Zorin OS 18 Has Arrived Big release for one of the best distros for newer users coming from Windows, while not lacking any of the power for long-time Linux users. Well time released for the #EndOf10 Windows 10 EOL. #Linux #FOSS #Windows blog.zorin.com/2025/10/14/z...

Happy Birthday to KDE This week is KDE’s 29th anniversary. One of the truly great #FOSS organizations and has been one of the great desktop environments on both #Linux and #BSD systems. They are doing their annual donation drive! Great time to show support! kde.org/fundraisers/...

AerynOS Repository Update: 12th October 2025 A good few updates, the big one being Cosmic beta, although we have a known issue with sudo-rs in cosmic terminal github.com/orgs/AerynOS... #AerynOS #Linux #CosmicDE #System76

Solus A New Epoch Begins The Solus team announced that it is getting ready to bring in its new repository called Polaris, which will take the place of the current stable repository. This allows them to move from legacy pkgs like Python2 without breakage. #Linux getsol.us/2025/10/11/a...

Solus Sync Updates for Week 41, 2025 Long list of updates this week as well as some new packages. Too much to list here, plus hints on some future news. #Linux #FOSS discuss.getsol.us/d/12000-sync...

Intel moving away from #FOSS and opensource? It seems they want to take versus contribute. I already use more AMD than Intel these days, but it seems all-AMD will be the norm from now on for me with Linux. www.phoronix.com/review/intel...

#KDE Gear 25.08.2 bugfix update improves stability across NeoChat, Tokodon, Itinerary, and other core KDE apps. linuxiac.com/kde-gear-25-...

Ubuntu 25.10 Released Updates include Gnome 49, Linux 6.17, & Rust Coreutils Not personally a huge fan of Ubuntu, but these are some pretty big updates for them, especially the big focus on moving to Rust-based systems. Will be interesting to see what comes of it. www.phoronix.com/news/Ubuntu-...

LibreOffice 25.8.2 Office Suite Is Now Available for Download with 70 Bug Fixes 9to5linux.com/libreoffice-... #OpenSource #Linux

RELEASE: T2 Linux SDE 25.10 — “Never Obsolete” T2 SDE is a build system for creating complete Linux distros from source. It serves as a toolkit for building everything from embedded platforms to full desktop systems... www.reddit.com/r/t2sde/comm...

Oh Microsoft, why are you like a toxic ex? 😒 news.itsfoss.com/windows-11-l...

I have been following this project. While there are existing options, none brought this level of UI/UX making it easy for users wanting to move to Linux from Windows. Also for Linux users that are required to use some Windows-only apps, this is solid. Worth a try!

QT 6.10 Released #Linux #FOSS www.qt.io/blog/qt-6.10...

I wonder if Microsoft secretly wants everyone to switch to Linux. There are certainly fewer reasons to stick to Windows every day: www.theverge.com/news/793579/...

It really amazes me just how out of touch Microsoft is with users. They are really the best marketing for Linux and Mac. "Local-only commands removal: We are removing known mechanisms for creating a local account in the Windows Setup experience (OOBE). " blogs.windows.com/windows-insi...

linuxiac.com/free-softwar... For its 40th Anniversary, the Free Software foundation announces the "LibrePhone Project". The project aims to create a fully free and open mobile platform, from the firmware to the operating system. #FSF #OpenSource #Libre #LibrePhone #FreeSoftwareFoundation

Appreciate all the sponsors and booths at the Texas Linux Fest, but have to give the award for most fun booths to @briancmoses.com and the Taris-esque DIY NAS and 3D-Printing setup and @frame.work for having their hardware on display. Great stuff!

Had a good chat with @rockylinux.org and had a shared quest searching for coffee with @ciq.com today at the Texas Linux Fest. Thanks for being there to support the community!

Not shocked to see that malware is on on the top of everyone's mind at Texas Linux Fest. Good to see so many taking it serious.

Wow love to see Perl at the Texas Linux Fest. Such a powerful tool that still works great today. Blast from the past.

Second day of Texas Linux Fest. Jumping off with the keynote. The stopping by the booths of @rockylinux.org @fedora.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy and @centos.org

Solus Sync Updates for Week 40, 2025 #Linux #FOSS Notable updates include QT6, Zig, and GhosTTY, along with many general and security updates! The post: discuss.getsol.us/d/11983-sync... About Solus, the independent rolling Linux distro: getsol.us

Thanks @frame.work for this awesome t-shirt just for having my Framework laptop at Texas Linux Fest. Great to have you guys there as you truly have great systems for Linux!

