There was a proposal under discussion the past few months on building x86-64-v3 packages for Fedora 45 while retaining x86-64-v1 packages. The hope was building the Fedora packages with x86-64-v3 where AVX/AVX2, FMA, BMI2, and other newer ISA features can be assumed in the name of better performance. Unfortunately, the x86-64-v3 plans are now delayed but may be reconsidered next year with Fedora 46...

Mozilla Thunderbird 154 is now available with optional system tray support, Microsoft Graph integration, improved search behavior, and more.

Merged earlier this year for Linux 7.1 was extended attributes on sockets support as a feature sought after by the likes of GNOME and systemd for helping with Varlink IPC usage and other purposes. A limitation though of the functionality has been no efficient means for a BPF program to read those user extended attribute labels back. But with Linux 7.3 that's being addressed with the new bpf_sock_read_xattr() kernel function...

Nordic Semiconductor’s nRF93M1 Development Kit is now available through multiple distributors, providing a platform for evaluating the company’s nRF93M1 LTE Cat 1 bis cellular module. The board combines the modem with an nRF54L15 host MCU and includes USB-C, onboard J-Link debugging, power-measurement support, and a preloaded SIM card. The nRF93M1 DK pairs the nRF93M1-LABA modem […]

Modular, the AI startup founded by Chris Lattner of LLVM and Swift fame, has open-sourced their Mojo systems programming language! This comes following the recent acquisition of Modular by Qualcomm...

With the release of Firefox 154 rolling out to all supported platforms, Mozilla promoted the next major release, Firefox 155, to the beta channel for public testing, so it’s time to take a look at the new features and improvements.

As part of the VFS pull requests now merged to the Linux 7.3 development kernel was an improvement to the IOmap framework used by various file-systems for mapping logical file byte offsets in memory to their physical locations on storage. With the now-merged code, this modern block mapping framework is allowing better performance at least for the EXT4 file-system...

Configuring Fedora Rawhide Server using a combination of Btrfs and OverlayFS creates a secure testing environment. This configuration isolates critical for tracking rapidly evolving Rawhide packages from developers allowing the server to load read-only Btrfs base snapshots while using the OverlayFS layer as a storage layer for writing and temporary data. If an update disrupts the OS, the base snapshot remains intact, allowing for rollback after a single reboot. Same configuration may also work and vice versa way. Btrfs-assistant running inside Overlay instance booted via corresponding option of Grub Submenu allows to recover from crash main instance via selection required "ro" snapshot using it's own GUI.

Oracle released VirtualBox 7.2.16 today as the eighth maintenance update to the latest VirtualBox 7.2 series of their open-source, free, and cross-platform virtualization software for Linux, Solaris, macOS, and Windows.

Merged today to Mesa 26.3-devel is a nice performance boost for Intel graphics with Valve's Steam Play when using DXVK for Direct3D 8 / 9 / 10 / 11 over the Vulkan API. The open-source Intel ANV driver is seeing up to 5% better performance with DXVK...

Crowd Supply recently featured the USBridge-KVM 2.0, a compact IP-KVM designed for remote system administration, debugging, and bare-metal recovery. The device provides HDMI video capture, USB keyboard and mouse emulation, virtual media, hardware power control, BIOS text recognition, and an integrated display while operating independently of the target computer’s operating system. The USBridge-KVM 2.0 is […]

A new month, a new LTM dose for you! It may not be perfectly monthly, but it keeps coming, and as always, it’s a carefully cooked roundup with ingredients ranging from migrating from Windows to Linux, desktop customization, and user-friendly Hyprland tools to critical security fixes and more. So, I’m sure you’ll find at least one section in this newsletter that you’ll enjoy.

Among the early pull requests merged today by Linus Torvalds for the Linux 7.3 kernel cycle were removal of some ancient file-systems while adding in a new pseudo file-system...

Linux kernel developers made a significant last-minute graphics change for Linux 7.2, reverting the DRM GPU scheduler back to its previous FIFO policy by default after the newer fair scheduling implementation caused serious performance regressions. The revert was submitted just before the final Linux 7.2 release after users reported severe slowdowns and desktop freezes under sustained GPU workloads.

Mozilla Firefox 154 strengthens local network privacy, adds a Manage AI shortcut, improves PDF handling, and expands web platform support.

Firefox 154 is now available as the newest monthly update bringing a few new features, enhancements, and other alterations to this open-source web browser...

The GNU Linux-libre project announced today the release and general availability of the GNU Linux-libre 7.2 kernel for those who seek 100% freedom for their GNU/Linux computers and software freedom lovers.

Catch up on the latest Linux news: Manjaro 26.1, Omarchy 4.0, GNOME 51 Beta, OpenSSH 10.5, Podman 6.1, KDE Plasma 6.6 gets three years of LTS support, and more.

The website pairs proprietary programs with free and open-source replacements, then provides useful details to help users compare their options.

Linux kernel 7.2 is now available for download, as announced today by Linus Torvalds himself, featuring enhanced hardware support, filesystem and networking improvements, security enhancements, and many other changes.

Founded in 1993 by Ian Murdock, Debian celebrates 33 years as one of the most influential projects in the Linux ecosystem.

The first public beta of the redesigned TUXEDO OS is now available, marking the distro’s move away from Ubuntu to Debian Testing.

EDATEC’s ED-CLAWBOX is a compact edge AI system based on the Raspberry Pi Compute Module 5. The aluminum desktop system is designed for local OpenClaw deployment and provides Gigabit Ethernet, dual-band Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, dual HDMI outputs, USB 3.0 connectivity, mSATA expansion, integrated audio, and a preinstalled JishuShell management environment. For context, the Raspberry Pi CM5 […]

Linus Torvalds just released Linux 7.2 as stable! After a very busy kernel cycle due to the increased patch and reporting churn due to AI/LLM ages, Linux 7.2 managed to make it out today on-schedule for this feature-packed kernel. Linux 7.2 is going on to power Ubuntu 26.10 and other upcoming Linux distribution releases...

Today is Debian Day, and the day when the Debian GNU/Linux universal operating system and the community-supported Debian Project, founded by Ian Murdock, turn 33 years old.

Seeed Studio’s reComputer Classic J5011 and J5012 are a pair of AI development systems based on NVIDIA Jetson AGX Orin modules. The reComputer Classic J5011 uses the 32GB AGX Orin module, while the J5012 steps up to the 64GB version. Both systems are intended as direct replacements for NVIDIA’s Jetson AGX Orin Developer Kit while […]

GIMP developers preview major 3.4 features, including a new project format, improved PSD compatibility, and expanded non-destructive editing.

The Luckfox Lyra PLC is a compact Linux-based programmable logic controller built around the Rockchip RK3506B processor. The DIN-rail system provides dual 100Mbps Ethernet, Wi-Fi 6, Bluetooth 5.2, industrial serial interfaces, CAN, relay outputs, and a 1.9-inch touchscreen. The RK3506B integrates three Arm Cortex-A7 cores operating at up to 1.2GHz. The controller includes 512MB of […]

Today marks thirty three years since the Debian Linux distribution was started by the late Ian Murdock...

When I ran Android apps on Linux using Waydroid, my system SSD filled up faster than expected. I quickly realized that simply moving the data folder to another drive didn't work and broke app functionality due to Android's strict file permission requirements.

In this guide, I share my step-by-step process of successfully moving the entire Waydroid storage directory to a secondary Ext4 drive using symbolic links (symlink). By following the correct permissions and mount flags, this method allows you to free up root storage space while keeping your Android apps and data working smoothly.