The latest Apple Silicon enablement code working its way from the Asahi Linux project toward the upstream Linux kernel is the AVD driver used for accelerated video playback across Apple M1 / M2 / M3 SoCs...

The Fedora Project has officially released Fedora Linux 45 Beta, giving users an early look at the technologies expected to form the foundation of the final Fedora 45 release. The beta became available on September 15, 2026, after Fedora's Quality team approved Release Candidate 1.3 for publication.

MariaDB 13.0 is now stable, introducing UPDATE RETURNING, improved Optimizer Trace, InnoDB log archiving, and SQL compatibility enhancements.

Valve's Steam Frame VR headset that makes use of a Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 SoC with Adreno graphics is using the open-source "Turnip" Vulkan driver from Mesa as reported last year. For OpenGL it turns out that the Mesa Zink driver is being used on the Steam Frame for OpenGL atop the Vulkan API...

As a very pleasant surprise, the upcoming Ubuntu 26.10 release will now be powered by the Linux 7.3 kernel rather than their original plans and switch over to the Linux 7.2 kernel...

Nordic Semiconductor has expanded its nRF54L Series with the nRF54LC10A, an entry-level multiprotocol SoC aimed at compact, cost-sensitive IoT devices. The chip integrates a 128MHz Arm Cortex-M33, a 128MHz RISC-V coprocessor, 1MB of non-volatile memory, 192KB of RAM, and a 2.4GHz radio supporting Bluetooth LE, Thread, Zigbee, Matter, and proprietary protocols. The Cortex-M33 includes an […]

Google's Binder driver written in the C programming language has long been part of the mainline kernel as the inter-process communication (IPC) mechanism used on Android. The past few years the Binder driver was rewritten in Rust as one of the first "real" drivers in the Rust programming language. The Rust Binder driver was upstreamed in Linux 6.18 and now for the upcoming Linux 7.4 kernel cycle, the old Binder C-based driver is set to be retired...

LibreOffice 26.8 recorded the strongest first-week download numbers in project history, while TDF outlined why built-in AI is still off the table.

The past few weeks we have eagerly been following a Linux kernel patch series after AI found some major bottlenecks in the Linux kernel build code. With AI helping to address these bottlenecks, Linux kernel build times are substantially reduced. These optimizations might be ready in time for Linux 7.4 for reducing incremental kernel build times as much as around 70%. This week the latest iteration of these patches were posted by Arm engineer Lorenzo Stoakes...

Mojo 1.1 now accepts external compiler contributions, while Modular has also moved internal compiler issues to public GitHub trackers.

Amid a boom of bug reporting in general due to AI/LLMs across the entire software ecosystem, Intel this week appears to have ended its paid bug bounty program. They have (re)launched a new bug reporting program but with the bounties removed...

Calibre developer Kovid Goyal released Calibre 9.15 today as a new stable update to this open-source, free, and cross-platform e-book management software for GNU/Linux, macOS, and Windows systems.

The Ubuntu 26.10 desktop is adjusting its default out-of-memory (OOM) daemon behavior when dealing with memory pressure on the system...

This architectural review validates a methodology for structural state-decoupling on a Linux hypervisor host. Traditional unified storage typologies expose nested. By designing a hybrid layout that maps the host operating system to a Timeshift-tracked Btrfs subvolume tree while binding guest runtime files to an independent, non-Copy-on-Write (No-CoW) enterprise XFS partition, we establish complete rollback immunity.

HP released the HP Linux Imaging and Printing (HPLIP) 3.26.6 drivers, an update that adds support for several new printers in the HP LaserJet Pro, HP ScanJet Enterprise Flow, and HP ScanJet Pro series.

Earlier this year Meta announced a renewed investment into the jemalloc memory allocator that's been popular for server and HPC use among various desktop use-cases too. After stagnating a bit in recent years, Jemalloc has been off to seeing new developments since Meta's announcement and out today is Jemalloc 5.4 as the latest step forward...

PipeWire 1.6.9 has been released today as the ninth maintenance update in the latest PipeWire 1.6 series of this open-source software for handling audio and video streams under Linux-based operating systems.

Described by Radxa as its flagship edge AI module, the rCore-Q8550 targets robotics and machine vision with the Qualcomm Dragonwing QCS8550 platform and an optional Hexagon AI processor delivering up to 48 Dense INT8 TOPS. The 36 x 32mm module also supports up to 16GB of LPDDR5X, 128GB of UFS 3.1 storage, PCIe Gen 4, […]

The Rust replacement for GNU Coreutils fixes all of the Ubuntu-prioritized compatibility issues, eliminates expr’s last C dependency, and adds more security hardening.

The Khronos Group today released the newest revision of the OpenCL specification with a handful of changes...

Of all the Arch-based distros in the Linux universe, this week's Distro of the Week -- Artix Linux -- stands out as one of the few free of systemd, giving the user the option of either OpenRC and dinit in its place.

Hat & Hammer has launched a Crowd Supply campaign for OpenMote, a programmable universal remote built around an ESP32-S3-WROOM-1 module. The device supports infrared transmission and reception, Bluetooth LE, Wi-Fi, motion sensing, audio, haptic feedback, and Qwiic/STEMMA QT expansion, while also targeting smart-home and game-controller applications. The OpenMote is based on an ESP32-S3-WROOM-1 module with […]

Canonical released Snapshot 4 of the upcoming Ubuntu 26.10 (Stonking Stingray) release as the fourth and last development milestone targeting early adopters and application developers who want to test their apps.

Days after the recent release of GNU Coreutils 9.12, Rust Coreutils 0.12 was released overnight for advancing this alternative Rust-based implementation of these core utilities...

The Fedora CoreOS and QA teams are gearing up for Fedora 45, and we need your help! We are organizing a Fedora CoreOS Test Week starting on September 21, 2026. This event is a great opportunity for the community to test Fedora CoreOS (FCOS) based on Fedora 45 content before it officially reaches the testing […]

For those hopeful of running Linux well on the ASUS Zenbook A14 or A16 laptops powered by the latest Qualcomm Snapdragon X2 SoC, a new ASUS EC driver has been developed for enhancing the support...

Tails 7.13 is now available with Tor Browser 15.0.23, Tor 0.4.9.12, and a simplified shutdown process that removes unnecessary confirmation prompts.

Krita 5.3.4 adds Android animation and timelapse rendering, while Krita 6.0.4 continues the Qt 6 transition with newer Wayland support.

My honest hands-on review of JOPDF for Linux. I evaluate its PDF conversion tools, annotation features, edit utilities, performance, and limitations.

Oracle released VirtualBox 7.2.18 today as the ninth maintenance update to the latest VirtualBox 7.2 series of their open-source, free, and cross-platform virtualization software for Linux, Solaris, macOS, and Windows.