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Greg Kroah-Hartman has announced the release of the 6.15.3, 6.12.34, and 6.6.94 stable kernels. Each contains a relatively large number of important fixes throughout the kernel tree.

Security updates have been issued by AlmaLinux (gvisor-tap-vsock), Debian (activemq and chromium), Fedora (kea, python-django4.2, python-django5, python-setuptools, and rust-git-interactive-rebase-tool), Oracle (ipa and kernel), Red Hat (buildah, container-tools:rhel8, containernetworking-plugins, git-lfs, go-toolset:rhel8, golang, golang-github-openprinting-ipp-usb, grafana, grafana-pcp, gvisor-tap-vsock, podman, and skopeo), Slackware (libblockdev and xorg), SUSE (gdm, gstreamer-plugins-base, ignition, kernel, pam, redis, s390-tools, screen, systemd, and xorg-x11-server), and Ubuntu (godot, golang-1.22, libblockdev, node-express, pam, samba, and udisks2).

Version:6.15.3 (stable) Released:2025-06-19 Source:linux-6.15.3.tar.xz PGP Signature:linux-6.15.3.tar.sign Patch:full (incremental) ChangeLog:ChangeLog-6.15.3

In this article, you will learn how to navigate the Arch User Repository, clone packages, inspect PKGBUILD files, and install packages from AUR safely.

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Version:6.12.34 (longterm) Released:2025-06-19 Source:linux-6.12.34.tar.xz PGP Signature:linux-6.12.34.tar.sign Patch:full (incremental) ChangeLog:ChangeLog-6.12.34

The Orange Pi RV2 is a low cost RISC-V single board computer designed to be an affordable option to explore RISC-V technology.

The post Orange Pi RV2 Single Board Computer Running Linux: Introduction appeared first on Linux Today.

Version:6.6.94 (longterm) Released:2025-06-19 Source:linux-6.6.94.tar.xz PGP Signature:linux-6.6.94.tar.sign Patch:full (incremental) ChangeLog:ChangeLog-6.6.94

Node.js is a versatile, open-source JavaScript runtime environment built on Chrome’s V8 engine. It is designed to develop high-performance, scalable network applications. Whether you’re creating real-time communication tools, building APIs, or powering dynamic websites, Node.js offers complete control over your application’s logic and performance. In this tutorial, we’ll walk you through how to install Node.js on Debian 13.

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Explore my favourite ways of installing new software on the Raspberry Pi 5.

The post Raspberry Pi 5 Desktop Mini PC: Installing Software appeared first on Linux Today.

raspi-config is a script that offers an easy way to start configuring the Raspberry Pi 5.

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Linus Torvalds announced the general availability of the first Release Candidate version of the upcoming Linux 6.16 kernel series for public testing. Here’s what to expect!

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Apple introduced a Swift-powered, open-source alternative to Docker for running Linux containers on macOS, focused on security and isolation.

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In the latest monthly newsletter, Linux Mint project leader Clement Lefebvre revealed one of the attractions of the forthcoming Linux Mint 22.2 release: a new in-house application for managing fingerprint authentication and configuration on computers with fingerprint readers.

The post Linux Mint 22.2 Will Feature Fingerprint Authentication with Fingwit App appeared first on Linux Today.

I have tried several distributions on it, including Ubuntu 25.04 (Plucky Puffin), Ubuntu 24.04.2 (Noble Numbat), Fedora Linux 42, and openSUSE Tumbleweed. Ubuntu 25.04 didn’t work at all because it failed to recognize the keyboard and touchpad, but the rest worked fine.

The post How to Fix Dummy Output/No Sound Issue on MacBook Computers Running Linux appeared first on Linux Today.

Since Linux 6.14 is not a long-term support (LTS) branch, it is now marked as EOL (End of Life) on the kernel.org website, which means that it has reached end of life with the 6.14.11 point release published today by renowned Linux kernel developer Greg Kroah-Hartman, who is urging users to move to the latest Linux 6.15 kernel series as soon as possible.

The post Linux Kernel 6.14 Reaches End of Life, It’s Time to Upgrade to Linux Kernel 6.15 appeared first on Linux Today.

Version:next-20250619 (linux-next) Released:2025-06-19

Inside this week's LWN.net Weekly Edition:

• Front: GNOME a11y; hierarchical scheduler; CoMaps; GPU restore; FAIR.pm; buffered I/O writeback; NFS; Lustre
• Briefs: Rocky Linux 10.0; Git 2.50; KDE Plasma 6.4; Kubernetes Slack; Python Language Summit; Radicle Desktop; Quote; ...
• Announcements: Newsletters, conferences, security updates, patches, and more.

The POSIX realtime model, which is implemented in the Linux kernel, can ensure that a realtime process obtains the CPU time it needs to get its job done. It can be less effective, though, when there are multiple realtime processes competing for the available CPU resources. The hierarchical constant bandwidth server patch series, posted by Yuri Andriaccio with work by Luca Abeni, Alessio Balsini, and Andrea Parri, is a modification to the Linux scheduler intended to make it possible to configure systems with multiple realtime tasks in a deterministic and correct manner.

This is the first article in a new series looking at both the Orange Pi 5 Ultra and Orange Pi 5 Max single board computers (SBCs) running Linux. These two SBCs are identical in almost all respects with the exception of their HDMI ports.

The post Orange Pi 5 Ultra and Max Single Board Computers Running Linux: Introduction appeared first on Linux Today.

OWASP Nettacker is a free, open-source tool designed for network scanning, information gathering, and basic vulnerability assessment. Built and maintained by the OWASP community, Nettacker helps security pros automate common tasks like port scanning, service detection, and brute-force attacks. It offers a controlled and extensible framework for running these tests.

The post Owasp Nettacker: Open-source Scanner for Recon and Vulnerability Assessment appeared first on Linux Today.