FOSS Linux

macOS 27 Golden Gate beta changed the boot picker behavior on Apple Silicon Macs, hiding Asahi Linux partitions from view. The partition data is intact, but you cannot boot into Linux. This guide covers three verified recovery methods and what the Asahi team is doing about it.

Transmission 4.1.2 is here with over 20 bug fixes including the notorious 99 percent download stall and a critical clickjacking security patch. I show you how to install it on Ubuntu via APT and PPA, Fedora with DNF, Arch with Pacman, and any distro using Flatpak. Every terminal command verified from a live Linux VM.

COSMIC Epoch 1.0.15 added Wayland pointer constraints, KDE Plasma announced it will drop X11 at 95 percent Wayland adoption, and GNOME 50 has been Wayland-only since launch. This guide compares all three desktops for Linux gaming in 2026, covers Gamescope, Proton, and Mesa, and helps you choose the right desktop for your gaming setup.

Ubuntu 26.04 LTS includes native ROCm packages for the first time, replacing AMD amdgpu-install script with a single apt command. This guide covers the native installation, the current version gap between archive and upstream, Canonical SRU strategy for keeping ROCm updated, and how to choose between the archive method and AMD upstream installer for your workload.

The Linux kernel is deprecating AF_ALG starting with Linux 7.2 after a 732-byte exploit called Copy Fail gave unprivileged users root on every major distribution since 2017. Here is what the kernel crypto interface does, why it must be removed, and how to block it on your own systems right now.