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UK MoD taps Red Hat for hybrid cloud and AI upgrades Telecoms.com06:59 15-Feb-26

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HackerOS is what a Linux enthusiast’s OS should be The New Stack11:05 14-Feb-26

GNOME 49.4 Released with Shell, Mutter, and Files Bug Fixes Linuxiac10:12 14-Feb-26

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Contain your Windows apps inside Linux Windows The Register07:35 14-Feb-26

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Plasma 6.7 Set to Bring KWin Performance Fixes and UI Refinements Linuxiac05:38 14-Feb-26

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Linux 7.0 may receive a self-repairing feature that automatically fixes your XFS filesystem XDA-Developers23:34 13-Feb-26

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My 5 favorite Linux distros that are ready to use out of the box (no setup required) ZDNet20:02 13-Feb-26

LibreOffice 26.2 Arrives: Faster Performance, Sharper UI, and Better Compatibility Linux Journal19:51 13-Feb-26

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XFS Could Gain a Self-Healing Feature in Linux Kernel 7.0 Linuxiac14:44 13-Feb-26

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KDE Frameworks 6.23 Brings Broad Fixes Across Core Libraries Linuxiac12:11 13-Feb-26

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SSHStalker botnet brute-forces its way onto 7,000 Linux machines CSO Magazine05:07 13-Feb-26

Session's Co-Founder Thinks You Don't Need to Ditch WhatsApp Completely It's FOSS04:14 13-Feb-26

Ubuntu 24.04.4 LTS arrives with cumulative security and bug fixes Help Net Security02:14 13-Feb-26

NetworkManager 1.56 Released with WireGuard Peer Management in nmcli Linuxiac01:50 13-Feb-26

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Ubuntu 24.04.4 LTS Released with Bug Fixes and Security Updates Linuxiac11:33 12-Feb-26

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Is Ubuntu Treating Its Users as If They Can’t Be Trusted? Linuxiac09:01 12-Feb-26

New Linux botnet SSHStalker uses old-school IRC for C2 comms BleepingComputer.com08:52 12-Feb-26

7-Zip 26.0 File Archiver Improves ZIP and RAR Handling Linuxiac08:30 12-Feb-26

Linux Mint team considers longer gaps between releases in attempt to accelerate development efforts Tom's Hardware Guide07:43 12-Feb-26

The big Foss vendors don't eat their own dogfood – they pay for proprietary groupware The Register06:33 12-Feb-26

Linux Mint Wants Fewer Releases Each Year (For Good Reasons) It's FOSS06:31 12-Feb-26

Linux Mint is shutting down its shorter development cycle Neowin.net04:50 12-Feb-26

UK Ministry of Defence Collaborates with Red Hat to Improve Digital Delivery, Unlock AI Capabilities and Scale its… Red Hat (Press Release)04:49 12-Feb-26

FocusWriter 1.9 Simple Word Processor Adds Heading Shortcuts Linuxiac04:05 12-Feb-26

Linux Mint may publish fewer updates a year, but that's not necessarily a bad thing XDA-Developers23:22 11-Feb-26

How to write Linux bash scripts on your Android - and why you'd want to ZDNet22:04 11-Feb-26

Linux Mint 22 convinced me Cinnamon is the most underrated desktop XDA-Developers16:04 11-Feb-26

VoidLink Framework Enables On-Demand Tool Generation with Windows Plugin Support Cyber Security News15:24 11-Feb-26

Bluefin Linux: ChromeOS simplicity meets Linux power The New Stack15:02 11-Feb-26

Mesa 26.0 Released With RADV Ray Tracing Performance Gains Linuxiac15:02 11-Feb-26

Samsung's Galaxy Upcycle promised to make old phones useful, then won an award for giving up XDA-Developers14:32 11-Feb-26

Linux Mint might overhaul its release schedule How-To Geek13:27 11-Feb-26

Why WSL finally replaced native Linux on my PC XDA-Developers12:40 11-Feb-26

GOG Moves Toward Native Linux Support: A Major Shift for DRM-Free Gaming Linux Journal11:32 11-Feb-26

Linux Mint January 2026 Report Highlights Record Donations Linuxiac11:08 11-Feb-26

Legacy IRC Botnet Campaign Uses Automated SSH Compromise Pipeline to Enroll Linux Hosts at Scale Cyber Security News10:48 11-Feb-26

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Tails 7.4.2 Released with Emergency Kernel Fix Linuxiac10:17 11-Feb-26

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