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The omnipresent top command is often the first tool that comes to mind for system resource monitoring in the Linux command line. Btop++ is a similar Linux system monitoring tool that shows usage statistics for processor, memory, disk, network, and processes. It is a C++ variant of the popular bashtop from the same developer. In

WSelector is a modern GTK4/Adwaita application for browsing, downloading, and setting wallpapers. It’s written in Python. The post Linux Candy: WSelector – wallpaper selector manager appeared first on Linux Today.

Upcoming GNOME releases will require systemd for key session features, making it harder for non-systemd distros to keep pace without major patches. The post GNOME 49 Will Require Deeper systemd Integration appeared first on Linux Today.

The Linux kernel is seeing a steady accumulation of Rust code. As it becomes more prevalent, maintainers may want to know how to read, review, and test the Rust code that relates to their areas of expertise. Just as kernel C code is different from user-space C code, so too is kernel Rust code somewhat

A new filesystem was the topic of a session led by Zach Brown at the 2025 Linux Storage, Filesystem, Memory Management, and BPF Summit (LSFMM+BPF). The ngnfs filesystem is not a “next generation” NFS, as might be guessed from the name; Brown said that he did not think about that linkage (“I hate naming so

A new version of open source productivity suite ONLYOFFICE Desktop Editors is available, packed out with another round of welcome improvements. ONLYOFFICE 9.0 introduces two new theme options: Modern Light and Modern Dark. Both offer restyled UI elements and new icons and are available across the full suite of word processor, spreadsheet, presentation, form, and

Debian’s long-awaited tag2upload service is now ready for Debian maintainers to use in some circumstances. Tag2upload makes it easier for maintainers to upload packages, by allowing them to push a signed Git commit that will automatically be picked up and built, instead of pushing a build from their local machine. LWN covered the discussion around

Security updates have been issued by SUSE (apache2-mod_security2, augeas, ghc-pandoc, gstreamer, ignition, kernel, libblockdev, libxml2, nodejs20, openssl-3, pam_pkcs11, perl, python3, systemd, ucode-intel, webkit2gtk3, and xen) and Ubuntu (linux, linux-aws, linux-aws-5.4, linux-azure, linux-gcp, linux-gcp-5.4, linux-ibm, linux-ibm-5.4, linux-kvm, linux-oracle, linux-oracle-5.4, linux-xilinx-zynqmp, linux-aws-fips, linux-gcp-fips, python3.13, python3.12, and roundcube).