Latest Linux News – April 27, 2025

Latest Linux News - April 27, 2025

🏖️ Zblock Compressed Slab Memory Allocator Expected to Land in Linux 6.16 Kernel With only one month left until the merge window for Linux 6.16 opens, the new Zblock allocator has been incorporated into Andrew Morton’s “MM” memory management code tree, and is highly likely to appear in the next kernel merge cycle.The design goal … Read more

Fedora Linux 42 Stable Release: Linux Kernel 6.14 and GNOME 48 Desktop

Fedora Linux 42 Stable Release: Linux Kernel 6.14 and GNOME 48 Desktop

Fedora Linux 42 stable version was officially released on April 15, featuring the Linux kernel 6.14. The flagship version, Fedora Workstation, utilizes the GNOME 48 desktop environment and has enabled the Anaconda WebUI installer by default, providing guided partitioning features and enhanced automatic partitioning. A new “Reinstall Fedora” option has been added for user convenience … Read more

Overview of Seven Major Desktop Environments on Linux

Overview of Seven Major Desktop Environments on Linux

Most Linux distributions use KDE or GNOME as their default desktop environments. Both provide users with a raw and attractive desktop, along with a variety of multimedia software, system programs, games, utilities, web development tools, programming tools, and more. These two desktops aim to offer users a cutting-edge computing environment similar to the Windows operating … Read more