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Calibre 7.24 introduces series name transformation rules, enhanced metadata tools, and fixes for improved ebook management.

The RISC-V development ecosystem is expanding with the introduction of Ubuntu 24.04 LTS on the HiFive Premier P550, a collaboration between SiFive, ESWIN Computing, and Canonical.

The KDE Project released today the beta version of the upcoming KDE Plasma 6.3 desktop environment series, a major update promising numerous new features and improvements.

Scribus, the popular free open-source desktop publishing software, announced new 1.6.3 version on Wednesday! This is a maintenance release that contains primarily bug-fixes, though there are also a few new features included in the release.

The Servo open-source web browser layout engine project has published their newest monthly recap to highlight the progress they made during December 2024. They ended the year on a high note with getting dark mode support working and other features wired up -- including enough to now be able to read Discord messages but not yet enough to actually post messages on Discord.

AAEON has introduced its first advanced graphics card, the GAR-A750E, powered by Intel Arc A750E GPU architecture. Designed for applications requiring significant AI and graphics capabilities, the card is built in a compact form factor of 236mm x 109mm x 42mm.

On the Fritz: German router maker AVM declines to appeal in device rights case after coughing up source code. Sebastian Steck, a software developer based in Germany, has obtained the source code and library installation scripts for his AVM FRITZ!Box 4020 router, thanks to a lawsuit funded by the Software Freedom Conservancy (SFC).

If you have an older MacOS device lying around, why not install Linux to give it a new life?

Auto-cpufreq 2.5 CPU speed and power optimizer for Linux introduces EPB support, adds Fedora 41 compatibility, and resolves AMD sensor and permission errors.

Ubuntu developers are looking at extending their policy of not releasing stable release updates (SRUs) around the weekend as well as not phasing them up to 100% during those weekend times either.

Learn how to use the DIG Command in Linux with real examples in our latest easy-to-follow step-by-step guide.

System76’s highly anticipated COSMIC desktop environment written in Rust, continues to develop with the 5th alpha release, which is accompanied by new ISO images of the upcoming Pop!_OS 24.04 LTS distro.

8 years ago The Register reported Microsoft adding de facto back doors to "Linux" in Azure

Palit Microsystems has introduced Pandora, a compact AI computer designed for high-performance edge AI applications. Powered by the NVIDIA Jetson Orin NX Super module, Pandora is available in 8GB and 16GB configurations, providing 117 TOPS and 157 TOPS, respectively, for demanding computational tasks.

COSMIC Media Player debuts in the desktop environment's Alpha 5 release, offering Vulkan-powered video playback with Vaapi decoding.

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Going back to January 2023 were patches for enabling Secure TSC support for use by SEV-SNP guests with AMD EPYC 7003 "Milan" and newer processors... Two years later and after sixteen rounds of revising the Linux kernel patches, it looks like the AMD Secure TSC support is finally ready for landing in the mainline Linux kernel.

Simply the best FOSS desktop OS there is, outside of the Windows and Unix families. Haiku still hasn't quite reached that magic Version One Point Zero line in the sand, in part because its developers are setting the bar much higher than that of any other FOSS OS.

The KDE Project released KDE Frameworks 6.10 today as a new monthly update to this collection of more than 70 add-on libraries to Qt, which provide commonly needed functionality for KDE applications and the KDE Plasma desktop.

The Linux Foundation, alongside Google, Microsoft, Meta, and Opera, have announced today the formation of the new Supporters of Chromium-Based Browsers.