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Ubuntu is a complete desktop Linux operating system, freely available with both community and professional support. The Ubuntu community is built on the ideas enshrined in the Ubuntu Manifesto: that software should be available free of charge, that software tools should be usable by people in their local language and despite any disabilities, and that people should have the freedom to customise and alter their software in whatever way they see fit. "Ubuntu" is an ancient African word, meaning "humanity to others". The Ubuntu distribution brings the spirit of Ubuntu to the software world.

4MLinux is a miniature Linux distribution focusing on four capabilities: maintenance (as a system rescue live CD), multimedia (for playing video DVDs and other multimedia files), miniserver (using the inetd daemon), and mystery (providing several small Linux games). The distribution includes support for booting on UEFI-enabled machines.

XIVA Studio is a multimedia-oriented Linux distribution derived from Manjaro Linux and BigLinux. It's main goal is to cater to the needs of professional creators in the area of video, audio, graphics and animation production. XIVA Studio provides optimised Linux kernels built for a number of popular processor and graphics cards configurations. It uses KDE Plasma as the default desktop environment.

As of this writing, just over 4,000 non-merge changesets have been pulled into the mainline repository during the 6.17 merge window. When he announced the merge-window opening, Linus Torvalds let it be known that, due to a busy personal schedule, he was likely to pull changes more quickly than usual this time around; that has been borne out to some extent. Changes merged so far are focused on core-kernel and filesystem work; read on for the details.

Alma-based HeliumOS 10 is out now with Linux kernel 6.12, Zsh as default, Btrfs with optional encryption, and Docker preinstalled—here’s my take.

The post Alma-Based HeliumOS 10 Is Out — Here’s What I Think appeared first on Linux Today.

If you’re not using one of the many Linux distro’s that come with Flatpak management already built in, Warehouse is here to help.

The post Don’t Struggle with Flatpaks—Warehouse Gives Easy Control on Any Distro appeared first on Linux Today.

Security updates have been issued by AlmaLinux (firefox, java-21-openjdk, kernel, thunderbird, and unbound), Debian (chromium and systemd), Fedora (libtiff), Oracle (java-21-openjdk, libtpms, nodejs:22, redis:7, thunderbird, and unbound), Red Hat (firefox, redis, and thunderbird), SUSE (apache2, cdi-apiserver-container, cdi-cloner-container, cdi- controller-container, cdi-importer-container, cdi-operator-container, cdi- uploadproxy-container, cdi-uploadserver-container, cont, java-11-openjdk, kubevirt, virt-api-container, virt-controller-container, virt-exportproxy-container, virt-exportserver-container, virt-handler-container, virt-launcher-container, virt-libguestf, libarchive, nvidia-open-driver-G06-signed, redis, and rmt-server), and Ubuntu (linux, linux-aws, linux-aws-5.15, linux-gcp, linux-gcp-5.15, linux-gke, linux-gkeop, linux-hwe-5.15, linux-ibm, linux-ibm-5.15, linux-intel-iotg, linux-intel-iotg-5.15, linux-kvm, linux-lowlatency, linux-lowlatency-hwe-5.15, linux-nvidia, linux-nvidia-tegra, linux-nvidia-tegra-5.15, linux-nvidia-tegra-igx, linux-oracle, linux-oracle-5.15, linux-xilinx-zynqmp, linux, linux-aws, linux-aws-6.14, linux-gcp, linux-gcp-6.14, linux-hwe-6.14, linux-oem-6.14, linux-raspi, linux-realtime, linux, linux-aws, linux-aws-6.8, linux-gcp, linux-gke, linux-gkeop, linux-hwe-6.8, linux-ibm, linux-nvidia, linux-nvidia-6.8, linux-nvidia-lowlatency, linux-oem-6.8, linux-oracle, linux, linux-aws, linux-kvm, linux-aws, linux-lts-xenial, linux-aws-fips, linux-fips, linux-gcp-fips, linux-azure, linux-fips, linux-intel-iot-realtime, linux-realtime, linux-oracle, linux-oracle-6.8, linux-realtime, and sqlite3).

Hyprland officially launches Hyprperks, offering fans exclusive content, support access, and desktop enhancements for €5 a month.

The post Hyprland Launches Hyprperks: Paid Membership for Exclusive Perks appeared first on Linux Today.

File Transfer Protocol (FTP) was once a widely used method for transferring files or data remotely. However, it transmits information in an unencrypted format, making it an insecure way to communicate.

As we all know, FTP is not secure because all transmissions occur in clear text, which means that anyone sniffing network packets can easily read the data.

