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The Linux 6.15 kernel is set to remove support for IBM Cell Blade servers for those server platforms from around two decades ago that used the Cell Broadband Engine Architecture processors. IBM Cell Blades at the time powered a few supercomputers but these IBM QS20 / QS21 / QS22 platforms are no longer relevant and the IBM Linux kernel maintainers no longer even have these platforms available/running. With no apparent users remaining, it's time to say goodbye to the IBM Cell Blades from the mainline kernel...

Immich 1.130, a self-hosted photo and video backup solution, is here with a folder view for mobile, faster timelines, and massive external library scan speed boosts.

Logs are an invaluable aspect of troubleshooting and debugging Docker containers. When running applications within Docker, capturing logs efficiently allows developers to diagnose issues quicker and remediate them effectively. In this article, we will explore various methods to capture and analyze logs from Docker containers to gain insights into their behavior and resolve any arising issues.

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.