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The Trinity Desktop Environment as a still-maintained fork of the KDE 3.5 desktop software is out with a new point release.

Mattermost is an open-source alternative to Slack and Microsoft Teams. It allows you to self-host online chat and offers many features, such as file sharing, search, automation, and numerous third-party integrations.

There are plenty of reasons for you to consider investing time to learn Linux. Here, we shed light on some of them.

If you're looking for a Linux distribution you can carry with you, PorteuX might be just the ticket to the freedom you've been looking for.

Now recompiled in OpenEmbedded, EasyOS 6.4 remains labeled "an experimental Linux distribution" for the time being. This update launches with support for the Zig programming language, the version 6.6.58 kernel, new desktop icon themes, support for the WEBP image format in mtPaint, and more.

Following last week's launch testing of the Intel Core Ultra 9 285K and Core Ultra 5 245K Arrow Lake desktop processors, the next area I've been exploring deeper has been the DDR5 memory performance including with CUDIMMs.

After years of developing the Proton translation layer, Valve cleverly used its own SteamOS Linux fork for its Steam Deck handheld. While competitors like the ROG Ally and Lenovo Legion GO have released with better compatibility for some games, new Linux fork Bazzite brings a SteamOS-like experience to other handhelds, and proves Windows sucks for handheld devices.

Syncthing is an open-source, peer-to-peer file synchronization tool designed to sync files across multiple devices securely. This tutorial will show you how to install Syncthing on Debian 12 servers.

Pineboards launched the HatDrive! POE+, designed to simplify power and connectivity for the Raspberry Pi 5 through Power-over-Ethernet. This PoE+ HAT integrates both network connectivity and power delivery over a single RJ45 cable, providing a streamlined setup where multiple smaller devices can operate without the need for additional power cables.

While the sched_ext extensible scheduler code was merged for Linux 6.12, work on sched_ext itself it is not over. New patches this weekend continue working on NUMA awareness for it with its default idle selection policy while similar work on CPU last level cache (LLC) awareness are slated for the upcoming Linux 6.13 cycle.

You may not need it often, but this trick comes in handy when you do.

I’m a fan of the Tiling Shell GNOME Shell extension because it’s both good at what it does, but good at not being one-size-fits-all: users can tile window using a mouse and drop zones, with keyboard shortcuts, or with both – options for everyone.

Linus Torvalds recently offered his opinions on the merits of artificial intelligence (AI) as we know it. The creator and lead developer of the Linux kernel didn’t disappoint with his characteristic cynicism regarding the substance of the AI industry in 2024.

314 Arts have revealed their upcoming World War II zombie co-op FPS Projekt Z: Beyond Order is now set to release in Spring 2025. I spoke with the studio co-founder, Justin Miersch, who confirmed today they still plan to have Linux support at release. Good news for shooter fans!

Intel merged Linear Address Masking into the Linux kernel last year as a means of allowing user-space to store metadata within some bits of pointers without masking it out before use. LAM can be useful for virtual machines, sanitizers / profiling / memory tagging, and other uses.

Ever feel a pang of a nostalgia for the way web browsers used to look, but don’t fancy the hiccups or hassle involved in trying to run old software on a newer OS?

A serious security vulnerability has been discovered in Red Hat’s NetworkManager-libreswan plugin that could allow local attackers to escalate privileges and gain root access to Linux systems. The flaw tracked as CVE-2024-9050 has received a CVSS base score of 7.8, indicating its high severity.

Fresh from debuting a version of its software for open source VMware alternative Proxmox, data management vendor Veeam has developed a prototype to backup another virtualization platform: the Xen Server fork XCP-NG.

Submitted today were a set of x86 platform driver fixes for merging ahead of the Linux 6.12-rc5 release due out on Sunday. For the most part mostly mundane fixes. But notable is an ASUS WMI fix to address the Core Ultra 200V "Lunar Lake" performance issue I've pointed out now in several articles.

The Protectli VP3200 Series introduces modular 2-port Vault devices: the VP3210 with an Intel N100 processor and the VP3230 with an Intel i3-N305. Both models support up to 16GB DDR5 RAM, include 32GB eMMC storage, and feature two 2.5GbE Ethernet ports for high-speed applications. Dual M.2 NVMe SSD slots offer up to 2TB of additional storage.