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The Unixi-est of desktops gets a wide-ranging update. Comment The new version of the longest-established Linux desktop is here, and at last, it's possible to use Wayland – although not everything works yet.

A few weeks back I reviewed the SilverStone XE360-SP5 and XE04-SP5 cooling solutions catering to AMD EPYC 9004/9005 Socket SP5 processors. These coolers worked well with 400 Watt EPYC processors and especially the XE360-SP5 all-in-one liquid cooling was very performant and practical with today's server CPU TDPs ever increasing.

I've been covering Linux and open-source since 1999 (the year of Prince). During that long stretch, a year hasn't gone by that I haven't experienced someone (or a group of someones) still believing the myths that seem to be forever churning about the open-source operating system.

Giving people the ability to shape the internet and their experiences on it is at the heart of Mozilla’s manifesto. This includes empowering people to choose how they search.

Fish Shell 4.0 beta introduces a major rewrite in Rust, with improved keybindings, better auto-suggestions, enhanced scripting, and terminal support.

Learn how to set up Navidrome with Docker in minutes with this step-by-step guide, perfect for streaming your music collection effortlessly.

This article examines the best Java micro-frameworks. Micro means the framework is small, with little or no tools and libraries.

While there are a growing number of startups offering AI accelerators, many of them are more or less vaporware and the other big challenge even among those actually shipping products is their software stacks are very premature or an outright heaping mess.

This is a big one! The new and still in development cross-platform Nexus Mods app that has Linux support just released version 0.7.1 and you no longer have to remove everything to update.

This roundup focuses on free and open source command-line tools that help you find and remove duplicate files.

Fedora is proposing to stop building their Atomic desktop versions for PPC64LE. PopwerPC 64 LE basically comes down to IBM’s POWER architecture, and as far as desktop use goes, that exclusively means the POWER9 machines from Raptor Computing Systems.

Fedora Asahi Remix 41 brings Fedora Linux 41 to Apple Silicon, with x86 emulation for AAA games, KDE Plasma 6.2, GNOME 47, and server or minimal variants.

Linux hardware vendor System76 informs 9to5Linux.com today about the availability of a new version of the company’s Pangolin Linux-powered laptop with upgraded components.

Queued up this past week within the Linux kernel's networking subsystem for the upcoming Linux 6.14 cycle is transmission handling for jumbo data packets as well as RACK-TLP support for managing packet loss and re-transmission. This is work toward supporting larger network transmission windows and higher data throughput.

Do you use Linux machines in your data center? If so, it's probably a good idea to regularly check the health of the SSD drives used on those machines. Here's how to do it.

A paint splatter, super-tired face, and a harp are among new emoji users of Ubuntu 22.04 and 24.04 LTS will be able to see and type after installing an update to the Noto Color Emoji font.

2025’s Spacewalk will focus on artificial intelligence, with a panel composed of AI industry experts being moderated by Mark Hinkle, editor of The Artificially Intelligent Enterprise newsletter.

Microsoft Photos is an image viewer and image organizer. We recommend the best free and open source alternatives for Linux.

Your tech choices matter more than ever. That’s why at Mozilla, we believe in empowering users to make informed decisions that align with their values. In that spirit, we’re excited to announce our partnership with Ecosia, a search engine that prioritizes sustainability, and social impact.

System76 has been offering AMD-powered Linux laptops for a few years now and before rounding out 2024 they have announced the new Pangolin "Pang15" laptop with an updated SoC, 2K display with 16:10 screen ratio and 120Hz refresh rate, and other refinements to this all-aluminum build Linux laptop...