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While there are many exciting new features in the GNOME 48 Alpha as well as a new app with Decibels becoming the official audio player, there isn't a new official video player for this desktop release.

Sad news for NVIDIA GPU owners on Linux who want to play FINAL FANTASY VII REBIRTH, which just released on Steam yesterday as it appears broken. Works on Linux for those with an AMD GPU like the Steam Deck though.

Support for MediaTek SoCs in the Linux kernel continues to improve. Made available earlier this week, Linux 6.13 brought multiple enhancements including DVFSRC hardware communication for power efficiency, and OF Graph support for flexible display path configurations. Here's a complete summary of MediaTek improvements in Linux 6.13.

The upcoming Deepin Linux 25 release will introduce Solid, an immutable system offering enhanced security, snapshot management, and a layered architecture.

The ESP32-S3-LCD-2 is a compact development board based on the ESP32-S3R8 processor. It integrates features such as wireless connectivity, a small LCD display, and various interface options, including a battery connector for portable applications.

The SSD uses the Phison PS5021-E21T controller. It’s a DRAM-less quad-channel controller that supports a PCIe 4.0 x4 interface.

The Linux x86 32-bit PAE kernel support for Physical Address Extensions allows addressing more than 4GB of memory for those still running 32-bit processors or otherwise opting to still run a 32-bit OS.

Today, the GNOME Project announced the alpha version of the upcoming GNOME 48 desktop environment series for public testing, giving us a first taste of the new features and improvements.

New double-digit vintage goes well with all sorts of things. After 32 years of maturation, even now, WINE is Not an Emulator, but it can work alongside them to run Windows apps on Arm Linux.

Changing 30 lines of code in Linux could cut energy use at some data centers by up to 30 percent, researchers claim.

SQLAlchemy is an open-source Python library that provides an SQL toolkit and an Object Relational Mapper for database interactions. SQLAlchemy allows developers to work with databases using Python objects with efficient and flexible database access.

Explore MySQL 9.2 release highlights, including new features, deprecated items, and removed functionality, for improved database management and performance.

Hibernation stores the state of the whole operating system — the contents of memory used by the kernel and all programs — on disk. The machine is then completely powered off. Upon next boot, this state is restored and the old kernel and all the programs that were running continue execution.

Vivaldi has made version 7.1 of its web browser available for download here. This version introduces many powerful new features for those seeking a more private and customizable browsing experience.

All of the power management feature updates for the in-development Linux 6.14 kernel were sent out earlier this week and subsequently merged.

The Super Watchdog HAT with UPS Battery Backup provides power management and reliability for mission-critical Raspberry Pi applications. It supports all Raspberry Pi models, ensuring uninterrupted operation, data protection during outages, and system monitoring.

Here is our opinion on the finest accountancy software available for Linux. We only include free and open source software.

Get ready to pack your bags and join us for Flock to Fedora 2025, coming to the beautiful city of Prague, Czechia, from June 5th to 8th, 2025! We are heading to Prague in June 2025.

The GNOME Project announced today the official availability of GNOME 47.3, the third maintenance update to the latest GNOME 47 “Denver” desktop environment series, which includes more bug fixes and improvements.

I won’t lie: it’s easy to add or remove startup apps, commands, and scripts in Ubuntu. Just open the Startup Applications tool, click ‘Add’, and away you go.