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It is time for me to talk about my smartphone again. Again. This will be the seventh time I review this device. Ever since I got it, I've been caught in a neverending loop of tweaking, customization and various annoyances, all of which comprise the everyday usage experience with the A54. And the loop must continue.

Important code restructuring to the Intel Trust Domain Extensions (TDX) code is landing for the Linux 6.14 kernel to make it more robust moving forward and preparing for future features around this confidential computing / trusted execution environment (TEE) functionality built into the newest Xeon processors.

The functions command in Fish shell lets you manage and interact with Fish functions. This tutorial explains how to manage functions in Fish shell on Linux.

In terms of software, the company mentions that the SoM supports Microsoft Windows 11 IoT Enterprise, Yocto (Linux 64-bit), and Android for flexibility.

Chips and software giant Broadcom says it's 'flexible and open' on licensing terms, but customers disagree. VMware users continue to be unhappy with licensing changes since the virtualization giant was acquired by Broadcom, and are now complaining that they are being forced into three-year commitments when renewing vSphere licenses.

This week, Jonathan Bennett and Dan Lynch chat with Stefano Zacchiroli about Debian and Software Heritage!

SDL (Simple DirectMedia Layer) 3.2 is here as the first official stable release of the SDL 3 branch, bringing better APIs, modern GPU rendering, and more.

If you want to breathe life back into a slow or aging computer, Linux Lite 7.0 is a lightweight (and easy to install) distribution I highly recommend.

Ahead of the upcoming NVIDIA GeForce RTX 50 series graphics "Blackwell" and the AMD Radeon RX 9070 series "RDNA4" later in the quarter, I figured it would be worthwhile having a dedicated article looking at the latest upstream Linux graphics/gaming performance for current generation NVIDIA GeForce RTX 40 and AMD Radeon RX 7000 series graphics cards.

We’re shipping a new API in Firefox Nightly that will let you use our Firefox AI runtime to run offline machine learning tasks in your web extension.

The LLM abuse by BetaNews lessens the incentive for real writers to write about Linux or cover Free software news. BetaNews is an unethical Webspam domain.

This article provides a step-by-step guide to transitioning from Windows to Fedora Linux. Motivation Switching operating systems is a big step for many people – often accompanied by uncertainties. This is exactly the situation my parents are facing right now: Windows 10 will soon stop receiving updates, and Windows 11 hasn’t won them over.

Wine 10 stable is here, featuring ARM64EC support, high-DPI scaling, Vulkan updates, and more.

Desktop use of BSD operating systems will take center stage on March 29, with the launch of GhostBSDCon 2025.

Archinstall, the menu-based installer for the Arch Linux distribution, has been updated today to version 3.0.2 as a hefty release bringing numerous improvements and support for the Wayfire compositor.

Sipeed has recently launched the Tang Console, described as a compact FPGA platform designed for developers and hardware enthusiasts. It offers a flexible and portable solution for applications such as hardware prototyping and retro gaming system emulation.

The big networking subsystem feature pull was sent out this morning for the Linux 6.14 merge window.

But no changes to bcachefs. Linux kernel 6.13 is here, but don't get too excited. It's not a biggie and, given the timing, probably won't appear in many familiar distros.

If you're facing the end of Windows 10 and seeking a Linux alternative, the Deepin distro has evolved into something you might like. There's just one catch.

In this article, we will create a Bash script that checks if a specific partition is mounted. If it is not mounted, the script will attempt to mount it and then check again. This is crucial for ensuring that our script, which stores data into the partition, does not fill the system’s disk space when the partition is unavailable. By using this script with cron, we can automate tasks while maintaining system integrity.