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Version:5.4.296 (longterm) Released:2025-07-17 Source:linux-5.4.296.tar.xz PGP Signature:linux-5.4.296.tar.sign Patch:full (incremental) ChangeLog:ChangeLog-5.4.296

Version 12.0 of the Forgejo software forge has been released. Changes include a number of user-interface improvements, a mechanism to keep forks in sync with their upstream, and more; see the release notes for the full list.

Decades after its creation, the Linux CPU scheduler remains an area of active development; it is difficult to find a time slice to cover every interesting scheduler change. In an attempt to catch up, the time has come to round-robin through a few patches that have been circulating recently. The work at hand focuses on a new attempt at time-slice extension, the creation of a deadline server for sched_ext tasks, and keeping tasks on isolated CPUs from being surprised by LRU batching.

The Debian Installer Trixie RC2 release is here with support for rescuing Btrfs systems installed via the Calamares installer, adds support for installing systemd-cryptsetup alongside cryptsetup-initramfs, and adds support for Apple MTP and Apple SPI keyboards as found on ARM-based laptops like M1 MacBook Pro and M2 MacBook Air.

The post Debian 13 Installer Now Supports Rescuing of Btrfs Systems Installed via Calamares appeared first on Linux Today.

Coming almost a month after KDE Gear 25.04.2, the KDE Gear 25.04.3 release is here to fix HTML detection inside mobipocket files in the Okular document viewer, as well as limit the number of poll choice and fix a crash that occurred when clicking on “Mark as Read” in the notifications page in the Tokodon client for Mastodon.

The post KDE Gear 25.04.3 Released as the Last Update in the KDE Gear 25.04 Series appeared first on Linux Today.

Libreboot 25.06 adds support for the Acer Q45T-AM mainboard, which is similar to the G43T-AM3 mainboard, as well as for the Dell Precision T1700 SFF and MT mainboards, updates GRUB, SeaBIOS, Untitled, flashprog, U-Boot, and uefitool to newer revisions, and disables hyperthreading by default for ThinkPad T480/3050micro.

The post Libreboot 25.06 Open-Source BIOS/UEFI Firmware Adds More Hardware Support appeared first on Linux Today.

Copyleft-next is officially relaunched as an effort to modernize strong copyleft, led by GPLv3 veterans Richard Fontana and Bradley Kuhn.

The post Copyleft-Next License Relaunches With New Backing and Renewed Mission appeared first on Linux Today.

Vivaldi 7.5 is here with colored Tab Stacks, DNS over HTTPS, and enhanced Mail, Calendar, and Dashboard features.

The post Vivaldi Browser 7.5 Lands with Colored Tab Stacks appeared first on Linux Today.

Highlights of Thunderbird 140 include new ‘Mark as Spam’ and ‘Mark as Starred’ actions to email notifications after the introduction of ‘Mark as Read’ and ‘Delete’ actions in Thunderbird 139, as well as the enablement of the Account Hub by default for the second email setup.

The post Thunderbird 140 Adds ‘Mark as Spam’ and ‘Mark as Starred’ Actions to Notifications appeared first on Linux Today.

GitPhish is an open-source security research tool built to replicate GitHub’s device code authentication flow. It features three core operating modes: an authentication server, automated landing page deployment, and an administrative management interface. GitPhish can be accessed via a command-line interface or a web dashboard, offering comprehensive features such as logging, analytics, and token management.

The post GitPhish: Open-source GitHub device code flow security assessment tool appeared first on Linux Today.

In this article in the series, I look at the power consumption of the Orange Pi 5 Max and compare it to some other computers.

The post Orange Pi 5 Max Single Board Computer: Power Consumption appeared first on Linux Today.

Meet Vity, a free and open source AI terminal assistant that helps you write Linux commands in plain English. Fast, free, and open source.

The post Vity: The AI-Powered Terminal Assistant for Linux Users appeared first on Linux Today.

Thanks again for the amazing response to Parts 1, 2, and 3 of our Linux Interview Questions series here on Tecmint.

Your continued feedback and encouragement inspire us to keep creating content that’s practical, easy to digest, and super helpful, whether you’re just getting started or prepping for your next technical interview.

In this Part 4, we’re bringing you 10 more core Linux questions, focused on shell commands, shortcuts, and real-world usage. As always, the goal is to help you learn something new while keeping it light and beginner-friendly.

The post 10 Core Linux Interview Questions and Answers – Part 4 appeared first on Linux Today.

Calculate Linux is a Gentoo-based family of three distinguished distributions. Calculate Directory Server (CDS) is a solution that supports Windows and Linux clients via LDAP + SAMBA, providing proxy, mail and Jabbers servers with streamlined user management. Calculate Linux Desktop (CLD) is a workstation and client distribution (with a choice of Cinnamon, KDE Plasma, LXQt, MATE or Xfce desktops) that includes a wizard to configure a connection to Calculate Directory Server. Calculate Linux Scratch (CLS) is a live CD with a build framework for creating a custom distribution.

Version:next-20250717 (linux-next) Released:2025-07-17

Mabox is a Manjaro-based rolling release distribution. Mabox Linux features the Openbox window manager as its default interface and provides a welcome screen with access to utilities which add additional software to the operating system.

Security updates have been issued by AlmaLinux (emacs, java-17-openjdk, kernel, kernel-rt, microcode_ctl, python3.11-setuptools, python3.12-setuptools, and socat), Debian (gnutls28), Fedora (vim), Red Hat (java-1.8.0-ibm), Slackware (bind), SUSE (docker, erlang, erlang26, ggml-devel-5889, gnuplot, kernel, kubernetes1.27, libQt6Concurrent6, mailman3, and transfig), and Ubuntu (apache2, bind9, linux-iot, linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.11, and linux-raspi, linux-raspi-5.4).

MODICIA O.S. is a Linux multimedia distribution designed primarily for musicians, graphic designers and video makers. It is based on Debian's "stable" branch, but uses the Cinnamon desktop and a recent Linux kernel. MODICIA O.S. comes with a set of carefully-selected, open-source multimedia software and tools, such as Audacity (audio editor), Brasero (disc-burning utility), Cheese (webcam application), Curlew (multimedia converter), GIMP (graphics editor), HandBrake (video transcoder), Kdenlive (video editor), MediaInfo (tool that provides technical data about media files), mpv (media player), Peek (animated GIF recorder), RawTherapee (photo processor), XnView (image viewer), and many others. The distribution also integrates the OnlyOffice software suite for general office tasks.

Inside this week's LWN.net Weekly Edition:

• Front: Python JIT; Anubis; Secure Boot certificate expiration; SFrame; Exported symbols; Python packaging in Fedora.
• Briefs: Parrot 6.4; SPI report; Quotes; ...
• Announcements: Newsletters, conferences, security updates, patches, and more.

Rescuezilla is a specialist Ubuntu-based distribution designed for system rescue tasks, including backups and system restoration. It was forked from the "Redo Backup & Rescue" project which was abandoned in 2012. Like its predecessor, it allows a "bare-metal restore" after any hardware failure directly from the live image. Some of the features include: works directly from the live CD/USB image; works with Linux, macOS and Windows; automatically searches a local area network for drives to backup to or restore from; recovers lost or deleted data files; includes configuration tools for managing disk and drives. Rescuezilla uses a simplified LXDE user interface.