https://tuxmachines.org/ Do you waddle the waddle? en Sat, 24 Oct 2026 19:40:54 +0000 5 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/24/If_You_Want_Free_as_in_Freedom_Then_Follow_the_FSF.shtml Linux has possibly turned from high-profile GPL adopter to biggest GPL violator (by number of lines of code) Sat, 24 Oct 2026 19:40:00 +0000 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/23/Calibre_9_17_E_Book_Manager_Adds_JPEG_XL_Support_and_Performanc.shtml Calibre 9.17 open-source e-book manager is now available for download with support for JPEG XL images for e-book cover conversion, faster MOBI/AZW3/PDB conversion, and more. Sat, 24 Oct 2026 16:36:00 +0000 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/21/KeePassXC_2_8_Released_with_ARM64_and_Wayland_Auto_Type_Support.shtml KeePassXC 2.8 open-source password manager is now available for download with Qt 6 port, Auto-Type support on Linux/Wayland, quick unlock on Linux, and many other changes. Sat, 24 Oct 2026 07:40:00 +0000 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/23/Applications_TTT_Fooyin_and_More.shtml Software news Fri, 23 Oct 2026 21:38:00 +0000 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/22/IBM_Red_Hat_Pays_Linux_Foundation_to_Promote_Slop_Plagiarism_or.shtml not good Fri, 23 Oct 2026 21:31:00 +0000 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/24/Torvalds_Has_Become_90_Marketing_Hype_or_Slop_Mascot.shtml At this point Torvalds spoils both his reputation and legacy Sat, 24 Oct 2026 17:54:00 +0000 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/24/GNU_Linux_BSD_and_More_Leftovers.shtml mostly GNU/Linux Sat, 24 Oct 2026 17:27:00 +0000 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/24/Security_Leftovers.shtml Security patches and incidents Sat, 24 Oct 2026 17:26:00 +0000 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/24/Ruby_Has_Important_Bugfix_Releases.shtml 3 releases Sat, 24 Oct 2026 17:26:00 +0000 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/24/Free_Libre_and_Open_Source_Software_and_Standards.shtml FOSS and more Sat, 24 Oct 2026 17:24:00 +0000 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/24/512KB_Club_and_the_Lessons_of_eMudhra_CAs_Are_a_Terrible_Securi.shtml 3 picks Sat, 24 Oct 2026 17:23:00 +0000 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/24/Programming_Leftovers.shtml Development with PHP and more Sat, 24 Oct 2026 17:22:00 +0000 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/24/Canonical_Ubuntu_GAFAM_Slop_and_Learning_to_Install_Ubuntu.shtml 4 stories Sat, 24 Oct 2026 17:21:00 +0000 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/24/Open_Hardware_Modding_Raspberry_Pi_Fairbuds_and_More.shtml devices and gadgets Sat, 24 Oct 2026 17:20:00 +0000 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/24/Red_Hat_Fedora_Cockpit_370_Flathub_Discourse_is_Now_Read_only_R.shtml IBM's side of the universe Sat, 24 Oct 2026 17:18:00 +0000 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/24/Planet_OpenSUSE_News_Roundup_and_Tumbleweed_s_Review_of_the_Wee.shtml OpenSUSE news/development updates Sat, 24 Oct 2026 17:17:00 +0000 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/24/GNOME_This_Week_in_GNOME_and_Shader_Effects.shtml pair of GNOME picks Sat, 24 Oct 2026 17:15:00 +0000 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/24/Akademy_and_KDE_Desktop_Icon_BoF_Rounded_Corners_Craft_and_More.shtml 4 new picks Sat, 24 Oct 2026 17:14:00 +0000 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/24/Linux_Kernel_Bottlenecks_LLM_Slop_Contaminates_Linux_Retroid_An.shtml kernel picks Sat, 24 Oct 2026 17:13:00 +0000 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/24/Applications_Screen_Recording_Tools_for_Linux_diffoscope_and_Mo.shtml software leftovers Sat, 24 Oct 2026 17:10:00 +0000 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/24/today_s_howtos.shtml Instructionals/Technical posts Sat, 24 Oct 2026 17:09:00 +0000 