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Xen 4.20 open-source type-1 hypervisor brings Arm LLC coloring, AMD Zen 5 support, Intel EPT Paging-Write, and more.

The FreeDesktop.org GitLab instance that is heavily relied upon for the development of the Mesa graphics drivers, Wayland, and many other Linux desktop projects will be down for up to one week later this month due to its cloud migration.

Copr is a build-system for anyone in the Fedora community. It hosts thousands of projects with a wide variety of purposes, targeting diverse groups of users. Some of them should never be installed by anyone, some are already transitioning into the official Fedora repositories, and others fall somewhere in between.

The RK3566 Single Board Computer is designed for a range of applications, combining processing power with multiple connectivity options. Built with an 8-layer PCB design and featuring a compact form factor, it is powered by a quad-core Cortex-A55 processor and includes an M.2 2242 slot for expansion.

Hashing files is a critical process in the realm of data integrity and security. In this article, we will discuss how to hash a specific file, linuxconfig.txt, using various hashing algorithms available in Linux. Additionally, we will explore how to restore the file based on its hash, ensuring you can verify its integrity over time.

With Mozilla's recent data and privacy waffling, Firefox users need to be cautious with their data.

Linux network security is a high-stakes game, where staying one step ahead of attackers requires a mix of proactive defense strategies. The battle between threat actors and security professionals is a constant game of cat and mouse, with each side searching for vulnerabilities the other has yet to discover.

Lettura is a cross-platform news reader that supports RSS and Atom feeds. This is free and open source software.

The Redox OS open-source operating system written from scratch in the Rust programming language is continuing to enjoy nice progress in 2025 on its goals. The Redox OS project has published their February 2025 status update that highlights achievements made over the past month.

Mozilla published today the final build of the Firefox 136 open-source web browser for all supported platforms ahead of the March 4th, 2025, official release date, so it’s time to take a look at the new features and changes.

As a Linux security admin, you understand the critical role of robust, reliable, and secure systems in any computing environment. But as AI and Machine Learning expand their horizons into AI frameworks like TensorFlow and PyTorch, there's also added responsibility and opportunity.

No warning, no opt-out, and critic claims ... no consent. Research from a leading academic shows Android users have advertising cookies and other gizmos working to build profiles on them even before they open their first app.

While EA have officially open sourced a bunch of classic Command & Conquer titles like Red Alert and Generals, the cross-platform OpenRA project continues advancing with a new release out now.

Well, it's officially done; Microsoft has done away with Skype, marking May 5, 2025, as the day of its demise. They say that they have done this to streamline their consumer communications offerings so that they can “more easily adapt to customer needs”.

Ahead of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 graphics cards seeing retail availability tomorrow, today the review embargo expires on the GeForce RTX 5070 Founders Edition graphics cards. I've been testing out the GeForce RTX 5070 under Linux and today have a number of GPU compute benchmarks to share.

Torizon and Texas Instruments have announced a collaboration aimed at simplifying cybersecurity compliance and development for industrial and medical embedded systems. The partnership integrates Torizon’s software platform with TI’s Arm-based, Linux-capable processors, addressing increasing security requirements such as those outlined in the EU Cyber Resilience Act.

The team behind Linux Mint has made several interesting announcements about the popular Linux distribution and what's going on behind the scenes. Aside from previewing a fresh coat of paint, they're also warning you to update Firefox.

FOSS bods file amicus brief in hope of preserving core GNU tenet of freedom forever. The Free Software Foundation (FSF) on Monday backed a lone developer's brave effort to overturn a pivotal court ruling that threatens to undermine the AGPLv3 – the foundation's GNU Affero General Public License, version 3.

Mozilla is evidently selling your data downriver while continuing to brag about how much it’s protecting your privacy.

Ubuntu has some snap apps (e.g., Firefox and AppCenter) pre-installed in recent releases. The snap apps auto-generate a snap folder in user’s home directory to store app data, caches, and configuration files.