Xfce 4.20 is packed with lots of new features and improvements like experimental support for Wayland with support for the Labwc and Wayfire compositors, improved support for HiDPI displays, and libxfce4windowing as a new abstraction library to present windowing concepts in a windowing-system-independent manner. The post Xfce 4.20 Desktop … [Read more...]

Incus 6.8 introduces live VM migration between storage pools, improved OpenFGA access models, and updates to custom storage volume configurations. The post Incus 6.8 Container & Virtual Machine Manager Released appeared first on Linux Today. … [Read more...]

Powered by Linux kernel 6.12 LTS, CentOS Stream 10 introduces Valkey (v7.2) as a replacement for Redis, drops XOrg Server support as Wayland is now used as the default display stack with Xwayland as a compatibility layer for running legacy X11 apps, and GNOME 47 “Denver” as the default desktop environment. The post CentOS Stream 10 Released with … [Read more...]

kew supports gapless playback, 24-bit/192khz audio, MPRIS and now rivals musikcube and tap as the finest open source terminal music player. The post Revisited: kew – Terminal-Based Music Player appeared first on Linux Today. … [Read more...]

Fedora (probably) goes COSMIC! There is an official proposal about Fedora 42 Spin, featuring System76’s innovative desktop with powerful features. The post COSMIC Desktop Proposed as Official Spin for Fedora 42 appeared first on Linux Today. … [Read more...]

Learn how to check the status of ports 80 and 443 in UFW and how to remove the deny restrictions placed on them. The post How to Open Ports 80 (HTTP) and 443 (HTTPS) in UFW appeared first on Linux Today. … [Read more...]

Learn how to setup the SOCKS5 proxy server on Debian, Ubuntu, Linux Mint, Red Hat, Fedora, and Rocky Linux using the MicroSocks. The post How to Setup SOCKS5 Proxy Server on Linux Using MicroSocks appeared first on Linux Today. … [Read more...]

The last major update of the open source Kubernetes container orchestration platform for 2024 is now available, bringing with it a host of innovations for cloud-native deployments. Kubernetes 1.32 boasts 44 enhancements, including new standardization to the platform and improved dynamic resource allocation. The post Kubernetes 1.32 … [Read more...]

Learn about Banan OS, a fully functional Linux operating system built from scratch in C++ by an University student named Oskari Alaranta. The post Banan OS: A Fully Functional Linux OS Built From Scratch In C++ appeared first on Linux Today. … [Read more...]

Collabora’s NVK was the first open-source Vulkan driver graphics driver for NVIDIA hardware that has gotten the Khronos conformance badge on any API. Khronos announced earlier this week the release of the Vulkan 1.4 specification and Collabora was quick to offer day-zero Vulkan 1.4 conformance for NVK. The post NVK Open-Source Driver for NVIDIA … [Read more...]

KDE Frameworks 6.9 introduces refined libraries, bug fixes, improved icon support, and more. The post KDE Frameworks 6.9 Is Out, Here’s What’s New appeared first on Linux Today. … [Read more...]

KDE Gear 24.12 apps collection is a remarkable release, including a revamped Okular, mobile-ready Dolphin, and many more updates to enhance cross-device connections, faster performance, and better visuals. The post KDE Gear 24.12 Apps Collection Rolls Out, Here’s What’s New appeared first on Linux Today. … [Read more...]

Fixing the annoying error “Failed to connect to raw.githubusercontent.com port 443: Connection refused” during the download process from GitHub. The post Solution for raw.githubusercontent.com PORT 443: Connection Refused appeared first on Linux Today. … [Read more...]

Discover a step-by-step guide to install the Firefox as a DEB package on an Ubuntu-based distribution without needing the Snap package. The post How to Install Firefox as a DEB Package on Ubuntu (No Snap) appeared first on Linux Today. … [Read more...]

Coming almost three months after Proton 9.0-3, the Proton 9.0-4 release is to add support for even more Windows games, including Total War: SHOGUN 2, Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2, Welcome to Dustown, Sniper Elite: Nazi Zombie Army 2, ScarQuest, and Hard Chip Demo. The post Proton 9.0-4 Adds Total War: Shogun 2 & Warhammer 40K: Space Marine 2 … [Read more...]

Sonatype’s 2024 Open Source Malware Threat Report reveals that the number of malicious packages has surpassed 778,500 since tracking began in 2019. In 2024, researchers examined how threat actors leverage malicious open-source packages to target developers, particularly as enterprises increasingly adopt open-source tools to build custom AI … [Read more...]