IBM and Red Hat are offering Lightwell at no charge to more than 285 U.S. universities, NGOs, and think tanks to help secure open source software.
AerynOS 2026.08 is here with experimental OpenZFS support, Linux 7.1.5, systemd 261.2, and major improvements to its moss package manager. The update focuses on infrastructure rather than flashy features, proving that boring Linux upgrades can sometimes be the most important ones.
NetBSD 11.0 has arrived with stable RISC-V support, initial Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite compatibility, a MICROVM kernel capable of booting in about 10 milliseconds, improved Linux compatibility, and dozens of hardware and performance enhancements.
4MLinux 52 is now stable with Linux 6.18 LTS, LibreOffice 26, simpler Wi-Fi configuration, and improved support for older graphics cards.
MakuluLinux released AI-OS on July 28 with Electra, an integrated AI system for coding, writing, Linux management, automation, memory, and remote access.
OpenAI has released an open source CLI and TypeScript SDK for Codex Security giving developers new ways to scan repositories validate vulnerabilities and add security checks to CI workflows
Linux Mint is preparing to make Wayland a fully supported option in Cinnamon, with improvements for NVIDIA graphics, HiDPI displays, multiple monitors, KVM switches, and application compatibility.
The Atari Jaguar may have been one of gaming’s biggest commercial failures, but it has earned an unlikely new achievement. Developer cakehonolulu has successfully ported uClinux to the 1993 console, overcoming its tiny 2MB of RAM, lack of an MMU, and other hardware challenges to boot Linux on real hardware.
Google is moving Open Health Stack to the Linux Foundation, where the open source healthcare platform will be developed under vendor-neutral governance with support from a $3 million Google.org grant.
deepin 25.2 focuses on polish with a more stable Wayland experience, smarter OCR-powered search, Linux 6.18 LTS support, and dozens of improvements across the desktop.
IBM and Red Hat are rolling out Lightwell, a new AI-powered platform that promises to help enterprises patch vulnerable open source software without disruptive upgrades.
Alpine Linux 3.24.0 arrives with Linux kernel 6.18, GNOME 50, COSMIC desktop support, and aggressive removal of aging packages like GTK+ 2, Qt 5 components, and libsoup 2.