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/24/Games_Epic_is_Now_Slop_Linux_Controller_Support_and_More.shtml gaming picks Sat, 24 Oct 2026 17:08:00 +0000 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/24/Games_Frightmare_Bundle_Factorio_2_1_Bazzite_Linux_and_More.shtml gaming leftovers Sat, 24 Oct 2026 12:04:00 +0000 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/24/My_top_5_Linux_alternatives_to_Windows_none_of_them_are_Mint.shtml As a longtime Linux user, I'd recommend starting here if you're ready to leave Windows Sat, 24 Oct 2026 07:47:00 +0000 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/24/15_historic_moments_that_shaped_the_Linux_desktop_we_use_today.shtml Linux has come a long way from the days when getting a graphical desktop running could feel like a project of its own Sat, 24 Oct 2026 07:46:00 +0000 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/24/Ubuntu_is_beating_Fedora_at_it_s_own_game_and_I_can_t_defend_Fe.shtml Fedora is known as the leading-edge Linux distro Sat, 24 Oct 2026 07:44:00 +0000 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/24/Election_integrity_requires_free_software.shtml A free country has the responsibility to make sure all of its citizens can be heard and that voting processes are transparent and fair Sat, 24 Oct 2026 07:42:00 +0000 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/24/Free_and_Open_Source_Software.shtml This is free and open source software Sat, 24 Oct 2026 07:35:00 +0000 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/24/Chamesle_Linux_Void_based_distribution.shtml Chamesle is a rolling-release Linux distribution designed to provide a familiar and straightforward desktop experience Sat, 24 Oct 2026 07:10:00 +0000 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/24/These_Projects_are_Keeping_X11_Dream_Alive_on_Linux.shtml The list covers desktops, X servers, and a Wayland-hosted X11 layer. Basically Sat, 24 Oct 2026 07:08:00 +0000 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/24/Nura_Improvements_in_internationalization_and_localization.shtml Although the changes are not yet fully merged in musl and Alpine Sat, 24 Oct 2026 07:04:00 +0000 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/24/This_Week_in_Plasma_Fixing_All_the_Bugs_PiP_and_Performance.shtml This week, a familiar pattern played out: people upgraded to Plasma 6.8 and found all the bugs that nobody reported during the beta period Sat, 24 Oct 2026 06:55:00 +0000 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/24/Kubuntu_26_04_upgrade_on_a_2014_laptop_went_superbly_well.shtml I am very, very happy. I can say that this is probably the pinnacle of my Linux experience in 2026 Sat, 24 Oct 2026 06:48:00 +0000 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/24/A_few_engineers_asked_IT_for_Linux_Then_it_spread_to_200_machin.shtml adding Omarchy and Linux Mint support to its roster Sat, 24 Oct 2026 05:43:00 +0000 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/24/Today_in_Techrights.shtml Some of the latest articles Sat, 24 Oct 2026 05:12:00 +0000 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/24/Transmission_4_1_4_Open_Source_BitTorrent_Client_Released_with_.shtml Transmission 4.1.4 open-source BitTorrent client is now available for download with various bug fixes and improvements for the Qt client, GTK client, macOS Client, and Web client. Sat, 24 Oct 2026 01:22:00 +0000 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/24/OBS_Studio_33_Officially_Released_with_Many_New_Features_and_Im.shtml OBS Studio 33 open-source video recording and live streaming software is now available for download with support for newest NVIDIA Broadcast SDKs for NVIDIA Audio Effects and Video Effects. Sat, 24 Oct 2026 00:18:00 +0000 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/23/Free_Libre_and_Open_Source_Software_Leftovers.shtml 4 more news picks Fri, 23 Oct 2026 22:07:00 +0000 