Linus Torvalds Kicks Off Development of Linux Kernel 4.18, First RC Is Out Now
A day early than expected, Linus Torvalds kicked off the development cycle of the next kernel series, Linux 4.18, with the release of the first RC...
Canonical Releases Ubuntu 18.04 LTS Kernel Security Update for Raspberry Pi 2
Canonical released on Friday a new Linux kernel update for its Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver) operating system series addressing three security vulnerabilities affecting the kernel...
Debian GNU/Linux 10 "Buster" Artwork Proposals Call Welcomes Talented Artists
Debian Project’s Jonathan Carter announced on Friday that artwork proposals are now officially open for the forthcoming Debian GNU/Linux 10 “Buster” operating system series. If you’re...
Lazy FPU Vulnerability Now Patched for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7, CentOS 7 PCs
Earlier this week, Red Hat informed Softpedia about a moderate security vulnerability publicly disclosed on June 14, 2018, known as Floating Point Lazy State Save/Restore, which...
Deepin 15.6 Linux OS Launches with Improved HiDPI Support, Light and Dark Themes
The Deepin Project announced today the release of Deepin 15.6, a new maintenance update of the Debian-based GNU/Linux distribution targeted at x86_64 personal computers and laptops....
openSUSE Leap 15 Linux OS Is Now Available for Raspberry Pi, Other ARM Devices
The openSUSE Project announced today that it released images for its openSUSE Leap 15 operating system for a bunch of ARMv7 and AArch64 (ARM64) devices, including...
Red Hat Responds to New Speculative Execution Vulnerability, Patches Coming Soon
A few minutes ago, Red Hat has provided Softpedia with several resources and an official statement around the impact of a new publicly disclosed speculative execution...
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS Users Can Now Install Mesa 18.1.1 to Improve Their Linux Gaming
Canonical’s Timo Aaltonen announced today that the recently released Mesa 18.1 graphics stack is now available for Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver) users. Implementing OpenGL 3.1...
Canonical Outs New Kernel Security Updates for All Supported Ubuntu Releases
Canonical released new kernel security updates for all supported Ubuntu Linux releases to address several security vulnerabilities discovered by various security researchers in the upstream Linux...
KDE Plasma 5.13 Officially Released with Revamped Lock & Login Screens, Settings
The KDE Plasma 5.13 desktop environment has been officially released today for Linux-based operating systems, bringing lots of new features and improvements over previous releases. With...
