If you are a user of Ubuntu 24.10 ‘Oracular Oriole’, then take note, as the release has officially reached the end-of-life (EOL) status. This means that, going forward, there will no longer be any new updates or important security patches for it. This aligns with how Canonical manages Ubuntu’s interim releases, which are supported for […]
Red Hat has announced a new offering designed to streamline application development within enterprise environments—Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Business Developers. Launched as a self-service initiative through the Red Hat Developer Program, this new program provides individual developers in corporate settings with no-cost access to RHEL. Each registered user within the Red Hat Developer Program […]
Amarok, the beloved open-source music player, has just released version 3.3, aptly titled “Far Above the Clouds,” marking a significant upgrade by transitioning the music player’s foundation to Qt6/KF6. This latest update arrived approximately 15 months after Amarok’s initial Qt5/KF5-based version (3.0) and 5 months following the final Qt5/KF5 iteration (3.2.2). The centerpiece of Amarok 3.3 […]
The upcoming Blender 5.0 release is set to bring a notable improvement for Linux: experimental support for High Dynamic Range (HDR) rendering when using the Wayland display server with the Vulkan graphics backend. This is a big step towards expanding Blender’s rendering capabilities on Linux, offering a more accurate visual preview for artists working in […]
Welcome to week twenty-seven 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 30 – Jul 6). Linux Distributions There hasn’t been much activity in terms of new Linux releases lately—the only standout being Rhino, […]
7-Zip, the open-source file compression and extraction tool favored by countless users, has just released version 25 with a handful of performance-centric upgrades. Foremost, the Windows build can now marshal more than 64 concurrent compression threads. Modern HEDT and server chips—think AMD’s 128-thread Threadripper PRO 7995WX or Intel’s Xeon w9 parts—are split by Windows into […]
Fedora got into a sticky situation recently, when a proposal to drop 32-bit support sparked significant backlash from the community. The change, aimed at reducing maintenance overhead for maintainers, was met with opposition from users and developers who rely on 32-bit compatibility for certain use cases. The response was strong enough that the proposal had […]
Void Linux is a rolling distro, but it tends to run a bit behind other rolling releases like Arch when it comes to software versions. That’s because Void doesn’t push out the newest packages “as fast as possible”—instead, it puts a focus on stability. That means you won’t always find the newest versions of software […]
Mozilla has just unveiled Thunderbird version 140 of its widely adopted free and open-source desktop email client, now available for download. The key thing here is that this is an ESR (Extended Support Release) release. In other words, designed with enterprise users, institutions, and conservative users in mind, it offers a stable, long-term support cycle […]
The past few days have seen a strong response from the Linux community, who were not happy about Fedora’s plan to drop 32-bit support with the upcoming Fedora 44 release. The proposal sparked heated debates across forums and social media, with many users voicing concerns over how it would affect gaming, legacy hardware, and Fedora-based […]