hours configuring drivers, gaming tools, and compatibility settings. That’s where specialized Linux gaming distros come in!

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Catch up on the latest Linux news: COSMIC Desktop Beta, MX-25, Kali 2025.3, Kernel 6.17, Fish Shell 4.1, Kitty Terminal 0.43, RPM 6.0, Ladybird Browser gains Cloudflare support, and more.

The post Linuxiac Weekly Wrap-Up: Week 39 (Sep 22 – 28, 2025) appeared first on Linux Today.

System76 launches COSMIC Beta and Pop!_OS 24.04 LTS Beta with various new features and improvements, as well as updated components.

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Aeon is an immutable desktop Linux distribution based on openSUSE. It is a relatively small, low-maintenance system with automated daily updates, thus recommended for Linux beginners or "lazy developers". Some of the distribution's other features include a custom system installer called Transactional Installation Kit (TIK), a pre-configured GNOME desktop, out-of-the-box support for Flatpak packages, Distrobox configured to launch Tumbleweed containers, and automatic rollbacks to its last working state.

The Free Software Foundation has announced the launch of the Librephone project, which is aimed at the creation of a fully-free operating system for mobile devices.

Practically, Librephone aims to close the last gaps between existing distributions of the Android operating system and software freedom. The FSF has hired experienced developer Rob Savoye (DejaGNU, Gnash, OpenStreetMap, and more) to lead the technical project. He is currently investigating the state of device firmware and binary blobs in other mobile phone freedom projects, prioritizing the free software work done by the not entirely free software mobile phone operating system LineageOS.

Athena OS is an Arch-derived Linux distribution designed for penetration testing, bug-bounty hunting and InfoSec students. The distribution provides a way to connect directly to some of the e-learning hacking resources, such as Hack The Box, Offensive Security, PWNX and InfoSec certifications, and it provides integration with the Hack The Box hacking platform and connections to InfoSec communities. Athena OS also introduces InfoSec roles (e.g. penetration tester or open-source intelligence specialist) based on user preferences, so the user's system is populated with relevant tools only.