A set of patches merged via the networking pull request for the Linux 6.18 will help servers better cope with distributed denial of service "DDoS" attacks. Thanks to a Google engineer there are some significant optimizations found in the Linux 6.18 kernel code for more efficiently handling of UDP receive performance under stress, such as in DDoS scenarios...

The privacy-centric Brave browser now serves over 100 million monthly users, with its search engine surpassing 20 billion annual queries.

Announced over the summer by Canonical was Stubble as a way to improve the ARM64 experience by providing a minimal UEFI kernel boot stub for loading machine-specific Device Trees embedded within a kernel image. The initial focus with Stubble is on improving the Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite laptop experience on Ubuntu Linux. Thanks to some granted feature freeze exceptions, the support is ready for Ubuntu 25.10...

Open source giant admits intruders broke into dedicated consulting instance, but insists core products untouchedWhat started as cyber crew bragging has now been confirmed by Red Hat: someone gained access to its consulting GitLab system and walked away with data.…

Terasic has introduced the Atum Nios V Starter Kit, a feature-rich evaluation platform designed to accelerate development with Altera’s Nios V processor. The kit is aimed at embedded engineers, system developers, and educators looking for a practical way to explore RISC-V–based designs on the Agilex 3 FPGA platform. According to Terasic’s announcement, the kit is […]

Small Granite 4.0 models are available today, with ‘thinking,’ medium, and nano variants releasing later this year.

As the Free Software Foundation celebrates forty years, tech lead Ian Kelling steps up as president — signaling a new era rooted in hands-on advocacy and community connection.

Valve released a new stable Steam Client update today for all supported platforms that improves support for DualSense controllers on Linux systems and brings various other changes.

Artificial intelligence works when humans use it wiselyOver the past two years, the open source curl project has been flooded with bogus bug reports generated by AI models.…

GL.iNet has introduced the Comet PoE (GL-RM1PE), a compact remote KVM device for server management, industrial systems, NVR setups, and HomeLab use. It supports 4K@30 FPS remote display, two-way audio, PoE for simplified deployment, and includes onboard storage with self-hosted cloud support. The Comet PoE is equipped with a quad-core ARM Cortex-A53 processor, paired with […]

Ian Kelling is confirmed as FSF president, becoming the first staff member to hold the role as the foundation nears its 40th anniversary.

A new version of the Debian-based Raspberry Pi OS Linux distribution for Raspberry Pi single-board computers is now available for download with major changes, a new Debian Trixie base, and a fresh new look.

Raspberry Pi OS based on Debian 13 “Trixie” is now available to download, bringing a new Control Centre, PiXtrix themes, and updated apps.

After nearly four years of development, with 271 updates, Immich, a self-hosted photo and video management platform, has finally reached stability with its first-ever official release, Immich 2.0.

Although downloading the distro might feel like a confrontation with an overzealous panhandler, once installed, elementaryOS rewards users with a robust Linux experience.

KDE Plasma 6.5 Beta brings rounded window corners, day/night theme switching, improved widgets, and new Wayland protocols.

Fedora’s beta releases offer one of the earliest glimpses into the next major version of the distribution — letting users and developers poke, test, and report issues before the final version ships... This beta is largely feature-complete: developers hope it will closely match what the final release looks like (barring last-minute fixes). The goal is to surface regression bugs, UX issues, and compatibility problems before Fedora 43 is broadly adopted.

After Linus Torvalds yesterday shot down RISC-V big endian prospects for the Linux kernel, today he has used his authority to wage a war on "crazy" Rust code formatting as well as to critique poor text formatting...

Learn how to achieve perfect scores for website security, performance and SEO using AWS S3 and CloudFront, plus some of the gotchas. This article shows real-world examples achieving A+ SSL Labs, 100% PageSpeed and 120/100 Mozilla Observatory scores.

Polybar is a powerful, customizable status bar that lets you transform your Linux desktop with tailored modules, themes, and interactive controls.