Espressif Systems announced the ESP32-P4 over a year ago. While the chip is not yet available for retail, a prototype development board featuring the chip was recently showcased by Olimex. This board includes multiple interfaces, such as an Ethernet connector and a camera connector, demonstrating its versatile capabilities.

Last month I wrote about new code slated to be added for Linux 6.15 that would provide a cross-driver/standardized means of reporting to user-space over hung GPUs. For the likes of the AMD and Intel graphics drivers initially, user-space will be notified via this new wedged event when a GPU is hung in case user-space wants to take additional actions to try to recover the GPU or at least properly note the troubled state of the GPU.

Fish shell, the popular free open-source command line shell, release new major 4.0 version yesterday.

ZFS (Zettabyte File System) is a robust file system designed to manage large amounts of data while ensuring integrity, scalability, and advanced features like snapshots, compression, and data deduplication. This guide will take you through the steps required to install and enable ZFS on Debian or Ubuntu.

Amnesty International’s Security Lab has uncovered a sophisticated cyber-espionage campaign in Serbia, where authorities used a zero-day exploit chain developed by Cellebrite to unlock the Android phone of a student activist.

Here’s 8 useful boot utility tools. They are all free and open source goodness.

According to a recently issued advisory from the X.Org Foundation, eight critical security vulnerabilities affecting both X.Org Server and XWayland were disclosed and promptly patched. As an admin using X.Org or XWayland, staying informed and acting quickly is paramount to securing your server and Linux environment.

The embargo is over! We finally can share details on the exciting Radeon RX 9070 series graphics cards powered by RDNA4 that will be available from Internet retailers next week.

February proved a bumper month for Linux software updates, seeing big release of productivity suites LibreOffice and ONLYOFFICE and, plus a crop of smaller app updates which didn’t merit a full-length article on this blog.

In this guide, we will explain how to check open ports and secure them in Linux using firewall rules and best practices.

Docker Engine 28 enhances security by blocking unpublished container ports from LAN access, reducing exposure risks.

An AMD engineer presented earlier this month at the Vulkanised 2025 conference in Cambridge (UK) around the work they are pursuing for AI using the MLIR intermediate representation, IREE, and the role that Vulkan/SPIR-V can play for AI acceleration across AMD's wares as well as other hardware.

On Wednesday we shared that we’re introducing a new Terms of Use (TOU) and Privacy Notice for Firefox. Since then, we’ve been listening to some of our community’s concerns with parts of the TOU, specifically about licensing.

February 2025 updates to the largest compilation of recommended free and open source software available for Linux.

NetworkManager 1.52 was released today as the latest stable version of this popular open-source software for managing network connections inside a Linux-based operating system.

Youyeetoo recently listed a motherboard based on the MediaTek Genio 510/700 platform, built around the MT8390 and MT8370 processors. The X8390ABV4 MediaTek Development Board includes Gigabit Ethernet, dual-band Wi-Fi, and multiple multimedia interfaces, making it applicable for AI and IoT applications.

DavMail 6.3 open-source Exchange gateway brings LDAP, IMAP, and Office 365 enhancements, better TLS 1.3, and expanded Docker support.

One month ago FreeDesktop.org/X.Org experienced a new cloud crisis with Equinix Metal shutting down and losing access to all the FreeDesktop.org cloud/hosting resources at the end of April. FreeDesktop.org GitLab powers not only the X.Org projects but also Mesa, Wayland, and countless other Linux desktop open-source projects. Fortunately, it looks like they will have a new solution in time.

In the ever-evolving digital world, Linux servers form the backbone of enterprises, web applications, and cloud infrastructure. Whether hosting websites, databases, or critical applications, ensuring the smooth operation of Linux servers is crucial.

Following the development of its Wi-Fi 6 System-on-Modules, Mango and Cherry, 8DEVICES has introduced Kiwi, a Wi-Fi 7 SOM based on the Qualcomm IPQ-9570 network processor. The Kiwi SOM runs Linux OpenWRT, providing flexibility for various embedded networking applications.