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/23/FSF_says_election_integrity_requires_free_software_and_GNU_nano.shtml GNU and FSF Fri, 23 Oct 2026 22:06:00 +0000 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/23/Programming_Leftovers.shtml Development picks Fri, 23 Oct 2026 22:05:00 +0000 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/23/PostgreSQL_News_pgCluu_v5_0_BackupDrill_pgrecon_SafeGrd.shtml PostgreSQL leftovers Fri, 23 Oct 2026 22:04:00 +0000 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/23/Security_Leftovers.shtml Security picks Fri, 23 Oct 2026 22:02:00 +0000 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/23/Firefox_Nightly_Why_Use_Firefox_Mozilla_Localization_and_More.shtml Mozilla picks Fri, 23 Oct 2026 22:00:00 +0000 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/23/Open_Hardware_Modding_Arduino_Pimoroni_and_More.shtml Hardware picks Fri, 23 Oct 2026 21:59:00 +0000 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/23/BSD_OpenZFS_FreeBSD_BSD_Now.shtml BSD picks Fri, 23 Oct 2026 21:57:00 +0000 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/23/ISTIO_SECURITY_2026_008_and_New_Releases_of_Istio_eMudhra_Blund.shtml 4 updates Fri, 23 Oct 2026 21:55:00 +0000 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/23/Games_Epic_Slop_Retro_Atari_VCS_End_of_BioWare_and_Steam.shtml 4 picks Fri, 23 Oct 2026 21:54:00 +0000 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/23/Kernel_PwnEscape_Poses_VM_Vulnerability_Newly_Proposed_Linux_Fi.shtml 3 picks Fri, 23 Oct 2026 21:52:00 +0000 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/23/Trend_Micro_s_Zero_Day_Initiative_Incompetence_at_Security_Leak.shtml seriously Fri, 23 Oct 2026 21:51:00 +0000 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/23/Overclocking_Support_for_Linux_AMD.shtml kernel work Fri, 23 Oct 2026 21:47:00 +0000 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/23/today_s_howtos.shtml Instructionals/Technical posts Fri, 23 Oct 2026 21:39:00 +0000 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/23/Red_Hat_PHP_Patches_and_More.shtml more from the official site Fri, 23 Oct 2026 21:36:00 +0000 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/23/Red_Hat_Selling_Microsoft_Slop_and_Plagiarism_Engines.shtml as usual Fri, 23 Oct 2026 21:35:00 +0000 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/23/Tux_Machines_Peaking_Traffic_wise_or_Growing_Assuming_It_ll_Car.shtml The year in visits Fri, 23 Oct 2026 14:23:00 +0000 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/23/Fwupd_2_1_9_Linux_Firmware_Updater_Released_with_New_Features.shtml Fwupd 2.1.9 Linux firmware updater is now available for download with support for Pixart PID 38CA, new features, and bug fixes. Fri, 23 Oct 2026 13:50:00 +0000 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/23/Games_Cyberpunk_2077_Edgerunners_Steam_Next_Fest_and_More.shtml gaming picks Fri, 23 Oct 2026 13:13:00 +0000 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/23/OpenSSL_4_1_Released_with_Support_for_DTLS_1_3_IKEV2_KDF_and_GR.shtml OpenSSL 4.1 is now available for download with an alpha version adding support for DTLS 1.3, IKEV2 KDF, and GREASE, as well as other improvements. Fri, 23 Oct 2026 12:45:00 +0000 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/23/Growing_Adoption_of_GNU_Linux_is_Delightful.shtml Here in the United Kingdom, Clownflare now estimates that GNU/Linux is somewhere over 6% Fri, 23 Oct 2026 07:11:00 +0000 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/23/Android_Leftovers.shtml I tried LineageOS's new browser flash tool; I still needed the wiki Fri, 23 Oct 2026 07:03:00 +0000 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/23/GridCraft_is_the_open_source_Excel_clone_for_Linux_I_ve_been_wa.shtml If spreadsheets are your thing, but Microsoft Office isn't Fri, 23 Oct 2026 06:59:00 +0000 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/23/Free_and_Open_Source_Software.shtml This is free and open source