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Apache NetBeans 25 open-source IDE updates Gradle, Maven, and Java tooling, refining dependency resolution, test execution, and UI stability.

Due Process from developer Giant Enemy Crab uses Easy Anti-Cheat that previously blocked Linux (and so Steam Deck too), but they've now enabled Linux players to jump in.

Ready to ditch the setup headaches and jump straight into Linux? With a mini PC that has Linux preinstalled, you can skip the technical fuss and start exploring right away.

The SystemV file-system that implements Xenix FS, SystemV/386 FS, and Coherent FS is set to be removed from the Linux kernel. The SystemV file-system was orphaned back in 2023 while now is set to be removed entirely after developers realized the code was fundamentally broken.

A set of four cool new window opening and closing animations got added to gaudy GNOME Shell extension Burn My Windows this weekend.

Remember the classic headline from the 1970s: “Ford to city — drop dead”? Well, this is how it looks, transcribed to itty-bitty open source in the 21st century. It’s a different scale, but…

Sailfish OS 5.0, originally released late last year as part of the new Jolla C2 Community Phone, will now be pushed to all Sailfish OS devices. There have been several other minor releases since the original release, so if you’re running Sailfish OS on something other than the C2, you’re getting a release with some more bugfixes and improvements.

RSS feeds are classic. And surprisingly, they are still relevant in 2025.

Catch up on the latest Linux news: Ubuntu 24.04.2, Plasma 6.3.1, COSMIC Alpha 6, Pi-hole 6, NVIDIA vs AMD, Docker Hub drops pull consumption fees, and more.

In addition to announcing the Xeon 6500P and Xeon 6700P processors along with the Xeon 6 SoC (Granite Rapids D), the Xeon 6300 series are also making a quiet debut today. The Xeon 6300 series is in effect the continuation of the Xeon E series but with little change over the existing Xeon E-2400 processors.

The joy of using Linux is that there are so many choices. I'm someone who takes advantage of that choice, testing different Linux distros out there. However, when it comes to daily driving, I went with the flow and stuck with Ubuntu. I don't regret it.

As everybody from The Linux Foundation to Open Source Initiative to Facebook can tell you, figuring out how to make artificial intelligence platforms fit the four freedoms has been no easy task.

Today, the Armbian community announced the release and general availability of Armbian 25.2 as a major update aimed at enhancing functionality and expanding hardware support of this Debian and Ubuntu-based distribution targeting ARM devices.

What is dead may never die. After a heroic effort, the oldest machine-readable copy of Unix version 2 is running again. The recovered code runs on a PDP-11 simulator and contains a version of Unix that's later than V1 from 1972, but doesn't contain V2 API calls; a sort of Unix V2 beta.

Jan is a ChatGPT-alternative that runs 100% offline on your desktop. The aim of the project is to make it easy for anyone to run LLMs and use AI yet retain full control and privacy.

Libinput as the open-source input handling library used by the modern Linux desktop both by Wayland compositors and the X.Org Server now has support for three-finger dragging...

IceWM 3.7 window manager for the X Window System brings new theming options, improved keybinding support, and bug fixes.

Ntopng is an open-source network traffic monitoring tool for traffic analysis and real-time visualization. In this tutorial, you'll learn how to install the Ntopng Network Monitoring Tool on the Debian 12 server.

KiCad 9.0 is now available as the newest version of this leading open-source Electronics Design Automation (EDA) suite that can rival some proprietary solutions for designing PCBs and other electronic hardware...

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