Debian 13 base, minus systemd and RISC-V build Old school enough to favor Debian, but averse to systemd? Good news: Devuan 6 "Excalibur" is here, and all you need to do is draw it from the stone master its installer.…

SQLite 3.51 introduces new JSONB functions, improved query performance, enhanced CLI tools, and expanded support for 64-bit WebAssembly builds.

Merged yesterday to the mainline Linux 6.18 development kernel were the latest round of x86 platform driver fixes. Mostly some small fixes but standing out is electronic privacy screen hotkey support for some Dell laptops...

Grinn has unveiled the GenioBoard, a compact single-board computer aimed at accelerating development of embedded and AI-enabled systems. It integrates the company’s GenioSOM-510 and GenioSOM-700 modules built on MediaTek’s Genio processor family, combining multiple Arm Cortex-A cores with an integrated GPU and NPU for edge inference applications. Powered by the MediaTek Genio 700, which integrates […]

NVIDIA engineers continue working a lot on the open-source and upstream Nova driver for the Linux kernel. This modern, Rust-written open-source NVIDIA driver is still taking shape as an alternative to NVIDIA's official downstream open-source driver and the aging and reverse-engineered Nouveau driver. Out on the horizon for Nova is Hopper and Blackwell GPU support...

Fwupd 2.0.17 has been released today as the seventeenth maintenance update to the fwupd 2.0 series of this open-source Linux firmware update utility, adding support for more devices, new features, and bug fixes.

FEX 2511 is out today for this open-source emulator akin to Apple's Rosetta that allows running x86/x86+64 applications on ARM64. But in the case of FEX, for ARM64 Linux devices and akin to other open-source projects like Box64...

A new feature of Intel Xeon 6 "Birch Stream" platforms is the "Latency Optimized Mode" performance setting. The Intel Latency Optimized Mode will keep the uncore clock frequencies higher for more consistent performance but at the cost of increased power use. For those wondering about the performance and power impact, here are some comparison benchmarks of engaging this Latency Optimized Mode with Intel Xeon 6980P "Granite Rapids" server processors.

No more guessing where your favorite series lives—Ticket Booth lets you keep your database of titles up to date.

Sent out today to DRM-Next was the latest weekly batch of drm-misc-next patches for enhancing the various smaller Direct Rendering Manager drivers within the kernel. Included with this week's update is supporting some additional Mali and Vivante hardware as well as continuing to enhance the in-kernel accelerator "accel" drivers...

Symbolic links, sometimes also referred to as "symlinks," are used to create file pointers pointing towards files and directories in the Linux system.

Days after the Linux Vendor Firmware Service celebrated 135 million firmware downloads, a new version of the Fwupd utility is now available for firmware updating systems and peripherals under Linux...

Learn how to apply blur effects in Kdenlive, including fullscreen blur, partial blur using alpha mask, manual keyframed blur, and motion tracking blur. This video shows how each method works and compares their results. While motion tracking offers speed and automation, manual tracking provides better precision when the object moves unpredictably making it ideal for creators who need to hide faces, license plates, or sensitive details directly in Kdenlive.

Nebula is a fresh Rust-built GTK frontend for XBPS, offering a modern and easy way to manage packages on Void Linux.

Wild 0.7 released on Monday as the newest feature release for this very fast linker for Linux systems competing with Mold on x86_64 / ARM64 / RISC-V devices...

Chocolate Factory's latest moonshot aims to put AI supercomputing cluster in sun-sychronous orbit Google on Tuesday announced a new moonshot – launching constellations of solar-powered satellites packed to the gills with its home-grown tensor processing units (TPUs) to form orbital AI datacenters.…

The KDE Project released today KDE Plasma 6.5.2 as the second maintenance update to the latest and greatest KDE Plasma 6.5 desktop environment series with more improvements and bug fixes.

PEP 810 approved following lengthy debate among developer community Python programs are set to get faster startup times with PEP 810 "Explicit lazy imports," which allows scripts to defer loading imported libraries until they're actually needed rather than at startup.…

Use these Linux commands to quickly search and find anything from the Linux terminal, without digging through folders in a GUI file manager.

The Linux kernel, foundational for servers, desktops, embedded systems, and cloud infrastructure, has been under heightened scrutiny. Several vulnerabilities have been exploited in real-world attacks, targeting critical subsystems and isolation layers. In this article, we’ll walk through major examples, explain their significance, and offer actionable guidance for defenders.

Nearly one year ago Microsoft announced the HBv5 virtual machines powered by a custom-designed AMD 4th Gen EPYC processor with high bandwidth memory (HBM3). Finally today the Azure HBv5 series is reaching general availability for those with memory-intensive HPC applications and other workloads. Microsoft kindly provided Phoronix with HBv5 access in advance to begin testing these new VMs with the AMD EPYC 9V64H CPUs featuring HBM memory, so here are some of the first independent benchmarks of these exciting processors powering Azure's new HPC VM instances.

As ODF 1.4 nears release, office suite developers and users alike can expect an open, transparent format designed to meet modern document needs.

NVIDIA released today the NVIDIA 580.105.08 graphics drivers for NVIDIA GPUs on Linux, BSD, and Solaris systems as a new update in the latest NVIDIA 580 series.

CZ.NIC has launched the Turris Omnia NG router, described as a new open-source device focused on security, performance, and modularity. It features a quad-core processor, Wi-Fi 7 connectivity, and M.2-based expandability, targeting users who require a long-lasting and adaptable networking platform. The Omnia NG is powered by a quad-core ARMv8 processor operating at 2.2 GHz […]

The new NVIDIA 580.105 Linux driver fixes HDMI FRL issues, Rage 2 and Metro Exodus crashes, and adds a CUDA performance control variable.

The ARMEL and MIPS64EL architectures have been dropped from Debian unstable and experimental. This is the end of the road for these aging ARM and MIPS targets in the Debian world...

Kitty 0.44 GPU-accelerated terminal adds Unicode 17 support, macOS optimizations, and fixes flickering, CPU issues, and Wayland scrolling bugs.

iLabs has released the Challenger+ RP2040 LoRa Mk II, an upgraded Feather-format microcontroller board that combines the Raspberry Pi RP2040 with an RFM95W LoRa radio module. The new revision refines the original design with improved noise isolation, enhanced power distribution, and added modular connectivity options. The board features a redesigned power supply with separate power […]

SUSE’s Hardware Enablement team adds long-awaited U-Boot support for the Raspberry Pi 5, unlocking easier openSUSE and MicroOS installs.

The official dates and location are set for Flock to Fedora 2026, the premier annual conference for Fedora Project contributors. The event will take place from 14-16 June 2026, in Prague, Czechia. For Flock 2026, we are returning to the Vienna House by Wyndham Andel’s Prague, located at: Stroupeznickeho 21Prague, 150 00Czech Republic While all […]