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OMG! Ubuntu Feb 5, 2026

New Raspberry Pi 4 models splits RAM across dual chips 📋

A new version of the Raspberry Pi 4 Model B has been (quietly) introduced. The key difference? It now uses a dual-RAM configuration. The Raspberry Pi 4 Model B Rev 1.5 adopts a dual-RAM configuration to ‘improve supply chain flexibility’ and manufacturing efficiency, per a company product change notice document. Earlier versions of the Raspberry Pi 4 (v1.1 through 1.4) use a single RAM chip on the top of the board. This new revision adds a second LPDDR4 chip to the underside, with some passive components also moved over. Why use dual-RAM? Even those living under rocks will know that […] 📋

Linuxiac Feb 5, 2026

Ardour 9.0 Arrives as a Major DAW Update 📋

Ardour 9.0 DAW is out, introducing clip recording, pianoroll windows, region FX, and major MIDI and audio workflow improvements across Linux, macOS, and Windows. 📋

Phoronix Feb 5, 2026

GNU Nettle 4.0 Released With SLH-DSA Support 📋

The GNU Nettle cryptographic library is out with a major new update that introduces support for SLH-DSA, the post-quantum signature scheme selected by NIST for the FIPS 205 standard... 📋

It's FOSS Feb 5, 2026

LibreOffice 26.2 is a Maintenance Release That Feels Like a Stable One 📋

Performance upgrades and format compatibility improvements land with this release. 📋

Linuxiac Feb 5, 2026

GNU/Linux or Just Linux? Between Purism and Everyday Usage 📋

A critical look at the GNU/Linux naming debate and why everyday usage settled on the shorter, simpler term: Linux. 📋

Foss Force Feb 5, 2026

Tech Savvy Meets Principles in Emmabuntüs Debian 6 📋

Helping those in need while saving old PCs from landfills is no easy task, but this Debian 12 spin paves the way. The post Tech Savvy Meets Principles in Emmabuntüs Debian 6 appeared first on FOSS Force. 📋

How-to Geek Feb 5, 2026

3 must-have Linux Mint applets for students and working professionals 📋

Your workflow is begging for Linux Mint applets. 📋

LWN.net Feb 5, 2026

[$] Modernizing swapping: the end of the swap map 📋

The first installment in this series introduced several data structures in the kernel's swap subsystem and described work to replace some of those with a new "swap table" structure. The work did not stop there, though; there is more modernization of the swap subsystem queued for an upcoming development cycle, and even more for multiple kernel releases after that. Once that work is done, the swap subsystem will be both simpler and faster than it is now. 📋

Linuxiac Feb 5, 2026

TrueNAS Previews 2026 With TrueNAS 26 Beta Planned for April 📋

TrueNAS’s 2026 roadmap highlights Linux kernel 6.18 LTS, OpenZFS 2.4, and built-in ransomware detection in TrueNAS 26. 📋

LWN.net Feb 5, 2026

Security updates for Thursday 📋

Security updates have been issued by AlmaLinux (brotli, curl, kernel, python-wheel, and python3.12), Debian (containerd), Fedora (gnupg2, pgadmin4, phpunit10, phpunit11, phpunit12, phpunit8, phpunit9, and yarnpkg), Mageia (expat), Oracle (qemu-kvm and util-linux), Red Hat (kernel, kernel-rt, opentelemetry-collector, and python3.12-wheel), SUSE (abseil-cpp, dpdk, freerdp, glib2, ImageMagick, java-11-openj9, java-17-openj9, java-1_8_0-ibm, java-1_8_0-openj9, java-1_8_0-openjdk, java-21-openj9, kernel, libsoup, libsoup-3_0-0, openssl-3, patch, python-Django, rekor, rizin, udisks2, and xrdp), and Ubuntu (gh, linux, linux-aws, linux-azure, linux-azure-5.15, linux-gcp, linux-gke, linux-gkeop, linux-hwe-5.15, linux-ibm, linux-ibm-5.15, linux-intel-iotg, linux-intel-iotg-5.15, linux-kvm, linux-lowlatency, linux-lowlatency-hwe-5.15, linux-nvidia, linux-nvidia-tegra, linux-nvidia-tegra-5.15, linux-oracle, linux-raspi, linux, linux-aws, linux-azure, linux-gcp, linux-oem-6.17, linux-oracle, linux- 📋

Phoronix Feb 5, 2026

Ardour 9.0 Audio Workstation Released With Multi-Touch GUI, Many New Features 📋

Ardour 9.0 is out today as the latest major feature release to this leading open-source digital audio workstation (DAW) software for musicians, recording engineers, and other audio editing needs... 📋

How-to Geek Feb 5, 2026

The $0 Linux "Swiss Army Knife" every developer should install today 📋

Discover the all-in-one Linux toolbox that handles JSON, JWT, Cron, and image conversion in a single, private interface. 📋

It's FOSS Feb 5, 2026

I Tried the TerraMaster F4-425 Plus as My First NAS; Here’s What I Liked (and Didn’t) 📋

Thinking about your first NAS, too? Here’s my hands-on TerraMaster F4-425 Plus review covering setup, performance, software, and limitations. 📋

Phoronix Feb 5, 2026

Intel Xe Linux Driver Will No Longer Block D3cold For All Battlemage GPUs 📋

Merged a year ago to the Linux kernel's Xe graphics driver was a change to disable D3Cold across all Battlemage GPUs. This was done due instability issues around the D3cold to D0 power state transition. Finally with the upcoming Linux 7.0 kernel cycle that restriction is being loosened with restoring D3cold support with Battlemage GPUs aside from a specific NUC... 📋

How-to Geek Feb 5, 2026

The fastest ways to find files from the command-line on Linux 📋

Nothing beats the command-line when it comes to searching files. Here are some handy commands you can learn to find your files 10X faster. 📋