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Version:next-20250331 (linux-next) Released:2025-03-31

CachyOS is a Linux distribution based on Arch Linux. It focuses on speed and security optimisations - the default Linux kernel is heavily optimised using the BORE (Burst-Oriented Response Enhancer) scheduler, while the desktop packages are compiled with LTO, x86-64-v3 and x86-64-v4, Zen 4 optimization, security flags and performance improvements. The available desktop environments and window managers include KDE, GNOME, Xfce, i3wm, Wayfire, LXQt, OpenBox, Cinnamon, UKUI, LXDE, MATE, Budgie, Qtile, Hyprland and Sway. CachyOS also ships with both graphical and command-line installers and provides a Firefox-based browser (called Cachy-Browser) with some security enhancements and performance optimisations.

It looks as if the green light is on for another ‘All Things Open AI’ conference in 2026. It’s likely that a firm date will be announced at the big tent All Things Open event in October.

The post Attendance Exceeds Expectations at ATO’s Big Open Source AI Conference appeared first on Linux Today.

Greg Kroah-Hartman announced the release of four stable kernels on March 28: 6.13.9, 6.12.21, 6.6.85, and 6.1.132. Users are advised to upgrade.

CIQ continues to display its enterprise Linux chops with a new security-first Linux distribution.

The post CIQ Previews a Security-Hardened Enterprise Linux appeared first on Linux Today.

Why the big change after all this time developing this new Linux distro? Well, Ikey Doherty says that “the “Serpent OS” name was a quickly chosen name that stuck.” In addition, the developer thinks that “serpents” are often associated with negative connotations and that “Serpent OS” is not the most inviting name for a project.

The post Ikey Doherty’s Serpent OS Changes Name to AerynOS appeared first on Linux Today.

Version:6.13.9 (stable) Released:2025-03-28 Source:linux-6.13.9.tar.xz PGP Signature:linux-6.13.9.tar.sign Patch:full (incremental) ChangeLog:ChangeLog-6.13.9

Version:6.12.21 (longterm) Released:2025-03-28 Source:linux-6.12.21.tar.xz PGP Signature:linux-6.12.21.tar.sign Patch:full (incremental) ChangeLog:ChangeLog-6.12.21

Version:6.6.85 (longterm) Released:2025-03-28 Source:linux-6.6.85.tar.xz PGP Signature:linux-6.6.85.tar.sign Patch:full (incremental) ChangeLog:ChangeLog-6.6.85

Version:6.1.132 (longterm) Released:2025-03-28 Source:linux-6.1.132.tar.xz PGP Signature:linux-6.1.132.tar.sign Patch:full (incremental) ChangeLog:ChangeLog-6.1.132

KDE contributor David Edmundson has published a blog post about improving KDE Plasma's login experience by replacing SDDM with a new Plasma Login Manager.

It's worth stressing nothing is official or set in stone yet, whilst it has come up in previous Plasma online meetings and in the 2023 Akademy. I'm posting this whilst starting a more official discussion on the plasma-devel mailing list.

Oliver Beard and I have made a new mutli-process greeter, that uses the same startup mechanism as the desktop session. It doesn't have all the features that we propose at the start of the blog, but an architecture where features and services can be slowly and safely added.

That discussion is here for those who would like to follow along. The prototype is currently in two repositories: plasma-login for the frontend work, and plasma-login-manager, which is a fork of SDDM.

In a keynote on the final day of SCALE 22x, Denver Gingerich said that he wanted to talk "a little bit about a router and also the big picture around that router". Gingerich is the director of compliance at the Software Freedom Conservancy (SFC), which is the organization behind the OpenWrt One router that LWN looked at back in November. The router is, of course, based on firmware from the OpenWrt project, which got its start because of GPL-enforcement activities and is a member project at the SFC.

As of this writing, 6,653 non-merge changesets have been pulled into the mainline kernel repository for the 6.15 release. This merge window is thus well underway. A number of significant changes have been merged so far; read on for our summary of the first half of the 6.15 merge window.

In this detailed tutorial, we will discuss what is fd, key differences between the fd and find command. We will also learn how to install and use fd command to efficiently search files and directories in Linux.

The post Fd: The Find Command Alternative For Mastering File Search In Linux appeared first on Linux Today.

Git 2.49 distributed revision control tool introduces faster packing, smarter cloning, Rust integration, and more.

The post Git 2.49: Faster Packing, Smarter Cloning, and More appeared first on Linux Today.

Learn how to efficiently create, configure, and delete user accounts in Linux using the useradd and adduser commands, along with advanced options and practical examples.

The post How to Create Users in Linux using “useradd” Command [10 Practical Examples] appeared first on Linux Today.

Kali Linux 2025.1a is here with Plasma 6.3, a refreshed theme, and major updates for Raspberry Pi, Xfce 4.20, and NetHunter.

The post Plasma 6 Finally Lands in Kali Linux 2025.1a appeared first on Linux Today.

Understanding Vim

Vim is a highly configurable and powerful text editor widely used in the Linux and Unix world. It is favored by system administrators and developers due to its efficiency, keyboard-driven workflow, and extensive feature set.

Unlike other editors, Vim operates in multiple modes:

• Normal mode: For navigation and commands.
• Insert mode: For editing text.
• Command mode: For executing commands like saving and quitting.

One common use case for Vim is editing system configuration files. However, these files often require root permissions, and forgetting to open them with sudo can be frustrating when trying to save changes. Fortunately, there’s a simple solution.

The post How to Get Root Access Inside Vim If You Forgot to Run It with Sudo appeared first on Linux Today.

Security updates have been issued by Debian (mercurial and opensaml), Fedora (augeas, mingw-libxslt, and nodejs-nodemon), Mageia (chromium-browser-stable), Red Hat (grafana, kernel, kernel-rt, opentelemetry-collector, and podman), SUSE (apache-commons-vfs2, python3, and python36), and Ubuntu (ghostscript, linux, linux-aws, linux-azure, linux-gcp, linux-gke, linux-gkeop, linux-ibm, linux-intel-iotg, linux-lowlatency, linux-lowlatency-hwe-5.15, linux-nvidia, linux-oracle, linux-oracle-5.15, linux-raspi, linux, linux-aws, linux-azure, linux-gcp, linux-hwe-6.11, linux-oracle, linux-realtime, linux, linux-aws, linux-gcp, linux-gcp-6.8, linux-gke, linux-gkeop, linux-lowlatency, linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.8, linux-nvidia, linux-nvidia-6.8, linux-nvidia-lowlatency, linux-oracle, linux-oracle-6.8, linux-aws-5.15, linux-kvm, linux-azure, linux-ibm, linux-lowlatency, linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.11, linux-oem-6.11, linux-oem-6.8, linux-realtime, smarty, and snakeyaml).

Managing user accounts in Linux is a crucial task for system administrators, and the usermod command provides an efficient way to modify user information. This command allows you to change a user’s default shell, unique user ID (UID), home directory, and group memberships.

In this article, we will walk through how to use usermod step by step to make these modifications safely and efficiently. We will cover useful commands, practical examples, and best practices to avoid permission or access issues.

The post How to Change a User’s Login Shell, Uid, or Home Directory With Usermod appeared first on Linux Today.