KDE Plasma 6.7 is now available, bringing per-screen virtual desktops, improved printing, new theming work, and performance enhancements.

ARK Electronics has recently featured the ARK Just A Pi, a compact carrier board for the Raspberry Pi Compute Module 5. The board provides USB, Ethernet, CSI camera, UART, PCIe, HDMI, and GPIO connectivity in a small form factor intended for integration with autopilot and embedded systems. ARK describes the board as a same-form-factor carrier […]

EasyOS is a unique Linux distribution and there is a lot of online documentation; however, seeing the features demonstrated, in simple small steps, may be very helpful. Hence we have started this video series. The first has been uploaded.

AI coding agents such as Claude code or Codex get more capable every month. This is great for productivity, but approving all commands gets annoying really quickly. On the other hand, allowing agents to run any command on your work machine is not a great idea. They are really good at exploring your production cluster […]

The KDE Project released today KDE Plasma 6.7 as the latest stable version of this popular graphical desktop environment for Linux-based operating systems that introduces numerous new features and improvements.

Arch Linux’s AUR is still operational, while new account registration appears blocked during ongoing cleanup work.

Orange Pi has revealed new details for the Orange Pi 6, a compact single-board computer built around the CIX CD8180 processor, also known as the CIX P1. Compared with the previously previewed Orange Pi 6 Plus, the standard model uses a smaller 90 × 90 mm form factor with dual 2.5GbE networking, up to 24GB […]

In addition to the surprising impact of /proc/filesystems read optimizations for Linux 7.2, another one of the VFS pull requests for this next kernel version is delivering some nice improvements for EXT4 and XFS around IOmap, the framework that maps file data offsets in memory to their physical locations on storage...

The GNU Linux-libre project announced today the release and general availability of the GNU Linux-libre 7.1 kernel for those who seek 100% freedom for their GNU/Linux computers and software freedom lovers.

The newest open-source project out of Intel is the Intel Performance Skills project that is providing AI agent skills to help with CPU performance analysis and performance optimizations on Linux...

Earmarked donations let GNOME fund two fellows to modernize Files (Nautilus), improve tooling, and bolster project-level governance.

Ubuntu Touch 24.04-2 promises better web compatibility with Morph Browser, moving from Chromium 87 to Chromium 134.

The FreeBSD Project announced today the launch of an AI-Assisted Vulnerability Discovery Project with grant funding provided by the Linux Foundation backed Alpha-Omega project. Alpha-Mega has sponsors including Microsoft, AWS, Google, Anthrophic, OpenAI, and others who will now be helping with FreeBSD uncovering new vulnerabilities by leveraging AI...

FreeRDP 3.27 arrives with stronger TLS defaults, five security advisories, Android client updates, and Azure/Entra improvements.

Today, Mozilla has published the final builds of the Firefox 152 web browser ahead of its official unveiling on June 16th, 2026, so it’s time to take a look at the new features and improvements.

Version 7.4 is a "milestone" release, consolidating EasyOS as supporting "legacy" software architectures, including Xlibre xorg server and gtk2-ng

After days of dealing with 1,500+ packages in the Arch Linux AUR containing malware, the latest headache in the Arch Linux User Repository is Russian spam and offensive messages...

DietPi 10.5 switches Raspberry Pi GUI installs to KMS/DRM by default, updates camera handling, and reworks display configuration.

Just hours after Arch sounded the all?clear on a massive AUR malware purge, a new, stealthier campaign is slipping malicious code back into user packages.

Catch up on the latest Linux news: Alpine 3.24, Linux kernel 7.1, COSMIC Desktop 1.0.16, Wine 11.11, Yserver is a new X11 server for Linux, and more.

GPD has launched an Indiegogo campaign for the GPD BOX, a compact mini PC based on Intel’s upcoming Core Ultra Series 3 “Panther Lake” processors. The system is available with either a Core Ultra X7 358H or Core Ultra 7 356H processor, up to 64GB of LPDDR5x-8533 memory, dual M.2 storage, dual 2.5GbE, USB4 v2.0, […]

Linux kernel 7.1 is out with rewritten NTFS support, Btrfs and exFAT updates, broad driver work, and cleanup of obsolete kernel code.

The 296th installment of the 9to5Linux Weekly Roundup is here for the week ending June 14th, 2026, keeping you updated on the most important developments in the Linux world.

LILYGO has added the T-Echo Lite Kit to its product lineup, a compact LoRa development device based on the Nordic Semiconductor nRF52840 microcontroller and an SX1262 LoRa transceiver. The kit includes a 1.22-inch e-paper display, a 5 × 4 keyboard shield, audio hardware, a vibration motor, and optional GNSS and IMU features. The nRF52840 provides […]

Linux kernel 7.1 is now available for download, as announced today by Linus Torvalds himself, featuring enhanced hardware support, filesystem and networking improvements, security enhancements, and many other changes.

A few days back I wrote about Google's Eric Biggers spearheading an AVX-512 implementation of xor_gen() as the Linux kernel function used for generating and validating parity blocks such as for RAID5/RAID6. That initial implementation was yielding up to 41% better performance while a new implementation has now been posted for scoring some additional victories...

If you've been waiting for the Ubuntu Desktop 26.10 daily build ISO images to take them for a spin on your personal computer, you can now do so as Canonical has started publishing daily builds.

Microsoft’s UEFI CA 2011 expires this June, pushing Linux distributions to update shim signing for future Secure Boot support.

Linus Torvalds just released the stable Linux 7.1 kernel and it's coming a half-day early thanks to his travel plans...

Arch says it’s scrubbed all known malicious commits, but the 1,500?plus affected AUR packages are a fresh reminder to “trust but verify.”