prisoninmate shares a report from 9to5Linux: Dubbed Questing Quokka, Ubuntu 25.10 is powered by the latest and greatest Linux 6.17 kernel series for top-notch hardware support and ships with the latest GNOME 49 desktop environment, defaulting to a Wayland-only session for the Ubuntu Desktop flavor, meaning there's no other session to choose from the login screen. Ubuntu Desktop also ships with two new apps, namely GNOME's Loupe instead of Eye of GNOME as the default image viewer, as well as Ptyxis instead of GNOME Terminal as the default terminal emulator. Also, there's a new update notification that will be shown with options to open Software Updater or install updates directly.' Other highlights of Ubuntu 25.10 include sudo-rs as the default implementation of sudo, Dracut as the default initramfs-tools, Chrony as the default NTP (Network Time Protocol) client, Rust Coreutils as the default implementation of GNU Core Utilities, and TPM-backed FDE (Full Disk Encryption) recovery key management. Moreover, Ubuntu 25.10 adds NVIDIA Dynamic Boost support and enables suspend-resume support in the proprietary NVIDIA graphics driver to prevent corruption and freezes when waking an NVIDIA desktop. For Intel users, Ubuntu 25.10 introduces support for new Intel integrated and discrete GPUs. Ubuntu 25.10 is available for download here.

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BrianFagioli writes: Canonical has revealed the codename for Ubuntu 26.04 LTS: Resolute Raccoon. The announcement came today on X through the official @ubuntu account, continuing the tradition of pairing an adjective with an animal for each release. As an LTS version, it will be supported for five years and serve as the foundation for servers, desktops, and cloud deployments when it launches in April 2026. While the name itself is now public, the features of Ubuntu 26.04 remain under wraps. The community will be watching closely to see which kernel it ships with, how GNOME evolves, and what improvements land for enterprise and container use. For now, fans simply have a raccoon mascot to rally around as the countdown to April begins.

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ISSUE 22.24 • 2025-06-16 BEN’S WORKSHOP By Ben Myers Why not install and use Linux on a well-appointed laptop that does not meet Windows 11 hardware requirements? This is my adventure setting up a laptop to run a Linux distribution and to use it productively for writing. The PC in question is a really nice […]

Derrick Rauch and Kent Ickler // (Updated 3/22/2019) First, to see what our build looks like, look here: https://www.blackhillsinfosec.com/build-password-cracker-nvidia-gtx-1080ti-gtx-1070/ What’s next? Time for System Rebuild! First, you need to decide whether you […]

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David Fletcher// This blog post is going to illustrate setting up a software access point (AP) on Ubuntu 16.04.  Having the ability to create a software AP can be very […]

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Kent Ickler //  You’ve heard us before talk about Bro, an IDS for network monitoring and analysis.  We’ve had several installs of Bro over time here at BHIS.  It’s about […]

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Kent Ickler // What is Cacti? Cacti is a network system that inputs system-generated quantifiable data and presents the data in spiffy graphs. Net-Admin In the Net-Admin world, it gives […]

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Brian Fehrman // You’ve sent your phishing ruse, the target has run the Meterpreter payload, and you have shell on their system. Now what? If you follow our blogs, you […]

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