software Fri, 23 Oct 2026 06:50:00 +0000 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/23/Issabel_Rocky_Linux_based_PBX_distribution.shtml Issabel is a Rocky Linux-based server distribution designed for unified communications and IP telephony Fri, 23 Oct 2026 06:31:00 +0000 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/23/Planet_KDE_Red_Diff_is_Good_Diff.shtml Code that doesn’t exist cannot have bugs after all Fri, 23 Oct 2026 06:26:00 +0000 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/23/Fall_of_Windows.shtml Microsoft Windows is not retaining the dominance it once had Fri, 23 Oct 2026 03:14:00 +0000 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/23/Today_in_Techrights.shtml Some of the latest articles Fri, 23 Oct 2026 02:40:00 +0000 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/23/Shelly_3_1_9_GUI_Package_Manager_for_Arch_Linux_Improves_AUR_Su.shtml Shelly 3.1.9 graphical package manager for Arch Linux distributions is now available for download with file migration support to RLPM, more reliable AUR builds, and other changes. Fri, 23 Oct 2026 02:09:00 +0000 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/22/Security_Leftovers.shtml Security picks Thu, 22 Oct 2026 19:52:00 +0000 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/22/Free_Libre_and_Open_Source_Software_and_Web_Leftovers.shtml FOSS and more Thu, 22 Oct 2026 19:52:00 +0000 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/22/Tor_Browser_15_0_26_and_Firefox_Leftovers.shtml mostly Firefox news Thu, 22 Oct 2026 19:51:00 +0000 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/22/Content_Management_Systems_CMS_Static_Site_Generators_SSG_Picks.shtml various news Thu, 22 Oct 2026 19:50:00 +0000 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/22/Programming_Leftovers.shtml Development related picks Thu, 22 Oct 2026 19:48:00 +0000 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/22/today_s_leftovers.shtml GNU/Linux mostly Thu, 22 Oct 2026 19:46:00 +0000 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/22/Canonical_targets_slop_and_Ubuntu_26_10_is_here.shtml Canonical/Ubuntu picks Thu, 22 Oct 2026 19:45:00 +0000 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/22/Open_Hardware_Modding_Arduino_ESP_and_More.shtml hardware picks Thu, 22 Oct 2026 19:45:00 +0000 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/22/Latest_From_Red_Hat_Lots_of_Promotion_of_Slop_Plagiarism.shtml Red Hat dot com mostly Thu, 22 Oct 2026 19:42:00 +0000 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/22/Qubes_on_Star_Labs_and_Nitrokey_sponsorship.shtml 3 picks for this week Thu, 22 Oct 2026 19:41:00 +0000 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/22/Linux_Kernel_DRM_and_Apple.shtml kernel related picks Thu, 22 Oct 2026 19:40:00 +0000 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/22/today_s_howtos.shtml Instructionals/Technical posts Thu, 22 Oct 2026 19:39:00 +0000 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/22/Games_SNES_PS5_GNU_Linux_and_Lots_More.shtml gaming leftovers Thu, 22 Oct 2026 19:37:00 +0000 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/22/Trying_To_Get_Linux_Running_On_A_Nokia_E6.shtml The Nokia E6 is a smartphone from back in the old days when Symbian was a thing Thu, 22 Oct 2026 18:17:00 +0000 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/22/My_favorite_Xfce_based_Linux_distros_because_your_desktop_shoul.shtml Life's too short for dull desktops, and Xfce is so customizable that there's no excuse Thu, 22 Oct 2026 18:15:00 +0000 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/20/qBittorrent_5_3_BitTorrent_Client_Is_Out_as_a_Major_Update_Here.shtml qBittorrent 5.3 open-source BitTorrent client is now available for download with many new features, improvements, bug fixes, and many other changes. Thu, 22 Oct 2026 18:09:00 +0000 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/22/Free_and_Open_Source_Software_howtos_and_Installations.shtml