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Linus Torvalds merged the newest round of fixes to the experimental Bcachefs file-system, but it's left Linux creator Linus Torvalds frustrated and he's presented two choices for the file-system moving forward due to the continued LKML drama.

From Impact Gameworks who made the excellent Tangledeep, their next game Flowstone Saga is officially out now with Linux support.

A color picker is a software tool used to select colors and, in some cases, to create color schemes. We explore the finest open source tools.

The NanoPi Zero2 is a compact single-board computer designed around the Rockchip RK3528A processor. This device is available with an optional metal case and provides a Gigabit Ethernet port, as well as optional Wi-Fi connectivity via an M.2 slot.

Thousands of machines running Linux have been infected by a malware strain that’s notable for its stealth, the number of misconfigurations it can exploit, and the breadth of malicious activities it can perform, researchers reported Thursday.

GIMP 3.0 nears completion with a 96% progress mark on the RC1 milestone. Exciting API, GUI updates, and more revealed.

Learn how to fix the "libalpm.so.15: No such file or directory" error in Arch Linux using pacman-static binary without reinstall.

Zrythm is an interesting open-source digital audio workstation (DAW) software package. It's been making use of the GTK toolkit but now the developers have decided to switch to Qt6 instead.

Raspberry Pi released the Raspberry Pi Pico 2 a few months ago, featuring the new RP2350 chip. Despite several upgrades, it lacks wireless connectivity like Pico W.

A new version of NetworkManager – used by most Linux distributions (including Ubuntu) to manage wired and wireless network connections – was released this week.

Hyprland is a powerful, Wayland-based window manager for Linux. It introduces several innovative features, such as a custom display compositor and the ability to install third-party plugins with its package manager. In this article, we look at 5 of the best plugins available for Hyprland and guide you through installing them on your machine.

Matthew Mullenweg, CEO of WordPress biz Automattic and co-creator of the open source software, says he feels "much lighter" after 159 employees departed in the wake of his controversial attempt to pressure WP Engine to license trademarks the rival has used for years.

Here at Mozilla, we are the first to admit the internet isn’t perfect, but we know the internet is pretty darn magical. The internet opens up doors and opportunities, allows for human connection, and lets everyone find where they belong — their corners of the internet. We all have an internet story worth sharing.

Earlier this week I delivered initial Intel Xe2 Lunar Lake graphics benchmarks on Linux while today the focus is on Lunar Lake's CPU performance. The Xe2 graphics performance under Linux was disappointingly slow with it performing even worse than Meteor Lake while RDNA3.5 graphics led.

New Wine 9.19: Better Unicode support, Wayland improvements, and DirectPlay enhancements.

Unified Linux Wine Game Launcher (UMU) from Thomas "GloriousEggroll" Crider version 1.1.1 is out now as the first official release to help improve Linux desktop and Steam Deck gaming.

There are plenty of ways to download videos from well-known video streaming sites on Ubuntu but I find Parabolic the easiest, least hassle option out there.

Safeguarding one's privacy in today's polarizing digital world is a must. There are many ways to improve your privacy, which include things like using a privacy-focused search engine, getting a VPN, and installing trusted programs.

Fwupd 2.0 has been released today as a major update to this open-source Linux firmware update utility for Linux-based operating systems with support for new devices, new features, and other exciting changes.

Remote desktop is a neat feature that lets you access your high-end rigs from another device, like a laptop. So long as you have Internet connectivity on both devices, most operating systems, be it Windows 11 or Linux distros, let you set support remote desktop in some shape or form.