PHP Officially Retires Its Legacy License
PHP officially retires its legacy PHP License 3.01 after completing the move to the standard BSD 3-Clause license.
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Raspberry Pi Imager 2.0.9 Brings CM5 Secure Boot Re-Provisioning Work
Raspberry Pi Imager 2.0.9 pre-release adds Pi Connect organization setup, CM5 Secure Boot improvements, and Fastboot reliability fixes.
Manjaro 26.1 Preview Brings GNOME 50, Plasma 6.6, and Xfce 4.20
The Manjaro 26.1 Bian-May preview is now available, featuring Linux kernel 7.0, GNOME 50, KDE Plasma 6.6, and Xfce 4.20.
Amazon’s New Open-Source Rex Project Controls What Scripts Can Do
Amazon has launched Rex, an Apache 2.0-licensed runtime that enforces policy-based access controls for script execution on host systems.
Podman 6 Container Management Tool Set for Late May Release
Podman 6 is now targeted for release the week of May 25 at the earliest, allowing the team additional time to complete major release tasks.
Arch-Based Omarchy 3.7 Released with Steam, RetroArch, Lutris, and Heroic Launcher
Omarchy 3.7 arrives as The Gaming Edition, adding Steam, RetroArch, Lutris, Heroic, Moonlight, Xbox Cloud Gaming, and more.
Linuxiac Weekly Wrap-Up: Week 18, 2026 (Apr 27 – May 3)
Catch up on the latest Linux news: Fedora 44, EndeavourOS Titan Neo, APT 3.3, Arch Linux May ISO, Wine 11.8, GCC 16, Copy Fail Linux kernel flaw, and more.
VideoLAN Releases dav2d 0.0.1 as Early Preview AV2 Decoder
VideoLAN releases dav2d 0.0.1 “Merbanan,” an early preview AV2 decoder and successor to its widely used dav1d AV1 project.
NHS England May Make Public GitHub Repositories Private Over AI Concerns
National Health Service England reportedly plans to make most public code repositories private due to concerns about AI-assisted vulnerability scanning.
GCC 16.1 Released as First GCC 16 Series Release with C++20 Default
GCC 16.1 arrives as the first GCC 16 release, switching the default C++ dialect from GNU C++17 to GNU C++20.