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The KDE Project released today KDE Gear 24.12.2 as the second maintenance update to the latest KDE Gear 24.12 open-source software suite series to address various issues in your favorite KDE apps.

For those who are ready to up their game, we take some of the mystery out of what to look for when shopping for an ergonomic, next-gen keyboard.

LibreOffice 25.2 has been released, this year’s first major update to the leading open-source office software for Windows, macOS, and Linux.

Red Hat engineer and PipeWire lead developer Wim Taymans presented at FOSDEM 2025 last weekend around the state of the PipeWire project for this integral component to the modern Linux desktop.

Choosing the safest operating system (OS) is a key determinant of your online security. After all, this software manages the memory and processes throughout your server.

As you may know, GNOME is moving to GTK4 + LibAdwaita in recent years. Core apps are either ported to the new frameworks or replaced with new ones.

SECO will unveil its latest embedded computing solutions at Embedded World 2025, featuring Twin Lake and Arrow Lake architectures. The lineup targets industrial, medical, and AI-driven applications, focusing on performance, scalability, and efficiency.

Tails 6.12, a privacy-focused Linux distro, fixes critical security issues, enhances privacy, and improves usability with new features and updates.

Tmux is a great terminal multiplexer that can consolidate and manage different console sessions. While its core features cover most use cases, it also has a plugin framework that allows you to shape the program for your needs.

"It's now the biggest FOSS event in the world, in terms of the number of streams, program items and talks, and in terms of virtual attendees," co-organizer Richard "RichiH" Hartmann told The Reg.

Now that the Linux 6.14 merge window wrapped up this past weekend with the release of Linux 6.14-rc1, here is a recap of all the great new features, hardware enablement, and other improvements to find with this kernel.

The Document Foundation released today LibreOffice 25.2 as the latest stable version of this popular, powerful, open-source, free, and cross-platform office suite for GNU/Linux, Android, macOS, and Windows systems.

We’re thrilled to share that Peter Rojas has joined Mozilla Corporation as our new Senior Vice President of New Products. In this role, Peter will lead Mozilla’s endeavors to explore, build and scale new products that align with Mozilla’s greater mission and values. He will report to me and join Mozilla’s steering committee.

Starting from WSL version 2.4.8, we can install Ubuntu on WSL from a tar file, without using the Microsoft Store on Windows.

The Axon platform, powered by the RockChip RK3588S processor, combines an 8-core CPU and an NPU delivering up to 6 TOPS of AI performance. Designed for advanced computing tasks, it supports various LLMs, including Llama, Qwen, and DeepSeek, with benchmarks showcasing performance for AI workloads.

So the pattern seems increasingly clear; a lot of anti-Linux 'articles' are made by bots. Is that Microsoft's ChatGPT?

vv is different from the vast majority of image viewers. It’s a small command-line program to view images from the terminal.

The Mozilla Thunderbird 135 open-source email, calendar, news, chat, and contactbook client was released today alongside the Mozilla Firefox 135 web browser with various new features and many bug fixes.

With Linux 6.14-rc1 released I have begun trying out the new development kernel on a few systems locally. At least for high core count hardware tested thus far, Linux 6.14 at the moment during this early testing phase is sporting some performance regressions within some multi-threaded workloads.

iWave Systems says the STM32MP133/STM32MP135 OSM SBC supports Linux 6.1.28 (or higher). The company provides some public documentation accessible immediately after leaving your email (brochure, datasheet, STEP file), but the Linux documentation and SBC can only be accessed after talking to sales.