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AlmaLinux rolls out 9.8 and 10.2 side by side, pairing new compiler and language stacks with security fixes and an ALESCo?approved kernel backport that arrives ahead of the RHEL upstream.

ReactOS as the "open-source Windows" project working to implement binary compatibility for computer programs and drivers for Microsoft Windows now has experimental support for running on 64-bit ARM...

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 […]

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