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Flatpak, the popular Linux application sandboxing and distribution framework, has been updated today to version 1.16, a major release that comes with new features and improvements.

KDE Plasma 6.3 Beta is now available for public testing, featuring exciting improvements and new functionalities. Here's more about that!

In today’s tech-driven world, conserving power on our devices is more important than ever. If you’re often away from your computer and want to automate putting it into a suspended state, then a simple Bash script can help. This Sleep Timer Bash Script allows users to set a timer in minutes, after which the system will suspend, saving energy and resources.

For fans of the Budgie desktop environment that got its start out of the Solus Linux distribution, the Budgie 10.10 release expected later this quarter will be their first release that is Wayland-only.

HashiCorp co-founder's side project reaches 1.0 – er, 1.0.1. Ghostty is more interesting than it sounds, for several reasons: who wrote it, what it does, and the language it was written in are all more unusual than the ostensibly simple task it performs.

NVIDIA recently introduced Project DIGITS, a personal AI supercomputer powered by the GB10 Superchip. Built on the Grace Blackwell architecture, it delivers high-performance computing for prototyping, fine-tuning, and running large AI models on a desktop.

Tails 6.11, a privacy-focused Linux distro, rolls out with critical security fixes, partitioning error detection, updated Tor Browser, and enhanced performance.

There’s plenty of surprises to be had when you become a parent, and one of the first is that it’s suddenly your job to record the frequency of your infant’s various bodily functions in exacting detail.

The KDE Project released today KDE Gear 24.12.1 as the first maintenance update to the latest KDE Gear 24.12 open-source software suite series to address various issues in your favorite KDE apps.

Intel software engineers this week sent out two pull requests landing more of their final kernel graphics driver feature changes destined for the upcoming Linux 6.14 kernel.

Are you looking for a mini-computer that combines retro charm with modern technology? Meet Pilet, a new open-source, modular mini-computer powered by the Raspberry Pi 5.

Enable epel10 from rpmfusion rather then straight attempt `sudo dnf install epel-release -y`. So run `sudo dnf -y install https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/epel-release-latest-10... ` . Enable the "code ready builds": $ sudo dnf config-manager --set-enabled crb . . . .

Lenovo unveils the Legion Go S, the first officially licensed SteamOS-based handheld with an 8" PureSight display, 120Hz refresh rate, powered by AMD Z2 Go.

These clients let you download files over the internet from the command line. But they can also be used for many more interesting purposes such as testing, debugging and interacting with HTTP servers and web applications.

The development team behind Scribus, an open-source and cross-platform desktop publishing app, released today version 1.6.3 as a minor update to the Scribus 1.6 stable series with various bug and crash fixes.

It turns out the Arch Linux User Repository "AUR" has a strict mandate that packages must be able to be built for the x86_64 CPU architecture. Software not supporting x86_64 like ARM-only software is not permitted for the common Arch Linux AUR repository.

Being one of the oldest Linux distributions, Slackware is known for its simplicity and stability, offering a no-nonsense experience that many people trust. It is an excellent distro for those who want to learn Linux from the ground up, as there is significant user involvement when setting it up.

Mozilla Firefox 134 has landed, making the browser’s first release of the new year.

Linux Foundation Energy argues rapidly decentralizing electricity sector can't succeed with silos. The energy industry needs to adopt open source AI software, and the collaborative processes used to create it, to satisfy demand for energy created by the growing use of ... artificial intelligence.

According to the Mozilla Github releases page, the new Firefox release added support for touchpad hold gestures for Linux.