Calibre 8.9 e-book manager introduces color-coded annotations, improved book matching, drag-and-drop merge covers, and more.

The FET3506J-C is a compact embedded module from Forlinx based on the Rockchip RK3506J. It is designed for long-term industrial use in automation, transportation, energy, and communication systems. The module runs Linux 6.1 and supports low power operation, a small footprint, and extended temperature ranges. Unlike the earlier FET3506J-S, which uses castellated edge pins and […]

The open-source upstream driver support for the Qualcomm Adreno X1-45 that is used by the Snapdragon X1 Plus 8-core SoC appears ready for the mainline kernel and could be all aligned for the upcoming Linux v6.18 kernel cycle...

The 254th installment of the 9to5Linux Weekly Roundup is here for the week ending on August 24th, 2025, keeping you updated with the most important things happening in the Linux world.

PowerDNS Authoritative Server 5.0 adds BIND-style views, better API features, Lua upgrades, webserver Unix socket support, and more.

Linux 6.17 is one step closer to release with Linus Torvalds having issued Linux 6.17-rc3 already today to currently traveling in Europe...

Not all open source is created equal, argues open source advocate, Nextcloud co-founder, and FOSS Force guest writer Jos Poortvliet.

Yes, I'm talking about macOS.

Museum boffins find code that crashes in 2037A stark warning about the upcoming Epochalypse, also known as the "Year 2038 problem," has come from the past, as National Museum Of Computing system restorers have discovered an unsetting issue while working on ancient systems.…

Glycin 2.0 Beta 3 was released this week for the GNOME project providing a Rust-based library for decoding, editing, and creating images and associated metadata. Glycin is in turn used by a growing number of GNOME components for imaging needs...

MNT Research has launched the RCORE V2 on Crowd Supply, its most powerful processor module upgrade for the open hardware MNT Reform and Pocket Reform laptops. Based on the Rockchip RK3588 SoC, the module boosts CPU, GPU, and RAM performance over earlier options and simplifies installation by removing the need for an internal HDMI adapter […]

Apache NetBeans 27 cross-platform IDE improves JDK 25 compatibility, adds Gradle 9 fixes, Maven 3.9.11 updates, and more.

Nearly a decade after the Tegra X2 SoC shipped in the likes of the Jetson TX2, the Pascal-based GP10B GPU has received a patch for allowing GPU re-clocking within the open-source Nouveau driver...

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.