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Valve has just rolled out a fresh update for the Steam client, which will be automatically downloaded for users, bringing a mix of accessibility improvements, performance monitoring tools, and a host of bug fixes across multiple platforms. One of the most notable additions is the new accessibility settings page in Big Picture Mode, which introduces […]

Welcome to week twenty-six of Linuxiac’s 2025 Weekly Roundup—your go-to source for all things Linux & Open Source. Here’s a look at the biggest Linux and FOSS highlights from the past week (Jun 23 – 29). Linux Distributions We cover four updates in the field of Linux distributions: RHEL’s replacement, Oracle 10, the aesthetically pleasing […]

These past few years, the use of AI has been growing in coding, with tools once meant for code completion or syntax suggestions now serving as intelligent helpers, offering debugging help, generating boilerplate, and even helping design entire applications. This has given rise to specialized tools like Claude Code, Anthropic’s coding environment made for working […]

The Wine Project, a compatibility layer renowned for enabling Linux and macOS users to run Windows applications, has officially released version 10.11 as the eleventh maintenance update to the stable 10.x series. This release includes preparatory work for NTSync support, a feature that will eventually improve Wine’s threading and synchronization mechanisms. Moreover, the update enhances […]

The GStreamer team has released a new bug-fix update, 1.26.3, of its cross-platform multimedia framework for the stable 1.26 series. One of the standout fixes addresses a critical security issue in the H.266 video parser and includes numerous playback enhancements. The team has also resolved a troublesome regression affecting WAV files containing acid chunks, ensuring […]

The demise of the 32-bit (i686) architecture has been slow but well-known within the Linux ecosystem, as popular distributions have stopped providing 32-bit kernel packages, installer ISOs, and other related packages. For Fedora, this started with the Fedora 31 release, where many 32-bit components were shed in favor of focusing development and support on 64-bit […]

Well, this one really caught me off guard. As you probably know, after the dramatic fork of the Xorg server into a new project called XLibre—led by the developer who’s been its most active contributor in recent years—the open-source community was buzzing with intense debate. And now, there’s another twist in the story. Fedora Linux […]

Almost a month after releasing version 139, Mozilla has launched Firefox 140, the latest update to its popular open-source web browser, now available for download. One of the most practical additions is the ability to unload tabs manually. Users can now right-click on any tab (or multiple selected tabs) and choose “Unload Tab” to free […]

Accidentally exposing secrets like API keys, tokens, or credentials in your code opens the door for threat actors to exploit your systems. Such attackers don’t stop at one breach; they automate their attacks, move fast, and can potentially compromise entire infrastructure within minutes. To tackle such scenarios, MongoDB has come up with an open source […]

Rocky Linux, an RHEL-based fork created by Gregory Kurtzer—the same guy who birthed CentOS—has built a strong reputation over the past few years as one of the top and most trusted alternatives to Red Hat Enterprise Linux. Just a few days ago, the distro rolled out its brand-new major release—Rocky Linux 10—based on RHEL 10, […]