The Focusrite Forte 2-in, 4-out USB audio interface as a portable audio recording solution will be supported by the mainline Linux 7.0 kernel. The patches are queued in the Linux kernel's sound subsystem development tree. While a convenient little device, the Focusrite Forte is no longer manufactured but can still be found used online...

The GIMP project released GIMP 3.0.8 today as the latest stable update in the GIMP 3.0 series of this widely used open-source, cross-platform, and free image manipulation program.

Servo 0.0.4 is out today as the newest monthly update to this open-source, Rust-based web browser engine. Building off recent Servo embedding API additions, Servo 0.0.4 introduces support for multiple browser windows...

Bernand Lambeau, the human half of a pair programming team, explains how he's using AI feature Bernard Lambeau, a Belgium-based software developer and founder of several technology companies, created a programming language called Elo with the help of Anthropic's Claude Code.…

With Incus 6.21, users get a new incus wait command, smarter SR-IOV NIC handling, and stronger access controls.

There's yet another new Linux file-system on the block: DAXFS has been announced as a new read-only open-source file-system...

Wine 11.1 arrives with 22 bug fixes, resolving crashes and regressions affecting games, installers, and popular Windows applications.

While the GIMP 3.2 release is expected out soon, GIMP 3.0.8 is available tonight as what could end up being the last set of bug fixes for GIMP 3.0...

The developers of the Arch Linux-based CachyOS distribution have released a new ISO snapshot today, for January 2026, which brings the latest package updates, new features, and various improvements.

In addition to AMD releasing the Ryzen AI Software 1.7 release on Friday, they also published a new version of their MLIR-AIE compiler toolchain for targeting AMD Ryzen AI NPU devices with this LLVM-based MLIR-focused stack...

Pangolin 1.15 introduces iOS and Android apps, device approvals, and stability improvements for zero-trust private access.

Discover a step-by-step tutorial for downloading YouTube audio and video on Linux from the command line using yt-dlp.

Innodisk, in collaboration with Qualcomm Technologies, has released the EXEC-Q911, a ruggedized development kit built around a COM-HPC Mini module mounted on a dedicated carrier board for industrial edge workloads. Part of the company’s “AI on Dragonwing” series, the platform targets robotics, smart infrastructure, and edge LLM applications. The compatible COM-HPC Mini Module EXMP-Q911 is […]

Ntfy 2.16, a simple HTTP-based pub-sub notification service, adds support for updating and deleting notifications, along with long-requested heartbeat alerts.

Version 2.43 of the GNU C Library "glibc" was released on Friday evening as the newest half-year feature update. This is a very feature packaged update and even managed to be released ahead of the 1 February release plan...

Newlle as a virtual AI assistant for the GNOME desktop with API integration for Google Gemini, OpenAI, Groq, and also local LLMs is out with a new release. Newelle has been steadily expanding its AI integration and capabilities and with the new Newelle 1.2 are yet more capabilities for those wanting AI on the GNOME desktop...

With the upcoming Linux 6.20~7.0 kernel cycle it looks like the time slice extension work could finally been merged, which has seen various attempts over the past decade. Time slice extension for the Linux kernel implemented using Restartable Sequences "RSEQ" allows user-space processes to request a temporary, opportunistic extension of their CPU time slice without being preempted...

Where FOSS desktop OSes meet geopolitics Hands On Uniontech's Deepin 25.0.10 release shows that the Chinese desktop world isn't waiting on Western tech. It's modern and good-looking, and (pausing only to sigh deeply) has built-in "AI".…

Arduino expands the UNO Q lineup with a 4GB RAM and 32GB storage variant, making the hybrid Linux SBC better suited for standalone use.

Queued into tip/tip.git's "sched/urgent" Git branch today is a patch to disable the kernel scheduler's NEXT_BUDDY functionality that was re-implemented back during the Linux 6.19 merge window. It turns out to cause some performance regressions that have yet to be otherwise addressed...

Depreciation of popular management tool requires a new look at Azure-based system Microsoft recently announced it will deprecate System Center Operations Manager (SCOM) Management Packs (MPs) for SQL Server Reporting Services, Power BI Report Server,and SQL Server Analysis Services.…

Discover the recommended ways to install Figma on Linux, explore potential issues with unofficial methods, and optimize your Figma experience on the Linux desktop.

Back at CES AMD announced the Ryen 7 9850X3D as a faster sibling to the Ryzen 7 9800X3D. Today they have announced the suggested price for this 3D V-Cache desktop processor and confirmation of its availability starting on 29 January...

With Equinix Metal headed for shutdown, Alpine Linux has secured fresh backing from regional cloud and hosting providers, emerging with more diverse and resilient infrastructure than before.

GNU Guix 1.5 is out after three years, delivering Plasma 6.5, GNOME 46 on Wayland, rootless package management, and more than 12,500 new packages.

AMD today released a new version of Ryzen AI Software, the user-space packages for Microsoft Windows and Linux for making use of the Ryzen AI NPUs for various AI software tasks like Stable Diffusion, ONNX, and more...

As Big Red's governance of the popular database comes into question, contributors to MySQL consider wresting control Developers in the MySQL community are working together to challenge Oracle to improve transparency and commitment in its handling of the popular open source database, while considering other options, including forking the code.…

After 30 years of development, ReactOS continues its quest to support Windows applications and drivers in an open environment.

While slightly too late for making it into the Mesa 26.0 release that branched yesterday, merged now to Mesa Git for Q2's Mesa 26.1 release are some new RadeonSI Gallium3D (OpenGL) driver optimizations for the latest AMD Radeon RDNA4 graphics cards...

Raspberry Pi has released the Raspberry Pi Flash Drive, a USB 3.0 Type-A flash storage device intended for file transfer, backups, and operating system use across Raspberry Pi boards and other computers. The flash drive is available in 128 GB and 256 GB capacities, with pricing starting at around $30. The Raspberry Pi Flash Drive […]