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Fedora test days are events where anyone can help make certain that changes in Fedora Linux work well in an upcoming release. Fedora community members often participate, and the public is welcome at these events. If you’ve never contributed to Fedora Linux before, this is a perfect way to get started.

Paul Davis released Ardour 8.8 as the latest version of this powerful and popular open-source, free, and cross-platform digital audio workstation for Linux, macOS, and Windows systems.

OpenAI has released a new interface called Canvas for ChatGPT, designed to enhance collaboration on writing and coding projects.

The LANA TNY by Phyx is a compact development board featuring the WCH CH32V203 RISC-V microcontroller. Similar in size to the Adafruit QT Py and Seeed Studio XIAO, it offers additional SMD pins for expanded input/output capabilities and includes a built-in WS2811-compatible LED output.

As Mark shared in his blog, Mozilla is going to be more active in digital advertising. Our hypothesis is that we need to simultaneously work on public policy, standards, products and infrastructure. Today, I want to take a moment to dive into the details of the “product” and “infrastructure” elements.

Self-proclaimed Swiss Army knife of embedded Linux moves slow and fixes things in latest release. Busybox is tiny, unobtrusive, and runs quite a lot of routers and other key bits of the internet – somewhat like Linux itself used to be.

Last week when kicking off the Intel Granite Rapids benchmarking with the Xeon 6980P processors there was particularly strong performance within HPC and other scientific computing workloads. Besides going now up to 128 cores / 256 threads per socket, another reason for the especially strong generational uplift and against the current AMD EPYC competition is Xeon 6 Granite Rapids introducing Multiplexed Rank memory support.

Incus 6.6 is here with enhancements for VMs, better LVM support, and new networking capabilities.

Setting up a development environment is a crucial step for any programmer or software developer. Whether you’re building web applications, developing software, or diving into system programming, having a well-configured environment can make all the difference in your productivity and the quality of your work.

Here’s our verdict on the best GUI-based internet radio software. All of the software is open source goodness.

Common Colors and Application Systems Heidelberg have announced that the creepy-but-cute point’n’click adventure game full of dark humour will release on October 24th. PRIM will have Linux support and you can follow it on Steam, or on GOG.

Kickstarter recently featured the DigiPort, a pocket-sized, open-source computer that transforms any HDMI-compatible screen into a fully functional PC. Powered by a Raspberry Pi Compute Module 4, it provides a versatile solution for various tasks, including programming, gaming, and multimedia streaming.

A few months ago I reported that Mozilla is getting a brand revamp and that it incorporates the non-profit company’s iconic red dinosaur mascot – now I have a lick more info.

Arch-based CachyOS's October 24 update fixes AMD GPU issues, improve the KDE Wayland session, and upgrades Python and Mesa.

Google engineers have been working on support for the Linux kernel to leverage AutoFDO feedback directed optimizations and Propeller optimizations when compiling the Linux kernel with LLVM/Clang. In turn this can help Linux systems see 2~10% better performance thanks to the more optimized kernel.

The beta release for Thunderbird's Android app is here, with the stable version scheduled to arrive at the end of October.

The Quartz64 Zero is a thinner, cheaper version of the Quartz64 Model B with a Rockchip RK3566T quad-core Cortex-A55 SoC clocked at 1.6 GHz, 1GB LPDDR4, and HDMI and USB ports.

Google has revealed the various security guardrails that have been incorporated into its latest Pixel devices to counter the rising threat posed by baseband security attacks.

The Distro behind the handheld console announces corporate sponsorship. Valve is officially sponsoring the Linux distro that powers the gaming giant's Steam Deck console.

Keeping the internet, and the content that makes it a vital and vibrant part of our global society, free and accessible has been a core focus for Mozilla from our founding. How do we ensure creators get paid for their work? How do we prevent huge segments of the world from being priced out of access through paywalls? How do we ensure that privacy is not a privilege of the few but a fundamental right available to everyone?