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Ubuntu Linux 25.10 quietly kills off GNOME on Xorg as Wayland takes over

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Ubuntu 25.10, known as “Questing Quokka,” is taking a big turn under the hood. Canonical has dropped support for the GNOME desktop running on Xorg. Starting with this release, the default “Ubuntu” session now uses Wayland only. Yes, folks, there’s no longer an option to log into GNOME on Xorg. This shift didn’t come out … Read more

Linux 6.16 RC1 is here with nearly 13,000 commits and plenty to get excited about

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Good news, Linux fans. Linus Torvalds has closed the merge window and released the first release candidate of Linux 6.16. That’s right, folks, RC1 is now available and ready for testing. Torvalds says things went about as expected this cycle. There were a few more last minute pull requests than usual, but nothing dramatic. In … Read more