Because of this, FTP should only be used in limited cases or on networks you fully trust. Over time, protocols like SCP (Secure Copy) and SSH (Secure Shell) have addressed these security concerns by introducing encrypted layers for securely transferring data between remote systems.

The post 10 Must-Know sFTP Commands for Linux File Transfers appeared first on Linux Today.

ForkServer is the Firefox’s new Linux feature that eliminates annoying forced restarts after updates. Better performance and low memory use.

The post Firefox on Linux Just Got a Major Performance Boost with ForkServer! Here’s What You Need to Know. appeared first on Linux Today.

FBX Review is a lightweight, standalone software tool for viewing 3D assets and baked animations quickly and efficiently. FBX Review is proprietary software and not available for Linux. We recommend the best free and open source alternatives for Linux.

The post Best Free and Open Source Alternatives to Autodesk FBX Review appeared first on Linux Today.

In this article I document transferring my Ubuntu distribution from the microSD card to the eMMC. It makes the distribution much snappier on the RV2.

The post Orange Pi RV2 Single Board Computer Running Linux: Installing to the eMMC appeared first on Linux Today.

In this blog post, we will explain how to install RPM packages on the Debian 13 operating system. RPM stands for Red Hat Package Manager and is a free and open-source package management system for Linux distributions. Primarily, it was created for Red Hat distributions, such as Debian and Ubuntu, but is also used by other Linux distributions, including Fedora, CentOS, AlmaLinux, and others. The RPM packages are downloaded in .rpm file format. In the following paragraphs, we will outline two methods for installing the RPM packages.

The post How to Install RPM Packages on Debian 13 appeared first on Linux Today.

n8n enables you to automate actions for your business through integrations with applications and APIs. Using n8n’s website is possible; however, self-hosting n8n lets you own your data and run your own integrations through your server. This can actually save you money since you can use that server for other parts of your business, like your website, your email, internal messaging, and more. n8n serves as a central place to manage your social media, content scheduling, outreach, engagement tracking, and more. Let’s see how to install n8n on Ubuntu 24.04.

The post How to Install n8n on Ubuntu 24.04 appeared first on Linux Today.

While it doesn’t add support for new network protocols, the Wireshark 4.4.8 release is here to update support for the ASTERIX, DLT, DNP 3.0, DOF, DTLS, ETSI CAT, Gryphon, IPsec, ISObus VT, KRB5, MBIM, RTCP, SLL, STCSIG, TETRA, UDS, and URL Encoded Form Data protocols.

The post Wireshark 4.4.8 Open-Source Network Protocol Analyzer Updates Protocol Support appeared first on Linux Today.

Version:next-20250731 (linux-next) Released:2025-07-31

Linux Lite is a beginner-friendly Linux distribution based on Ubuntu's long-term support (LTS) release and featuring the Xfce desktop. Linux Lite primarily targets Windows users. It aims to provide a complete set of applications to assist users with their everyday computing needs, including a full office suite, media players and other essential daily software.

Inside this week's LWN.net Weekly Edition:

• Front: Becoming a Python contributor; Graphene OS; Fedora quality team; 6.16 Development statistics; Proxy execution; Run-time verification; Confidential VMs.
• Briefs: HeliumOS 10; European Tech Funding; GNU C Library 2.42; OpenPrinting; Wayback 0.1
• Announcements: Newsletters, conferences, security updates, patches, and more.

Manjaro Linux is a fast, user-friendly, desktop-oriented operating system based on Arch Linux. Key features include intuitive installation process, automatic hardware detection, stable rolling-release model, ability to install multiple kernels, special Bash scripts for managing graphics drivers and extensive desktop configurability. Manjaro Linux offers Xfce as the core desktop options, as well as KDE, GNOME and a minimalist Net edition for more advanced users. Community-supported desktop flavours are also available.

GitHub director of developer policy, Felix Reda, has published a blog post about a GitHub-commissioned study by Open Forum Europe, Fraunhofer ISI and the European University Institute. The study finds, not surprisingly, "a profound mismatch between the importance of open source maintenance and the public attention it receives"; it calls for a European sovereign tech fund (STF) modeled after Germany's Sovereign Tech Agency.

The study proposes two alternative institutional setups for the EU-STF: either the creation of a centralized EU institution (the moonshot model), or a consortium of EU member states that provide the initial funding and apply for additional resources from the EU budget (the pragmatic model). In both cases, to make the fund a success, the minimum contribution from the upcoming EU multiannual budget should be no less than €350 million. This would not be enough to meet the open source maintenance need, but it could form the basis for leveraging industry and national government co-financing that would make a lasting impact.

The European Union is currently starting negotiations for its 2028-2034 budget, the Multiannual Financial Framework; GitHub and others hope to persuade EU legislators to include a European STF in that framework.