Debian opens a can of username worms(lwn.net)

221 points by jwilk 1 year ago | 263 comments

Debian opens a can of username worms(lwn.net)

4 points by signa11 1 year ago | 1 comments

Xsnow "protestware" in Debian(lwn.net)

104 points by 6581 3 months ago | 89 comments

Debian votes to allow "responsible use of generative AI"(lwn.net)

441 points by pluc 1 month ago | 373 comments

LWN brief reporting that Debian's general-resolution vote on large language models chose the option allowing responsible use of generative AI by contributors.

KDE launches its own distribution(lwn.net)

643 points by Bogdanp 1 year ago | 449 comments

LWN article on KDE Linux, an alpha immutable distribution from the KDE Project built on Arch packages, released at Akademy 2025.

The use of LLM assistants for kernel development(lwn.net)

63 points by Bogdanp 1 year ago | 23 comments

Debian 12 “Bookworm”(debian.org)

433 points by Chatting 3 years ago | 146 comments

Official Debian announcement of the release of Debian 12 "bookworm", the new stable version, including a new non-free-firmware archive area.

Debian votes to allow "responsible use of generative AI"(lwn.net)

441 points by pluc 1 month ago | 373 comments

LWN brief reporting that Debian's general-resolution vote on large language models chose the option allowing responsible use of generative AI by contributors.

Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in the Linux kernel(lwn.net)

529 points by luispa 24 days ago | 380 comments

LWN.net repost of Debian Security Advisory DSA-6528-1, a Linux kernel security update fixing numerous CVEs, dated September 29, 2026.

Debian 13 “Trixie”(debian.org)

831 points by ducktective 1 year ago | 337 comments

Official Debian announcement of the release of Debian 13 "trixie" on August 9, 2025, with 5 years of support and updated desktop environments.

Corporate Linux(lpar.ath0.com)

18 points by speckx 4 days ago | 6 comments

Blog post criticizing the Linux kernel's relaxed rules on disclosing LLM-assisted patches, arguing it undermines GPL enforcement and the free software community.

Arch shares its wiki strategy with Debian(lwn.net)

318 points by lemper 1 year ago | 110 comments

LWN article on ArchWiki maintainers' DebConf25 talk explaining how Arch manages its wiki, prompting an effort to revamp the Debian wiki.