Debian AI Vote has Divided the Community
In my opinion, AI-assisted coding will be (or already is) the new norm, whether we like it or not. The young developers will grow up with them and rely heavily…
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This Solo Dev Already Built a Popular Distro. Now He’s Trying It Again
stillCenter is the curated app store, pulling from Flatpak and other sources with its own stillRating system grading how well an app runs with stillOS.If you’ve installed Fedora, RHEL, or…
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Banking Apps, No Google, and a Locked Bootloader: How iodé Makes Privacy Android Work for Everyone
And the difference is you can also spoof different devices. So if something is not available for your device, you don’t have to go to some random APK store and…
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Ubuntu’s Official Flavour List Is Shrinking, And That’s Not a Bad Thing
Another key point to acknowledge here is that not every flavour adds the same kind of value for users. Some have a very clear reason to exist, such as providing…
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Ubuntu 26.04 LTS Beta Shows You There's Potential in the Stable Release
There are more new features in Ubuntu 26.04 that we have covered here.Resources replaces System Monitor for hardware monitoring and process management. It is built on GTK4 and libadwaita, so…
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FOSS Weekly #26.13: Age Verification Added in systemd, Systemd forked, Btrfs Subvolumes, New Backup Tool, Yazi Manager and More
Distributions are already picking sides. Void and Garuda Linux have outright rejected the idea. The privacy-focused Android distro GrapheneOS isn’t entertaining it either. Meanwhile, Fedora is exploring whether an Apple-style…
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Fedora Project Leader Suggests Linux Distros Could Adopt Apple's Age Verification API
The thread went about how you would expect, and after a certain point, Jef Spaleta chimed in with a simpler take. There’s no need for workarounds; instead, Linux distros could…
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Age Verification Laws Are Multiplying Like a Virus, and Your Linux Computer Might be Next
Right now, California’s Digital Age Assurance Act (AB 1043) is all the rage right now, which targets not only websites and apps but also operating systems. Come January 1, 2027,…
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New to Linux? These 4 systemd Tools Help You Fix Common Issues
systemctl status, journalctl, and systemd-analyze are 100% safe. They are “read-only.” However, be careful with sudo systemctl stop. If you stop a service like dbus or systemd-logind, your screen might…
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Your Linux LTS Kernel Will Be Supported Longer Than You Thought
Suggested Read 📖: What Is Liquorix Kernel? Should You Use It?The longer support window is also relevant for hardware vendors and device manufacturers who ship Linux on their products. Certifying…
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FOSS Weekly #26.01: Distros of 2026, Terminal Customization, CachyOS Server Edition and More Linux Stuff
We have a list of interesting new distributions that may see bigger userbase in 2026. Please note that this list deliberately excludes newer versions of established distros like Ubuntu 26.04,…
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CachyOS Wants to Improve Your Server Performance Now
According to their year-end recap, the Server Edition will ship with a hardened configuration, pre-tuned settings, and performance-optimized packages for web servers and databases.These distributions offer predictable release cycles, long-term…
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Here's Our Prediction for the Future of Desktop Linux in 2026
I am thinking this trend will continue in 2026 and we will be seeing more such positive news where government put more emphasis on open source software and administrators switch…
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“Less Bugfixing Noise”: Last Kernel Release of 2025 is Here and it Could be an LTS
Btrfs gets a nice speed boost for read-heavy workflows. The file system avoids locking contention when searching checksums, cutting sync times from minutes to seconds in some cases. Initial support…
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Backup and Restore Your Flatpak Apps & Settings Between Distro Switch and Reinstalls
# Backup only system-installed apps flatpak list –system –app –columns=ref > flatpak-apps-system.txt It goes without saying, but if you’re going to transfer your Flatpak apps to another system, you should…
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Ghostty Terminal: Never Understood the Hype Until I tried it
Not all terminals come with image protocol support. Only a few do. One of them is Kitty, which developed its own image rendering protocol, the Kitty Image Protocol. Ghostty implements…
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How To Check Disk Space in Linux
Now that you understand the basics of checking and managing disk space, you can dive deeper into related commands and techniques. We recommend these guides for your next steps:Knowing how…
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Can’t Recall the Syntax? Try These WYSIWYG Markdown Editors on Linux
From GitHub repositories to technical documentation, Markdown is an extremely popular lightweight markup language.MarkFlowy is a modern, rising Markdown editor that flaunts a slick interface and AI capabilities.Znote is another…
