Last week Friday the unfortunate news came down that Intel was discontinuing their Clear Linux project effective immediately. For the past ten years Intel software engineers have been crafting Clear Linux as a high performance distribution that is extensively optimized for x86_64 processors via aggressive compiler tuning, various patches to the Linux kernel and other packages, and a variety of other optimizations throughout the operating system. For years Clear Linux has led Linux x86_64 performance not only on Intel desktop/mobile/server hardware but on AMD systems too. Here is a final look at the Clear Linux performance on the Intel side compared to the performance of the latest Ubuntu 25.04 release.

Another hit to the open-source Intel software ecosystem this year was the company formally archiving/discontinuing work on the PlaidML deep learning software. PlaidML was the deep learning framework that Intel acquired back in 2018 as part of their acquisition of Vertex.AI. PlaidML had a goal of "deep learning for every platform" but unfortunately those ambitions didn't materialize...

The FreeBSD Laptop project continues – and plans to offer a very visible change FreeBSD 15 is coming, maybe at the end of this year – and along with other improvements, it may finally offer the option of installing with a graphical desktop.…

In recent times, two critical Linux security frameworks, AppArmor and SELinux, have seen noteworthy acceleration in real-world deployment. As Linux continues to anchor enterprise, container, cloud, and desktop systems, these Mandatory Access Control (MAC) tools have crossed threshold events signaling broader acceptance. This article examines those pivotal inflection points, dives into why they matter, and offers reflections on the shifting landscape of Linux security.

Longtime Linux developer Sasha Levin of NVIDIA (and formerly of Google and Microsoft) as well as being the Linux LTS kernel co-maintainer today proposed a Linux kernel AI coding assistant configuration and documentation/rules for contributing to the Linux kernel with patches that are (co)authored by AI coding utilities...

Happy SysAdmin Day! Here's to the Linux wizards who reboot reality, compile order from chaos, and always know where the logs are.

The latest version of systemd looks to be a big one, with substantial new functionality. More to love – right? Like it or not, systemd is the industry-standard init system these days. A new release is coming, and it's a big one.…

The Linux 6.16 kernel is expected to be released as stable this coming Sunday, 27 July, barring any last minute issues that cause Linus Torvalds to have reservations over issuing v6.16 stable and to instead do a v6.16-rc8 test release. With Linux 6.16 imminent, here's a reminder about some of the most interesting features in this next Linux kernel version...

Ever wondered which countries love Arch Linux the most or what desktop environment, browser, or shell its users prefer? Here are the answers.

LILYGO has announced four new ESP32-S3-based development boards targeting a diverse range of embedded and IoT applications. These boards combine wireless connectivity with specialized hardware such as e-paper displays, CAN interfaces, motion sensors, and GPS modules, and are designed for rapid prototyping and deployment using familiar platforms like Arduino IDE, PlatformIO, and ESP-IDF. The T-Beam […]

The Linux community is preparing for a significant milestone as Debian 13 Trixie approaches its anticipated release date of August 9, 2025. This latest version of one of the most influential Linux distributions promises to bring substantial improvements and expanded hardware support that will impact millions of users worldwide. With its reputation for stability and reliability, Debian 13 represents a major step forward in open-source computing infrastructure.

How to run CapCut on Linux and can be used to edit videos

Zephyr RTOS 4.2 introduces major updates in hardware support, networking, tooling, and power monitoring. With contributions from 810 developers, this non-LTS release brings key enhancements aimed at improving performance, flexibility, and overall developer experience. Zephyr now includes device-side support for the USB Video Class standard. A new sample application demonstrates how to convert a compatible […]

Ayn is a Chinese brand of handheld gaming devices that have included Arm-based devices shipping Android as well as AMD Ryzen powered handhelds with Windows 11 or even the option of installing Ubuntu. Better support for the Ayn x86 gaming handheld devices is on the way with patches posted for a new Ayn platform driver for the Linux kernel...

The Blender team has announced that Blender is soon coming to iPad and Android tablets, making 3D creation more accessible than ever before.

We say everything... just not the oldest hardware. Unix Epochalypse less than 13 years away Venerable Linux distribution Debian is side-stepping the Y2K38 bug – also known as the Unix Epochalypse – by switching to 64-bit time for everything but the oldest of supported hardware, starting with the upcoming Debian 13 "Trixie" release.…

Mark Calendar today! After much anticipation and careful development, the Debian Release Team has announced the planned release date for Debian 13 Trixie.

'Industry, national governments, and the EU' must pay for maintainers. El Reg says charity shouldn't start at home GitHub, owned by money-bags Microsoft, has called upon the European Union to create a publicly funded "Sovereign Tech Fund" (EU-STF) to boost the open source software ecosystem.…

In addition to Blender 5.0 supporting HDR on Linux when using the Vulkan API and with Wayland, another important high dynamic range (HDR) milestone landed this week into Blender: the ability to both import and export HDR videos...

Complete with new website – but the software's still alpha level stuff, so be careful Wayback 0.1 is out, the first preliminary release of the new Wayland display server whose announcement we reported a few weeks ago.…

The upcoming FreeBSD 15 release will include a built-in option to install a full KDE Plasma desktop directly from its installer.

The Debian wiki is set to get a revamp as the project transitions to MediaWiki, leaving behind the aging MoinMoin platform.

Solution proposed below is forcing installation /usr/bin/hyprpaper on Tumbleweed which breaks dependencies ( official option 2 ) and creating manually a soft link libhyprutils.so.6 -> libhyprutils.so.0.8.1 under folder /usr/lib64 . We intend to start with source-install of hyprpaper-0.7.1-2.6.src.rpm . . .

Immich 1.136 brings a major breaking change to media paths—users with relative paths must update to absolute paths and run a database migration tool.

Unconventional, opinionated, and undeniably unique — Rhino Linux might change the way you see your desktop. Or at least keep you guessing.

One of the CPU architectures continuing to be supported by the mainline Linux kernel but rarely ever seeing any code activity is the SPARC64 architecture port for the once-interesting processors from Sun Microsystems...

Learn how to fix Docker's "Invalid Reference Format" error by understanding image naming rules, tags, variables, and syntax.

PipeWire 1.4.7 multimedia framework is out now, offering improved echo cancellation latency handling, enhanced resampling, and more.

The Zed open-source code editor that is written in Rust, has begun supporting Linux rather well, and has continued tacking on new features to assist developer workflows has introduced another new feature: the ability to easily disable all AI features...

Privilege escalation in Linux has always walked a tightrope between convenience and risk. sudo allows users to perform tasks as root without sharing the root password—intuitive, powerful—but also a high-value target for exploits rooted in memory safety bugs. Ubuntu is now pioneering a transition: replacing the traditional C-based sudo with sudo'rs, a Rust-powered rewrite engineered for safer root handling.