Mozilla released Firefox 151.0.2 today as the second minor maintenance update to the latest Firefox 151 web browser to address various bugs and improve some of the browser’s features for a better experience.

The AlmaLinux project announced the releases today of both AlmaLinux OS 9.8 and AlmaLinux OS 10.2...

COSMIC Desktop 1.0.14 brings DDC/CI brightness support, text previews in COSMIC Files, VPN fixes, and better X11 game handling.

It looks like Google's Chromium Embedded Framework "CEF" could finally be enjoying nice native Wayland support soon!..

Modos has launched the Crowd Supply campaign for the Flow, a 13.3-inch e-paper monitor designed for reading, writing, browsing, and other document-focused workflows. The display uses E Ink technology and is offered in monochrome and color variants, with touch support, USB Type-C connectivity, and an open-hardware design. The display features a 13.3-inch panel with a […]

NVIDIA's Vera data center CPU isn't ramping up until later this year but I recently had the opportunity to try out this new ARM-based CPU designed for agentic AI workloads. NVIDIA's Vera CPU with its in-house-designed Olympus CPU cores ends up packing a heavy-hitting punch with competitiveness to Intel/AMD x86_64 CPUs that I have never seen out of any other ARM or non-x86_64 processors. Continue on with these early benchmarks of the NVIDIA Vera CPU on Linux.

Linux hardware vendor System76 released COSMIC 1.0.14 today as the latest stable update to this Rust-based desktop environment used by default on the Pop!_OS Linux distribution.

NVIDIA released today the NVIDIA 610 series of their graphics driver for Linux, FreeBSD, and Solaris systems with various new features and improvements, as well as the usual bug fixes.

GlobalPlatform announced today the launch of Pavona as an open-source silicon ecosystem backed by founding members such as Meta, Qualcomm, Tenstorrent, Winbond, and the University of Oxford, among others...

The AlmaLinux OS Foundation announced today the release and general availability of AlmaLinux OS 10.2 (codename Lavender Lion) as the second point release of the latest AlmaLinux OS 10 series, based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10.2.

New upstream BlueZ documentation helps simplify Bluetooth qualification for Linux-based products by mapping supported profiles, test requirements, software versions, and manual steps in one place.

A set if 17 patches were posted today to the Linux kernel mailing list for introducing a new tool in the kernel source tree, pmtctl. This new pmtctl tool is for interfacing with Intel Platform Monitoring Technology...

Mozilla Thunderbird 151 open-source email client is now available for download with OAuth sign-in support with account auto-configuration, support for sorting tasks by created or modified date, and other changes.

The past few Linux kernel cycles there has been experimental support for large folios with Btrfs while for Linux 7.2 it looks like this modern file-system will be taking things further with huge folios...

Labwc 0.20 window-stacking Wayland compositor lands as the first release based on wlroots 0.20, adding HDR10 support, show desktop action, and capture improvements.

In addition to the release today of Sway 1.12 for that i3-inspired Wayland compositor, Labwc 0.20 is also out today as another wlroots-based Wayland compositor...

8devices has unveiled the Citron SoM, a compact embedded module built around the Qualcomm QCS6490 processor targeting robotics, drones, and intelligent vision applications. Highlighted during the company’s Embedded World 2026 announcement, 8devices indicates that the module is designed for power-efficient edge workloads across consumer, enterprise, and industrial applications. The Citron module integrates the Qualcomm QCS6490 […]

Learn how to efficiently create, configure, and delete user accounts in Linux using the useradd and adduser commands, along with advanced options and practical examples.

The Terasic Comet A13 SoM and Evaluation Kit form a compact platform built around the Altera Agilex 5 E-Series SoC FPGA. The platform features FPGA fabric together with Arm Cortex-A76 and Cortex-A55 processor cores, LPDDR4 memory, high-speed transceivers, and expansion interfaces targeting edge AI, machine vision, robotics, industrial automation, and embedded applications. The Comet A13 […]

In particular case several Google's AI Assistant proposals appeared to be questionable and were resolved in development phase. This post is immediate follow up for "Setup Timeshift on Debian forky with btrfs root" https://lxer.com/module/newswire/view/365056/index.html

Sway 1.12 lands with HDR10 support via the Vulkan renderer, individual window capture, wlroots 0.20, and new Wayland protocols.

The Jetway BFNZASL2 is a fanless embedded networking system built around Intel processors including the Intel Atom x7835RE (Amston Lake), Intel Processor N97, and Intel Atom x7425E. The platform features four 2.5GbE interfaces with optional Wi-Fi 6 and 5G connectivity for networking and edge applications. The primary configuration uses the Intel Atom x7835RE processor with […]

In particular case several Google's AI Assistant proposals appeared to be questionable and were resolved in development phase. This post is immediate follow up for Setup Timeshift on Debian forky with btrfs root https://lxer.com/module/newswire/view/365056/index.html

KernelScript 0.1 introduces an experimental type-safe DSL for writing eBPF, userspace, and kernelspace code from one codebase.

The Rhino Linux team released Rhino Linux 2026.1 today as the latest stable ISO snapshot of this Ubuntu-based distribution, offering a rolling-release model on top of the Xfce desktop environment.

Discover the Mercury browser, a Firefox variant with specialized customization and modification by the developer to provide an exceptional experience.

MX Linux 25.2 is now available with Linux 7.0 on the AHS edition, Debian 13.5 base updates, and refreshed ISO images.

An exciting Intel innovation expected to be added for the upcoming Linux 7.2 kernel is introducing the new USB4STREAM protocol for USB4/Thunderbolt as a "super simple" way to "basically just transfer raw packets from one host to another". This can be useful for quickly backing up a system from one host to another, sharing of web cameras or other peripherals across systems, or other environments where not having networking or wanting to avoid the traditional Linux networking stack...

Earlier announced in March with the unveiling of the ESP32-S31 SoC, Espressif has now launched the ESP32-S31-Korvo-1 multimedia development board, while documentation additionally references the ESP32-S31-Function-CoreBoard-1 connectivity-oriented board. Both platforms are built around the ESP32-S31-WROOM-3 module and target multimedia, audio, display, and connected IoT applications. The ESP32-S31 is Espressif’s latest dual-core RISC-V SoC featuring Wi-Fi […]

The 293rd installment of the 9to5Linux Weekly Roundup is here for the week ending May 24th, 2026, keeping you updated on the most important developments in the Linux world.