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The next kernel cycle that will be known as either Linux 6.20 or Linux 7.0 depending upon how Linus Torvalds handles the versioning for this next x.20 milestone. More than likely it will be Linux 7.0 given his historical versioning scheme, but whatever the case, ahead of this next kernel cycle some initialization changes for the CXL subsystem are building up...
In LLVM Git yesterday for next year's LLVM 22 release the Qualcomm Xqci RISC-V vendor extension is no longer deemed experimental...
One of the features being worked on for a while with the read-only EROFS file-system is page cache sharing. Besides EROFS being popular on some mobile/embedded devices, this open-source read-only file-system has been quite popular for container usage and there this page cache sharing functionality can provide some significant reductions in RAM usage...
Pinta 3.1 open-source paint and drawing software is now available for download with GTK4 port, new effects, and many other changes. Here’s what’s new!
Firefox's new Split View lets you browse two tabs side-by-side in one window. Enable this experimental feature in Firefox 146 now - here's how.
Fabrice Bellard, founder of QEMU and FFmpeg, has published Micro QuickJS, a minimal JavaScript engine targeting embedded and low-memory environments.
An unfortunate Linux kernel bug coming to light just ahead of Christmas may cause frustration for some server administrators, particularly public cloud providers... It turns out with the Linux kernel releases since 2022, KVM guest virtual machines making use of Intel Advanced Matrix Extensions (AMX) is possible to cause the host to experience a kernel panic...
Watchtower, a widely used Docker container update tool, is no longer maintained after its core developers stepped away.
Our take on the trends that will shape desktop Linux and open source in the year ahead.
Sched_ext as the extensible scheduler code for the Linux kernel that allows loading schedulers from user-space via eBPF code has shown a lot of interesting possibilities. Andrea Righi of NVIDIA who has been heavily involved in sched_ext development shared some of the future plans being looked at as we move into 2026...
Ghostty, the fast GPU‑accelerated terminal, now operates under a non‑profit funding model through fiscal sponsorship with Hack Club. Here’s what it means.
A simple task teaches you all about the power, variety, and weirdness of Linux.
Now based on Alpine Linux 3.23.
There are quite a few people still using Windows yet, and some that want to switch to Linux. People are comfortable with the look of Windows and dislike the Linux desktops. Now, there is Winux that looks exactly like Windows 11. NOTE: Winux 11 looks like Windows 11 or Windows 10, whichever style you choose. Winux Requirements Winux has more relaxed requirements than Windows for hardware. The Operating System requires: 3 GB of RAM (4 GB is preferred) Intel or... https://www.linux.org/threads/winux-11-a-linux-distribution-designed-for-windows-users.58122/
Version 8.1 of elementary OS has been released. Notable changes in this release include making the Wayland session the default, changes to window management and multitasking, as well as a number of accessibility improvements. The 8.1 release is the first to be made available for Arm64 devices, which should allow users to run elementary on Apple M-series hardware or other Arm devices that can load UEFI-supporting firmware, such as some Raspberry Pi models. See the blog post for a full list of changes.
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