Earlier this month I wrote about a patch series posted to the Linux kernel mailing list that addressed a lot of "hideous code" to make Linux kernel builds faster. A number of single-threaded bottlenecks were tracked down and fixed within the Linux kernel thanks to the assistance of AI. A second revision of those patches hit the mailing list this morning and there is hope they could be upstreamed for Linux 7.4...

Navidrome 0.64 introduces an experimental Jellyfin Music API, a new artwork pipeline, playlist favorites, natural sorting, and new themes.

Being merged after yesterday's Linux 7.3-rc3 release was an important fix for addressing a silent, user-space data loss bug that has existed in the kernel the past three years...

We tested every major Linux window manager for 2026, from i3 to Hyprland and the trending Niri. Pros, cons, and setup tips inside.

Catch up on the latest Linux news: Debian 13.7, Ubuntu 24.04.5 LTS, KaOS 2026.09, COSMIC Desktop 1.8, Noctalia 5.1, Jellyfin 12.0, Linux Mint is getting new apps, and more.

The latest upstream file-system to be removed from the mainline Linux kernel is... BFS...

Shelly 3.1.4 improves its native Arch package builder with better PKGBUILD handling, AUR cache cleanup, and improved package reviews.

Shotwell 0.33 open-source image viewer and organizer for the GNOME desktop environment has been officially released today after many years of work as the first version ported to GTK4.

Rune, a GPU-rendered and keyboard-driven IDE for Linux and macOS built mainly in Go, is now open source under the GPLv3 license.

Out today is the third weekly release candidate of Linux 7.3 as this next kernel version works its way toward a stable release in the second half of October...

Debian 13.7 is out with 107 security updates and 106 bug fixes, plus installer, kernel ABI, Cinnamon, glibc, and package updates.

The 309th installment of the 9to5Linux Weekly Roundup is here for the week ending September 13th, 2026, keeping you updated on the most important developments in the Linux world.

For those wanting the freshest Debian 13 "Trixie" install media, Debian 13.7 is out today in bundling up all the latest bug and security fixes...

DietPi 10.7 has been released today as a new stable version of this Linux distribution for single-board computers, adding support for new SBCs, new images, and updates to DietPi-Software.

The Linux Mint project today published their August 2026 development report, including some new applications added to their XApp collection...

Olimex has expanded its Neo6502 retro-computing platform with the Neo6502kbd, an all-in-one version that integrates the system into a USB keyboard enclosure. The design combines a real W65C02 processor with an RP2040 and adds four USB host ports, HDMI/DVI output, UEXT expansion, separate USB-C ports for power and programming, an integrated speaker, and a power […]

The Debian Project announced today the general availability of Debian 13.7 as the seventh update to the latest Debian GNU/Linux 13 “Trixie” operating system series.

A possible future enhancement being considered for Ubuntu Long Term Support "LTS" releases is the introduction of a linux-firmware-hwe package as part of their hardware enablement (HWE) stack...

Mecha’s Comet is a modular Linux handheld built around a 3.92-inch AMOLED touchscreen and offered with either an NXP i.MX8M Plus or i.MX95 processor, along with expandable storage, Wi-Fi 6, Bluetooth 5.4, and a magnetic 40-pin interface for keyboard, gamepad, and GPIO extensions. The handheld also provides USB-C connectivity, an 8MP camera, M.2 expansion, and […]

A Void Linux maintainer has orphaned more than 100 packages he maintained over a dispute of the project's AI policy for LLM-generated text...

KDE Plasma 6.8 is shaping up with Union theming, Kup backup integration, lower remote desktop latency, and new Wayland-related improvements.

Amid Intel cutting back on open-source projects over the past two years as cost cutting measures at the company, their latest open-source project on the chopping block was the peculiar font they developed a few years back. The project was archived this week only to change course two days later...

Elecrow’s ThinkNode M9 is a handheld LoRa communication terminal built around an ESP32-S3 processor and Semtech LR1110 transceiver. The device includes a 2.4-inch color display, full QWERTY keyboard, GNSS positioning, Wi-Fi and Bluetooth connectivity, USB Type-C, and a 2300mAh battery. The ThinkNode M9 is based on an ESP32-S3R8 dual-core processor operating at up to 240MHz. […]

The EROFS read-only file-system popular for embedded systems, containers, and other use-cases has resorted to temporarily disabling its LZ4 rolling decompression support due to data corruption concerns...

GNOME, KDE Plasma, Cinnamon, COSMIC and more, compared side by side so you can pick the Linux desktop environment that actually fits how you work.

The KaOS Linux team has officially released KaOS Linux 2026.09 today as the first ISO snapshot of this independent distribution using Dinit as the default init system instead of systemd.

DietPi 10.7 debuts the new dietpi-network utility, adds LubanCat 4 support, new container images, and several hardware fixes.

Often times when testing different Linux distributions or comparing Windows vs. Linux it's on leading flagship desktop or server hardware, but today we are looking at the Ubuntu vs. CachyOS vs. Windows performance at the opposite end of the spectrum. With the new CHUWI UniBook $449 laptop powered by Intel Core 3 Wildcat Lake and with 8GB of system memory, here is a look at how those three operating systems compare across a variety of workloads.

Intel's Thermald released on Thursday as the newest update to this daemon for thermal monitoring on Intel hardware that was also recently extended for beginning to support Qualcomm/ARM hardware too. The main change with Thermald 2.5.13 is adding back Intel Wildcat Lake platform support after it was accidentally removed in the prior release...

Agama 24 improves storage device selection, regional settings, network configuration, accessibility, and AutoYaST compatibility.