https://tuxmachines.org/ Do you waddle the waddle? en Wed, 01 Jul 2026 19:20:19 +0000 5 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/06/29/HamsterOS_Crams_Complete_Graphical_Desktop_onto_1_44_MB_Floppy.shtml It’s not every day that there’s a new OS in the works for 386 and 486-era hardware, but [John Swiderski] let us know he working hard to bring HamsterOS to retrocomputing enthusiasts everywhere Wed, 01 Jul 2026 17:26:00 +0000 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/06/29/Kali_Linux_2026_2_Released_with_GNOME_50_KDE_Plasma_6_6_and_New.shtml Kali Linux 2026.2 ethical hacking and penetration testing distribution is now available for download with GNOME 50 and KDE Plasma 6.6 desktop offerings, new tools, Kali NetHunter uUpdates, and more. Wed, 01 Jul 2026 17:21:00 +0000 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/06/29/Mageia_10_Released.shtml Mageia 10 is a GNU/Linux distribution for your computer, released by the Mageia community Wed, 01 Jul 2026 17:11:00 +0000 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/06/30/Wine_11_12.shtml The Wine development release 11.12 is now available Wed, 01 Jul 2026 11:53:00 +0000 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/06/19/Latest_Raspberry_Pi_OS_Release_Is_Powered_by_Linux_Kernel_6_18_.shtml Raspberry Pi OS 2026-06-18 is now available for download with Linux kernel 6.18 LTS, new default touchscreen associations, new icons, updated Labwc Wayland compositor, and more. Wed, 01 Jul 2026 08:05:00 +0000 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/06/30/KDE_Plasma_6_7_2_Is_Out_Now_to_Improve_Support_for_Chromium_Bas.shtml KDE Plasma 6.7.2 is now available as the second point release to the latest KDE Plasma 6.7 desktop environment series with various improvements and bug fixes. Wed, 01 Jul 2026 06:40:00 +0000 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/01/Hurricane_in_DR_Congo.shtml Harry Kane saved the day today Wed, 01 Jul 2026 19:19:00 +0000 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/01/System76_Launches_New_Lemur_Pro_Linux_Laptop_with_18_Hour_Batte.shtml System76 launches new Lemur Pro ultraportable Linux laptop with all-day battery life, Intel Core Ultra processors, and a 16-inch variant. Wed, 01 Jul 2026 18:25:00 +0000 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/01/Security_Leftovers.shtml Security patches, breaches, more Wed, 01 Jul 2026 17:30:00 +0000 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/01/today_s_leftovers.shtml Free, Libre, and Open Source Software and more Wed, 01 Jul 2026 17:28:00 +0000 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/01/Red_Hat_Trying_to_Sell_Slop_Instead_of_GNU_Linux_IBM_Sells_Fals.shtml as usual, again Wed, 01 Jul 2026 17:23:00 +0000 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/01/K_Desktop_Environment_KDE_Development_Updates.shtml 3 KDE picks Wed, 01 Jul 2026 17:16:00 +0000 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/01/Canonical_Ubuntu_ROS_2_Pushing_Rust_Everywhere_and_Old_Gimmicks.shtml Ubuntu based things Wed, 01 Jul 2026 17:15:00 +0000 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/01/New_Videos_About_EasyOS.shtml EasyOS the distro Wed, 01 Jul 2026 17:14:00 +0000 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/01/Games_Steam_Machines_Godot_News_and_Linux_on_Consoles.shtml gaming picks Wed, 01 Jul 2026 17:10:00 +0000 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/01/today_s_howtos.shtml Instructionals/Technical leftovers Wed, 01 Jul 2026 17:10:00 +0000 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/01/Kernel_Space_Bugs_Patches_and_Engineering.shtml Linux leftovers Wed, 01 Jul 2026 17:09:00 +0000 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/01/EuroBSDCon_2026_Travel_Grant_and_Dan_Langille_on_FreeBSD.shtml BSD leftovers Wed, 01 Jul 2026 17:08:00 +0000 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/01/Open_Hardware_Modding_Arduino_ESP32_and_More.shtml hardware picks Wed, 01 Jul 2026 17:07:00 +0000 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/01/Programming_Leftovers.shtml