Crowd Supply recently launched Haasoscope Pro, an upgraded version of the original open-source USB oscilloscope introduced in 2018. It features a 2 GHz bandwidth, 12-bit resolution, and a 3.2 GS/s sampling rate, providing an open-hardware solution for high-speed signal analysis.
Category Archives: Linux
Immich 1.127 Introduces Face Tagging & Memory Enhancements
Immich 1.127, a self-hosted photo and video backup solution, enhances the memories feature, adds manual face tagging, and introduces star rating search.
6 Best Free and Open Source Syntax Highlighters
It’s not only text editors that offer syntax highlighting. We explore specialised tools that offer syntax highlighting for a whole raft of programming languages.
Introducing a terms of use and updated privacy notice for Firefox
We’re introducing a Terms of Use for Firefox for the first time, along with an updated Privacy Notice. Why now? Although we’ve historically relied on our open source license for Firefox and public commitments to you, we are building in a much different technology landscape today. We want to make these commitments abundantly clear and accessible.
6 features I wish Linux would borrow from MacOS
As a long-time Linux and MacOS user, I see the benefits of each operating system. In fact, I use each for specific purposes, and they rarely cross over. For many years, though, there have been things I’d like to see Linux borrow from MacOS.
What is virtualization and how does it benefit your server?
What is virtualization, and how does it benefit your server? In computing, virtualization divides physical computer resources into individual virtual machines called virtual private servers (VPS).
KDE Plasma 6.3.2 Desktop Environment Released
KDE Plasma 6.3.2 improves Discover, KWin, and Plasma Addons with important bug fixes and tweaks for a smoother desktop.
[$] LWN.net Weekly Edition for February 27, 2025
Inside this week’s LWN.net Weekly Edition:
- Front: Tail calls in CPython; BPF cancellation; Slabs, sheaves, and barns; Atomic block writes; Large filesystem block sizes; EPEL 10 for older CPUs; pytest-mh; Open-source battery.
- Briefs: DMA discussion; Armbian 25.2; Gentoo qcow2; Aqualung 2.0; Emacs 30.1; Rust 1.85.0; Quotes; …
- Announcements: Newsletters, conferences, security updates, patches, and more.
Docker vs Podman: Which One Should You Use to Run Your App?
Let’s dive into what Docker and Podman are, compare their features, and decide which one is better for your specific use case.
Framework Announces Framework Desktop and 2-in-1 Framework Laptop 12
Framework announced today during its “Second Gen” event two new, upcoming products, the Framework Desktop and Framework Laptop 12, along with an updated Framework Laptop 13.
DietPi Late February 2025 Update (Version 9.11)
The late February update of DietPi v9.11 introduces support for Pi-hole v6 while improving system stability, first-boot automation, and network reliability during initial setup, along with resolving kernel selection issues on Raspberry Pi.
12 Best Free and Open Source QR Code Tools
There’s a good range of QR tools available for Linux. Here’s our verdict captured in a legendary LinuxLinks-style ratings chart.
Git 2.49-rc0 Released With “git backfill”, zlib-ng Preparations & Rust Interface
Git maintainer Junio C Hamano announced Git 2.49-rc0 today as an early preview release for the next version of this widely-used, distributed version control system…
Gentoo Linux Offers Bootable QCOW2 Images For Cloud Deployment
Gentoo Linux offers bootable QCOW2 disk images for amd64 and arm64 architectures, designed for cloud environments and easy testing with QEMU.
FOSS Force Deals of the Week: Lenovo Memory Card, Mini Laptop Keyboard, and a Portable Laptop Monitor
When we heard one of our favorite podcast people mention as an aside last week that he likes shopping on AliExpress, we just knew that…
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What Are Virtual Machines, and How Do They Work?
You’ve probably heard phrases like “Spin up a virtual machine” or “Try it out in a virtual machine.” But what are virtual machines, and how can you make use of them?
[$] Building an open-source battery
FOSDEM 2025 featured the usual talks
about open-source software, but, as always, the conference also offered the
opportunity to discover some more exotic and less software-centric
topics. That’s how I learned about the Flow
Battery Research Collective (FBRC), which is building what will
eventually become an open-source home battery.
Daniel Fernández Pinto represented the collective at
FOSDEM with his talk “Building
an Open-Source Battery for Stationary Storage” in the “Energy: Accelerating
the Transition through Open Source” developer room (devroom).
about open-source software, but, as always, the conference also offered the
opportunity to discover some more exotic and less software-centric
topics. That’s how I learned about the Flow
Battery Research Collective (FBRC), which is building what will
eventually become an open-source home battery.
Daniel Fernández Pinto represented the collective at
FOSDEM with his talk “Building
an Open-Source Battery for Stationary Storage” in the “Energy: Accelerating
the Transition through Open Source” developer room (devroom).
Gentoo now offers qcow2 disk images
The Gentoo Linux project has
announced
the availability of qcow2 images for amd64 (x86_64) and arm64
(aarch64), and plans to “eventually
” offer images for the
riscv64 and loongarch64 architectures.
The images, updated weekly, include an EFI boot partition and a fully
functional Gentoo installation; either with no network activated but a
password-less root login on the console (“no root pw”), or with
network activated, all accounts initially locked, but cloud-init
running on boot (“cloud-init”).
AMD EPYC Turin Power Profile Selection Impact On Performance & Efficiency
Last week I published an article looking at the power efficiency of 5th Gen AMD EPYC “Turin” using the modern AMD P-State driver and the Power Profile options. The AMD P-State driver being used by default now for the EPYC 9005 series processors on Linux 6.12+ and paired with Power Profile option tuning can deliver a nice boost to server energy efficiency with only modest impact to the performance. Today’s article are some complementary numbers I carried out recently on a Supermicro server looking at more of the Power Profile Selection options.
Two new site features: full-text RSS and automatic dark mode
One of the often-requested LWN site features that has languished the
longest on our to-do list is full-text RSS feeds. We are happy to announce
that, finally, there is a set of such feeds available; the full set can be
seen on our feeds page. This is a
subscriber-only feature, and it works by creating a unique fetch URL for
each user. We will, of course, be counting on our readers to not share
those URLs.
longest on our to-do list is full-text RSS feeds. We are happy to announce
that, finally, there is a set of such feeds available; the full set can be
seen on our feeds page. This is a
subscriber-only feature, and it works by creating a unique fetch URL for
each user. We will, of course, be counting on our readers to not share
those URLs.
Another feature we have had requests for is to automatically present the
site in dark-mode colors when a reader’s browser has been configured to
prefer it. That feature, too, is now available. In this case, we had to
think about the interaction between automatic selection and the color
customization that the site has long had. The conclusion we reached is
that, if custom colors have been configured for an account, they will win
out over the automatic selection. There is a new preference in the customization area to change this
default if desired.
Both of these features — and the other enhancements we have made recently —
were enabled by the support of LWN’s subscribers. By making it possible to
bring in new staff last year, you created the space to improve the site
experience while keeping up with the writing. We thank all of you for your
support.