Curly COMrades strike again Russia's Curly COMrades is abusing Microsoft's Hyper-V hypervisor in compromised Windows machines to create a hidden Alpine Linux-based virtual machine that bypasses endpoint security tools, giving the spies long-term network access to snoop and deploy malware

Only a point up in a year, but thats a 50% leap for Linux gamers The latest edition of Valve's monthly Steam Hardware & Software Survey is out, showing a rise in Steam usage on Linux

If you're looking for a minimalist Linux distribution that doesn't force specific apps on you and runs well, Synex might be the one.

A bug patched a year ago is now being used for ransomware - so make sure you patch immediately

"During the past two years or so I have been slow-rolling an effort to port the Linux kernel to WebAssembly," reads a surprising post on the Linux kernel mailing list

"It finally happened," writes the GamingOnLinux site: Linux gamers on Steam as of the Steam Hardware & Software Survey for October 2025 have crossed over the elusive 3% mark

Slashdot reader BrianFagioli summarizes some news from Nerds.xyz: Creative Technology has launched Sound Blaster Re:Imagine, a modular, Linux-powered audio hub that reimagines the classic PC sound card for the modern age

Despite AMD putting RDNA 1 and RDNA 2 GPU drivers under maintenance mode, GPU driver support in Linux will remain unchanged

This move is echoed in Ubuntu's adoption of sudo-rs, the Rust implementation of sudo, with fallback and opt-out mechanisms for users who want to use the old-school sudo command. In addition to sudo-rs, Ubuntu 26.04 will use the Rust-based uutils/coreutils for Linux's default core utilities

A tech company specializing in storage solutions is venturing into the mini PC space with its Apple Mac clones

The hub's audio prowess is powered by a high-resolution 32-bit digital-to-analog converter (DAC), and it supports Wi-Fi and Bluetooth. The hub runs on Linux and can be used in a standalone setup, or as a PC-tethered audio hub

Ubuntu's much-maligned format may be finally reaching critical mass Ubuntu Summit More than one Linux-adjacent vendor presented at the Ubuntu Summit, and a small but recurring theme is offering official Snap packages.

Expect more free servers, advanced VPN architecture and a CLI for Linux

BrianFagioli shares a report from NERDS.xyz: SUSE is making headlines with the release of SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 16, the first enterprise Linux distribution to integrate agentic AI directly into the operating system

Asus said it needs more time to test. Installing Bazzite, a Linux-based operating system, solves the problems, the publication reports

Team begs for help as teenage dev who revived Canonicals old Unity desktop prioritizes studies The Ubuntu Unity project is in trouble because its maintainer, a Linux whiz kid, has had less time to work on it due to his studies

At least 10 npm packages were uploaded in early July 2025 and were downloaded almost 10,000 times

If you want to always have a running state for your Linux desktop, create a snapshot

GNOME's built-in search tool can actually do quite a lot

EDR tools aren't scanning Linux sandbox environments on Windows, giving cybercriminals a unique opportunity to work undetected

Canonical CEO Mark Shuttleworth and VP of Engineering Jon Seager share their vision for Resolute Raccoon.

Gaming on Linux just keeps getting better thanks to wider compatibility, but anti-cheat games remain stubbornly problematic

Onboard cores use a Linux stack based on Ubuntu Ubuntu Summit One of the more unexpected talks at last week's Ubuntu Summit 25.10 in London was by Antonio Salvemini of Bolt Graphics, who introduced the company's forthcoming range of Zeus graphics accelerator hardware

The Framework Laptop 12 is a modular, fully customizable machine that runs Linux or Windows, if you just can't let one OS go.

Nearly nine in ten Windows games can now run on Linux systems, according to data from ProtonDB compiled by Boiling Steam

The latest data shows that almost 90% of Windows games now run on Linux

Looking for a general, all-purpose Linux OS? These are user-friendly, secure, and suitable for both new and experienced users.

I don't often need antivirus on Linux, but when I do, it's ClamAV.

Tempting new MacBooks is one reason for Mac sales going up strongly but Apple can also thank Microsoft

The power profiles on Lenovo Legion devices running Linux have been somewhat broken, where the highest-end Extreme mode would run on models that weren't ever designed to support it

The Kubuntu Focus NX Gen 3 comes preloaded with one of my favorite Linux distributions and takes only minutes to set up.

