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Last Wednesday was the review embargo for the Ryzen 5 9600X and Ryzen 7 9700X Zen 5 desktop processors that proved to be very exciting for Linux workloads from developers to creators to AVX-512 embracing AI and HPC workloads.

The Debian-based Tails amnesic incognito live system has been updated to version 6.6, a release that brings support for newer hardware, updated components, and bug fixes.

Spotify is a popular music streaming application which also presents a sleek looking interface to read lyrics. Of course, lyrics are not exclusive to Spotify, sources like Genius include most of the songs. However, it can be inconvenient to always load up a website, search for the song, and read it from there. So, an app to help automate the process should be a time saver.

Geekbench is one of the best tools for comparing one computer, phone, or tablet against another in raw performance. There’s now a new test you can try out: Geekbench AI.

Crowd Supply recently featured the WiCAN Pro, a diagnostic OBD scanner designed to support advanced automotive diagnostics. Built on the ESP32-S3 platform, it offers compatibility with all legislated OBD-II protocols, allowing it to interface with multiple CAN BUS protocols, including three standard CAN protocols and one Single Wire CAN.

Proton, the company behind a suite of privacy-focused services, has made its Proton VPN Chrome and Firefox extensions available to non-paying users on the Proton Free plan.

Might be time for another run in Stellaris with the Cosmic Storms announced today to release on September 10th. Developed in collaboration with Behaviour Rotterdam, it's set to expand space weather in a big way. Stellaris has Native Linux support.

Deepin 23 arrives more polished than ever with shining DDE, atomic updates, enhanced stability, ARM64 support, AI enhancements, and more.

After talking about AmpereOne for the Oracle Cloud Infrastructure since last year, earlier this month Oracle finally announced general availability on their OCI Ampere A2 instances for tapping into these latest-generation Ampere Computing AArch64 server processors in the public cloud.

The Raspberry Pi RP2350 microcontroller adds an HSTX (High-Speed Serial Transmit) interface adding the PIOs (Programmable IOs) introduced on the Raspberry Pi RP2040 three years ago. The RP2350 MCU now has three PIOs and one HSTX interface going over 8x GPIOs.

My distro hopping days are not over. And, probably, will never be. On some days, I love Ubuntu, and others, I hate it. But, for the majority, I stick with Ubuntu-based distributions including Ubuntu, Pop!_OS, and Linux Mint. I have an NVIDIA-powered system with 1080p+2K displays. And, many distros do not play nice with this setup.

The ASUS Q670M-EM-A is a Micro ATX motherboard equipped with an LGA1700 socket, making it compatible with Intel’s 14th, 13th, and 12th Gen Core processors, as well as Pentium and Celeron CPUs. Designed for diverse applications, it features dual RJ45 ports, four SATA ports, and extensive expansion options, catering to both standard and advanced computing needs.

After rigorous debugging, a new unit testing framework was added to the backend compiler for NVK. This is a walkthrough of the steps taken to achieve this.

The second annual Rise25 Awards in Dublin wasn’t just about celebrating 25 AI leaders — it was about mapping out the future.

Brown is back, and there's an audible blast from the past. Ubuntu 24.10 is released in October and will mark the 20th anniversary of Ubuntu. So it’s only fitting that the release offer a few ‘easter eggs’ in honour if its past. And there’s nothing as retro-Ubuntu than the colour brown, right?

Gentoo Council votes to end IA-64 (Itanium) support following kernel and glibc changes. Learn what's next.

Next month AMD will be providing an update on their long-term strategy for open-source firmware. Central to their open-source firmware plans is their OpenSIL effort that remains in development for eventually replacing AGESA on future generations of Ryzen and EPYC platforms.

Pure-FTPd is a free (BSD-license), secure, production-quality and standard-conformant FTP server. This guide provides a step-by-step process for installing and configuring Pure-FTPd on Ubuntu.

Amazon Kindle supports a limited number of eBook formats, making it essential to convert your files to a compatible format before sending them to your device. If you are a Linux user, there are several tools at your disposal to help with this conversion process. In this guide, we will cover how to use popular tools such as ebook-convert, calibre, and unoconv to convert various eBook formats to Amazon Kindle-supported formats.

With "Elli," the latest open source Kubernetes release, cloud-native operations will benefit from smoother networking and storage options.