Following last week’s AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT Linux graphics/gaming review for launch day, today’s article is providing an initial look at the GPU compute performance for this new RDNA4-powered ~$349 graphics card on Linux with ROCm 6.4.1.

In this article, you will learn how to navigate the Arch User Repository, clone packages, inspect PKGBUILD files, and install packages from AUR safely.

On top of announcing today the AMD Instinct MI350 series, ROCm 7.0, and introducing the AMD Developer Cloud, AMD also teased the next-generation Instinct MI400 / Instinct MI450 series coming in 2026…

Andrew Mitchell, President and Senior Network Engineer of VoIPster Communications, Inc., has officially announced the release of the Linux Dictation Project, an open-source voice dictation and voice command interface tailored for Linux users with accessibility in mind. Available now on GitHub, the project aims to empower users—especially those with physical disabilities—by enabling full voice-driven text entry and computer control using natural speech.

The tool integrates OpenAI’s Whisper for transcription and features command modes for controlling applications such as LibreOffice, window navigation, text selection, and even keyboard shortcuts using voice input.

“As someone living with cerebral palsy, I’ve experienced firsthand the barriers that traditional computing interfaces present,” said Mitchell. “This project is about giving back and creating a reliable, fully customizable, offline-capable dictation system that respects user privacy and works natively on Linux.”

Key features include:
– Offline transcription powered by Whisper
– Text dictation mode and command control mode
– Voice-controlled selection and editing functions
– Support for modifier key operations (Shift, Ctrl, Alt, Super)
– Systemd integration for always-on startup on Linux systems

The Linux Dictation Project is designed to be extensible and is freely available under an open-source license to foster collaboration and further innovation within the community.

Join the Movement Contributions, feedback, and collaboration are welcome. Developers, accessibility advocates, and users are encouraged to explore the repository, report issues, or suggest new features.

GitHub Repository: https://github.com/wheeler01/Linux-Dictation-Project

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What will likely be one of the most under-reported announcements from AMD AI Day 2025 is the AMD Developer Cloud… It’s set to play a big role moving forward but today isn’t as exciting itself as the likes of the Instinct MI350 series and ROCm 7.0 software…

Following the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10.0 release going GA in May, Rocky Linux 10.0 is now available as this free alternative to RHEL 10…

Matt
Mullenweg—WordPress
co-founder and CEO of WordPress hosting company Automattic—started a messy public spat with
WP Engine. After that, it
seemed inevitable that the larger WordPress community would seek to
untangle itself from its dependence on the WordPress.org plugin and
theme repository. That shoe finally dropped on June 6,

At the AltCtrlOrg conference in Basel,
Switzerland, a short walk away from WordCamp Europe 2025,
a group of WordPress community participants unveiled FAIR.pm,
backed by the Linux Foundation. and is
designed to be

Alongside announcing the AMD Instinct MI350 series at their AI day, ROCm 7.0 was also introduced and will be available today in preview form…

Learn to install and configure Umami on Ubuntu 25.04, set up Umami with Nginx, configure an SSL certificate, and add a new website for tracking in Umami Analytics.

While OpenZFS 2.3 has been stable for several months, for those still relying on the OpenZFS 2.2 series there is a new stable point release…

AMD at its Advancing AI Day event in San Jose announced the Instinct MI350X and MI355X accelerators. Exciting open-source fans will be that the Instinct MI350 series features fully open-source driver support and that is already mainline within the Linux kernel…

The Python Software Foundation blog is carrying a
set of detailed summaries from the 2025 Python Language Summit:

The Python Language Summit 2025 occurred on May 14th in Pittsburgh,
Pennsylvania. Core developers and special guests from around the
world gathered in one room for an entire day of presentations and
discussions about the future of the Python programming language.

Topics covered include making breaking changes less painful, free-threaded
Python, interaction with Rust, and challenges faced by the Steering
Council.

Version
10.0 of the Rocky Linux distribution has been released. As with
the AlmaLinux 10.0
release, Rocky Linux 10.0 is based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)
10. See the
release notes for details.

Brazil’s BigLinux delivers a feature-packed, user-friendly Linux experience — with a few playful twists along the way.

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Merged yesterday for Mesa 25.2 is an exciting change for those still making use of vintage Radeon GPUs… OpenGL 4.6 support is now exposed for the Radeon R600g Gallium3D driver…

The MBM-T113 is a 60x60mm Mobile-ITX embedded board from FusionTech, built around the Allwinner T113-S3 processor. It incorporates a dual-core ARM Cortex-A7 and a HiFi4 DSP, and is intended for use in compact embedded systems where multimedia capabilities and space efficiency are required. FusionTech notes that the Cortex-A7 cores operate at 1.2GHz. The board is […]

Microsoft is preparing to change the way your PC handles updates with a new centralized software update platform. Instead of relying on a patchwork of tools and notifications, this system aims to streamline the process—updating all apps, drivers, and system components in one place. This kind of coordination could have as much impact on your digital life as a shift in perspective on people can have in your personal one.

Why the Change?

Windows users have long been frustrated by inconsistent and scattered update systems. While Windows Update handles the OS and some drivers, third-party apps often require their own updaters—or worse, manual intervention. This leads to missed updates, security gaps, and wasted time.

Microsoft’s solution is a single orchestration platform that can manage all updates intelligently and efficiently. Developers can register their apps using PowerShell or WinRT APIs, allowing the operating system to handle everything from update scheduling to notifications.

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In this final article based on Matt Godbolt’s talk on making APIs easy to use and hard to misuse, I will discuss locking. This is actually an area where C++ has produced some interesting ideas, most notably something called RAII — Resource Acquisition Is Initialization.

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Apple introduced a Swift-powered, open-source alternative to Docker for running Linux containers on macOS, focused on security and isolation.

More RAM is a handy script that sets up ZRAM to increase the capacity of your RAM. ZRAM is a kernel module to compress data on-the-fly and store it in RAM. It has all sorts of uses, and works well with the Pi.

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