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Unfashionable web workhorse refreshed for its ongoing run PHP 8.5 landed on Thursday with a long-awaited pipe operator and a new standards-compliant URI parser, marking one of the scripting language's more substantial updates.…

A 21 year old bug report requesting support of the XDG Base Directory specification is finally being addressed by Firefox. The Firefox 147 release should respect this XDG specification around where files should be positioned within Linux users' home directory...

Wireshark, the world’s most popular network protocol analyzer, has been updated today to version 4.6.1, a minor point release to the latest and greatest Wireshark 4.6 series, addressing various bugs and updating protocol support.

PHP 8.5 introduces a new URI extension, the pipe operator, and key syntax upgrades, delivering faster performance and cleaner code.

Immich 2.3, a self-hosted photo and video management platform, adds multilingual OCR models and introduces maintenance mode.

I don’t like where Windows is going. Gaming on Linux has never been more approachable. Time to give it a shot.

Back in September the Qualcomm X2 Elite SoCs were announced for next-gen Windows 11 on Arm laptops. Since then some initial X2 Elite enablement patches for the Linux kernel have arrived and for the upcoming Linux 6.19 kernel more of that work will reach mainline. Excitingly, Linux 6.19 is now bringing GPU and display support for the Adreno X2-85 found within the Snapdragon X2 Elite SoC...

bMozilla has rolled out Firefox 145, a significant update that brings a range of usability, security and privacy enhancements, while marking a clear turning point by discontinuing official support for 32-bit Linux systems. For users on older hardware or legacy distros, this change means it’s time to consider moving to a 64-bit environment or opting for a supported version. Here’s a detailed look at what’s new, what’s changed, and what you need to know.

Linux hardware vendor Slimbook announced today the launch of the KDE Slimbook VII laptop to celebrate 8 years of collaboration with the KDE project in creating the best Plasma-powered Linux notebooks.

Xen 4.21 open-source type-1 hypervisor adds a new PDX compression algorithm, updated toolchain requirements, and improvements across x86, Arm, and RISC-V.

Slop just doesn't work, but it is made to simply appear credible because of the grammar.

This week marks two years since the debut of the Ryzen Threadripper 7000 series processors. Given the occasion, I decided to revisit the Linux performance of the Threadripper 7980X compared to original benchmarks from November 2023 to see how the latest Linux software stack performs for these Zen 4 HEDT processors.

Project Hummingbird aims to remove the worry and streamline the deployment of secure container images for cloud-native teams.

Cloudflare Outage November 18, 2025: Database Error Causes Widespread Internet 5xx Failures

Don’t leave deleted files behind—Raider File Shredder offers an uncomplicated solution for permanently erasing data.

Xubuntu confirms a malicious ZIP was served in October and is switching to the Hugo static site generator to prevent similar attacks.

The Linux job market has reached unprecedented heights in 2025, with demand for professionals who possess Linux expertise continuing to surge across multiple technology sectors. Organizations worldwide are prioritizing candidates who can leverage Linux systems in cloud-native environments, AI operations, and DevOps workflows.

To avoid jumping into the directory to execute your local program or script, you can add their paths to the $PATH variable to access them from anywhere.

Preliminary proposal is already provoking debate The Python community is chewing over a new idea: allowing the C-based reference implementation, CPython, to incorporate Rust. It's only at the "pre-PEP" stage, but it's already sparked lively debate.…

The KDE Project released today KDE Plasma 6.5.3 as the third maintenance update to the latest KDE Plasma 6.5 desktop environment series with more improvements and bug fixes.