The Servo open-source web layout engine continues advancing with its demo Servoshell and continued work around making it suitable for embedding into other software. The Servo project this morning published their latest monthly status update to inform the community what they have been up to the past several weeks...

Calibre 8.7 e-book manager adds APNX file support for newer Kindles and improves author matching, while fixing regressions with Kobo devices and book sending.

The Ubuntu 25.10 images geared for the Raspberry Pi will be much more lean than current Ubuntu Linux releases for the Raspberry Pi thanks to changes merged this week...

2.6.1 adds Plucky Puffin and Firefox actually works this time Rescuezilla 2.6.1 has introduced a new version based on the latest interim Ubuntu release, while also updating its existing builds on older versions.…

In an era when remote work, video conferencing, and travel-heavy lifestyles are the norm, users expect laptops to last longer unplugged. Meanwhile, growing awareness of sustainability adds pressure to maximize energy efficiency. Recognizing this mantra, Linux developers have overhauled power-handling strategies, from the kernel core to user-space tools, to meet these expectations in 2025.

Maix4-HAT is a compact AI inference module developed by Sipeed for edge-side deployment of large models. According to Sipeed, it is powered by AXera’s AX650 vision chip, integrating an NPU capable of up to 72 TOPS at INT4 or 18 TOPS at INT8 precision. The module is designed to handle vision, speech, and language tasks […]

When Rust first made its way into the Linux kernel in late 2022 (mainline inclusion began with version 6.1), it didn’t merely introduce a new programming language, it marked a profound shift in how we ensure operating system resilience. This article dives into why that matters, how it’s being implemented, and what it could mean for Linux’s long-term robustness.

The first release candidate of LLVM 21.1 is now available for testing, which under their modern versioning scheme will represent the first stable version of the LLVM 21 compiler stack...

The Document Foundation announced today the general availability of LibreOffice 25.2.5 as the fifth maintenance update to the latest LibreOffice 25.2 office suite series with more bug fixes.

For the upcoming Linux 6.17 kernel cycle AMD already queued fixes for GPU compute on some older AMD hardware, improved debugging support for AMDGPU, and other enhancements. Sent out today was a final batch of feature changes for AMDGPU/AMDKFD expected for the upcoming Linux 6.17 merge window. Most notable is AMD SmartMux support coming to Linux...

n8n enables you to automate actions for your business through integrations with applications and APIs. Using n8n’s website is possible; however, self-hosting n8n lets you own your data and run your own integrations through your server.

Some commits merged today to FFmpeg Git provide additional hand-tuned Assembly code for AVX-512 with capable Intel and AMD processors...

When Ultramarine Linux 42 was released just as Larry Cafiero was wrapping up his evaluation of the previous version, he couldn’t resist taking a look to see if number 42 is indeed the answer to everything…

ERPNext is an open-source ERP solution designed to help businesses manage various operational aspects, such as finance, inventory, sales, purchasing, production, and human resource management. Unlike traditional ERP systems that are often expensive and rigid, ERPNext offers high flexibility at a more affordable cost, making it suitable for small to large businesses.

New spin on speculative decoding works with any model - now built into Transformers We all know that AI is expensive, but a new set of algorithms developed by researchers at the Weizmann Institute of Science, Intel Labs, and d-Matrix could significantly reduce the cost of serving up your favorite large language model (LLM) with just a few lines of code.…

Launched back in 2014 was the Marvell PXA1908 SoC intended for 4G LTE smartphones and featured four Arm Cortex-A53 cores. Not too impressive for its time and far less so today. Though after a decade of not seeing mainline Linux kernel support and some vendor kernels stuck in the Linux 3.14 era, the upcoming Linux 6.17 cycle is expected to upstream support for this old smartphone SoC...

LibreOffice 25.2.5 rolls out with over 60 bug fixes, addressing crashes and compatibility issues across Writer, Calc, Impress, and Base.

In this blog post, we will explain how to install RPM packages on the Debian 13 operating system. RPM stands for Red Hat Package Manager and is a free and open-source package management system for Linux distributions.

Celebrate Slackware Linux's 32nd anniversary! Patrick Volkerding's creation is the oldest Linux distribution still maintained, renowned for its unwavering stability and user control.

Wireshark 4.4.8 has been released today as the eighth maintenance update to the latest Wireshark 4.4 stable series of this popular network protocol analyzer software for Linux, macOS, and Windows systems.

Earlier this year when the Framework 13 was updated for the AMD Ryzen AI 300 series I ran benchmarks looking at the performance gains across different Linux distributions with Debian 13, Clear Linux, and CachyOS being the outstanding performers for that Strix Point hardware. With the recent launch of the Framework 12 2-in-1 laptop powered by Intel Raptor Lake you may be wondering what Linux distributions have the edge there. Here is an eight-way comparison of different Linux operating systems on the Framework 12 with Intel Core i5 1334U with the likes of Arch Linux, CachyOS, Clear Linux, Debian, Fedora, openSUSE, and Ubuntu.

LILYGO has released the T-Display S3 Pro LR1121, a modular variant designed to expand the capabilities of the standard T-Display S3 Pro. Instead of integrating a camera module like another Pro variant, this version introduces dual-band LoRa connectivity, audio input/output, vibration feedback, and a larger battery, all packaged in a stackable shield form. The LR1121 […]

Today, the GStreamer project released GStreamer 1.26.4 as the fourth maintenance update to the latest GStreamer 1.26 series of this popular open-source and cross-platform multimedia framework.

Rescuezilla 2.6.1 is out today as the latest stable version of this Ubuntu-based “Swiss Army Knife of System Recovery” distribution based on the popular Clonezilla open-source disk imaging/cloning software.

The Intel Media Driver is out with its quarterly feature release for bringing all of the latest open-source video acceleration improvements for Intel graphics hardware on Linux. Enhancing support for upcoming Panther Lake SoCs continues to be a primary focus...

ProtonUp-Qt 2.13 improves Lutris support and adds new compatibility layers for better game performance across multiple Linux launchers.

Debian Trixie is expected to enter its full freeze in August 2025, with release date discussions focusing on late July to mid-August.

Gentoo derivative is the most popular Linux distro, but its days are apparently numbered Google's Android president has confirmed the platform is set to replace ChromeOS – but not when.…

The Plasma Bigscreen TV-focused UI sees a fresh life as a KDE contributor revives it, modernizing the design, settings, and controller support for Plasma 6.

Canonical announced today that they teamed up with ESWIN Computing to ship Ubuntu Linux as the preferred operating system on their ESWIN Computing EBC77 Series single board computer...