We feature our recommended console hex editors. They are all free and open source software.

Framework Mono 6.14 debuts under the WineHQ umbrella with native ARM64 macOS support, X11 Windows Forms enhancements, and more.

Likening memory safety bugs to smallpox may not soothe sensitive C coders. Rust is alive and well in the Linux kernel and is expected to translate into noticeable benefits shortly, though its integration with the largely C-oriented codebase still looks uneasy.

The Fedora Community Operations (CommOps) Initiative, formally titled “Community Ops 2024 Reboot,” ran from late 2023 to December 2024, aiming to bolster community support within the Fedora Project. This initiative demonstrated a strong interest within the Fedora contributor community to engage not only in operational tasks but also in exploring Fedora’s data and understanding community trends.

Audacity 3.7.2 is out today as the latest stable version for this open-source digital audio editor and recording software, a bugfix update to the Audacity 3.7 series addressing more issues, crashes, and other pesky bugs.

Learn how to monitor your Laptop’s battery level in Linux and get notifications when it’s full or critically low using battmon script. Perfect for maintaining battery health on Linux!

Towards the end of 2024, MediaTek and Collabora started on a journey to improve upstream support for MediaTek Genio devices. The Genio system-on-chip (SoCs), part of MediaTek’s IoT lineup, offer the latest in innovation to manufacturers of consumer, enterprise and industrial devices.

lowfi is billed as an extremely simple lofi player. Listen to ambient music designed for chilling, sleeping, and working. No subscriptions!

Catch up on the latest Linux news: Firefox & Thunderbird 136, Garuda “Broadwing,” Tails 6.13, PipeWire 1.4, Wine 10.3, KeePassXC 2.7.10, Xen 4.20, and more.

A big update to the perennially popular GNOME Shell extension Dash to Panel is rolling out, including new settings to go from Dash to Panel to dock mode!

GNOME 48, the default desktop environment for Ubuntu 25.04 and Fedora 42 Workstation, is now in RC testing stage. While, the final stable release is planned for 2025-03-19.

While the Orange Pi RV RISC-V SBC introduced at the Orange Pi Developer Conference 2024 last year is yet to be launched (should be up in a few days), the company has just launched the Orange Pi RV2 powered by the Ky X1 octa-core RISC-V SoC with a 2 TOPS AI accelerator, up to 8GB LPDD4X, optional eMMC flash moduyle, two M.2 sockets for storeage, dual gigabit Ethernet, WiFi 5, and more.

The 230th installment of the 9to5Linux Weekly Roundup is here for the week ending on March 9th, 2025, keeping you updated with the most important things happening in the Linux world.

DiffRhythm is billed as a blazingly fast and embarrassingly simple end-to-end full-length song generation with latent diffusion.

BSD’s pledge() system call forces the current process into a restricted-service operating mode. A Linux port is now available..

Learn how to install Spotify on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS with this step-by-step guide. Use the APT or Snap approach to enjoy your favorite music.

A solid choice for anyone switching from Windows due to its familiar desktop environment.

Based on Ubuntu LTS, KDE Neon offers a polished KDE Plasma experience, showcasing its elegance and customizability.

Switching to Linux? Many will say to try out Ubuntu. Thing is, if you’re after a Linux distribution similar to the Windows desktop you already know, Ubuntu might not be the one you want.

Seeed Studio has launched two 900 MHz WiFi HaLow modules for long-range, low-power communication based on Quectel FGH100M-H: the Wio-WM6180 Wi-Fi HaLow mini-PCIe module designed to be installed in hardware such as OpenWrt routers or even Raspberry Pi SBCs, and the Wi-Fi HaLow module for Seeed Studio XIAO designed to take XIAO boards with Espressif, Raspberry Pi, or Nordic Semi microcontrollers.