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If you like just chilling and building things as if you're painting the screen, then you may want to take a look at Tiny Glade that just released. It has Native Linux support. For the nerds: according to a social media post from the developer it uses Rust and Vulkan.

If you are someone who primarily uses a graphical user interface on Linux, a file manager is a handy thing to have, as such tools make managing files and folders an effortless task. On the other hand, if you are a terminal enthusiast, you are better off with one of the many terminal file managers that can be wielded for powerful file organization.

The effort to bring the Xen hypervisor to the RISC-V instruction set architecture has advanced – a little – but big jobs that would make both projects a contender for more workloads are still on developers' to-do lists.

The Servo open-source browser layout engine has supported making use of the Firefox Devtools code for the provided web developer tools such as the HTML web page inspector and browser console. But that support had fallen into disrepair.

The VDX3-6757 PC/104 family of low-power x86 embedded controllers meets PC/104 specifications, offering backward compatibility for projects facing end-of-life x86-based controllers. It is suited for applications like data acquisition, industrial automation, process control, and automotive control.

Want to monitor your frame rates or GPU temperatures while gaming on Linux? It takes a little bit of setup, but it’s a simple process that you’ll have up and running in no time.

We launched the Mozilla Builders Accelerator with the theme of local AI back in June. Our goal was to spark innovation in the AI ecosystem. Now, 14 exciting projects are leading the charge.

Linux 6.11 introduced the getrandom() in the vDSO support for faster yet secure user-space random number generation needs. Initially that was focused on Linux x86_64 while for Linux 6.12 is ported to five more architectures.

Waveshare recently launched the 4-inch e-Paper HAT+(E), a E-Ink Spectra 6 full-color e-paper module designed to work with the Raspberry Pi using the HAT+ standard. This 600×400 pixel display includes E-Ink Spectra 6 technology and doesn’t have a backlight. The Spectra 6 allows for high contrast and color saturation whereas no backlight means the display consumes very low power.

The perf tooling changes were merged today for the in-development Linux 6.12 kernel. Notable on the perf tools side is supporting some features found in newer Intel processors.

There’s one feature in the Nautilus file manager I use daily: the Recent files shortcut. One-click gives me access to my most recently downloaded, modified, and newly created files together, regardless of the folder they’re in.

Software industry veteran and developer advocate Kelsey Hightower, well known for his contributions to the Kubernetes community, has an interesting take on generative AI: he won't be paying too much attention to it for now, except insofar as how it will be instrumental in changing what it means to be a software engineer.

Although Linux runs almost every supercomputer, most of the web, the majority of smart phones, and a few writers’ ancient Macbooks, there’s one major weak point in the Linux world that will almost always have developers reaching for a different operating system. Linux is not a real-time operating system (RTOS), meaning that it can’t respond to requests in the real world within a set timeframe.

The MS-CF16 is a compact Pico-ITX single-board computer designed for fanless, low-power, high-performance applications in harsh environments. Powered by Intel Alder Lake-N or Amston Lake Series SoCs, the board features a 2.5GbE LAN port, a GbE LAN port, and SATA 3.0 for storage.

In between Linus Torvalds' busy week being in Vienna for the Linux Kernel Maintainer Summit and related Linux Foundation events as well as managing the Linux 6.12 merge window with landing new features like sched_ext and real-time PREEMPT_RT, he also managed to finish up some of his own code for this next kernel version.

Many raise their eyebrows towards the security-side of open-source, and say that numerous projects are not as actively maintained as the popular ones.

Broadcom has claimed that AT&T plans to stop using VMware software, but has been tardy about making the move.

The Protectli Vault V1410 is a fanless network appliance designed for applications that demand robust performance and reliable connectivity. Key features include four 2.5GbE Ethernet ports and multiple expansion slots, making it a versatile solution for a wide range of networking environments.

Bcachefs lead developer Kent Overstreet has submitted all of the Bcachefs file-system feature patches for the Linux 6.12 kernel merge window.

Circuit Digest’s LiteWing is a low-cost DIY drone controlled by an ESP32 module, based on a custom PCB and off-the-shelf parts that costs around 1000 Rupees to make, or $12 at today’s exchange rate.