Longtime Linux desktop users will likely remember the glorious days of the XMMS music player inspired by Winamp. It's been about two decades since the last official release but thanks to AI there is now a modern port of the codebase to GTK4 and GStreamer/PipeWire...

Blivet GUI is an advanced graphical storage and partition management tool for Fedora, providing a user-friendly interface for the backend storage library used in the Anaconda installer. It acts as a more powerful alternative to GParted, allowing users to create, modify, delete, and encrypt storage devices (LVM, Btrfs, RAID) with a staged, "apply-on-demand" approach.

OpenShot 3.5 open-source video editor is now available for download with new default timeline, experimental ComfyUI integration, and more. Here’s what’s new!

With Intel's new Core Ultra Series 3 "Panther Lake" laptop SoCs, the Xe3-based Arc B390 graphics and much improved CPU performance capture much of the spotlight. One new capability with Panther Lake that isn't featured as much though is the new FRED capability with Flexible Return and Event Delivery. Today's Intel Panther Lake testing is looking at the very interesting performance impact of FRED on Linux.

Arch-based Garuda Linux clarifies its position on age verification and addresses concerns regarding systemd userdb and data management.

At Amsterdam’s SecurityCon Europe, the Linux Foundation’s OpenSSF adds new members and showcases progress on SLSA, Gemara, and AI security.

Mozilla has published today the final builds of the Firefox 149 open-source web browser ahead of its official unveiling on March 24th, 2026, so it’s time to take a look at the new features and improvements.

DietPi 10.2 adds Immich, Immich Machine Learning, uv, and RustDesk Client, alongside tool improvements, configuration updates, and multiple bug fixes.

M5Stack has added the M5StampS3 BAT, a compact embedded module based on the ESP32-S3 platform with integrated battery power management. The module is intended for IoT and low-power applications requiring wireless connectivity and flexible GPIO access in a small form factor. The module is built around the ESP32-S3-PICO-1-N8R8 system-in-package, featuring a dual-core Xtensa LX7 processor […]

The 284th installment of the 9to5Linux Weekly Roundup is here for the week ending March 22nd, 2026, keeping you updated on the most important developments in the Linux world.

Canonical releases MicroCloud 3.1, adding support for Cluster Manager to manage and monitor multiple clusters from one place.

GStreamer 1.30 has entered development for this popular open-source and cross-platform multimedia framework, with a first development milestone now available for public testing. Let’s take a look at the new features.

Obsolescence Guaranteed has introduced the PiDP-1, a hardware replica of the original 1960 PDP-1 computer, reimplemented using a Raspberry Pi for retro computing, gaming, and demoscene-style graphics programming. The kit recreates the front panel, switches, and interactive workflow of the original machine while running a software simulation on modern hardware. The system is part of […]

Catch up on the latest Linux news: Mageia 10 Beta, GNOME 50, Blender 5.1, Bcachefs 1.37, FFmpeg 8.1, systemd introduces birth date support, and many more.

Linus Torvalds just issued Linux 7.0-rc5 as we inch toward the stable Linux 7.0 kernel release in April...

The chroot jail is a process of creating a sandbox environment for a user or script with restricted permissions assigned by the jail creator that can come into use for various reasons, followed by

The mdadm utility for managing software RAID on Linux systems is out with a new release that adds new features while addressing some recent boot failure issues that were reported...

Brisbane Silicon has introduced the ELM11-Feather, a Feather-compatible microcontroller board designed to run Lua natively for embedded applications. The board targets developers looking for a scriptable platform with closer integration between software and configurable hardware. The system is built around a microcontroller operating at up to 70 MHz and includes 1 MB of RAM. Programs […]

Turris Omnia NG Wired arrives as a Linux-based 10Gb router built for homelabs with fast networking, modular hardware, and long-term support.

Want an early look at Fedora 44 CoreOS? Here’s your chance to get a sneak peek and put the next release through its paces.

AWK is a domain-specific programming language that can be used as a Linux command-line tool or within a shell script.

Wine 11.5 introduces C++ build system support, improved Linux integration, and several fixes that enhance stability and compatibility across applications.

For any holdouts still running SysV Init instead of systemd or other alternatives like OpenRC, SysV Init 3.16 is out as the first release in a half-year and bringing a few refinements...

antiX Linux 26 arrives based on Debian 13 Trixie with five init systems, a systemd-free design, and a fast, lightweight environment built for efficiency.

A Linux HID driver is being developed for Pulsar branded gaming mice to expose additional information and capabilities...

Immich 2.6 includes over 350 commits, delivering faster mobile performance, improved playback, and enhanced sharing features.

The developers of the antiX Linux distribution announced today the release of antiX 26 as a new major version of this lightweight Debian-based distro without the systemd init system.

A few days ago Google engineers went public with Sashiko with their agentic AI code review for the Linux kernel. The Google Gemini Pro powered AI code review service is automatically monitoring the Linux kernel mailing list for new patch submissions and has proven useful already. Interest continues to build by upstream Linux kernel stakeholders around Sashiko and the latest addition is now covering the Rust-For-Linux mailing list submissions...

Luckfox has introduced the Lume, a compact development board based on the Allwinner T153 industrial processor. The board combines a quad-core Arm Cortex-A7 with a RISC-V E907 core, along with dual Gigabit Ethernet, MIPI display and camera interfaces, and onboard memory and storage. The T153 uses a heterogeneous architecture combining a quad-core Arm Cortex-A7 cluster […]

Blender 5.1 open-source 3D graphics software is now available for download with hardware ray-tracing by for AMD GPUs and other changes. Here’s what’s new!