DFRobot has officially introduced the FireBeetle 2 ESP32-P4, a compact microcontroller board built for computer vision and multimedia projects. Priced at $11.90, it pairs the ESP32-P4 SoC with a companion co-processor for Wi-Fi 6 and Bluetooth connectivity, targeting applications such as cameras, smart home devices, and interactive interfaces. The ESP32-P4 includes a 360 MHz dual-core […]

Patches were posted on Monday for Kernel Stack Watch, a new lightweight debugging tool for detecting kernel stack corruption in real-time on Linux...

With Newelle, you get the power of generative AI right on your Linux desktop—no cloud required (unless you want it). Switch language models on the fly, all on your terms.

Kdenlive 25.08 is out today as the newest feature release for this KDE/Qt-aligned open-source video editor. In addition to a number of new features, there are also many bug fixes including more than 15 crash fixes...

LibreOffice 25.8 is out with speed boosts, new Calc functions, UI tweaks, PDF 2.0 support, and enhanced interoperability.

For decades, the humble terminal has been one of the most unchanging parts of the Linux desktop. Text streams flow in monochrome grids, and while the underlying libraries have evolved, the experience has remained more or less the same. Ubuntu, however, is preparing to rewrite this narrative. The distribution is adopting Ptyxis, a fresh terminal emulator designed for modern computing, and one of its standout qualities is that it leans on the GPU for rendering rather than relying solely on the CPU.

Thunderbird 142 is out today as the latest stable version of this popular, free, open-source, and cross-platform email client for GNU/Linux, macOS, Android, and Windows.

We are pleased to announce that Firefox 142 will begin production usage of our brand new certificate revocation system known as CRLite. CRLite makes your browsing faster, more private, and more secure, and is a significant advancement to the state of the art for encryption on the internet. Every day, billions of people rely on […]

Fooyin 0.9 open-source music player is out with support for artwork downloads, synced lyrics, autoplaylists, and numerous bug fixes.

Arch’s AUR has been busy battling DDoS attacks and malware. Trouble’s not over—and it’s anybody’s guess what’s next… if anything.

For over two decades, Eye of GNOME (often shortened to EOG) was the silent workhorse of the GNOME desktop environment. It wasn’t flashy, but it did exactly what most people expected: double-click a picture, and it opened instantly. Yet, with the arrival of GNOME 45 in late 2023, a new name appeared in the lineup of “core” apps: Loupe. From that moment forward, Loupe became the official default image viewer on GNOME desktops, displacing EOG.

With Firefox 142 promoted to the stable channel, Mozilla has promoted today the next major release, Firefox 143, to the beta channel for public testing.

One of the set of tests I have been meaning to carry out for a number of months has been comparing the Mesa Rusticl performance to different dedicated hardware drivers. Rusticl is the Rust-based OpenCL 3.0 driver within Mesa that works across Gallium3D drivers and over the past many months has been maturing rather well. Among the targets I have been wanting to compare is how well Rusticl competes with the AMD ROCm OpenCL implementation for Radeon GPUs. Given all the interest recently around Strix Halo and the Framework Desktop as well, today's benchmarking is looking at the performance between these different OpenCL driver implementations for the Radeon 8060S Graphics.

Unexpected news from Pine64, but there are other goodies to compensate Pine64 is moving from Arm kit to RISC-V. As a result, its higher-end open smartphones is for the chop – but not the lower-end model.…

Google says it's committed to "AI" (it means slop, not AI); that seems like an excuse to dodge accountability

Mozilla Thunderbird 142 open-source email client introduces visual PDF signatures, easier folder management, and dozens of fixes for mail, calendar, and UI issues.

The Framework Desktop is a nifty and powerful mini PC powered by AMD Ryzen AI Max "Strix Halo". It's been a pleasure testing this small yet powerful Linux-friendly system that easily offers much better performance than the Intel Core Ultra 9 and superb energy efficiency. For complementing the data shared earlier this month in our Framework Desktop review, today's article is a deep dive into the power and thermals of the Framework Desktop in a few different configurations.

The official GNU microkernel is still breathing – and now it's 64-bit Before Linux, GNU was working on its own Mach-based Unix compatible OS. Now, in the footsteps of Debian 13, there is a new release.…

Zulip 11.0, an open-source collaboration tool, introduces message reminders, channel folders, a new mobile app, and more.

The newest hardware offering announced by Raspberry Pi today is a 5-inch variant of the Raspberry Pi Touch Display 2...

Learn how to use Updo, a free and open-source CLI tool, to monitor website uptime, track response times, check SSL expiry, and get real-time alerts. Simple setup for blogs, APIs, and production systems.

The Firefox 142.0 release binaries are now available ahead of the official release announcement due out on Tuesday. Firefox 142 isn't bringing many notable changes but one is likely to cause some contention around Firefox Extensions...

When you're asking AI chatbots for answers, they're data-mining you Opinion Recently, OpenAI ChatGPT users were shocked – shocked, I tell you! – to discover that their searches were appearing in Google search. You morons! What do you think AI chatbots are doing? Doing all your homework for free or a mere $20 a month? I think not!…

Ahead of the next Intel Compute Runtime oneAPI/OpenCL release, a new version of the Intel Graphics Compiler "IGC" has been released for Windows and Linux...

Ventoy 1.1.06, an open-source tool for creating a bootable USB drive to load multiple ISO files, adds TrueNAS Scale support, updates XFS, and fixes boot issues.

Catch up on the latest Linux news: Sparky 8.0, VirtualBox 7.2, Syncthing 2.0, NVIDIA Driver 580, CachyOS topped DistroWatch’s rankings, Plasma 6.5 takes shape, and more.

In this video, I’ll show you how I customized my KDE Plasma 6 desktop into a beautiful anime-inspired aesthetic. I used:

Pixelify Google Font for a retro pixel look

Austral Marine Theme for a soft pastel vibe

Anime environment wallpaper to complete the aesthetic

If you love anime-style desktops and want to make KDE Plasma look clean, modern, and unique, this setup might inspire you.

TrueNAS 25.10 "Goldeye" open-source NAS is on the way, bringing Terabit networking, cloud-driven setup, and new virtualization features.

First seen last month, Radxa has officially launched the Cubie A7A, a credit card–sized SBC built on the Allwinner A733 SoC. Designed for high-performance computing, AI inference, and multimedia, it combines an octa-core CPU, Imagination GPU, and NPU with flexible storage and connectivity for edge and embedded applications. The Allwinner A733 is built on a […]

The 253rd installment of the 9to5Linux Weekly Roundup is here for the week ending on August 17th, 2025, keeping you updated with the most important things happening in the Linux world.