Greg Kroah-Hartman has released a few new Linux kernel stable point releases today for Easter and also capping off the Linux 6.13 kernel cycle in the process...

My major concern during this test was to customize virtual disk layout with LVM support during partitioning phase. Everything worked fine for me when I kept names of LVMs as were suggested by Agama installer. Classical Tumbleweed installer does allow to assign any desired LVMs names . . . .

KDE developers continue to be very busy working toward the Plasma 6.4 desktop release and making other enhancements throughout this open-source desktop...

This is your friendly reminder that the Linux 6.13 kernel series has reached the end of its supported life and that you should consider upgrading to Linux kernel 6.14 as soon as possible.

The only way Microsoft can survive rivalry is to sabotage the rival under the false guise of "security" or "secure boot" (it's not about security; it's about not allowing PCs to boot without Microsoft's approval) or by hijacking the rivals via GitHub (then throwing all the code into a plagiarism blender that takes away the licence). Those are the real issues.

Canonical released Ubuntu 25.04, codenamed "Plucky Puffin" a few days ago. Here's the top 10 Features I liked in Ubuntu 25.04..

Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel 8 debuts in Oracle Linux (9.5) with advanced memory management, improved I/O, better networking, and more.

With Fedora 42 having released earlier this week, more feature development work and planning around Fedora 43 is heating up. Another one of the early change proposals now filed for Fedora 43 is changing the CMake build system's default generator from Make to Ninja...

Lad who 'stays in his bedroom on his computer' emerged ready to deliver brilliant tech supportOn Call It may be a holiday Friday in much of the Reg-reading world but that won't stop us from delivering another installment of On Call, our weekly reader-contributed column that tells your tech support tales.…

Caddy 2.10 web & reverse proxy server lands with support for ECH, post-quantum key exchange, global DNS config, and wildcard certs by default.

The April 18th update of DietPi v9.12 introduces new software options including the fish shell and Amiberry v7/Amiberry-Lite, while also expanding compatibility and resolving various issues. This release focuses on improving usability, editor flexibility, and hardware support across platforms.   DietPi: DietPi is a lightweight, Debian-based operating system optimized for single-board computers and embedded systems. […]

While the FFmpeg multimedia library merged Vulkan Video encode support last year, it was initially limited to H.264 and H.265 formats. With a new patch posted for review this week, AV1 encode support using the Vulkan Video API is now underway...

Ubuntu 25.04 is now available for download, featuring GNOME 48, Linux kernel 6.14, systemd 257, updated toolchains, and enhanced gaming and GPU support.

GNU/Hurd has long struggled with hardware support and is still working on its x86_64 support while having a host of various hardware limitations but it also appears they are eager to explore Hurd on RISC-V platforms...

GlassFish is a free and open-source implementation of the Java EE Platform developed by Eclipse. In this guide, you will install GlassFish Application Server on Debian 12 in a step-by-step process. You will also configure Nginx as a reverse proxy for your GlassFish installation.

The Minichord is a compact, chord-focused musical instrument developed by Benjamin Poilve through a co-creation effort with Seeed Studio. Designed for musicians of all skill levels, it combines a tactile chord selection system with a responsive touch interface and MIDI output capabilities. With fully open-source firmware and hardware design, the device encourages community-driven modification and […]

Let's explore what Vim and Neovim are, their core features, and the key differences to help you decide which one best fits your workflow.

LXQt 2.2.0 desktop environment introduces enhanced Wayland support, power profile switching, PCManFM-Qt improvements, and better terminal handling.

Earlier this week the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 Ti launched and there were launch-day Linux CUDA/OpenCL compute benchmarks on Phoronix. But for the Linux gaming performance tests we were waiting on a new supported driver release, which happened to be on launch day with the NVIDIA 575.51.02 Linux beta. Now that the gaming-ready Linux driver is available for the GeForce RTX 5060 series, here are some initial benchmarks of the PNY GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16GB up against other NVIDIA GeForce and AMD Radeon graphics cards using the newly-released Ubuntu 25.04.

Calibre 8.3 eBook manager introduces customizable cover grid backgrounds for light and dark modes and speeds up EPUB loading by 30%.