Thursday Ubuntu-maker Canonical "officially launched Canonical Academy, a new certification platform designed to help professionals validate their Linux and Ubuntu skills through practical, hands-on assessments," writes the blog It's FOSS: Focusing on real-world scenarios, Canonical Academy aims to foster practical skills rather than theoretical knowledge

We discuss what Samsung did right with the Galaxy XR, plus the Pixel 10s battery woes and Snapdragon's Linux support.

Check out how much better the ROG Xbox Ally X runs with Linux.

Intense discussion approves AI but subject to full responsibility and disclosure The Fedora Council has approved AI-assisted contributions to its Linux distribution, following intense debate and subject to strict conditions.

AMD SEV-ES should be working to start confidential virtual machines (VMs) when using the VMM/VMD hypervisor and the OpenBSD guests with KVM/QEMU. OpenBSD 7.8 also improves compatibility of the FUSE file-system support with the Linux implementation, suspend/hibernate improvements, SMP improvements, updating to the Linux 6.12.50 DRM graphics drivers, several new Rockchip drivers, Raspberry Pi RP1 drivers, H.264 video support for the uvideo driver, and many network driver improvements

The Framework Laptop 12 is a modular laptop that is fully customizable with Linux or Windows.

If you share files with other users from Linux, you might want to try this easy-to-use, GUI threat scanner.

When asked for pizza, the voice assistant listed nearby joints, even quoted their star rating and offered navigation, all without the annoying round-trip processing lag that's common in these systems. Some of that speed might be thanks to the addition of 5G connectivity (provided by AT&T), but there's surely some quicker hardware running beneath the skin powering the Linux-based software

Running Bazzite on your ROG Xbox Ally X can net you some pretty big performance improvements, with some games running up to 32% better on Linux, versus the Windows-based Xbox FSE

RFC proposes power-button interrupt and highlights wider problems with sleep states A new Linux kernel patch lets you cancel the process of your machine going into hibernation, but the bigger context of the work may be more important.

"Plasma is a popular desktop (and mobile) environment for GNU/Linux and other UNIX-like operating systems," writes longtime Slashdot reader jrepin

Linux isn't just for older, sluggish hardware

Windows 10 users are trying the open-source operating system, thanks to the end of support, but one distribution in particular is really enjoying a rise in downloads.

Dev unveils a faster, modernized take on Microsoft's file system for penguin-powered PCs Just under four years after the Linux kernel gained built-in read-write access to Windows drives, an alternative option has appeared.

Another phone Linux? The Reg attempts to disentangle the options The latest version of Mobian, an edition of Debian aimed at mobile devices, is here, based on Debian 13 "Trixie".

The Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 doesnt support Androids Linux Terminal, making Qualcomm the only vendor to not support it.

The Kubuntu Focus NX Gen 3 comes preloaded with one of my favorite Linux distributions and takes only minutes to set up.

Are droves of Windows 10 users heading to Linux? One distro saw 100,000 downloads in just two days after Microsoft ended support

was an amateur project, an outlet for tech professionals who wanted an easier way to exchange cute cat pics after a hard day at work. In Amateurs!: How We Built Internet Culture and Why It Matters, Walsh documents how unpaid creative labor is the basis for almost everything that's good (and much that's bad) online, including the open-source code Linux, developed by Linus Torvalds when he was still in school ("just as a hobby, won't be big and professional"), and even, in Walsh's account, the World Wide Web itself

Slashdot reader BrianFagioli writes: GIMP has officially launched its own Snap package for Linux, finally taking over from the community-maintained Snapcrafters project

The first public release of DOSBox Pure Unleashed, a new version of the DOS emulator by Psyraven, was made available on Saturday evening

This is due to the hardware requirements like Treacherous Platform Module version 2.0 a proprietary chip that uses cryptography that users can't influence or audit to restrict their control over the system. The end of Windows 10 support is the perfect opportunity to break free from this cycle and switch to GNU/Linux operating system (GNU/Linux OS), a system that respects your freedom..

