WordPress 6.9 “Gene” introduces block-level Notes, faster editing tools, refined dashboard navigation, and the new Abilities API.

Lineup spans 3B to 14B parameters, from edge devices to multi-GPU rigsMistral AI has released a suite of open source models under the Mistral 3 banner, aiming to scale from a mobile device or drone up to multi-GPU datacenter beasts.…

We're getting it baked into Windows whether we like it or notOpinion Making software would be the perfect job if it wasn't for those darn users. Windows head honcho Pavan Davuluri would be forgiven for feeling this of late as his happy online paean about Windows becoming an "agentic OS" was met by massive dissent in the comments. "Agentic schmentic, we want reliability, usability, and stability" was the gist.…

The ntpdate command has been deprecated and removed from modern Linux distributions. If you encounter the “ntpdate command not found” error on Debian, Ubuntu Linux systems, this guide shows you how to synchronize your system time using the modern replacements: systemd-timesyncd and chrony.

NVIDIA released the beta version of the upcoming NVIDIA 590 series of their graphics drivers for NVIDIA GPUs on Linux, BSD, and Solaris systems.

VLC 3.0.22 is now available for download as the latest stable version of this open-source, cross-platform, and free media player for GNU/Linux, Android, macOS, Windows, and other platforms.

SUSE engineer David Sterba submitted the Btrfs pull request for Linux 6.19 on Friday, ahead of the Linux 6.18 stable kernel release that took place on Sunday. This copy-on-write file-system continues seeing some enticing feature work and other improvements for this next version of the Linux kernel...

Budget model slips in at $45 while other boards climb amid AI-driven component crunchRaspberry Pi has raised prices across much of its latest lineup while launching a new $45 Raspberry Pi 5 with 1GB of RAM, it's first sub-$50 model in the series.…

The Arch Linux project released Arch Linux 2025.12.01 today as the December 2025 ISO snapshot for the Arch Linux distribution, which features a new version of the Archinstall menu-based installer and the latest updates.

FreeBSD 15.0 is officially released as the newest major update to this leading BSD operating system...

Fwupd 2.0.18 adds reboot prompts, major speed improvements for firmware searches, and support for new HP, Lenovo, and Synaptics hardware.

While some Linux distributions have begun establishing AI policies, we haven't seen any communicated from the Ubuntu camp yet but will apparently be permitted at least for project infrastructure. AI is being used currently in an effort to help modernize the Ubuntu Error Tracker...

Raspberry Pi announced today a new variant of the latest Raspberry Pi 5 single-board computer with 1GB RAM to provide the community with more flexibility for their Linux and Open Source projects.

Miguel Ojeda has already submitted the core Rust programming language infrastructure updates intended for the Linux 6.19 merge window. In the pull request he also notes that moving forward the minimum supported Rust version for compiling the Linux kernel will likely follow whatever the minimum Rust version currently in use by the latest Debian stable release...

The GNU Linux-libre project announced today the release and general availability of the GNU Linux-libre 6.18 kernel for those who seek 100% freedom for their GNU/Linux computers and software freedom lovers.

Fedora stakeholders have been eyeing a nicer experience for NTSYNC usage with Wine and Steam Play by being able to have the NTSYNC kernel module load when it's likely to be used. That approval has now been granted by the Fedora Engineering and Steering Committee (FESCo) for the Fedora 44 release...

The GStreamer project released GStreamer 1.26.9 today as the ninth maintenance update to the latest GStreamer 1.26 series of this popular and powerful open-source, free, and cross-platform multimedia framework.

Because the risks of AI browsers outweigh the hype, our Christine Hall uses BrowserOS as a tightly controlled research tool instead of a way to surf the web.

Flatpaks can give your Linux desktop access to newer apps, but only if your system is set up to use them. Here’s a straightforward guide to getting any distro Flatpak?ready.

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