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The x86 platform drivers co-maintainer Ilpo Järvinen sent out the pull request today of all the feature additions set for the in-development Linux 6.15 kernel. As usual, most of the platform-drivers-x86 material is around improvements to benefit modern Intel Core and AMD Ryzen laptops...

Rust lands in GRUB as an experiment—initial i386-pc support and dynamic modules, promising safer system code.

Cloudflare open-sources OPKSSH, bringing single sign-on to SSH with OpenID Connect and eliminating the need to manage long-lived SSH keys.

While there is a lot of exciting new x86_64 CPU features coming with Linux 6.15, there is also some of the not so fun changes too: namely the "x86/bugs" pull request to bring the latest CPU security mitigation work to the mainline kernel...

KDE developers propose a new Plasma Login Manager to replace SDDM, aiming for deeper integration and a more feature-rich, modern login experience.

This roundup highlights useful tools to view your fonts. We only feature free and open source software here.

This guide will walk you through the steps to create a video from images and add a background audio for a professional touch.

“I spend 8 hours per week trying to keep up to date, it’s overwhelming!” “Integrating new libraries is difficult. They’re either poorly maintained or updated in ways that break compatibility.” “I want to be able to experiment quickly, without relying on APIs for closed-source models.” These were just a few of the challenges we heard […]

Zorin OS 17.3 rolls out with new features, enhanced privacy, and a seamless experience aimed at pleasing Windows 10 users.

Thoughtful and considered … even if it is based on an American distro EU OS is a proposal for an immutable KDE-based Linux distribution with a Windows-like desktop, designed for use in European public-sector organizations.…

Ikey Doherty's AerynOS 2025.03, previously known as Serpent OS, arrives with GNOME 48, Linux kernel 6.13, and more, but still in the Alpha stage.

Docker is an essential tool for developers and system administrators working with containerized applications. This guide provides a comprehensive overview of Docker’s basic commands on Linux, covering everything from creating and managing containers to troubleshooting common issues.

XZ Utils, an open-source complete C99 implementation of the .xz file format, has been updated today to version 5.8, a release that introduces performance improvements and new features.

The Fedora Infrastructure Team is announcing the end of OpenID in Fedora Account System (FAS). This will occur on 20th May 2025. Why the change? OpenID is being replaced by OpenIDConnect (OIDC) in most of the modern web and most of the Fedora infrastructure is already using OIDC as the default authentication method. OIDC offers better security by […]

Earlier this month for launch-day there were NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Linux GPU compute benchmarks. The graphics/gaming benchmarks of the GeForce RTX 5070 on Linux were held up by waiting for a new R570 Linux driver release with proper support for this new Blackwell graphics card. Last week that new Linux driver arrived in the form of the NVIDIA 570.133.07 Linux build. That new NVIDIA Linux driver is working out great with the GeForce RTX 5070 Founder's Edition and in this article are some initial Linux gaming/graphics performance benchmarks for that new graphics card competing with the AMD Radeon RX 9070 series.

Checking if Docker is running on your Linux system is crucial for managing containerized applications effectively. Understanding how to verify the status of Docker can help mitigate issues with your Docker environment, especially during development and deployment.

Freedesktop SDK retires the OpenH264 codec library due to security flaws, licensing headaches, and maintainability issues.

MPV 0.40 was just released as the newest version of this open-source media player derived from MPlayer/MPlayer2. With the MPV 0.40 release there is support for HDR videos on Wayland using the new color management protocol along with a variety of other new features...

A new initiative, called "EU OS," has been launched to develop a Linux-based operating system tailored specifically for the public sector organizations of the European Union (EU). This community-driven project aims to address the EU's unique needs and challenges, focusing on fostering digital sovereignty, reducing dependency on external vendors, and building a secure, self-sufficient digital ecosystem.

In this second of our two part interview, Kooyman talks about moves the foundation has made to remain resilient and relevant in an ever changing world where nothing is certain.