Development related picks Wed, 01 Jul 2026 17:04:00 +0000 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/01/Fwupd_2_1_6_Linux_Firmware_Updater_Released_with_New_Features_a.shtml Fwupd 2.1.6 Linux firmware updater is now available for download with a new HSI attribute for coreboot verified boot, hashes for the latest DBX for offline machines, as well as various other improvements. Wed, 01 Jul 2026 16:02:00 +0000 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/01/Games_Steam_Deck_Blending_Vampire_Survivors_and_More.shtml latest from GamingOnLinux Wed, 01 Jul 2026 11:55:00 +0000 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/01/Red_Hat_Lightspeed_and_LLM_Slop.shtml Lightspeed and bad stuff Wed, 01 Jul 2026 10:38:00 +0000 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/01/Open_Hardware_Leftovers.shtml mostly Hackaday Wed, 01 Jul 2026 10:36:00 +0000 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/01/Android_Leftovers.shtml I stopped an Android Auto disconnect loop by modifying one background power setting Wed, 01 Jul 2026 08:12:00 +0000 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/01/I_found_the_Linux_tool_that_shows_what_s_using_your_disk_space_.shtml For these use cases, it's become my go-to tool for finding and purging bloat on Linux Wed, 01 Jul 2026 07:51:00 +0000 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/01/GNOME_or_KDE_Plasma_Choosing_the_wrong_one_can_ruin_your_Linux_.shtml If you’re thinking about switching to Linux, you’re probably comparing distros like Ubuntu, Fedora Wed, 01 Jul 2026 07:46:00 +0000 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/01/LibrePhone_update_organizing_locally_and_more_in_issue_48_of_th.shtml Our user freedoms are in serious danger. From multiple different Big Tech companies claiming they want to protect us while they steal our rights Wed, 01 Jul 2026 07:28:00 +0000 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/01/Free_and_Open_Source_Software.shtml This is free and open source software Wed, 01 Jul 2026 07:18:00 +0000 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/01/Enzo_s_First_Test_Can_be_His_First_Brass.shtml Today it is the first of July Wed, 01 Jul 2026 07:15:00 +0000 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/01/Kubuntu_Focus_Goes_Ultra.shtml The Kubuntu Focus team has upped the performance ante of its M2 and Zr laptops with the latest, greatest CPUs from Intel Wed, 01 Jul 2026 07:05:00 +0000 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/01/Purism_A_tale_of_two_releases.shtml Welcome back! In our last update, we announced the release of PureOS Crimson Wed, 01 Jul 2026 06:53:00 +0000 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/01/Europe_s_Exit_From_Windows_Microsoft_Has_Accelerated.shtml Europe is well positioned to lead a migration to GNU/Linux and BSDs Wed, 01 Jul 2026 06:47:00 +0000 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/01/Gymware_Running_Linux_Not_Cheap.shtml There goes a stigma Wed, 01 Jul 2026 05:02:00 +0000 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/01/Microsoft_Layoffs_Announced_July_1_as_Expected.shtml This helps show that the era of Windows is coming to an end, little by little... Wed, 01 Jul 2026 04:42:00 +0000 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/01/Today_in_Techrights.shtml Some of the latest articles Wed, 01 Jul 2026 03:28:00 +0000 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/06/30/COSMIC_1_2_Desktop_Enables_AVIF_Support_Improves_Support_for_Ne.shtml COSMIC 1.2 desktop environment is now available with improvements to COSMIC Files, COSMIC Term, COSMIC Edit, COSMIC Applets, COSMIC Setings, COSMIC Store, COSMIC Monitor, and COSMIC Greeter. Tue, 30 Jun 2026 21:02:00 +0000 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/06/30/Free_Libre_and_Open_Source_Software_Leftovers.shtml FOSS centric news Tue, 30 Jun 2026 19:19:00 +0000 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/06/30/GNU_Linux_Leftovers.shtml Purism and more Tue, 30 Jun 2026 19:18:00 +0000 