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Security updates have been issued by AlmaLinux (python3.12-cryptography), Debian (chromium, hsqldb1.8.0, and imagemagick), Fedora (bustle, cef, maturin, rust-busd, rust-crypto-auditing-agent, rust-crypto-auditing-client, rust-crypto-auditing-event-broker, rust-monitord, rust-monitord-exporter, rustup, tuigreet, and wireshark), Oracle (kernel, microcode_ctl, and python3.12-cryptography), Red Hat (httpd:2.4 and multiple packages), SUSE (coreutils, curl, dpkg, ffmpeg-4, glib2, gnutls, go1.23-openssl, go1.24-openssl, go1.25-openssl, grub2, ImageMagick, jbigkit, kernel, libxslt, Mesa, opensc, opera, perl-JSON-XS, polkit, postgresql16, protobuf, python311, python311-deepdiff, sqlite3, ucode-intel, and warewulf4), and Ubuntu (bind9 and libxml2).

The F-Droid project has some advice for free-software projects on how to deal with takedown requests.

As part of our legal resilience research, we spoke with a range of legal experts, software freedom advocates, and maintainers of mature FOSS infrastructure to understand how others manage these moments. In this article, we share what we learned, and how F-Droid is incorporating these lessons into its own approach.

DavMail 6.4 introduces an experimental Microsoft Graph backend, resolves IMAP sync issues, reinstates NTLM support, and fully migrates to Reload4j.

The post DavMail 6.4 Open-Source Exchange Gateway Released appeared first on Linux Today.

Incus 6.16 adds TrueNAS storage driver, tmpfs disks for containers, and easier Windows VM installs with USB CD-ROM support.

The post Incus 6.16 Container & Virtual Machine Manager Released appeared first on Linux Today.

ere are the latest updates to our compilation of recommended software. We’ve maintained the number of roundups this month despite focusing more on hardware reviews.

The post Best Free and Open Source Software: August 2025 Updates appeared first on Linux Today.

IceWM 3.9 window manager for X Window System introduces Xcursor support, drops libXpm, improves icesh tools, and updates translations.

The post IceWM 3.9 Window Manager Released with Xcursor Support appeared first on Linux Today.

Armbian 25.8 distribution for ARM devices is now available for download with support for new boards, Linux kernel 6.16, as well as various improvements. Here’s what’s new!

The post Armbian 25.8 Released with Support for Linux Kernel 6.16 and Debian Trixie appeared first on Linux Today.

COSMIC desktop reaches the completion of its initial setup, moving one step closer to the final stable release.

The post System76’s COSMIC Desktop Hits Initial Setup Completion appeared first on Linux Today.

Niri 25.08 scrollable-tiling Wayland compositor adds xwayland-satellite integration, screen reader support, new logo, and more.

The post Niri 25.08: New Logo, Screen Reader Support, and Wayland Improvements appeared first on Linux Today.

QEMU 10.1 open-source virtualization software is now available for download with new features and improvements for supported architectures. Here’s what’s new!

The post QEMU 10.1 Released with TDX Support, Many RISC-V and ARM Improvements appeared first on Linux Today.

Wireshark 4.4.9 open-source network protocol analyzer is now available to download with various bug fixes and updated protocols. Here’s what’s changed!

The post Wireshark 4.4.9 Protocol Analyzer Released with Updated Protocols and Bug Fixes appeared first on Linux Today.

Fwupd 2.0.14 Linux firmware updater is now available for download with support for the SteelSeries Arctis Nova 3P and Framework QMK devices.

The post Fwupd 2.0.14 Adds Support for Framework QMK Devices, SteelSeries Arctis Nova 3P appeared first on Linux Today.

Kiro is an Arch Linux-based distribution with the goal of being an intuitive and customisable ISO image builder. It provides a simple way to build a custom Arch-based installation medium with a choice of packages, settings and scripts. Kiro uses the Xfce desktops, includes the Calamares system installer, and has a modular structure.

Version:next-20250911 (linux-next) Released:2025-09-11

Inside this week's LWN.net Weekly Edition:

• Front: Space Grade Linux; KDE's new distribution; Rug pulls and forks; Dependency tracker; Kernel configuration; Framework 12 laptop.
• Briefs: npm security; high-memory; Anaconda WebUI; OpenSUSE bcachefs; 32-bit Firefox; Quotes; ...
• Announcements: Newsletters, conferences, security updates, patches, and more.

XigmaNAS (formerly NAS4Free) is an embedded open-source NAS (Network-Attached Storage) distribution based on FreeBSD. XigmaNAS supports sharing across multiple operating systems, including Windows, Apple and UNIX-like systems. XigmaNAS is easy to set up in most home and enterprise environments and will allow to manage and share large amounts of data easily across a network. XigmaNAS also incorporates many different streaming features for sharing multimedia with other devices on the network. XigmaNAS includes ZFS v28 (RAIDZ, RAIDZ2 and RAIDZ3) Software RAID (0,1,5), Disk Encryption, S.M.A.R.T / Email Reports, and it supports the following protocols: CIFS (samba), FTP, NFS, TFTP, AFP, RSYNC, Unison, iSCSI (initiator and target), HAST, CARP, Bridge, UPnP, and BitTorrent. All are highly configurable by using a web interface.

extrox is a spin of MX Linux by a member of the MX Linux development team, featuring custom art and theme, careful application selection, various user-friendly improvements, and an audio filter (developed in-house) for enhanced sound quality in music playback and streaming. The distribution uses the Xfce desktop with the Compiz compositing window manager.

There are a large number of ways to configure the 6.16 Linux kernel. It has 32,468 different configuration options on x86_64, and a comparable number for other platforms. Exploring the ways the kernel can be configured is sufficiently difficult that it requires specialized tools. These show the number of possible configurations that options can be combined in has 6,550 digits. How has that number changed over the history of the kernel, and what does it mean for testing?

The openSUSE project has announced that the bcachefs filesystem will be disabled in its kernel builds starting with 6.17; bcachefs users will have to make other arrangements. "The current 6.16.* is NOT affected. Neither is Slowroll (for now)."

At Akademy 2025, the KDE Project released an alpha version of KDE Linux, a distribution built by the project to "include the best implementation of everything KDE has to offer, using the most advanced technologies". It is aimed at providing an operating system suitable for home use, business use, OEM installations, and more "eventually". For now there are many rough edges and missing features that users should be aware of before taking the plunge; but it is an interesting look at the kind of complete Linux system that KDE developers would like to see.