This is free and open source software Thu, 22 Oct 2026 18:04:00 +0000 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/22/openSUSE_Releases_Agama_25_Installer_with_Web_Based_Terminal_Ex.shtml openSUSE releases the Agama 25 web-based installer for Tumbleweed, Slowroll, and MicroOS with a web-based terminal, enhanced bond port selection, and polishing of the OpenAPI specification. Thu, 22 Oct 2026 17:02:00 +0000 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/22/PipeWire_1_6_10_Is_Out_to_Improve_JACK_Bluetooth_Pulse_Server_a.shtml PipeWire 1.6.10 audio/video server for Linux is now available for download with improvements to JACK, Bluetooth, GStreamer, and ALSA support. Thu, 22 Oct 2026 16:29:00 +0000 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/22/DietPi_10_8_Released_with_New_Tool_to_Manage_WireGuard_Servers_.shtml DietPi 10.8 distribution for single-board computers is now available for download with a new tool to manage WireGuard servers and clients, support for ATAPI/SCSI CD/DVD/Blu-ray drives on Quartz64, and many other changes. Thu, 22 Oct 2026 15:59:00 +0000 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/22/Latest_Steam_Client_Update_Improves_Support_for_Vulkan_Games_on.shtml Valve released a new stable Steam Client update today to fix a few bugs to improve support for Vulkan games on Linux, the Steam updater UI, and Remote Play when using NVENC. Thu, 22 Oct 2026 14:36:00 +0000 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/22/Android_Leftovers.shtml Android Users Beware: Google Is Linking Your Phone Number To Accounts Without Asking Thu, 22 Oct 2026 07:36:00 +0000 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/22/Snapdragon_X2_Linux_Laptop_Support_What_Works_What_Doesn_t.shtml Linux support is progressing for Snapdragon X2 laptops Thu, 22 Oct 2026 07:16:00 +0000 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/22/I_installed_this_Linux_distro_for_gaming_and_stayed_for_somethi.shtml When it comes to performance-focused Linux distributions Thu, 22 Oct 2026 07:14:00 +0000 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/22/Free_and_Open_Source_Software.shtml This is free and open source software Thu, 22 Oct 2026 07:01:00 +0000 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/22/ZacOS_9_Debian_based_Linux_distribution_inspired_by_classic_Mac.shtml ZacOS 9 is a Debian-based Linux distribution that recreates the appearance and behaviour of the classic Mac OS 8 and 9 desktop Thu, 22 Oct 2026 06:55:00 +0000 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/22/If_your_Plasma_desktop_forgets_its_DPI_here_s_a_solution.shtml But the similarities are uncanny. You have a Linux system, probably one clad in Plasma Thu, 22 Oct 2026 06:53:00 +0000 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/22/Linux_based_industrial_Pi_controller_supports_stackable_I_O_mod.shtml Synergy Logic has launched the SLM-RP4, a UL-listed industrial edge controller based on the Raspberry Pi 4 platform Thu, 22 Oct 2026 06:50:00 +0000 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/22/Stable_kernels_Linux_7_2_12_Linux_6_18_58_Linux_6_12_114_and_Li.shtml I'm announcing the release of the 7.2.12 kernel Thu, 22 Oct 2026 06:45:00 +0000 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/22/No_Impact.shtml The scheduled work was completed a few hours ago Thu, 22 Oct 2026 05:59:00 +0000 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/22/Perl_and_LWN_Leftovers_LWN_Paywall_Expiry.shtml lots new in LWN Thu, 22 Oct 2026 03:31:00 +0000 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/22/KDE_Linux_at_two.shtml KDE Linux, the KDE Project's second stab at creating its own distribution, was first introduced as "Project Banana" at the Akademy conference in 2024 by Harald Sitter Thu, 22 Oct 2026 03:30:00 +0000 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/22/Today_in_Techrights.shtml Some of the latest articles Thu, 22 Oct 2026 03:25:00 +0000