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/06/30/Mozilla_Firefox_and_Tor_browsers.shtml Mozilla focus Tue, 30 Jun 2026 19:17:00 +0000 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/06/30/BSD_FreeBSD_BSDCan_and_OpenBSD.shtml BSD leftovers Tue, 30 Jun 2026 19:16:00 +0000 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/06/30/Security_Incidents_Patches_New_Bugs.shtml Security with focus on Linux Tue, 30 Jun 2026 19:14:00 +0000 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/06/30/Programming_Leftovers.shtml Development related links Tue, 30 Jun 2026 19:14:00 +0000 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/06/30/Open_Hardware_Modding_ESP32_Banana_Pi_and_More.shtml hardware projects, gadgets etc. Tue, 30 Jun 2026 19:13:00 +0000 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/06/30/Red_Hat_RHEL_and_Fedora_Based_Qubes.shtml IBM and more Tue, 30 Jun 2026 19:11:00 +0000 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/06/30/KDE_Latest_Work_on_Krita_and_Kdenlive_Student_Project.shtml some technical details Tue, 30 Jun 2026 19:10:00 +0000 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/06/30/Audiocasts_Shows_Late_Night_Linux_and_Wonders_of_Web_Weaving_Po.shtml 2 new episodes Tue, 30 Jun 2026 19:09:00 +0000 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/06/30/today_s_howtos.shtml Instructionals/Technical picks Tue, 30 Jun 2026 19:09:00 +0000 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/06/29/It_s_Linux_on_a_Sega_Megadrive.shtml The Motorola 68000 series of chips was the first porting target for Linux Tue, 30 Jun 2026 19:04:00 +0000 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/06/30/Games_Rewarding_Clickbait_Mouse_Lag_in_KDE_Plasma_Pong_and_More.shtml gaming related picks Tue, 30 Jun 2026 18:32:00 +0000 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/06/28/Linus_Torvalds_Announces_First_Linux_Kernel_7_2_Release_Candida.shtml Linus Torvalds announced the general availability of the first Release Candidate version of the upcoming Linux 7.2 kernel series for public testing. Here’s what to expect! Tue, 30 Jun 2026 18:30:00 +0000 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/06/30/Microsoft_in_Freefall_This_Week.shtml Many layoffs happening Tue, 30 Jun 2026 18:05:00 +0000 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/06/30/United_Arab_Emirates_Microsoft_s_Irrelevance.shtml Mass layoffs at Microsoft are expected later today or some time tomorrow Tue, 30 Jun 2026 17:24:00 +0000 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/06/30/Aruba_Another_New_Low_for_Microsoft_Windows.shtml Windows sank to 47.88% Tue, 30 Jun 2026 16:04:00 +0000 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/06/30/Mageia_10_Officially_Released_with_Linux_Kernel_6_18_LTS_KDE_Pl.shtml Mageia 10 is now available for download powered by Linux kernel 6.18 LTS and featuring the KDE Plasma 6.5, GNOME 49, and Xfce 4.20 desktop environments as standalone flavors. Tue, 30 Jun 2026 11:20:00 +0000 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/06/30/ParrotOS_7_3_Released_with_Linux_7_0_Optimized_Builds_and_Offic.shtml ParrotOS 7.3 security-oriented distribution is now available for download with Linux kernel 7.0, updated tools, optimized builds, official Vagrant boxes, and other changes. Tue, 30 Jun 2026 10:05:00 +0000 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/06/30/GNU_Linux_Reaches_All_Time_High_in_South_America.shtml If one annuls that "OS X" spike, then it's also an all-time low for Windows Tue, 30 Jun 2026 06:41:00 +0000 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/06/30/Android_Leftovers.shtml You don't need to free up RAM on your Android phone (in fact, you shouldn't) Tue, 30 Jun 2026 06:37:00 +0000 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/06/30/Free_and_Open_Source_Software.shtml This is free and open source software Tue, 30 Jun 2026 06:23:00 +0000 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/06/12/GNU_Linux_Lefovers.shtml GNU/Linux related picks Tue, 30 Jun 2026 06:09:00 +0000 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/06/25/Purism_Announces_Librem_16_as_World_s_Most_Private_and_Secure_L.shtml