The watchdog subsystem changes have been submitted for the Linux 6.15 merge window that is now at the mid-way point…
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Vivaldi Adds Built-In Proton VPN to Its Browser
Vivaldi, the proprietary Norwegian browser that’s largely built on open-source code, further distinguishes itself from other Chrome-based browsers by adding a baked-in on-demand Proton VPN implementation.
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Debian trixie Transition and Toolchain freeze
We’re pleased to announce that the freeze for Debian 13 ‘trixie’ hasbegun.
Mesa’s Exciting Q1 With More Ray-Tracing, NVK Progress & Performance Optimizations
The first quarter of 2025 is already drawing to a close… It seemed like Q1’2025 flew by but when looking back at all the Mesa 3D graphics driver activity, there was a heck of a lot accomplished in this area of the open-source landscape. Open-source Vulkan drivers continued advancing feverishly, Mesa code continues to be adapted to new platforms from Windows to Haiku OS, and all the big vendors continue being involved in open-source GPU drivers in one form or another…
IO_uring Network Zero-Copy Receive Lands In Linux 6.15
IO_uring continues maturing while being one of the greatest innovations within the Linux kernel in the past number of years. With Linux 6.15, IO_uring is getting even more interesting with introducing network zero-copy receive support. With this new code a 200G link could be saturated off a single CPU core in a recent demonstration…
MIPS Lands Multi-Cluster Support In Linux 6.15 For The EyeQ6 SoC
While the upstream MIPS architecture is at a dead-end due to RISC-V, the Linux kernel code for the MIPS CPU architecture continues to improve for all the existing MIPS-based platforms out there. With Linux 6.15 there is new work for enhancing the Mobileye EyeQ6 SoC support…
Shotcut 25.03 Open-Source Video Editor Released with Various New Features
Shotcut 25.03 has been released today as the latest stable version of this open-source, cross-platform, and free video editing software for Linux, macOS, and Windows written in Qt.
Where have all the Chromebooks gone?
There has been a dearth of new Chromebooks in the market, which could be a sign of what’s to come.
Low-Cost Luckfox Pico Pi Boards Offer Linux Development with Ubuntu Support
The Luckfox Pico Pi series consists of four models with a Raspberry Pi SBC form factor, designed for embedded applications. Offering various processing capabilities, connectivity options, and memory configurations, these boards include PoE support and optional 4G connectivity. This SBC accommodates the LuckFox Core1106 module seen earlier this year. The series features the Rockchip RV1106 […]
Shotcut 25.03 Video Editor Brings New Filters, Smarter UI, and Fixes
Shotcut 25.03 video editor adds filter overlays, new video modes, UI enhancements, and fixes critical crashes and timeline bugs.
Linux 6.15 PCI Brings New Drivers For Agilex PCIe Controller & AMD Multimedia DMA Bridge
All of the PCI subsystem feature updates have now been merged for the Linux 6.15 kernel cycle. This includes some new drivers from AMD and Intel-Altera as well as various other PCI changes…
Malware in Lisp? Now you’re just being cruel
Miscreants warming to Delphi, Haskell, and the like to evade detection. Malware authors looking to evade analysis are turning to less popular programming languages like Delphi or Haskell.…
Shotcut 25.03 Open-Source, Cross-Platform Video Editor Released
Shotcut 25.03 is now available for this open-source and cross-platform video editor built atop the MLT Multimedia Framework…
422 Error Unprocessable Content and how to fix it
In this post, we explain the HTTP 422 Error Unprocessable Content. What is it, and how can you fix it? The HTTP 422 Error belongs to the 4xx status codes and is a client-side error.
FSF’s Memorabilia Auction Successful: GNU Head Drawing Brings $40K Bid
The auction was part of the Free Software Foundation’s way of celebrating its 40th Anniversary. Coming up in May will be LibreLocal community meetups around the globe, and later perhaps, another memorabilia auction.
The Future of Linux Software: Will Flatpak and Snap Replace Native Desktop Apps?
For decades, Linux distributions have relied on native packaging formats like DEB and RPM to distribute software. These formats are deeply integrated into the Linux ecosystem, tied closely to the distribution’s package manager and system architecture. But over the last few years, two newer technologies—Flatpak and Snap—have emerged, promising a universal packaging model that could revolutionize Linux app distribution.
Stalwart Moves Beyond Email: A Full Collaboration Server Is on the Horizon
Stalwart open-source mail server is expanding beyond email to become a full collaboration platform with calendaring, contacts, and file sharing support.
Linux 6.15 Networking Delivers Many Nice Performance Optimizations & New Hardware
The networking subsystem updates for the in-development Linux 6.15 kernel bring multiple nice performance optimizations to enhance Linux networking speeds. The Linux 6.15 networking pull also has support for a number of new wireless and wired network chipsets…
23 Best Free and Open Source Linux Bioinformatics Tools
This article identifies our favourite tools which are extremely useful for anyone interested in sequence analysis, molecular modelling, molecular dynamics, phylogenetic analysis and more.
Intel’s 2025-Q1 Linux Excitement With Battlemage, AVX10 & Other Kernel Improvements
With the first quarter quickly drawing to a close, here’s a look back at the most popular Intel Linux news of the quarter. There’s been excitement with the Battlemage discrete graphics cards with their open-source driver, early work on Xe3 graphics, AVX10.2 dropping the optional 512-bit features to make it mandatory now (thankfully!), and a lot of exciting upstream Linux kernel improvements…