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Belgium-company Citronics has designed a router based on the mainboard of the Fairphone 2 smartphone, connecting the Qualcomm Snapdragon 801 “system-on-module” to a carrier board with Ethernet, USB ports, and other connectors, while leveraging 4G LTE, WiFi, and Bluetooth connectivity from the phone’s core board.

Back during January Steam on Linux dropped by 0.23% to a 2.06% marketshare while overnight the numbers were published for February 2025.

Kodi, by itself, is a robust and versatile media player, but it’s like a cake without frosting. The base is great, but what makes it truly delightful are the add-ons that enhance its functionality.

The Linux Mint team is working on a fresh look for the Cinnamon app menu; Mint 22.1 dominates with 70% of recent downloads, followed by LMDE 6 at 14%.

Open source browser maker ties itself up in legalese and explanations. Mozilla this week asked Firefox users to abide by new Terms of Use, and updated its Privacy Notice as well as an FAQ – only to quickly issue a clarification that it isn’t actually claiming ownership of user data.

The i18n team is testing changes for Fedora Linux 42 (ibus-libpinyin 1.16, IBus 1.5.32, and many more). As a result, the i18n and QA teams organized a test week from Tuesday, March 04, 2025, to Monday, March 10, 2025. The wiki page in this article contains links to the test images you’ll need to participate.

If you’re considering switching to Linux but are worried about losing your favorite apps, do not worry. Linux offers options to continue using your essential software or find excellent alternatives. Let’s explore how you can transition to Linux without leaving behind the software you rely on.

A fix was merged to the Linux 6.14 kernel on Friday -- and also for back-porting to existing Linux stable kernels over the coming days -- for fixing an annoying problem with Intel Core 2 processors. The problem, which was introduced to the Linux kernel back in 2019, could lead to system stalls and boot delays for those still using Intel Core 2 CPUs with modern distributions.

In general the most hardworking UEFI advocates seem to be people who don't do stuff like install alternative operating systems on their computers. They certainly don't write computer code that would have something to do with the motherboard's firmware or interface with the peripheral devices.

Ultramarine Linux is a Fedora-based distribution designed to be user-friendly for Linux newcomers while still offering advanced features for experienced users.

Podio is a cloud-based collaboration platform that helps businesses organize work, manage projects, and streamline workflows. Podio is proprietary software and is not available for Linux. We recommend the best free and open source alternatives.

ASUS has just provided pricing details for the ASUS NUC 15 Pro+, a compact computing system powered by Intel Core Ultra Processors (Series 2), offering up to 99 TOPS of AI acceleration and an 18% increase in performance compared to the previous generation.

Incus 6.10 container & virtual machine manager introduces ACME DNS-01 validation for TLS, better API filtering, IOMMU support, LZ4 compression, and more.

If you want to fully control your GPU on Linux you may want to check out the latest update to Linux GPU Configuration Tool (LACT), which brings in various new features. Version 0.7.1 was released on February 27th.

Chinese AI company DeepSeek made public this week 3FS, a Linux FUSE-based file-system intended for allowing better AI training and inference performance.

Without exaggeration, this is one of the sweetest tutorials I've ever written on Dedoimedo. Back in the late 90s and early 2000s, I used to play Sierra's fabulous Caesar III and Pharaoh (and Cleopatra) RTS titles for many an hour.

Ever typed a command and then realized you have no idea how to use it? Before opening your browser and searching for answers, you can try out the built-in help in the Linux terminal that the command came with. Believe me, you don't even need to search the internet most of the time.

Yep, you read the title right, Electronic Arts, aka EA, has open sourced some of its games.

Linux Mint leader Clement Lefebvre announced today in the February 2025 monthly newsletter some of the things they are working on for their popular Ubuntu-based distribution, including a revamped Cinnamon app launcher.

Espressif Systems announced the ESP32-P4 over a year ago. While the chip is not yet available for retail, a prototype development board featuring the chip was recently showcased by Olimex. This board includes multiple interfaces, such as an Ethernet connector and a camera connector, demonstrating its versatile capabilities.