Purism announced the launch of Librem 16 as the world’s most private and secure Linux laptop designed to protect your digital life. Tue, 30 Jun 2026 06:06:00 +0000 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/06/30/Money_Does_Not_Make_Free_Software_Activists_Happy.shtml But sometimes it can help Tue, 30 Jun 2026 06:00:00 +0000 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/06/30/Overcoming_Barriers.shtml Misogyny is a barrier in almost every facet and discipline Tue, 30 Jun 2026 05:39:00 +0000 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/06/30/Valnet_on_GNU_Linux_and_Free_Software.shtml more recent articles Tue, 30 Jun 2026 04:02:00 +0000 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/06/30/GNU_Linux_on_the_Desktop_Laptop_Recent_Coverage_by_Valnet.shtml 3 recent articles Tue, 30 Jun 2026 04:01:00 +0000 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/06/30/Games_Steam_Deck_Alternatives_to_Bazzite_and_Valve_s_Steam_Mach.shtml gaming picks Tue, 30 Jun 2026 03:59:00 +0000 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/06/30/COSMIC_s_new_design_might_just_give_Apple_a_run_for_its_money_C.shtml COSMIC coverage Tue, 30 Jun 2026 03:58:00 +0000 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/06/30/FreeBSD_15_reminded_me_that_boring_operating_systems_are_someti.shtml FreeBSD 15 does not feel designed to win a screenshot contest, and honestly, that’s part of why it caught my attention Tue, 30 Jun 2026 03:50:00 +0000 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/06/30/Today_in_Techrights.shtml Some of the latest articles Tue, 30 Jun 2026 02:31:00 +0000 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/06/29/Free_Libre_and_Open_Source_Software_Leftovers.shtml FOSS picks for today Mon, 29 Jun 2026 20:11:00 +0000 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/06/29/Education_and_Events_NANOG_NYC_BUG_and_EmacsConf.shtml current/upcoming events Mon, 29 Jun 2026 20:10:00 +0000 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/06/29/Programming_Leftovers.shtml Development related picks Mon, 29 Jun 2026 20:09:00 +0000 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/06/29/GNU_Linux_Leftovers.shtml KDE, Debian, and more Mon, 29 Jun 2026 20:07:00 +0000 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/06/29/Audiocasts_Shows_LINUX_Unplugged_eBPF_and_More.shtml 3 episodes or similar Mon, 29 Jun 2026 20:06:00 +0000 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/06/29/BSD_OpenBSD_FreeBSD_BSDCan_and_More.shtml BSD leftovers Mon, 29 Jun 2026 20:05:00 +0000 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/06/29/Open_Hardware_Modding_SBCs_Open_Source_Robot_Vacuum_and_More.shtml hardware related picks Mon, 29 Jun 2026 20:04:00 +0000 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/06/17/Sailfish_OS_GNU_Linux_on_Commodore.shtml 3 stories Mon, 29 Jun 2026 20:03:00 +0000 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/06/29/Games_Steam_Machines_and_Steam_Next_Fest.shtml gaming news Mon, 29 Jun 2026 20:02:00 +0000 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/06/29/Applications_and_HowTos.shtml mostly howtos Mon, 29 Jun 2026 20:01:00 +0000 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/06/29/Speaking_Out_About_Misogyny.shtml There is a stigma about programmers lacking social skills Mon, 29 Jun 2026 19:38:00 +0000 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/06/29/I_spent_a_year_on_an_immutable_distro_and_the_one_thing_I_miss_.shtml I love immutable Linux distros Mon, 29 Jun 2026 15:12:00 +0000 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/06/29/Free_and_Open_Source_Software.1.shtml This is a series looking at the BOSGAME VTA-439 Ryzen AI 9 HX 470 mini PC running Linux Mon, 29 Jun 2026 15:05:00 +0000 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/06/29/This_Flatpak_runs_a_30_year_old_version_of_GIMP_pre_GTK.shtml Every wondered what famed FOSS image editor GIMP was like in 1996 Mon, 29 Jun 2026 14:59:00 +0000 