With half-way through the Debian 14 "Forky" development cycle, the Debian release team is out with an update this weekend and some big news...

SpacemiT’s Key Stone K3 is a high-performance RISC-V SoC designed for AI and edge computing applications. The processor combines eight X100 64-bit RISC-V CPU cores with eight A100 AI-oriented compute cores, along with multimedia, networking, and high-speed I/O support targeting edge and embedded AI workloads. The CPU subsystem integrates eight X100 RISC-V cores operating at […]

While since GNOME 48 Decibels is the new audio player of the GNOME desktop, there is no shortage of other GNOME/GTK-aligned music players. Last month was the big Amerbol music player update and there are Lollypop and others. The latest GNOME-aligned music player now hitting the 1.0 milestone is Nocturne...

Ubuntu Touch 24.04-1.3 is out this week as the latest maintenance release for this tablet/smartphone-focused Ubuntu distribution...

Valve’s second Steam Client update for May 2026 fixes Steam Controller firmware, Steam Input, charging puck, and streaming issues.

Kdenlive 26.04.1 fixes a serious project file vulnerability and ships stability improvements across editing, audio, subtitles, transitions, and project recovery.

Microsoft released Azure Linux 3.0.20260506 on Saturday in order to ship the latest security fixes affecting a wide variety of open-source software projects...

Mozilla released Firefox 150.0.2 as the second minor maintenance update to the latest Firefox 150 web browser to address various bugs and improve some of the browser’s features for a better experience.

FEX 2605 is out this weekend as the newest monthly feature release to this emulator for running Linux x86_64 binaries on ARM64 (AArch64) devices. This is the open-source project sponsored by Valve and planned for use with the upcoming Steam Frame as well as being relevant to Linux gaming on other 64-bit ARM laptops and other devices...

Parrot OS 7.2 is now available with Linux kernel 6.19, updated security tools, Debian package sync, and Copy Fail mitigation.

In late 2023 I reviewed the HP Z6 G5 A workstation that at the time was built around the AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 7000 series and NVIDIA RTX Ada Generation graphics. More recently, HP has revised the Z6 G5 A workstation for the latest Threadripper PRO 9000 series and NVIDIA RTX PRO Blackwell graphics. HP sent over the upgraded Z6 G5 A workstation that I've been benchmarking the past few weeks. This workstation remains Linux-friendly down to convenient LVFS/Fwupd support and delivers stellar performance with the Zen 5 Threadripper and NVIDIA Blackwell combination.

After Copy Fail, a new Linux kernel vulnerability was uncovered and disclosed today, called “Dirty Frag”, which is quite similar to Copy Fail as it allows a local user to escalate their privileges to gain root access.

FreeBSD 15.1 continues working its way toward a stable release in June. Out today is FreeBSD 15.1 Beta 2...

Linux hardware vendor TUXEDO Computers unveiled today a new Linux laptop called TUXEDO BM 15, which doubles as an upgradable business notebook featuring smartcard and 4G LTE support.

A new NVIDIA Labs project is greatly improving the capabilities of using the Rust programming language for developing CUDA kernels for NVIDIA GPUs...

Linux kernel developers are reviewing a killswitch proposal that can disable vulnerable functions after recent CVE disclosures.

CompuLab has unveiled the IOT-GATE-RPI5, an industrial IoT edge gateway built around the Raspberry Pi Compute Module 5. The system combines the BCM2712 quad-core Cortex-A76 processor with industrial interfaces, optional cellular connectivity, and support for wide operating temperatures. The gateway is based on the Broadcom BCM2712 processor with four Cortex-A76 cores clocked at 2.4GHz, paired […]

The UBports Foundation released the Ubuntu Touch OTA 1.3 update today for Ubuntu Phone users running the latest Ubuntu Touch 24.04 series based on the long-term supported Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat) operating system series.

AMD software engineers continue rapidly advancing their open-source software efforts around local AI/LLM use on consumer-class Radeon and Ryzen hardware. AMD GAIA 0.17.6 was released on Thursday with more improvements for local AI processing on Windows, Linux, and even macOS. For those trusting enough in local LLM pipelines to do the right thing, there is even integration now for AMD GAIA to interface with your Gmail account...

Jack Wallen put Firefox’s new AI feature through its paces to see whether opt-in intelligence can win back users from other browsers.