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Today, Linus Torvalds announced the general availability of the first Release Candidate development milestone of the upcoming Linux 6.17 kernel series for public testing.

Decision to use MXFP4 makes models smaller, faster, and more importantly, cheaper for everyone involved Analysis Whether or not OpenAI's new open weights models are any good is still up for debate, but their use of a relatively new data type called MXFP4 is arguably more important, especially if it catches on among OpenAI's rivals.…

Debian 13 “Trixie” is here with RISC-V support, Linux kernel 6.12 LTS, new security hardening, HTTP Boot, updated desktop environments, and over 14K new packages.

After 34 years of beeps, boops, and busy signals, AOL is finally hanging up on dial-up. One last ‘you’ve got mail’ before an internet era fades into history.

The final goal of setup below is to configure Pycharm 2025.2 in the way which would allow start PyCharm in Hyprland with ML4W Dotfiles 2.9.9 via Rofi as second DE on the instance openSUSE Tumbleweed KDE Plasma 6.4.4. We start with downloading the most recent tar ball and extracting it at a time . . .

With the arrival of GNOME 48, the desktop experience steps into a refreshing new era, blending clarity, visual richness, and adaptability. This release unfolds a more intuitive configuration interface, native HDR capability, and finer-grained display scaling. Whether you’re streaming, tweaking your workspace, or simply glancing over your notifications, GNOME 48 brings you improvements that feel both modern and meaningful, crafted to feel like they were made for real people doing real tasks.

HandBrake 1.10 was released today as a major update to this free and open-source video transcoder application for converting between a multitude of video file formats.

Linus Torvalds has used his authority to reject the RISC-V architecture changes for the Linux 6.17 kernel. The RISC-V updates won't land this cycle and will need to try again for v6.18 later in the year. Linus refers to at least some of the proposed RISC-V code as garbage along with being submitted rather late during the merge window...

PeaZip 10.6 has been released today as the latest stable version of this open-source, free, and cross-platform file and archive manager, a release that introduces new features and various enhancements.

A tried-and-true step-by-step guide for a hassle-free upgrade to Debian 13 (Trixie) from Debian 12 (Bookworm).

GNU/Hurd has made it as an official platform target within SDL that is the open-source library widely-used by cross-platform games and other applications for software/hardware abstractions across operating systems...

The Debian Project released today the final version of the Debian 13 “Trixie” operating system, a major release that brings new features, updated components, and numerous other improvements.

In this video, I share about setting up the KDE Plasma 6 theme with a cool and gray vibe like when winter has come.

On 9th August 2025 we released Debian 13 "trixie".

In the last decade, the digital landscape has shifted from a space of casual convenience to a battleground for personal information. From constant corporate profiling to sprawling government surveillance programs, the reality is clear, our devices have become treasure troves for those seeking to exploit or monitor us. As trust in mainstream platforms erodes, a surge of interest has emerged around operating systems that place security and privacy at their very core. At the forefront of this movement are a new breed of Linux distributions designed not just for power users and security experts, but for anyone who values control over their data.

Plasma 6.5 desktop environment adds quick Bluetooth toggles, Flathub URL support in Discover, and faster firmware updates.

Whenever I ask about the funding they try to change the subject and act all aggressive

This Step-by-Step guide explains how to upgrade to Debian 13 trixie from Debian 12 bookworm from command line.

In this tutorial, we will explain how to install DEB on AlmaLinux 10 OS. A .deb file is a software package format primarily used in Debian-based distributions. A .deb file is a compressed archive that contains the program’s files, including installation scripts and metadata. Although the .deb files are a core part of Debian-based Linux distributions and are widely used in Debian and its derivatives, it is possible to install .deb packages on RHEL (Red Hat Enterprise Linux) distributions, such as AlmaLinux, CentOS, Rocky Linux, and Fedora.

Bugs in the current LTS are getting squished The latest point release of the current Ubuntu LTS is here, with a new kernel and a host of improvements for server and desktop alike.…