COSMIC Desktop Alpha 6 Released with Many Changes
A new alpha release of System76’s emergent Rust-based COSMIC Desktop environment is out with a clutch of important improvements, bug fixes, and new features. Although very much a work-in-progress, unfinished, and lacking polish, COSMIC desktop is alr...
Gentoo Linux Announces Official QCOW2 Images For Cloud VMs
One of the Linux distributions we hear very little about in the industry for cloud/VM usage is Gentoo Linux. But that could change with the Gentoo project now putting out official QCOW2 disk images to make it easier deploying this source-based Linux di...
Chromium Ozone Support For Wayland Continues Progressing In 2025
Google engineers themselves haven't been energetically pursuing Wayland support within the Ozone abstraction layer for the Chrome/Chromium web browser but thankfully the consulting firm Igalia continues pushing this native Wayland support along. Nick Y...
Ubuntu 24.04.2 LTS is Available to Download
The Ubuntu 24.04.2 LTS release is now available to download, albeit one week later than initially planned. Serving as the second point release in the current Ubuntu 24.04 LTS series, Ubuntu 24.04.2 compacts the slew of security, bug, and software upda...
Windows to Linux, Set Up Full Disk Encryption on openSUSE
Data breaches and cyber threats are becoming increasingly common and securing your personal and professional information has never been more critical. Users transitioning from Windows to Linux through the Upgrade to Freedom campaign can use openSUSE’...
