In this article, you will learn how to setup and configure Flutter with Android Studio on Linux and quickly run a Flutter app to confirm the setup.

Synex is a Linux distribution that’s been around for some months as a Debian-based, minimalistic Linux distribution out of Argentina focused on the needs of small and medium businesses. Making it a bit more intriguing for some now is that with their new release based on Debian 13 is a server edition and they have added native OpenZFS file-system support for new installations…

Origami Linux pairs the Cosmic desktop with a Fedora Atomic base and a deliberately sparse default install, leaving most of the customization to you.

On Friday AMD sent out another set of AMDGPU kernel graphics driver and AMDKFD kernel compute driver patches for queuing in DRM-Next ahead of the upcoming Linux 6.20~7.0 kernel cycle kicking off in February…

With openwrt-one-debian, you can now install and run a full Debian system leveraging the OpenWrt One’s NVMe storage, enabling everything from custom services and containers to development tools and lightweight server workloads, all on open hardware. This turns the OpenWrt One from a network appliance into a compact, general-purpose Linux system suitable for services, containers, and development work.

Greg Kroah-Hartman has released the 6.18.6, 6.12.66, 6.6.121, and 6.1.161 stable kernels. As usual, each
has important fixes throughout the tree; users are advised to
upgrade.

Arch-based EndeavourOS has released the Ganymede Neo ISO with updated core components and a switch to NVIDIA open drivers for newer GPUs.

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In this article, you will learn different ways to install the latest version of LibreOffice on your preferred Linux distribution, including how to update and remove it.

Raspberry Pi has unveiled the Raspberry Pi AI HAT+ 2, an add-on board for Raspberry Pi 5 that adds support for local generative AI workloads, including large language and vision-language models, for offline and low-latency edge applications. The AI HAT+ 2 is based on the Hailo-10H neural network accelerator, delivering up to 40 TOPS of […]

FreeBSD 15.0 had been aiming to offer a KDE desktop installation option as part of the FreeBSD OS installer. This initiative as part of the FreeBSD laptop support enhancements project didn’t pan out in time for FreeBSD 15.0 but now they are working on getting the installer option ready for FreeBSD 15.1. Adding a NVIDIA GPU driver option to the FreeBSD installer was also recently carried out…

Raspberry Pi Imager 2.0.4 improves write reliability with better recovery handling, timeout safeguards, and enhanced support for large storage devices.

CVE-2026-0915 was published on Friday as a security issue with the GNU C Library “glibc” for code introduced 30 years ago. The latest Glibc Git code is now patched for this issue introduced in 1996…

KDE developers have been quite busy this week in preparing for the upcoming Plasma 6.6 release in February while also beginning to land features for what will be the Plasma 6.7 desktop…

The Shotcut 26.1 beta was released overnight as the newest version of this Qt6-based, cross-platform video editing solution. Standing out the most with this new development release are some new GPU-accelerated hardware decode options for aiming to help speed-up this free software video editor…

As part of the GNOME Foundation funded Digital Wellbeing project, the GNOME Shell for GNOME 50 has merged options to prevent unlocking the desktop session past their bed time. The intent here is on rounding out GNOME’s parental controls functionality…

The Fedora Project announced plans to migrate the Fedora Games Lab spin to the KDE Plasma desktop environment with the upcoming Fedora Linux 44 release, due out in April 2026.

EDATEC has introduced the CM0 NANO, a compact single-board computer built around the Raspberry Pi Compute Module 0. Designed as a carrier board for the CM0, the platform targets space-constrained embedded, industrial, and hobbyist applications that require Raspberry Pi compatibility in a standalone form factor. The CM0 NANO is based on the Raspberry Pi CM0, […]

Newer kernel, newer Cinnamon, new tools, and even new iconsThe timing is right if you’re looking to try out Mint. New improved “Zena” is here – still based on Ubuntu Noble, but now with Cinnamon 6.6 and improved Wayland support, plus better internationalization, new System Information and System Administration tools, and clearer icons.…

If all goes well the upcoming Ubuntu 26.04 LTS release will further enhance the NVIDIA graphics performance under its default GNOME Wayland session. The improvements might be upstreamed to GNOME 50 in time but otherwise it’s looking like Ubuntu 26.04 will carry its own patch(es) for improving the NVIDIA Wayland performance…