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Keeping your system secure is essential, and Debian makes it easy to stay protected with automatic security updates.

In this guide, we’ll walk you through the simple steps to set up your Debian system so it takes care of security updates for you, automatically!

Why Enable Automatic Security Updates?
You’re busy working or enjoying your day, and you don’t have time to manually check for security updates. Meanwhile, new vulnerabilities could be putting your system at risk.

By enabling automatic updates, you can:

Stay secure without constant monitoring.
Save time by letting your system handle updates.
Enjoy peace of mind, knowing your system is always protected.
Regular security updates patch vulnerabilities that could otherwise be exploited by attackers, which is especially important for servers and systems exposed to the internet, where threats evolve constantly.

The post How to Make Debian Automatically Run Security Updates appeared first on Linux Today.

Version:next-20250114 (linux-next) Released:2025-01-14

As you may be aware, LXQt 2.1 is the first release of the lightweight desktop environment to introduce an experimental Wayland session through the implementation of a new component called lxqt-wayland-session. The Wayland session supports several compositors, including Labwc, KWin, Wayfire, Hyprland, Sway, River, and Niri.

The post openSUSE Tumbleweed Now Offers Wayland Support for the LXQt Desktop appeared first on Linux Today.

The Terraform fork with the odd name, OpenTofu, is doing well for itself as it reaches its first release anniversary.

The post OpenTofu Turns One With OpenTofu 1.9.0 appeared first on Linux Today.

Chimera Linux is a new distribution designed to be "simple, transparent, and easy to pick up". The distribution is built from scratch, and recently announced its first beta release. While the documentation and installation process are both a bit rough, the project already provides a usable desktop with plenty of useful software — one built primarily on tools adopted from BSD.

The blog of the SeaMonkey project, which develops an all-in-one internet application suite based on Mozilla code, has reported the sad news of the sudden passing of Bill Gianopoulos ("WG9s") on January 6 (obituary). He was a core developer and release engineer for the project.

Discover the two methods to reduce or decrease the VLC subtitle font size to just 5 px font size without any external tools (with practical examples).

The post How to: Reduce VLC Subtitle Font Size (Using the 2 Method) appeared first on Linux Today.

DXVK 2.5.3 brings back the exclusive full-screen mode for Windows users and fixes issues with variable refresh rate, HDR, and performance.

The post DXVK 2.5.3 Brings Back Exclusive Full-Screen on Windows appeared first on Linux Today.

Catch up on the latest Linux news: Plasma 6.3 Beta, Budgie Desktop in 2025, COSMIC Desktop Alpha 5, Debian 12.9, Tails 6.11, Raspberry Pi 5 16GB, and more.

The post Linuxiac Weekly Wrap-Up: Week 2 (Jan 6 – 12, 2025) appeared first on Linux Today.

Discover a step-by-step guide to resolve the Zipalign symbol lookup error in Kali Linux and other Debian-based distributions.

The post [Fixed] Zipalign Symbol Lookup Error in Kali Linux appeared first on Linux Today.

Alexis Wales, CISO at GitHub, discusses how GitHub embeds security into every aspect of its platform to protect millions of developers and repositories, ensuring it remains a trustworthy platform for building secure software.

The post Github CISO on Security Strategy and Collaborating With the Open-Source Community appeared first on Linux Today.

DXVK 2.5.3 is here to improve support for various video games, including Halo: The Master Chief Collection, TopSpin 2k25, Far Cry 5, Max Payne 3, Bright Memory, Arcana Heart 3 LOVE MAX!!!!!, and The Hurricane of the Varstray -Collateral hazard.

The post DXVK 2.5.3 Brings Improvements for Far Cry 5, Max Payne 3, and Other Games appeared first on Linux Today.

Niri scrollable-tiling compositor adopts calendar versioning, with v25.1 bringing floating window enhancements and more Wayland fixes.

The post Niri 25.1 Debuts with Revamped Release Numbering appeared first on Linux Today.

Based on the Debian 12.9 repositories, the MX Linux 23.5 release introduces the latest and greatest Xfce 4.20 desktop environment, which is also available from MX Linux’s repositories for existing users using the Xfce and Raspberry Pi editions. One of the biggest features of Xfce 4.20 is experimental Wayland support.

The post MX Linux 23.5 Released with Xfce 4.20 and Linux 6.12 LTS, Based on Debian 12.9 appeared first on Linux Today.

MX Linux 23.5 introduces Xfce 4.20, kernel 6.1/6.12, improved Packageinstaller & persistence handling, and more.

The post MX Linux 23.5 Brings Debian 12.9 and Xfce 4.20 appeared first on Linux Today.

Enlightenment 0.27 lightweight desktop environment is out with updated translations, flat mouse acceleration, convertible modules, and more for a polished user experience.

The post Enlightenment 0.27 Desktop Environment Released appeared first on Linux Today.

Security updates have been issued by AlmaLinux (dpdk, firefox, iperf3, thunderbird, and webkit2gtk3), Debian (firefox-esr, gnuchess, node-mocha, openafs, python-django, and thunderbird), Fedora (libxmp, python-jinja2, suricata, thunderbird, and xen), Mageia (avahi, libjxl, opencontainers-runc, radare2, rizin, and tinyproxy), Oracle (cups, dpdk, firefox, iperf3, kernel, thunderbird, and webkit2gtk3), SUSE (apptainer, chromedriver, dnsmasq, govulncheck-vulndb, gstreamer, gstreamer-plugins-base, gstreamer-plugins-good, logback, and python311-slixmpp), and Ubuntu (libxmltok, linux-realtime, roundcube, and snapd).

MX Linux, a desktop-oriented Linux distribution based on Debian's "Stable" branch, is a cooperative venture between the antiX and former MEPIS Linux communities. Using Xfce as the default desktop (with separate KDE Plasma and Fluxbox editions also available), it is a mid-weight operating system designed to combine an elegant and efficient desktop with simple configuration, high stability, solid performance and medium-sized footprint.

Version:next-20250113 (linux-next) Released:2025-01-13

Linus has released 6.13-rc7 for testing. "So unless something odd happens the upcoming week, I expect to release a final 6.13 next week as per the normal schedule". Read the full announcement for your details on how to get a free guitar pedal assembled by Linus himself.