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In 1974, Gary Kildall got the first version working and changed the world of operating systems. Late in the summer of 1974, CP/M first started running on hardware. It became one of the first cross-platform microcomputer OSes, and revolutionized the hardware and software industries.

The internet is ubiquitous: on our desks, in our pockets, even in the air around us, as radio waves transmit between devices so we can be online on the move. It’s a sprawling web of interconnectivity, linking people and gadgets around the world.

A bit of an oops here with the newly released The Jackbox Megapicker, with the Native Linux version causing the Steam Deck to get corrupted.

There's been no shortage of cheap, ARM-based handheld game consoles coming to market. Given Linux on Arm tending to work better than Windows and in keeping vendor costs to a minimum, they've tended to be running Linux or Android with various open-source games/emulators.

The big names mostly can't yet, but some lesser-known Linux distributions offer the ability to undo updates and recover from damage, even automatically.

GoAccess is a real-time web log analyzer for Unix-like systems, including Ubuntu. It provides an efficient and user-friendly way to visualize and analyze web server logs, supporting various formats like Apache, Nginx, and Amazon S3 logs.

The Xen Project has delivered a new cut of its open source hypervisor. Version 4.19 debuted on Thursday, billed as "a significant milestone in enhancing performance, security, and versatility."

Merged on Sunday prior to tagging the first release candidate of Linux 6.11 were some last minute updates to Turbostat, the tool that lives within the kernel source tree and used for reporting CPU frequency and idle statistics along with other useful metrics.

The eLxr project has launched its initial release of a Debian-based distribution that incorporates the intelligent edge capabilities of Debian, with plans to expand these for a streamlined edge-to-cloud deployment approach. eLxr is an open source, enterprise-grade Linux distribution designed to address the specific challenges of near-edge networks and workloads.

The ArmSoM RK3588 AI Module7, utilizing Rockchip technology, is engineered for compatibility with the Nvidia Jetson Nano ecosystem.

Open source TerraForm rival introduces a new file extension so users can 'keep older code around for compatibility'. Terraform alternative OpenTofu has reached version 1.8 amid further signs of fragmentation.

While the Linux 6.11 merge window ended just days ago, Intel engineers are already beginning to submit kernel graphics driver changes to the DRM-Next branch of material they want to get in for the Linux 6.12 cycle that will end out 2024.

Particle introduced the Tachyon on Kickstarter today, a 5G-connected single-board computer designed to embed intelligence into various devices.

Vanilla OS is an experimental distro testing out new implementations of immutability, cross-distro packaging, A/B failover, and more. Vanilla OS 2 Orchid appeared earlier this week. It's a very different OS from version 1, which came out 18 months ago and that we tried out in January 2023, but the same overall goals remain.

After seeing how the AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 and AMD Ryzen AI 9 365 Zen 5 Strix Point performance is under Linux against a range of other Intel/AMD laptops, the next obvious question is... how does this compare to Windows?

NTFS-3G is an open-source implementation that enables Linux and other Unix-like operating systems to read from and write to Windows NTFS partitions.

MediaWiki is a free and open-source software with robust, scalable, and extensible wiki software offering feature-rich wiki implementations. The MediaWiki powers the biggest wiki sites on the internet, such as Wikipedia and Wikimedia.

Ubuntu maker Canonical (Canonical Group Limited) recently filed their financial statements with UK's Companies House that offers a fresh look at their financial performance.

While it was already playable with Proton, the developer of Please, Touch The Artwork 2 has added a Native Linux version.

Last May, Canonical announced that a hardware-accelerated version of the Chromium snap was available for testing on Intel (7th-gen and later) hardware. And that news was welcome. Hardware acceleration + the modern web = a good time had by all.