It looks like Google is rolling out its native Linux terminal app for select Android devices.
Category Archives: LXer
Garuda Linux “Broadwing” Takes Flight
Arch-based Garuda Linux “Broadwing” rolls out with new features, UI updates, and the new Rani utility for a seamless, user-friendly experience.
8 Top Free and Open Source Lua Web Frameworks
Here’s our recommended web frameworks for Lua, a lightweight, small, compact, and fast programming language designed as an embeddable scripting language.
Linux Micro Development Board Now Features 8GB eMMC and PoE Support
The Luckfox Lyra Ultra is the latest addition to the Lyra series, featuring the RK3506B processor with a tri-core ARM Cortex-A7 and Cortex-M0 architecture. With its expanded storage, additional memory, built-in wireless connectivity in the Ultra W variant, and PoE support, the Lyra Ultra builds on previous models while maintaining compatibility within the Lyra series.
Your Android phone will run Debian Linux soon (like some Pixels already can)
Google introduces Debian Linux terminal app for Android. My phone’s a laptop at last!
Plasma 6.3 review – Slick, fast and buggy
As you well know, and if you don’t, let’s establish this once more: I love the Plasma desktop environment, I use it extensively, and it’s simply the best desktop out there. But I am not blind to its flaws and problems, and there were quite a few the first three times I tested the brand new Plasma 6.
Kdenlive Released 24.12.3 with Only Few Crash Fixes
Kdenlive video editor 24.12.3 released yesterday! KDE announced it within the release of KDE Gear 24.12.3.
Open Source Fueled The Oscar-Winning ‘Flow’
I’ve always been a big fan of open source software because it’s free (as in freedom) and has plenty of potential to grow in ways that proprietary software could never. Having said that, I was surprised to find out that 2025’s Oscar-winning animated short movie “Flow” (directed by Gints Zilbalodis) was made using Blender, a popular open source 3D software.
Garuda Linux “Broadwing” Released with New Mokka Edition, New Welcome App
Garuda Linux “Broadwing” is out today as the latest snapshot of this Arch Linux-based distro that promises to deliver a powerful, beautiful, and user-centric Linux desktop experience.
Best Free and Open Source Alternatives to Citrix XenServer
XenServer (previously Citrix Hypervisor) is a hypervisor optimized for the Citrix platform. XenServer is proprietary software. We recommend the best free and open source alternatives.
Kagi is Bringing Orion Web Browser to Linux
Kagi, the company behind a paid, private search engine1 of the same name, has announced it’s bringing its Webkit-based Orion web browser to Linux.
Wine 10.3 Brings Improved Wayland Clipboard Support
Wine 10.3 is out with Wayland clipboard support, Vulkan video decoding in WineD3D, Bluetooth driver improvements, and more bug fixes.
Syncing Files with Docker-Compose Watch
When using Docker to create portable and easy reproducible development environments, we need to found a way to make changes to our codebase, immediately effective inside containers, without the need to re-build them each time. A possible solution consists into mounting host directories directly inside containers; this, however, requires breaking containers isolation and portability, since they become dependant on the host directory structure. To solve this problem, we can use docker-compose watch.
Exploring the Hybrid Debian GNU/kFreeBSD Distribution
For decades, Linux and BSD have stood as two dominant yet fundamentally different branches of the Unix-like operating system world. While Linux distributions, such as Debian, Ubuntu, and Fedora, have grown to dominate the open-source ecosystem, BSD-based systems like FreeBSD, OpenBSD, and NetBSD have remained the preferred choice for those seeking security, performance, and licensing flexibility.
GNOME 48 RC Adds Dynamic Triple Buffering, Wayland Color Management Protocol
The GNOME Project announced today the Release Candidate (RC) development milestone of the upcoming GNOME 48 desktop environment series ahead of the final release on March 19th, 2025.
Stuff a Pi-hole in your router because your browser is about to betray you
Mozilla sells ads, Google limits blocking them – it’s time for stricter measures. A new, lightweight version of Pi-Hole is here. Just how easy is it to block advertising on your home network?
Linux Candy: wallust – create 16 color palettes
wallust is a command-line program that generates a color palette from the dominant colors in an image. This palette can then be applied system-wide and on the fly in various programs.
OrangePi RV2: A Cost-Effective RISC-V Board with M.2 2280 Slot and Dual Gigabit Ethernet
OrangePi has launched another RISC-V development board following the release of the Orange Pi RV in 2024. This new SBC, OrangePi RV2, is powered by the Ky X1 octa-core RISC-V AI CPU, delivering 2TOPS of AI computing power for applications in machine learning, robotics, and embedded systems.
ONLYOFFICE 8.3 Released with Improved RTL Support, Enhanced Compatibility & New Features Across All Editors
One of the many reasons I like open-source software is that, unlike new Windows releases, it keeps getting better with every update and new version without compromising existing features that already work well. This is exactly the case with the new ONLYOFFICE 8.3 release, which brings this open-source office suite even closer to becoming the best complete alternative to Microsoft Office for most users, including myself.
KDE Gear 24.12.3 Apps Collection Rolls Out, Here’s What’s New
KDE Gear 24.12.3 apps collection is now available for download with fixes for file handling, UI crashes, and more.