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/06/29/NoID_Privacy_Workstation_hardened_Linux_distribution.shtml A read-only NoID Privacy for Linux audit tool is included and can also be run as a standalone Bash script on other Linux distributions Mon, 29 Jun 2026 14:53:00 +0000 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/06/29/Kawaiintu_OS_Ubuntu_based_Linux_distribution.shtml Kawaiintu OS (Neo Moebuntu) is a custom Ubuntu distribution inspired by Moebuntu Mon, 29 Jun 2026 14:52:00 +0000 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/06/29/How_to_make_Linux_look_like_MacOS_for_free_with_a_few_simple_Zo.shtml Looking to migrate to Linux but fond of the Mac UI Mon, 29 Jun 2026 14:49:00 +0000 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/06/29/Welcome_Enzo.shtml He's already signing up about 5 players, so the budget is clearly on tap Mon, 29 Jun 2026 13:37:00 +0000 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/06/29/Kodi_22_Beta_Improves_Linux_Support_for_Remote_Keys_and_HDR_Pro.shtml Kodi 22 “Piers” open-source media center is now available for public beta testing promising HDR on Wayland support for Linux systems and many other new features and improvements. Mon, 29 Jun 2026 09:17:00 +0000 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/06/29/Availability_of_Tux_Machines.shtml We are doing our best to tackle this issue as we strive for 100% uptime Mon, 29 Jun 2026 08:08:00 +0000 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/06/29/GNU_Ships_GCC_14_4_as_a_Bug_Fix_Release.shtml On Friday, the Gnu project announced the release of the GNU Compiler Collection version 14.4 Mon, 29 Jun 2026 07:05:00 +0000 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/06/29/Android_Leftovers.shtml I reclaimed storage by changing one Android setting about deleted files Mon, 29 Jun 2026 07:04:00 +0000 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/06/27/This_Week_in_Plasma_Post_6_7_Bug_fixing.shtml This week members of the core Plasma team spent almost all of their time in bug-fixing mode Mon, 29 Jun 2026 06:59:00 +0000 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/06/29/Drauger_OS_7_8_aims_to_turn_Ubuntu_into_a_gaming_Linux_distro_w.shtml One of the coolest things about the Linux community is that Mon, 29 Jun 2026 06:53:00 +0000 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/06/29/Software_Enshittification_or_Freedom_It_s_not_a_hard_choice.shtml I'm going to talk about enshittification of software, of the world wide web, and of the devices you may think of as yours Mon, 29 Jun 2026 06:46:00 +0000 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/06/29/22_Years_of_Women_in_Tech.shtml Women in tech can only ever feel welcomed if all of us - men included - resist misogyny Mon, 29 Jun 2026 06:38:00 +0000 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/06/29/Free_and_Open_Source_Software.shtml This is free and open source software Mon, 29 Jun 2026 06:32:00 +0000 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/06/29/Every_Physics_Teacher_And_Student_Should_Try_This_Open_Source_S.shtml The free software I used for years as Physics student Mon, 29 Jun 2026 06:28:00 +0000 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/06/29/Review_PCLinuxOS_2026_05.shtml It has been a while since I last took the PCLinuxOS distribution for a test drive Mon, 29 Jun 2026 06:20:00 +0000 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/06/29/Free_software_communities_often_start_small.shtml I had a challenging course on the Assembly and C programming languages Mon, 29 Jun 2026 05:58:00 +0000 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/06/29/Europe_Should_Adopt_European_Web_Browsers.shtml We need more browser diversity Mon, 29 Jun 2026 05:19:00 +0000 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/06/29/Old_Vintage_Computing_Research_Working_around_dragons_with_the_.shtml And since it can run OpenBSD... Mon, 29 Jun 2026 05:01:00 +0000 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/06/29/Today_in_Techrights.shtml Some of the latest articles Mon, 29 Jun 2026 04:23:00 +0000