Linux and Open Source news headlines
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Fri, 03/13/2026 - 22:20
EndeavourOS Titan is out today as the latest ISO refresh for this Arch Linux powered distribution. There is a lot of updates as part of this routine ISO refresh as well as some new tooling and GPU driver integration enhancements...
Fri, 03/13/2026 - 22:20
Think of Bodhi Linux 7.0 as a digital walk for peace: a lightweight Moksha desktop, a small install footprint, and just enough polish to keep your aging hardware serene.
Fri, 03/13/2026 - 22:20
AMD, Broadcom, Meta, Microsoft, NVIDIA and OpenAI jointly announced today the formation of the Optical Compute Interconnect (OCI) Multi-Source Agreement (MSA) optical scale-up consortium...
Fri, 03/13/2026 - 22:20
The Qt Project released today Qt Creator 19 as the latest stable version of this open-source, free, and cross-platform integrated development environment (IDE) software for GNU/Linux, macOS, and Windows.
Fri, 03/13/2026 - 22:20
The EndeavourOS team announced today the release and general availability of EndeavourOS Titan as the latest stable snapshot of this Arch Linux-based distro featuring the KDE Plasma desktop environment.
Thu, 03/12/2026 - 22:20
Texas Instruments has introduced two new microcontroller families aimed at bringing artificial intelligence processing to low-power embedded systems. The MSPM0G5187 and AM13Ex devices integrate TI’s TinyEngine NPU, a hardware accelerator designed to improve the efficiency of neural network inference on microcontrollers. The MSPM0G5187 is based on an Arm Cortex-M0+ CPU running up to 80 MHz […]
Thu, 03/12/2026 - 22:20
Google knows asking agents to navigate GUIs designed for humans is ridiculous. Microsoft might notOpinion The command line interface is making a comeback because graphical user interfaces are a poor fit for autonomous agents, which could spell trouble for a lot of software – and software makers.…
Thu, 03/12/2026 - 22:20
OBS Studio 32.1 is now available for this popular cross-platform desktop screen recording app that is also popular with game live-streaming and other uses...
Thu, 03/12/2026 - 22:20
The printenv command is an alternative to the env command used to fetch the value of a specified variable name (key) used as an argument.
Thu, 03/12/2026 - 22:20
TrueNAS deprecates its public build repository on GitHub, raising questions in the community about openness and release transparency.
Thu, 03/12/2026 - 22:20
Sigil 2.7.5 has been released today for this free, open-source, and cross-platform e-book editor software designed for those who want to edit books in the EPUB format, supporting both EPUB 2 and EPUB 3.
Thu, 03/12/2026 - 22:20
It has been eight years already since System76 announced Thelio as their own built-in-the-USA, custom-engineered cases for desktops and workstations. System76 Thelio is an open hardware design and built exceptionally well out of their facilities in Colorado. System76 Thelio has served them well for their range of desktop systems over the years from ARM64 developer workstations to high-end AMD Linux systems. Now though they are preparing to introduce their next-generation Thelio design. Ahead of the announcement next week, here is an exclusive first look at the next-gen Thelio hardware.
Thu, 03/12/2026 - 22:20
Tired of ads, tracking, and doomscrolling? Lagrange lets you explore Geminispace — a stripped?down, distraction?free corner of the net.
Thu, 03/12/2026 - 22:20
PeerTube 8.1 enhances podcast playback, updates image management, and introduces domain-restricted embedding.
Thu, 03/12/2026 - 22:20
Over the past two years AMD has developed the AMDXDNA accelerator driver in the mainline Linux kernel for supporting the AMD Ryzen AI NPUs. But when it comes to user-space software on Linux actually able to leave the Ryzen AI NPUs it's been... extremely limited with nothing really useful besides some niche bits of code. Even AMD's own software like their GAIA on Linux has used Vulkan with their iGPUs rather than any NPU support. But finally today there is a significant shift with the Ryzen AI NPUs becoming useful on Linux and able to handle LLMs...
Thu, 03/12/2026 - 22:20
Kitty 0.46 GPU-accelerated terminal introduces smooth pixel scrolling, momentum scrolling on Linux, draggable tabs, and mouse-based split resizing.
Thu, 03/12/2026 - 22:20
With GNOME 50 that is being used by default with the upcoming Ubuntu 26.04 LTS release, you may be curious about the out-of-the-box performance especially compared to prior Ubuntu Linux releases -- especially with Mutter 50 having some NVIDIA optimizations. In today's article is a first look at how the NVIDIA Linux gaming performance on Ubuntu 26.04 is looking compared to the current Ubuntu 25.10 release.
Wed, 03/11/2026 - 22:20
Silverblue is an operating system for your desktop built on Fedora Linux. It’s excellent for daily use, development, and container-based workflows. It offers numerous advantages such as being able to roll back in case of any problems. This article provides the steps to rebase to the newly released Fedora Linux 44 Beta, and how to revert if anything unforeseen […]
Wed, 03/11/2026 - 22:20
Gateworks has introduced the GW16168, an M.2 AI acceleration card designed to add dedicated neural network processing to embedded and industrial systems. The module integrates NXP’s Ara240 discrete neural processing unit (DNPU) and is designed, tested, and assembled in the United States for industrial edge AI deployments. The GW16168 uses NXP’s Ara240 DNPU to deliver […]
Wed, 03/11/2026 - 22:20
Intel's Advanced Performance Extensions (APX) debuting with Nova Lake and Diamond Rapids is ready with Linux 6.16+ and recent open-source compilers. One piece of the support puzzle still coming together though that will be especially important for Xeon Diamond Rapids is the KVM virtualization support. New patches there were posted this week...