The first public release of Nitro adds another option to the world of init systems, offering a minimalist process supervisor for Linux environments.

KDE developer Nate Graham is out with his customary weekend blog post to summarize all the interesting Plasma desktop developments for the week. Most exciting in recent days is Plasma 6.5 receiving an initial system setup wizard...

When Red Hat announced the abrupt end of traditional CentOS in late 2020, the Linux ecosystem was shaken to its core. Developers, sysadmins, and enterprises that relied on CentOS for years suddenly found themselves scrambling for answers. Out of that disruption, two projects, AlmaLinux and Rocky Linux, emerged to carry forward the legacy of CentOS while forging their own identities. This article dives into how these two distributions established themselves as reliable, enterprise-grade options for developers and organizations alike.

Google is preparing a field trial with the Chrome web browser of accelerated video decoding under Wayland/Linux as a step toward rolling it out by default for a better video playback experience on the Linux desktop with Wayland-based environments...

Banana Pi has shared more hardware details about the upcoming BPI-M4 Super, a single-board computer designed for multimedia and IoT applications. The board integrates dual Ethernet (1 GbE and 2.5 GbE), PCIe expansion, Wi-Fi 6, Bluetooth 5.3, and 4K HDMI output. The board is built on the Rockchip RK3568B2, a quad-core Cortex-A55 processor running at […]

HandBrake 1.10.1, an open-source video transcoder, fixes x265 visual glitches, updates libraries, and improves Flatpak audio.

Essential nmcli commands to manage network connections, configure Wi-Fi and Ethernet, set static IPs, and troubleshoot errors in Linux.

Released on Thursday were new Ubuntu X1E "Concept" install images for installing the modified Ubuntu 25.04 environment on Qualcomm Snapdragon X1 powered laptops...

First unveiled a year ago, ArmSoM has finally launched the RK3588 AI Module7 (AIM7) on Crowd Supply. The open hardware compute module is designed as a Jetson Nano–compatible alternative, targeting edge computing, vision systems, and embedded AI projects. The module is powered by the Rockchip RK3588, an octa-core processor combining four Cortex-A76 performance cores at […]

CRLite, link previews, and a llama-shaped surprise for devsGood news, everyone! The new version of Mozilla's browser now makes even more extensive use of AI, providing summaries of linked content and offering developers the ability to add LLM support to extensions.…

Slopfarms are drowning out not only Google and legitimate sites. They also infest Google News, which was supposed to be curated or filtered for quality, originality etc.

The experimental Linux distribution EasyOS has reached version 7.0, which is a major redesign based on the new woofQ2 build system. The underlying package management is now APT, with PKGget GUI wrapper that is still a chameleon able to install many package types. The current minor version bump is 7.0.5

The Document Foundation released today LibreOffice 25.8 as the latest stable version of this popular, powerful, open-source, free, and cross-platform office suite for GNU/Linux, Android, macOS, and Windows systems.

Game Bub, an open-source FPGA handheld designed for retro gaming, has just launched on Crowd Supply. Built to natively support Game Boy and Game Boy Advance cartridges, it also features link cable compatibility for multiplayer gaming with other Game Bub units or original Nintendo handhelds. Game Bub is built around an AMD Artix-7 XC7A100T FPGA, […]

FFmpeg 8.0 has been released today as a major update to this open-source multimedia framework that introduces numerous features, including new decoders, as well as various improvements.

openSUSE introduces a phased plan to replace its legacy Qt5-based welcome window with a new launcher managing desktop-specific greeters.

After a two-week break since Calibre 8.8, Calibre developer Kovid Goyal released Calibre 8.9 today as the latest stable version of this open-source, free, and cross-platform e-book management software.

FreeRDP as one of the leading open-source / free software implementations of Microsoft's Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) is out with a new release. While FreeRDP 3.17 is primarily focused on shipping bug fixes, there is one noteworthy addition: fullchain support...

The update from the Arch Linux project says that details of the attack will not be made available as long as it's still ongoing.

After being in beta phase during the past month, the Firefox 142 open-source web browser is now available for download ahead of its official unveiling on August 19th, 2025.