tcpdump is a powerful command-line packet analyzer that lets you capture and inspect network traffic in real time. When you need to troubleshoot services like DNS, DHCP, or NTP, filtering for UDP packets is often the quickest way to see what’s…
KDE’s next desktop, Plasma 6.8, is due on October 14, 2026. This week’s standout lets KDE’s new Union system style traditional QtWidgets apps. The latest report covers the details. Union is KDE’s push for one consistent way to theme apps. Until now…
The number of CVEs fixed in each Linux kernel release is climbing fast. Not long ago, a release closed about 500. Now the count is nearing 2,000. Greg Kroah-Hartman teased the trend before his Kernel Recipes 2026 talk. He posted a slide…
Flatpak’s sandbox is about to get serious attention. Germany’s Sovereign Tech Agency is putting €508,640 into hardening it. The money funds a two-year effort to develop and maintain Flatpak for the long term. Modal Collective is co-organizing the work, with…
Canonical has released Ubuntu 26.04.1 LTS. It’s the first point release of the 26.04 LTS series, codenamed “Resolute Raccoon.” The build arrived on August 27, 2026. Point releases don’t add features. Instead, they roll up security patches, bug fixes, and…
Flatpak has a new point release. Version 1.18.2 is the second maintenance update in the 1.18 series. It ships fixes only, with no new features. The work spans the sandbox, the system helper, portals, repository metadata, and builds. The full…
Most ways of carving up a server lean on a hypervisor. Multikernel takes a different route. It boots several independent Linux kernels on the same box, each on real hardware, with no virtualization layer in between. That code is now…
The GNU Project has released Emacs 31.1. The long-running text editor landed on August 24, 2026. This version bundles a broad set of new features. They span the terminal experience, window management, package handling, and first-run friendliness. The full list…
Manjaro has pushed out a new stable update. It’s the first point release in the current 26.1 “Bian-May” series. The update brings fresh kernels and a large batch of package upgrades. Highlights include KDE Frameworks 6.29, Mesa 26.1.7, QEMU 11.1,…
Microsoft shipped Visual Studio Code 1.134 on August 19, 2026. The update leans hard into AI-assisted coding. It adds a shared agent host, side-by-side chats, a prompt timeline, full-conversation search, and new HTML browser options. The release notes cover the full list.…
