Armbian 26.8 is now available with Linux kernel 7.1, a completely rewritten installer, Armbian Imager 2.0, and bootable UEFI ISO images.

Shelly 3.1 has been released today as a major update to this pacman alternative for Arch Linux distributions, introducing several new features and enhancements.

KDE developer David Edmundson is out today with a blog post around improvements that have been ongoing for the Plasma 6.8 release in improving the KDE remote desktop experience. As part of ensuring a good Wayland experience and hitting all the needs fulfilled by X11, Plasma 6.8 is seeing improvements for its remote desktop functionality...

IAR will host a September 15 webinar focused on the use of AI-generated code in regulated embedded development, with discussion covering static analysis, runtime checking, and CI/CD workflows used to support software verification and compliance activities. AI coding assistants can generate functions, test skeletons, and other source code relatively quickly, but IAR notes that this […]

Today is August 25th, which marks 35 years since Linux was first announced. Grab a glass of your favorite beverage and join me in celebrating the 35th birthday of Linux!

With the Btrfs pull request for Linux 7.3 having delivered more performance optimizations with some ~3x and ~5x gains mentioned in specific areas, I was eager to test out the new Btrfs performance on the in-development kernel. In today's article are some benchmarks of Btrfs on Linux 7.2 stable compared to Linux 7.3 Git with some very enticing performance gains confirmed in various workloads.

Coincidentally just days after AMD posted their big UALink patch series for Linux, Intel engineers today announced a proposal called DRM Fabric...

Ardour 9.8 DAW is out with initial keys and scales support, improved recording recovery after crashes, clip recording enhancements, and more.

A patch series being worked on for the ath11k mainline wireless networking driver for Qualcomm WiFi 6 / 802.11ax chipsets is yielding 7x lower latency or 2.2x throughput at identical latency...

Vanilla OS 3 “Reunion” is now available with GNOME 50, Linux kernel 7.1, ARM64 support, reproducible builds, and a new backup tool.

After more than two years in the works, Vanilla OS 3 (codename Reunion) has been released today for this Debian-based operating system built with simplicity in mind and offering a vanilla GNOME desktop experience.

While Firefox 152+ already offers experimental JPEG-XL support, Mozilla formally announced today their plans for officially shipping JPEG-XL image format support in the Firefox web browser...

More than four decades after Richard Stallman began GNU Emacs, version 31.1 makes the classic editor friendlier for everyday Linux users.

Being halfway through the Linux 7.3 kernel merge window and prior to wrapping up and sending back the HP Z4 G6i workstation powered by the Xeon 678X Granite Rapids WS processor, I decided to run some benchmarks to see how Linux 7.3 Git is performing relative to the prior stable kernel series. Here are the first benchmarks of this early state of Linux 7.3 with some performance improvements as well as some regressions.

PorteuX 2.8 has been released today as the latest snapshot of this Slackware-based distribution inspired by Slax and Porteus and designed to be super fast, small, portable, modular, and immutable.

VKD3D 2.1 open-source 3D library is out with expanded HLSL support, new shader reflection capabilities, SPIR-V improvements, and more.

The 306th installment of the 9to5Linux Weekly Roundup is here for the week ending August 23rd, 2026, keeping you updated on the most important developments in the Linux world.

A tricky Intel Xe driver bug sent Linus Torvalds through 18 kernel boots, with AI handling much of the debugging grunt work along the way.

The NanoPi R28S is a compact networking-focused Linux board based on the Rockchip RK3528A from FriendlyELEC. The 45 × 45mm platform provides dual Gigabit Ethernet, Wi-Fi 6, Bluetooth 5.3, microSD storage, optional eMMC, and dual USB-C ports, with support for several Linux-based operating systems. The NanoPi R28S is powered by the Rockchip RK3528A, which integrates […]

Following the main set of memory management "MM" changes submitted for Linux 7.3, Andrew Morton sent in his "non-MM" pull request of the other patches he's been collecting from various developers for this next Linux kernel release. Standing out there were some improvements to the RAID 5/6 benchmark-based algorithm selection...

The upcoming Unraid 8 release will switch from Slackware to Fedora-based uCore while introducing integrated backups, Docker Compose, and more.

The EFI updates were merged today for the in-development Linux 7.3 kernel. Most notable with the EFI updates is now enforcing a timeout foe EFI runtime service completions rather than potentially hanging indefinitely...

The August 2026 release of DietPi v10.6 expands hardware support with new images for the Orange Pi 4 Pro, Orange Pi Zero 3W, and several Odroid boards. The update also improves DietPi-Banner functionality, adds RISC-V support for the Kubo IPFS Node package, and addresses stability and configuration issues across multiple platforms. DietPi: DietPi is a […]

Catch up on the latest Linux news: kernel 7.2, AerynOS August update, Bazzite 44, COSMIC Desktop 1.6, VirtualBox 7.2.16, Firefox 154, and more.

Contour 0.7 is out with native GUI tabs, split panes, saved layouts, a command palette, GUI settings, and experimental daemon sessions.

The eCryptfs stacked cryptographic filesystem implementation for the Linux kernel to transparently encrypt files saw a number of bug fixes for the Linux 7.3 kernel. A number of these bug fixes deal with potential maliciously-crafted data and vulnerable going back to the 2006 introduction of eCryptfs as this option known for its use on Ubuntu home directory encryption and Chrome OS...

Transform your Linux desktop into a cozy, aesthetic tropical escape with this super easy, step-by-step KDE Plasma customization tutorial using EndeavourOS, Austral Azure theme, and Papirus icons, complete with lightweight tweaks ideal for beginners and a relaxing beach vibe.

Eric Biggers of Google continues carrying out great work on the Linux kernel crypto code. For Linux 7.3 he's landed work on new library APIs for most of the AES encryption modes used within the kernel. Moving forward this will open the door to more performance optimizations, reducing code duplication, and other enhancements...

After years of technical research and foundational work, the Fedora Badges application service has been rebuilt from the ground up, and it is heading to production. Whether you have been collecting badges for years or you are brand new to the Fedora Project community, here is what is waiting for you there. Completely modernized user interface The archaic server rendered pages are now gone. The Fedora Badges application service […]

Godot 4.7.2 is now available with 57 fixes covering the editor, rendering, Wayland, multiplayer, input handling, and more.