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Security alert! Two critical sudo vulnerabilities have been discovered, allowing attackers to gain root access to your Linux ...

Linux desktop market share reaches 5.03% in the USA (June 2025) according to StatCounter. Discover why more users are ...

Reduced Support Burden: Fedora does not currently test UEFI on MBR configurations. Dropping this untested and rarely used setup makes Fedora easier to test and maintain. This helps avoid confusion for ...

The Debian Installer team has announced the second Release Candidate (RC 2) for the installer of Debian 13, codenamed "Trixie". This latest iteration brings a number of important improvements and ...

Linus Torvalds has announced the fourth release candidate (RC4) for the Linux Kernel 6.16. Despite a fairly large merge window earlier in the cycle, this week's update looks stable and focused. If you ...