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Extensions are like apps for your browser, letting you customize and enhance your online experience. Nearly half of all Firefox users have installed at least one extension, from privacy tools to productivity boosters.

Before there were modern Linux desktops, people used terminals to interact with computers. How did they get from printing terminals to modern displays?

DietPi 9.11, a Debian-based Linux distro for SBCs, arrives with Pi-hole 6 support, first boot fixes, enhanced Fail2Ban installation, and more.

SVT-AV1 as the open-source, CPU-based AV1 encoder that was started by Intel software engineers and now led by the Alliance for Open Media is out this week with the big SVT-AV1 3.0 release. Here's some details on SVT-AV1 3.0 as well as some initial performance benchmarks for this speedy AV1 encoder, especially on modern Intel and AMD processors.

Tableau is a visual analytics platform transforming the way we use data to solve problems. Tableau is proprietary software. We recommend the best free and open source alternatives for Linux.

GNU Binutils (short for "Binary Utilities") is a set of command-line tools for handling object files, executables, and binary data.

At the moment things are still tense; we deal with violent Microsoft con jobs (American citizens) and their "hired guns from London" sending unauthorised and totally inappropriate messages to our lawyer, basically trying to not only threaten but also spy

The curl command-line tool is one of the most useful and versatile programs you can learn. Its versatility and comprehensive HTTP implementation mean that, if there’s a URL for it, curl can do it.

Fist we deploy Debian Testing as L1 KVM Guest (8 VCPs,16 GB RAM,CachyOS 6.13.4 Kernel). Second step would be to install KVM Hypervisor on Debian Testing (Trixie Alpha) Virtual machine. Afterwards it appears possible to setup Hyprland with ML4W 2.9.8.2 Dotfiles as L2 KVM Guest serving a dual DE for CachyOS which had been installed first as L2 KVM Guest inside Debian Testing L1 level. Running of Hyprland with ML4W 2.9.8.2 Dotfiles (L2) doesn't require enabling 3D acceleration in Virt-manager's configuration running on top of Debian Testing as KVM Guest

Today, the KDE Project released KDE Plasma 6.3.2 as the second maintenance update to the latest KDE Plasma 6.3 desktop environment series to address more bugs, crashes, and other issues reported by users.

AMD has sent out their initial pull request of "new stuff" for their AMDGPU kernel graphics driver and AMDKFD compute driver of feature additions they want to make for the upcoming Linux 6.15 kernel. Most notable from this week's submission to DRM-Next is preparing a lot of new GPU hardware support.

KiCad, the free open-source suite for electronic computer-aided design, announced new 9.0.0 release a few days ago.

Free10 is a repacking of the Q40S Linux distribution and it makes an outstanding option for anyone looking to migrate from Windows to Linux.

When a vendor and a community stop loving each other, things can get very forked up. State Of Open Multiple license changes have rocked the open source community over the last few years. For vendors concerned, the impact has ranged from business as usual to potentially catastrophic.

Apache NetBeans 25 open-source IDE updates Gradle, Maven, and Java tooling, refining dependency resolution, test execution, and UI stability.

Due Process from developer Giant Enemy Crab uses Easy Anti-Cheat that previously blocked Linux (and so Steam Deck too), but they've now enabled Linux players to jump in.

Ready to ditch the setup headaches and jump straight into Linux? With a mini PC that has Linux preinstalled, you can skip the technical fuss and start exploring right away.

The SystemV file-system that implements Xenix FS, SystemV/386 FS, and Coherent FS is set to be removed from the Linux kernel. The SystemV file-system was orphaned back in 2023 while now is set to be removed entirely after developers realized the code was fundamentally broken.

A set of four cool new window opening and closing animations got added to gaudy GNOME Shell extension Burn My Windows this weekend.

Remember the classic headline from the 1970s: “Ford to city — drop dead”? Well, this is how it looks, transcribed to itty-bitty open source in the 21st century. It’s a different scale, but…