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Version 7.1.0 of the VirtualBox virtualization system has been released. Changes include a major GUI update, a new Network Address Translation (NAT) engine with IPv6 support, shared clipboard support on Wayland, and more.

KDE Plasma 6.2 promises new features like per-monitor brightness control, the ability to override apps that are blocking sleep or screen locking, Wayland color management protocol support, full Sticky Keys support on Wayland, as well as support for turning on the “autoscrolling” feature of the Libinput driver.

The post KDE Plasma 6.2 Is Now Available for Public Beta Testing, Here’s What’s New appeared first on Linux Today.

Coming three weeks after the release of KDE Gear 24.08, this first maintenance update improves the Spectacle screenshot utility to allow you to paste screenshots copied to the clipboard into another app when Spectacle is configured to save screenshots in a format other than PNG.

The post KDE Gear 24.08.1 Brings More Improvements to Your Favorite KDE Apps appeared first on Linux Today.

Security-focused Linux distro Kali 2024.3 rolls out with Qualcomm Snapdragon support, new security tools, and major package updates.

The post Kali Linux 2024.3 Released, Here’s What’s New appeared first on Linux Today.

VirtualBox 7.1 debuts with groundbreaking features, including ARM support, improved UI, cloud VM management, Wayland support, and more.

The post Oracle Announces VirtualBox 7.1, Here’s What’s New appeared first on Linux Today.

Debian does not have an official way to configure networking. Instead, it has four recommended ways to configure networking, one of which is the venerable ifupdown, which has been part of Debian since the turn of the century and is showing its age. A conversation about its maintainability and possible replacement with ifupdown‑ng has led to discussions about the default network-management tools for Debian "trixie" (Debian 13, which is expected in 2025) and beyond. No route to consensus has been found, yet.

Greg Kroah-Hartman has announced the release of seven new stable kernels: 6.10.10, 6.6.51, 6.1.110, 5.15.167, 5.10.226 5.4.284, and 4.19.322. As usual, they all contain lots of important fixes throughout the kernel tree.

Security updates have been issued by Debian (chromium and redis), Fedora (nextcloud, python3.10, python3.13, python3.6, vim, and wolfssl), Mageia (expat, libpcap, and microcode), Oracle (dovecot, kernel, and kernel-container), Red Hat (kernel and krb5), SUSE (389-ds, colord, containerd, curl, expat, glib2, go1.22, go1.23, kernel, libpcap, postgresql16, and runc), and Ubuntu (expat, libxmltok, linux, linux-aws, linux-azure, linux-bluefield, linux-gcp, linux-gkeop, linux-ibm, linux-kvm, linux-oracle, linux, linux-aws, linux-gcp, linux-gke, linux-ibm, linux-lowlatency, linux-oem-6.8, linux-oracle, linux-aws-5.4, linux-azure-5.4, linux-gcp-5.4, linux-hwe-5.4, linux-ibm-5.4, linux-oracle-5.4, linux-raspi-5.4, linux-azure, linux-iot, linux-nvidia, linux-nvidia-lowlatency, python-setuptools, setuptools, tiff, and unbound).

Raspberry Pi Imager 1.9, an easy-to-use SD card preparation tool by Raspberry Pi, arrives with Qt6, platform crypto, and Linux AppImages.

The post Raspberry Pi Imager 1.9: Qt6 Integration & AppImage Support appeared first on Linux Today.

A new SIG now helps server manufacturers certify that their hardware works as it should on AlmaLinux, and will soon do the same for software vendors.

The post AlmaLinux Now Certifies Hardware and Will Certify Software Soon appeared first on Linux Today.

Valve released a new stable Steam Client update that brings numerous improvements and some new functionality to further enhance your gaming experience on Steam and bring compatibility for more Linux desktops.

The post New Steam Client Update Improves Compatibility With More Linux Desktops appeared first on Linux Today.

Version:6.10.10 (stable) Released:2024-09-12 Source:linux-6.10.10.tar.xz PGP Signature:linux-6.10.10.tar.sign Patch:full (incremental) ChangeLog:ChangeLog-6.10.10

Version:6.6.51 (longterm) Released:2024-09-12 Source:linux-6.6.51.tar.xz PGP Signature:linux-6.6.51.tar.sign Patch:full (incremental) ChangeLog:ChangeLog-6.6.51

Version:6.1.110 (longterm) Released:2024-09-12 Source:linux-6.1.110.tar.xz PGP Signature:linux-6.1.110.tar.sign Patch:full (incremental) ChangeLog:ChangeLog-6.1.110

Version:5.15.167 (longterm) Released:2024-09-12 Source:linux-5.15.167.tar.xz PGP Signature:linux-5.15.167.tar.sign Patch:full (incremental) ChangeLog:ChangeLog-5.15.167

Version:5.10.226 (longterm) Released:2024-09-12 Source:linux-5.10.226.tar.xz PGP Signature:linux-5.10.226.tar.sign Patch:full (incremental) ChangeLog:ChangeLog-5.10.226

Version:5.4.284 (longterm) Released:2024-09-12 Source:linux-5.4.284.tar.xz PGP Signature:linux-5.4.284.tar.sign Patch:full (incremental) ChangeLog:ChangeLog-5.4.284

Version:next-20240912 (linux-next) Released:2024-09-12

Version:4.19.322 (longterm) Released:2024-09-12 Source:linux-4.19.322.tar.xz PGP Signature:linux-4.19.322.tar.sign Patch:full (incremental) ChangeLog:ChangeLog-4.19.322

Window Maker Live is a Debian-based Linux distribution that applies the Window Maker window manager as the default graphical user interface and integrates well-known open-source components in an attractive and usable user interface. The distribution includes integrated GNOME components, as well as the Firefox web browser and the Thunderbird mail client both of which are enhanced with essential productivity add-ons.