📰 Linux Users, Do You Use Non-Free Software?

The virtual Richard M. Stallman (vrms) concept lives on, helping Linux users identify non-free software via license audits.

🔗 Source: https://linuxiac.com/linux-users-do-you-use-non-free-software/

#linux

📰 Debian's Challenge When Its Developers Quietly Drift Away

You may recall the news last month around no one was left on Debian's data protection team and other volunteer staffing challenges with different Debian efforts in the past. Debian Project Leader Andreas Tille has been looking at the issue of the challenges that arise when Debian's all-volunteer developers quietly drift away either due to time commitments, other interests, or other reasons but don't properly communicate it to the Debian project..

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Debian-Developers-Quiet-Away

#debian

📰 Monado 25.1.0: Enabling OpenXR experiences of tomorrow

Released as UnitedXR wraps up in Brussels, this latest update to the cross-platform Open-Source OpenXR runtime delivers major improvements across hand tracking, device support, and the core runtime infrastructure.

🔗 Source: https://www.collabora.com/news-and-blog/news-and-events/monado-25-1-0-enabling-tomorrows-openxr-experiences.html

#open-source

Sudo’s Longtime Maintainer Appeals for Sponsorship to Sustain the Project
https://linuxiac.com/sudo-maintainer-appeals-for-sponsorship/

System76's COSMIC Desktop Planning Vulkan Renderer, Improved Gaming Experience - Phoronix
https://www.phoronix.com/news/COSMIC-Desktop-Features-Coming

📰 Ubuntu 24.04.4 LTS HWE update is now available

The Ubuntu 24.04.4 LTS HWE update is now available to install. It brings Linux kernel 6.17, Mesa 25.2.7 and Wayland Protocols 1.45 to the current LTS.You're reading Ubuntu 24.04.4 LTS HWE update is now available, a blog post from OMG! Ubuntu. Do not reproduce elsewhere without permission.

🔗 Source: https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/02/ubuntu-24-04-4-lts-hwe-now-available

#kernel #wayland #linux #ubuntu

📰 Hackers compromise NGINX servers to redirect user traffic

A threat actor is compromising NGINX servers in a campaign that hijacks user traffic and reroutes it through the attacker's backend infrastructure.

🔗 Source: https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/hackers-compromise-nginx-servers-to-redirect-user-traffic/

#nginx

📰 Intel ISPC 1.30 Released With AMX Support Added To The Standard Library

Intel ISPC 1.30 is now available as the latest feature update to their Implicit SPMD Program Compiler as a variant of the C programming language to easily target their array of CPUs and GPUs...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Intel-ISPC-1.30-Released

#intel

📰 Critical n8n flaws disclosed along with public exploits

Multiple critical vulnerabilities in the popular n8n open-source workflow automation platform allow escaping the confines of the environment and taking complete control of the host server.

🔗 Source: https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/critical-n8n-flaws-disclosed-along-with-public-exploits/

#open-source

📰 NetBSD's Kernel Supports Lua Scripting But Don't Look For Rust In There Anytime Soon

For those not fond of the increasing use of the Rust programming language within the Linux kernel or FreeBSD's considerations for Rust in its kernel, you can perhaps find refuge within NetBSD. One of the NetBSD developers has explained why you likely won't be finding Rust code within the NetBSD kernel anytime soon...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/No-Rust-In-NetBSD-Kernel

#kernel #linux

📰 Krita 6.0 Beta Released - Using Qt6 & Wayland Color Management Support

The first beta release of Krita 6.0 is now available for this featureful digital painting program. Krita 6.0 is re-based against the Qt6 toolkit while Krita 5.3 Beta is also being released at the same time for those sticking to Qt5...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Krita-6.0-Beta

#wayland

📰 KDE Gear 25.12.2 Brings Improvements to Dolphin, NeoChat, Kate, and Other Apps

KDE Gear 25.12.2 open-source software suite is now available with various bug fixes and small improvements for your favorite KDE applications.