@briancmoses.com Great chatting with you about your work on 3d Printing and seeing the cool #diy #nas at Texas Linux Fest #txlf

Awesome to see @almalinux.org at Texas Linux Fest.

Late but here! Texas Linux Fest

V2.0.0 stable Release of Immich #FOSS #Linux github.com/immich-app/i...

Sheaves Merged For Linux 6.18 - Can Help With Better Performance - https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-6.18-Slab-Sheaves

Pretty much what the title says. Just some ramblings of someone who has seen the explosion of Linux from ground level and someone still loves to touch grass. Nothing much, just seeing if blogging is for me or useful for anyone else. write.as/osyn/mindles...

I think it is unfortunate sometimes that when we have differing opinions about FOSS and Linux, it has to devolve into some kind of territorial pissing match. If we all liked the same exact thing, life would be very boring.

On a great LWDW #Linux show this week! 😂💖🐧🐧🐧 Linux Kernel 6.17 is out! Bcachefs removed from the kernel, Pop!_OS 24.04 beta with COSMIC DE @system76 🎉 Raspberry Pi 500+ @Raspberry_Pi, Open Printer Open hardware printer #SwitchtoLinux #FOSS youtu.be/u4HU1nzie6k

KDE Plasma 6.5 Beta Release Lot's of quality of life enhancements and bug fixes. As always, the @kde.org team is doing great work. #Linux #FOSS #Desktop kde.org/announcement...

Texas Linux Fest 2025 starts this Friday! If you haven't signed up and are in the Austin Texas area sign-up is still open. 2025.texaslinuxfest.org

OpenSUSE Leap 16 released! There's a lot of big changes, including some that some users will not like, including with YAST. #Linux #FOSS news.opensuse.org/2025/10/01/n...

Artix Linux Drops GNOME Desktop Support Over Systemd Dependence Not a shock, and expect to see this more of this with non-systemd distros. Personally, I have no issue with systemd, even as an old Linux user, but everyone has their own views. linuxiac.com/artix-linux-...

Solus #Hackoberfest Blog Post Heya folks! It’s now October, and that means Hacktoberfest! It is an annual event that “encourages people to contribute to open source throughout October”, while earning rewards. #Linux #FOSS #opensource getsol.us/2025/10/01/h...

Great read from Greg K-H. If you don't know who he is, well, he is a big part of #Linux as the maintainer for the stable branch. www.kroah.com/log/blog/202...

AerynOS September 2025 project update #Linux #FOSS aerynos.com/blog/2025/09...

Use the Launcher to open apps, navigate the desktop, and find files. You can also search the web and use a calculator! All with a press of the Super key. Pop!_OS beta is ready for testing! system76.com/pop/pop-beta/ Use COSMIC on your favorite Linux distro: system76.com/cosmic/download

Probably the best for everyone. Kent is a great developer, but he is not great at working within a project that is as important as the Linux kernel, which has its own cadence and workflow. He never could realize his place in the grand scheme of things and was horrible dealing with people.

Looking forward to being there!

Linux 6.17 Released! www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-6...

Has been exploited using phishing email links and attachments. #cybersecurity #linux www.trendmicro.com/en_gb/resear...

Linux Driver Developer At Valve Preps More Patches For Improving AMD GCN 1.0 GPUs - https://www.phoronix.com/news/AMDGPU-More-GCN-1.0-SI

This Week in Plasma: lots and lots of bug-fixing for Plasma 6.5! @kde.org team getting ready for the big update next month! #Linux #FOSS blogs.kde.org/2025/09/27/t...

Solus Sync Updates for Week 39, 2025 #Linux #FOSS discuss.getsol.us/d/11968-sync...

Steam Link VR now available for PICO and HTC headsets, plus Valve confirm experimental Linux support #VR #Steam #SteamLink #SteamLinkVR #PICO #HTC #Gaming

Ubuntu 25.10's Move To Rust Coreutils Is Causing Major Breakage For Some Executables - https://www.phoronix.com/news/Ubuntu-25.10-Coreutils-Makeself

People like to point at Windows, which has always been bad & getting worse, but it has long been Microsoft Office and services that worked to lock people in. They forced a proprietary standard on the world. Hopefully more will follow this path, whether they use Windows or not.

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