The Linux Mint project announced today the codename, version number, and release date of the next major Linux Mint release, Linux Mint 27 “Adrien,” along with various new features and other details.

FreeType 2.15 is now available for this widely-used font rendering library used across many different operating systems and software applications...

Canonical’s next major Ubuntu release, Ubuntu 27.04, has been dubbed the “Tenacious T-Rex,” and it now has a release schedule with a release date set in stone for April 22nd, 2027.

Intel announced today the GPU D Series for the enterprise-focused, inference-optimized GPU accelerators known to now as Crescent Island...

Sipeed’s SLogic32U3 is a 32-channel logic analyzer designed for high-speed digital capture over USB 3.2 Gen2. The device supports configurable sample rates based on the number of active channels, direct streaming to a host system, optional analog acquisition modules, and software support across Windows, Linux, and macOS. According to the campaign, the SLogic32U3 can sample […]

A few months ago Canonical announced Myna as a speech-to-text solution for Ubuntu 26.10 as part of their effort for building a context-aware desktop. Myna as of today is available in "tech preview" form not only for Ubuntu 26.10 but also the LTS releases...

The C shell (or CSH) and Tcsh were the earliest UNIX/Linux shell interpreters in the late 1970s, inspired by the C programming language.

Today, Ubuntu maker Canonical announced the general availability of a technology preview of the Myna local speech-to-text dictation tool for Ubuntu users who find it easier to speak than to type.

After using Claude Code to draft code to help make a fundamental improvement to the Linux kernel, Linux creator Linus Torvalds continued using AI this weekend and talking up its benefits. Beyond generating initial patches and a test program for that noted I/O enhancement, he separately talked up using AI/LLMs for making patches more decipherable to understand in the process the AI noted more long-standing bugs within the Linux kernel...

Written in Rust, LumineCapture offers fast screenshots on Linux Wayland, with built-in editing, OCR, and support for KDE Plasma and COSMIC.

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Linus Torvalds has made available what is hopefully the final release candidate before Linux 7.3 is ideally minted next Sunday...

The Q4OS team announced today the release and general availability of Q4OS 6.10 as the tenth update to the Q4OS 6 “Andromeda” series of this Debian-based Linux distro featuring KDE Plasma and Trinity Desktop Environment.

Zymbit’s ZYMKEY 5 is a compact hardware security module for Raspberry Pi systems, offering 640 key slots, filesystem encryption, device authentication, and physical tamper detection. It also supports additional cryptographic algorithms compared to its predecessor. The ZYMKEY 5 measures 39 × 14 × 5.3mm and uses a mini-HAT form factor that connects to the first […]

Catch up on the latest Linux news: Python 3.15, COSMIC Desktop 1.10, OpenSSH 10.6, Tmux 3.8, NVIDIA 615.78.08, Flathub reverses AI-generated app ban, and more.

This article will teach you what systemd is and why it replaced SysVinit; what systemd unit files are; how to list all and specific unit files; and how to view the content of a unit configuration file.

Pebble Round 2 begins shipping after production delays, bringing its circular e-paper display, PebbleOS, and updated battery life to users.

The Blender Foundation released today the beta version of the upcoming Blender 5.3 series of this open-source, free, and cross-platform 3D computer graphics software suite.

The open-source mobile OS LineageOS 24.0 launches with Android 17, a new photo editor, improved updates, and redesigned system applications.

Linux creator Linus Torvalds has been known to use AI to help with kernel debugging and outside of the kernel tree has also done some vibe coding with Google's Antigravity. He has previously said he views AI as a useful tool. It turns out he's even now using Claude Code for working on new Linux kernel features...

AMD TLBI Erratum #1718 was worked around in CPU microcode for addressing a defect in certain Zen CPUs where the Translation Lookaside Buffer Invalidate Instruction use could lead to to stale translation entries. But for those on affected AMD CPUs and not running the updated microcode, a kernel workaround is being introduced with today's Linux 7.3-rc7 kernel and to be back-ported to prior kernel versions...

The 313th installment of the 9to5Linux Weekly Roundup is here for the week ending October 11th, 2026, keeping you updated on the most important developments in the Linux world.

Cloudflare acquires Deno, shifting its developers to Workers while the open-source JavaScript runtime faces an uncertain future.

Ahead of the Linux 7.3-rc7 kernel due for release on Sunday, this week's batch of networking fixes were submitted and merged. The vast networking subsystem of wired and wireless drivers plus the various other networking features continues to see a lot of activity due to AI-driven bug reports and patches...

image Abietec, a subsidiary of Raytac, offers the AX61 series of wireless modules based on NXP’s RW612 and RW610 microcontrollers. The compact modules support Wi-Fi 6, Bluetooth 5.4, and Matter connectivity, with multiple antenna configurations and an accompanying development kit for embedded and IoT applications. The AX61 series integrates a 260MHz Arm Cortex-M33 processor with […]

Open source speeds up application development — but is it making our software insecure?

Drgn is the open-source project out of Meta developing a very versatile debugger with the intent being a debugger focused on programmability with it striving to "make scripting as natural as possible so that debugging feels like coding." Drgn 0.3 released this weekend with the latest round of improvements...

SQLite 3.54 delivers a 4% performance boost, query planner optimizations, command-line improvements, and new database analysis capabilities.

Many x86 platform driver improvements have been queuing ahead of the upcoming Linux 7.4 merge window to offer a variety of laptop and gaming handheld device improvements with this next kernel version...

Python 3.15 introduces lazy imports, UTF-8 as the default encoding, faster experimental JIT performance, and new profiling tools.