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BSD's pledge() system call forces the current process into a restricted-service operating mode. A Linux port is now available..

Learn how to install Spotify on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS with this step-by-step guide. Use the APT or Snap approach to enjoy your favorite music.

A solid choice for anyone switching from Windows due to its familiar desktop environment.

The community-based ROCm SDK Builder is an unofficial project leveraging the open-source AMD ROCm code and making it easy to build machine learning and GPU compute software across a range of environments and helping ensure proper integration with other machine learning tools and models.

Based on Ubuntu LTS, KDE Neon offers a polished KDE Plasma experience, showcasing its elegance and customizability.

Switching to Linux? Many will say to try out Ubuntu. Thing is, if you're after a Linux distribution similar to the Windows desktop you already know, Ubuntu might not be the one you want.

Seeed Studio has launched two 900 MHz WiFi HaLow modules for long-range, low-power communication based on Quectel FGH100M-H: the Wio-WM6180 Wi-Fi HaLow mini-PCIe module designed to be installed in hardware such as OpenWrt routers or even Raspberry Pi SBCs, and the Wi-Fi HaLow module for Seeed Studio XIAO designed to take XIAO boards with Espressif, Raspberry Pi, or Nordic Semi microcontrollers.

It looks like Google is rolling out its native Linux terminal app for select Android devices.

Arch-based Garuda Linux “Broadwing” rolls out with new features, UI updates, and the new Rani utility for a seamless, user-friendly experience.

The uutils project has released Rust Coreutils 0.0.30 as the newest version of this GNU Coreutils rewrite within the Rust programming language. Uutils developers will also be targeting more common Unix tools to port over to Rust too.

Here’s our recommended web frameworks for Lua, a lightweight, small, compact, and fast programming language designed as an embeddable scripting language.

The Luckfox Lyra Ultra is the latest addition to the Lyra series, featuring the RK3506B processor with a tri-core ARM Cortex-A7 and Cortex-M0 architecture. With its expanded storage, additional memory, built-in wireless connectivity in the Ultra W variant, and PoE support, the Lyra Ultra builds on previous models while maintaining compatibility within the Lyra series.

Google introduces Debian Linux terminal app for Android. My phone's a laptop at last!

As you well know, and if you don't, let's establish this once more: I love the Plasma desktop environment, I use it extensively, and it's simply the best desktop out there. But I am not blind to its flaws and problems, and there were quite a few the first three times I tested the brand new Plasma 6.

Kdenlive video editor 24.12.3 released yesterday! KDE announced it within the release of KDE Gear 24.12.3.

At the Vulkanised 2025 conference a few weeks back in Cambridge (UK) there were a few presentations concerning Vulkan Video for this cross-vendor, cross-platform video encode/decode interface.

I've always been a big fan of open source software because it's free (as in freedom) and has plenty of potential to grow in ways that proprietary software could never. Having said that, I was surprised to find out that 2025's Oscar-winning animated short movie “Flow” (directed by Gints Zilbalodis) was made using Blender, a popular open source 3D software.

Garuda Linux “Broadwing” is out today as the latest snapshot of this Arch Linux-based distro that promises to deliver a powerful, beautiful, and user-centric Linux desktop experience.

XenServer (previously Citrix Hypervisor) is a hypervisor optimized for the Citrix platform. XenServer is proprietary software. We recommend the best free and open source alternatives.

Kagi, the company behind a paid, private search engine1 of the same name, has announced it’s bringing its Webkit-based Orion web browser to Linux.