Arch User Repository hit by a large-scale malware campaign, with maintainers racing to roll back malicious commits and lock out bad actors.
Posts published in “Distros”
AlmaLinux rolls out 9.8 and 10.2 side by side, pairing new compiler and language stacks with security fixes and an ALESCo‑approved kernel backport that arrives ahead of the RHEL upstream.
From the MX Linux community comes Extrox, a duo of Xfce-based spins—one MX, one Arch—that emphasize audio tooling without sacrificing day-to-day usability.
Two kernel zero‑day fixes, two quick Tails releases, and one Tor‑backed project determined to keep its privacy‑minded users safe — this is open source security hygiene in action.
Built on Debian Trixie, Synex aims to cut post‑install busywork with sensible defaults, app choices up front, and a clean KDE Plasma experience.
Out with the old; in with the new. Gerald Pfeifer’s nearly seven‑year run as chair ends with SUSE veteran Jeff Mahoney moving into the role.
With Podman 6 bringing big under‑the‑hood networking and modernization changes, Fedora is calling on experienced users to put the daemonless container engine through its paces.
In this low‑pressure Monday meetup, Otto Kekäläinen helps aspiring Debian devs untangle packaging puzzles, absorb the culture, and turn curiosity into accepted contributions.
We take Fedora’s newest weekly‑distro pick for a spin to see how it handles real‑world browsing, office work, media… with a bit of gaming on the side.
Jon Seager’s roadmap brings agentic AI to Ubuntu through inference snaps and background enhancements, while vowing not to hard‑wire AI into the OS or shove it at unwilling users.