🔗 Source: https://9to5linux.com/kde-gear-25-12-2-brings-improvements-to-dolphin-neochat-kate-and-other-apps

#open-source #kde

📰 TrueNAS 26 Looks Toward OpenZFS 2.4, Linux 6.18 LTS & LXC Container Support

Following the release of TrueNAS 25.10 for this Linux-based, OpenZFS-running operating system focused on network appliances / storage devices, iX systems has shared some of their plans for TrueNAS 26 this year...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/TrueNAS-26-Plans

#linux #linuxbased

📰 GNU/Linux or Just Linux? Between Purism and Everyday Usage

A critical look at the GNU/Linux naming debate and why everyday usage settled on the shorter, simpler term: Linux.

🔗 Source: https://linuxiac.com/gnu-linux-or-just-linux/

#linux #gnu

📰 New Raspberry Pi 4 models splits RAM across dual chips

A new version of the Raspberry Pi 4 Model B has been (quietly) introduced. The key difference? It now uses a dual-RAM configuration. The Raspberry Pi 4 Model B Rev 1.5 adopts a dual-RAM configuration to ‘improve supply chain flexibility’ and manufacturing efficiency, per a company product change notice document. Earlier versions of the Raspberry Pi 4 (v1.1 through 1.4) use a single RAM chip on the top of the board.

🔗 Source: https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/02/raspberry-pi-4-rev-1-5-dual-ram

#raspberry

📰 Microsoft's VS Code in Ubuntu's Snap Format Eats Up Disk Space Like Bloatware Even After Removal

The bug itself was reported all the way back in November 2024, and the issue is still present for current Snap versions of VS Code and even VSCodium.

🔗 Source: https://itsfoss.com/news/vscode-snap-disk-space-issue/

#ubuntu

📰 Valve is adjusting Steam Machine price & release date due to RAM & storage pricing volatility

Over the last few years, Valve’s Steam Deck has helped popularize the idea of handheld gaming PCs by offering a console-like experience while supporting tens of thousands of PC games. So there’s been a lot of buzz around the company’s upcoming Steam Machine, a mini PC that Valve hopes will change the game in the .

🔗 Source: https://liliputing.com/valve-is-adjusting-steam-machine-price-release-date-due-to-ram-storage-pricing-volatility/

#steam

📰 Asia-based government spies quietly broke into critical networks across 37 countries

And their toolkit includes a new, Linux kernel rootkit A state-aligned cyber group in Asia compromised government and critical infrastructure organizations across 37 countries in an ongoing espionage campaign, according to security researchers.…

🔗 Source: https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2026/02/05/asia_government_spies_hacked_37_critical_networks/

#kernel #linux

📰 GNU Nettle 4.0 Released With SLH-DSA Support

The GNU Nettle cryptographic library is out with a major new update that introduces support for SLH-DSA, the post-quantum signature scheme selected by NIST for the FIPS 205 standard...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Nettle-4.0-Released-SLH-DSA

#gnu

📰 Canonical and SpacemiT team up for Ubuntu on SpacemiT K1 and K3 RISC-V chips

Chinese RISC-V chip maker SpacemiT is partnering with Canonical to bring Ubuntu to computers powered by two of the company’s processors. The Spacemit K1 is an 8-core RISC-V processor that’s been around for a little while, but the SpacemiT K3 is a newer, higher-performance chip that’s one of the first to comply with the new .

🔗 Source: https://liliputing.com/canonical-and-spacemit-team-up-for-ubuntu-on-spacemit-k1-and-k3-risc-v-chips/

#ubuntu

📰 3mdeb Talks Up AMD openSIL & Open-Source Firmware Efforts For Confidential Compute

Engineers Michał Żygowski and Piotr Król of open-source firmware consulting firm 3mdeb presented at FOSDEM in Brussels on open-source for confidential compute infrastructure. With Intel not making strides to fully open-up their FSP package, the talk was centered around the modern AMD open-source firmware efforts led by their openSIL initiative for open-source CPU silicon initialization to replace AGESA in the Zen 6 timeframe...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/3mdeb-FOSDEM-2026-Firmware

#intel #opensource #amd