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Every Asahi Linux repository is moving to GPL v2 or later, after bad actors lifted unreleased code and ran it through LLMs to hide where it came from.

Linus Torvalds just released the second weekly release candidate of Linux 7.4 with some notable bug fixes and other changes routed in past the merge window. It's another big one in the AI era…

A new version of Extension Manager, the desktop app that makes it easier to browse, install and manage GNOME Shell extension without a web browser, has been released. Extension Manager 0.7.0 includes a number of welcome improvements, new features and restores a few nifty bits that had stopped working in earlier versions. With the new update, you can now find and open installed extension…

Even before the Linux v7.4 merge window was over, there were already two pull requests of drm-misc-next material targeting for what will be Linux 7.5. This week already saw the third drm-misc-next pull request of more feature patches targeting this next kernel version…

Domicile lets you build your desktop in React and CSS, with Manganese being included as the ready-made tiling option.

Crowd Supply has launched a campaign for LocalDot, an open-hardware board developed by AAElectronics that converts third-generation Amazon Echo Dots into Home Assistant voice devices. The 83 × 37mm PCB uses an ESP32-S3 and ESP32-P4 for connectivity and audio processing while retaining the original microphones, speaker, buttons, and LEDs. The ESP32-S3 handles Wi-Fi connectivity and…

While FreeBSD has been working to improve its desktop and laptop experience, that work isn't yet shipping in released form for the OS installer and other ongoing efforts. Now there's a new desktop FreeBSD distribution on the scene with HyprBSD providing a Wayland-based desktop experience and with the Linux binary compatibility layer even an easy route to gaming with Steam…

Given the recent Linux 7.3 upstream kernel release, the Asahi Linux project published a new status report to outline recent code they have upstreamed to the mainline kernel as well as other efforts taking shape in their downstream codebase…

Lennart Poettering, Michael Vogt, and Joaquim Rocha have put together a detailed overview of what the Amutable Operating System (AOS) and associated infrastructure will look like. The image-based OS approach enables us to enforce some very strict but powerful security properties, which elevate the security posture of the system substantially above traditional Linux systems. Specifically, let's…

Crowd Supply has launched a campaign for LocalDot, an open-hardware board developed by AAElectronics that converts third-generation Amazon Echo Dots into Home Assistant voice devices. The 83 × 37mm PCB uses an ESP32-S3 and ESP32-P4 for connectivity and audio processing while retaining the original microphones, speaker, buttons, and LEDs. The ESP32-S3 handles Wi-Fi connectivity and…

Kmorph aims to provide reboot-less kernel crash recovery for Linux systems and can yield as little as ~2 second downtime for recovering the Nginx web server or other important services in the case of a kernel crash…

SparkFun today launched two ESP32-P4-based IoT RedBoards, offering either dual-band Wi-Fi 6 through an ESP32-C5 companion or wired Ethernet with Power over Ethernet. Both boards feature dual-core RISC-V processing, 32MB PSRAM, 16MB flash, MIPI camera and display connectors, and Arduino-style expansion headers for embedded and HMI applications. The boards use the ESP32-P4NRW32X, which integrates…

Ubuntu Summit 26.10: Less than a week away! Here in London, the long summer has stepped aside for cooler nights and damp, misty mornings. The trees are turning amber and the sunlight is low on the horizon, which can only mean one thing: the next Ubuntu Summit is just around the corner. In fact, it’s…

An interesting technical detail I noticed today from the latest AMD Linux activity is that Zen 6 processors apparently are featuring a RISC-V based Trusted Execution Environment (TEE) where in the past it was an ARM-based core…

The release also adds docked windows, three new cursor trail shaders, and touchscreen support on Wayland.

We recently announced the launch of Zephyr 26.04 LTS, bringing up to 15 years of security maintenance per LTS and enterprise lifecycle management to microcontroller-grade devices. While central high-performance computer ECUs capture most of the industry spotlight in software-defined vehicle (SDV) architectures, the operational reality of modern vehicles is far more distributed. Under the chassis…

With CachyOS recently having rolled out its Linux 7.3 based kernel and various other improvements plus with Omarchy 4.5 having been released this week, this article provides a look at how CachyOS and Omarchy are competing on the performance front relative to upstream Arch Linux.

New and revived desktops promise Cupertino polish, but our quick tests found a few seams showing

Clever software that allows your devices, apps, and cloud instances to form a secure and reliable mesh network.

Global industry leaders to explore AI-native networking, agentic AI infrastructure and edge AI in the world of open collaboration