Issue #298 / Sep 2025
DVD: CachyOS Desktop Edition and NixOS 25.05
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Highlights:
SERVICE: Welcome
The Kettle Boils
Several years ago, the Linux crowd was spending a lot of time waiting for Linux to arrive and explode onto the general PC consumer market. Every year was supposed to be "the year of the Linux desktop." Ubuntu, in particular, had grand ambitions to be the operating system of the future and cultivated a flashy in-crowd image much like Apple did.
NEWS: News
In the news: CachyOS Now Lets Users Choose Their Shell; Wayland 1.24 Released with Fixes and New Features; Bugs Found in sudo; Fedora Continues 32-Bit Support; ONLYOFFICE v9 Embraces AI; Two Local Privilege Escalation Flaws Discovered in Linux; New TUXEDO InfinityBook Pro Powered by MD Ryzen AI 300; and LibreOffice Tested as Possible Office 365 Alternative.
NEWS: Kernel News
Chronicler Zack Brown reports on isolating patch submissions by type, and quantum security.
: Indie Game Studio
Create an indie games studio with free software
Open source software can provide every tool you need to create an independent game.
: Security the Securonis Way
Custom-built security tools
The Debian-based Securonis Linux features a comprehensive set of graphical security tools. We talk to its creator about some of its custom features.
IN-DEPTH: bcachefs
A next-gen CoW filesystem enters the mainline
Bcachefs is a next-generation Linux filesystem that merges into the kernel, offering a feature-complete, high-performance copy-on-write design for scalable, reliable storage.
IN-DEPTH: Homepage
Organize self-hosted services with Homepage
Simplify the chaos of self-hosted services with Homepage, a customizable dashboard with widgets that put service statistics at your fingertips.
IN-DEPTH: No Internet Required
Updating an offline Debian system
This new utility lets you update a system that is not connected to the Internet.
IN-DEPTH: Treasure Map
Find your photos with Go and Fyne
To help track down a particular photo, Mike Schilli often turns to his cellphone's geosearch function. Replicating this functionality with Go and Fyne turned out to be a trouble-free experience.
IN-DEPTH: Warp AI Agent
An AI coding and terminal agent
The Warp AI agent takes the guesswork out of working at the command line. We show you how to build a simple website with one prompt.
IN-DEPTH: Wazuh
Integrated security with Wazuh
This versatile security app checks for vulnerabilities, watches logs, and acts as a single interface for other tools.
IN-DEPTH: Universal Package Formats
How Flatpak, AppImage, and Snap are changing software distribution
Modern-day package systems solve some problems posed by classic formats like DEB and RPM. We look at Flatpak, AppImage, and Snap and describe how they differ.
: ChirpStack LoRaWAN
Build a Long-Range Sensor Network with ChirpStack
ChirpStack's LoRaWAN implementation lets you set up long-range wireless traffic for sensors even if you are far from a WiFi access point.
LINUX VOICE: Introduction
This month in Linux Voice and Elvie.
LINUX VOICE: maddog's Doghouse
Student support in Brazil
Free software, and the FOSS community, can help technology students get the education they desire in Brazil and elsewhere.
LINUX VOICE: Zellij
Extend the power of the prompt with this versatile terminal multiplexer
What's better than one command line? Many command lines that never die. Take the terminal to new places with Zellij.
LINUX VOICE: Just
Project automation with the Just task runner
Just is a command runner that lets you define project-specific tasks in a declarative justfile.
LINUX VOICE: FOSSPicks
Nate explores the top FOSS including the latest bookmarking service, a fish-themed maze game, and some promising offerings from Microsoft.
LINUX VOICE: Exercise Place
Creating a playground for GRUB 2 on VirtualBox
The GRUB 2 boot manager might seem intimidating at first glance. All the more reason to spin up a virtual playground so you can practice.
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News
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FreeBSD Promises a Full Desktop Installer
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Plasma Bigscreen Returns
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CachyOS Now Lets Users Choose Their Shell
Imagine getting the opportunity to select which shell you want during the installation of your favorite Linux distribution. That's now a thing.
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Wayland 1.24 Released with Fixes and New Features
Wayland continues to move forward, while X11 slowly vanishes into the shadows, and the latest release includes plenty of improvements.
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Bugs Found in sudo
Two critical flaws allow users to gain access to root privileges.
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Fedora Continues 32-Bit Support
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