On top of that, there's also an expanded database that helps when it detects a Windows installer. The system checks the file and suggests the best way to run over 170 popular apps, whether that means installing a native Linux version, using the web-based alternative, or firing it up through WINE

Joins its command-line client from a couple of years ago NordVPN has open sourced another of its Linux VPN client apps under the GPLv3

Mozilla hardens its browser and toys with AI search while closing the door on legacy systems New versions of both Mozilla's browser and its subsidiary MZLA's messaging client are here with some bad news for users of older kit.

NordVPN has now open-sourced its Linux GUI and added it to the Snap package for one-command installs and automatic updates

Downstream Linux projects line up behind the latest release A month after Debian 13.1's release, some of the more visible downstream forks, including Raspberry Pi OS, have decided it's time to incorporate the latest version of the main OS into their builds.

If youre a fan of other game stores or you dont have a subscription to Xbox Game Pass or a ton of friends on the platform, you wont get the full benefit of everything Microsoft has integrated into the handhelds new software. This goes double for devotees of Valves digital store and Linux-based OS that dont need bleeding edge performance, who can safely stick to much more affordable Steam Decks or the Legion Go S

Hesitating about the move to Windows 11? Part of you wants to upgrade to Commodore OS Vision 3.0

With an immutable distribution, you never have to worry about an upgrade breaking things. These are my favorite immutable Linux distros.

Nmap is an essential tool for anyone who's serious about network security. It can be installed on any Linux distribution.

Roughly 200,000 Linux-based Framework laptops shipped with a signed UEFI shell command (mm) that can be abused to bypass Secure Boot protections -- allowing attackers to load persistent bootkits like BlackLotus or HybridPetya

BrianFagioli shares a report from NERDS.xyz: NordVPN has open sourced its Linux GUI on GitHub, giving the community full access to the code behind its graphical client

Laptop maker's apolitical endorsement of politically contentious projects meets resistance Six days ago, upgradeable laptop maker Framework tried to convince its fractious user community to live in a "big tent" after a Debian developer objected to the company's sponsorship of Hyprland and its social media promotion of Omarchy, with both projects associated with politically polarizing viewpoints.

NordVPN has open-sourced its Linux GUI app and updated its Snap package to include it, with Meshnet set to be next

It's outfitted with 128GB of LPDDR5x RAM shared between the CPU and GPU and includes 4TB of NVMe storage, along with four USB-C ports, Wi-Fi 7 and an HDMI connector. NVDIA calls it "the worlds smallest AI supercomputer." The DGX Spark runs Nvidia's DGX OS, a custom version of Ubuntu Linux that's configured with AI software

If you are willing to put in a bit of extra work after installing an operating system, these distributions will reward you for your effort.

If you use Flatpak apps on Linux, do yourself a favor and install Bazaar to make your app management life a bit easier.

Our expert team of laptop testers stand behind these Windows laptops, MacBooks, Chromebooks, and Linux portables.

This move makes the state a pioneer in Germany. As a next major step Schleswig-Holstein plans to migrate their authorities and administrations desktop PCs to Linux

I prefer using Linux, but upgrading from Windows 10 to Windows 11 was a smooth process

The Kubuntu Focus NX Gen 3 ships with one of my favorite Linux distributions preinstalled, and took me two minutes to setup after unboxing.

prisoninmate shares a report from 9to5Linux: Dubbed Questing Quokka, Ubuntu 25.10 is powered by the latest and greatest Linux 6.17 kernel series for top-notch hardware support and ships with the latest GNOME 49 desktop environment, defaulting to a Wayland-only session for the Ubuntu Desktop flavor, meaning there's no other session to choose from the login screen

Want to try Linux but hate the command line? These GUIs get the job done for you.

Independent technical governance will hope to unite fractured ecosystem Meta will contribute React, React Native, and JSX (JavaScript XML) to a new React Foundation, part of the Linux Foundation, and said that "it is important that no single company or organization is overrepresented."

Arduino's 33 million active users will, as a consequence of the acquisition, gain access to Qualcomm's "powerful technology stack and global reach". The new Arduino Uno Q is a next-gen single board computer with a "dual brain" architecture with a Linux Debian capable microprocessor and a real-time microcontroller

BrianFagioli writes: Canonical has revealed the codename for Ubuntu 26.04 LTS: Resolute Raccoon