As announced last month, PCI Express 8.0 is aiming for 256 GT/s speeds for allowing 1 TB/s bandwidth in an x16 configuration. In working towards the goals of PCIe 8.0, the PCI-SIG announced today that the v0.3 specification has been released to members...

IPFire 2.29 Core Update 197 has been released today as a new stable update to this open-source hardened Linux firewall distribution that brings various improvements, updated components, and other changes.

This guide provides a step-by-step walk-through for integrating a uTrust FIDO2 security key (Identiv uTrust) with Fedora 42 to secure: Audience for this article The guide is intended for instructional cybersecurity labs and intermediate Fedora users. It prioritizes PIN + Touch verification for strong security. NOTE: Since misconfiguration can result in system lockout, readers should […]

The PCLinuxOS Magazine staff is pleased to announce the release of the PCLinuxOS Recipe Corner Special Edition, Volume 2 of the PCLinuxOS Magazine.

Ubuntu Studio 25.10 “Questing Quokka” Beta has officially launched, bringing significant improvements to creative professionals and multimedia enthusiasts. This latest Ubuntu Studio 25.10 release introduces major desktop environment upgrades, enhanced audio production capabilities, and substantial updates to creative applications that position it as a leading choice for content creators.

Canonical released today the beta version of the upcoming Ubuntu 25.10 (Questing Quokka) release for public beta testing, so it’s time to take a look at what to expect from the final release.

EasyOS version 7.0 reviewed on Distrowatch. The previous review on Distrowatch was version 4.2, three years ago. The review identifies major improvements, in particular for the container technology.

So a Microsoft employee now boasts that they're making Git - not GitHub - dependent on Rust, which Microsoft controls in GitHub. We already saw the trouble this causes in Linux and very much foresaw it (LibreOffice is also targeted).

The KDE Project announced today the release of the beta version of the upcoming KDE Plasma 6.5 desktop environment series, a major update that will introduce new features, improvements, fixes, and other enhancements.

Rust 1.90 is out today as the newest feature release for this popular programming language...

This week, our Linux distro gadabout takes a look at both the Cinnamon and Mate editions of Linux Mint 22.2 “Zara,” and finds absolutely nothing to complain about.

In the summer of 2025, Denmark’s government put forward a major policy change in its digital infrastructure: moving away from using Microsoft Office 365, and in part, open-source its operations with LibreOffice. Below is an original account of what this entails, why it matters, how it’s being done, and what the risks and opportunities are.

Why browse the web yourself when an AI sidekick can spoon-feed it to you? Now that it knows it won't be forced to sell its browser, Google is cramming AI into every vacant corner of Chrome it can find, whether you like it or not. …

Bluefin LTS released: immutable Linux workstation with CentOS Stream 10 base, Flathub, ZFS, Homebrew, and 3–5 years of long-term support.

One of the exciting elements of Intel's Xeon 6 Granite Rapids launch last year was introducing support for MRDIMMs alongside DDR5-6400 memory support. After the Xeon 6900P series debut I posted some of the first independent DDR5-6400 vs. MRDIMM-8800 benchmarks. One year later, today is a fresh look at the DDR5-6400 vs. MRDIMM-8800 performance for Granite Rapids with new/updated benchmarks, the latest Linux software improvements, and also looking at the impact on power and thermals of MRDIMM memory.

Rspamd 3.13, an open-source spam filtering system, introduces multiclass Bayes, a neural module overhaul, and improved LLM embedding support.

The Fedora Forge has been soft-launched for Fedora contributors to help modernize the development and collaboration tools around the Linux distribution...

Tails 7.0 is out today as a major update to this portable Linux OS based on the Debian GNU/Linux operating system that protects users against surveillance and censorship.

After Arch Linux, Mageia is now reporting infrastructure outages, with forums and wiki down due to what looks like another bot-driven attack.

Still exotic for now, but moves are afoot Arm devices are everywhere today and many of them run Linux. The operating system also powers cloud computing and IT environments all over the world. However, x86 is still the dominant architecture of global computer hardware, where the Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) with Secure Boot incorporated is a standard. But what does UEFI look like from an Arm perspective?…

Following the recent release of Linux Mint 22.2 as the Linux Mint project's premiere operating system currently built atop Ubuntu 24.04 LTS, today marks the beta release of Linux Mint Debian Edition 7...

Multipass offers a quick way to create Ubuntu virtual machines with no extra hardware or complex setup needed.

GNOME 49 arrives with a modern video player, revamped document viewer, HDR wallpapers, and major upgrades across Calendar, Web, Maps, and more.

NVIDIA is making a $5 billion investment into Intel and the two companies will work together on custom data center and client CPUs...

Released yesterday was the OpenJDK Java 25 release along with Oracle's GraalVM 25 alternative JVM...

The Slackware-based PorteuX 2.3 distribution, inspired by Slax and Porteus and designed to be super fast, small, portable, modular, and immutable, is out today with various updates and changes.

Texas Instruments has introduced its most affordable C2000 real-time MCUs to date, aimed at appliances, digital power supplies, and power tools. The new F28E12x series, including the F28E120SC and F28E120SB, delivers a 30% performance boost over earlier C2000 devices while maintaining a cost-efficient design. The F28E12x devices integrate TI’s C28x digital signal processor core with […]

The past few months we have been intrigued by an AMD GFX1250 target added to the LLVM codebase for the AMDGPU shader compiler back-end. GFX12 is RDNA4 and GFX1250 is presumably some "RDNA 4.5" / "RDNA Refresh" part akin to GFX1150 having been for the RDNA 3.5 parts with Strix Halo / Strix Point. The prior LLVM code confirmed GFX1250 is in APU form factor but product details beyond that have been scarce. Today a new AMD GFX1251 target was merged to LLVM...

JDK 25 LTS improves IO, HTTP, concurrency, and TLS while removing outdated system properties.

First up: $41M to use human annotators to label all that unstructured military data. What could go wrong? Data curation firm Scale AI has partnered with the Pentagon to deploy its AI on Top Secret networks - a move its interim CEO says is necessary if the US wants AI to be useful for national security.…