The Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 (RHEL 10) downstream AlmaLinux 10 is further distinguishing itself from alternatives by enabling its CRB repository by default. This will be rolling out as an update to AlmaLinux 10.0 and as part of the upcoming AlmaLinux 10.1 point release...

Libreboot officially joins SPI, gaining legal, financial, and community support to strengthen its free, open-source boot firmware project.

Today it is our last part before September 11. Some people won't immediately notice the effect because many GNU/Linux users don't boot every day or several times per day.

FOSS Force’s Marco Fioretti asks LibreOffice’s Italo Vignoli and Collabora’s Naomi Obbard about why their software isn’t used in more schools, and what can be done to turn that around.

ValueLicensing's David spins the sling for another go at the Windows GoliathMicrosoft's tussle with UK-based reseller ValueLicensing over the sale of secondhand licenses returns to the UK's Competition Appeal Tribunal this week, with the Windows behemoth now claiming that selling pre-owned Office and Windows software is unlawful.…

Budgie Desktop 10.9.3 brings GNOME 49 compatibility, MediaKeys and Power forks, and bug fixes for Mutter, libxfce4windowing, and Vala.

Why reinvent the CPU wheel when you can spend your time engineering a way out of your dependence on Nvidia?Every quarter, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang is asked about the growing number of custom ASICs encroaching on his AI empire, and each time he downplays the threat, arguing that GPUs offer superior programmability in a rapidly changing environment.…

Popular npm packages debug, chalk, and others hijacked in massive supply chain attackCrims have added backdoors to at least 18 npm packages after developer Josh Junon inadvertently authorized a reset of the two-factor authentication protecting his npm account.…

LibreOffice 25.2.6 rolls out with 37 bug fixes, addressing crashes and incorrect formatting across Writer, Calc, and Forms.

With the ttyd command line tool, you can transform your terminal into a live, interactive web app that anyone can access with a link.

The XFS file-system is ready to declare their online file-system checking "fsck" support in good enough shape for enabling by default in new kernel builds. Plus other XFS alterations ahead of Linux 6.18 that is expected to be this year's LTS kernel version...

When using Nginx as a reverse proxy, enabling caching can dramatically improve performance by reducing backend load and speeding up response times. However, there are situations where you may not want to clear the entire cache, but instead only remove a cached copy of a specific page. This guide shows you how to configure Nginx caching, generate cache files, and locate them on disk so you can purge individual items without dropping the full cache.

The KDE project has officially announced the alpha release of KDE Linux, marking a significant milestone in the organization’s expansion beyond desktop environments into full operating system development. This groundbreaking immutable distribution represents KDE’s first official operating system, unveiled at Akademy 2025 and designed to serve as the definitive reference implementation for KDE Plasma and applications.

Microsoft is preparing to ship Windows 11 25H2 as their newest incremental update to their operating system. Windows 11 25H2 is currently available via their preview channel in advance of the formal public release in October. With Canonical also putting the finishing touches on their Ubuntu 25.10 release also due for a stable release in October, here are some benchmarks looking at how those competing operating systems are fairing in various CPU benchmarks on the same hardware.

With stints at Red Hat, Apptio, and Chronosphere, Margaret Dawson brings plenty of tech cred to her new CMO post at SUSE.

Kodi 22 (codename Piers) has entered development for this powerful open-source, free, and cross-platform media center and entertainment hub software for all your digital media.

A patch series that has been in development for a while now introduces the concept of "sheaves" for an opt-in, per-CPU and array-based caching layer for the SLUB kernel allocator. It looks like the sheaves patches are likely to be introduced for the Linux 6.18 kernel if no objections are raised...

AI revives the long-abandoned ftape Linux kernel driver, bringing 1990s QIC-80 tape backup hardware back to life on modern systems.

Kickstarter recently featured the Photonicat 2, a portable ARM-based computer aimed at travelers, vehicle setups, and homelab users needing reliable connectivity and long runtime. Building on the original Photonicat launched two years ago, the new model delivers higher performance, extended battery life, and added flexibility while staying fully open-source. Photonicat 2 is built around the […]

Expect more ‘slush funds’ of this sort, analyst tells El RegAI upstart Anthropic has agreed to create a $1.5 billion fund it will use to compensate authors whose works it used to train its models without seeking or securing permission.…