Traveling to oSC25? Important Information About Visas
If you are planning to attend the openSUSE Conference 2025 2025 from June 26 – 28, there are important visa requirements you should be aware of. If you are not a citizen of a Schengen country, you should check the visa requirements and exemptions for...
Nova Custom: this week’s sponsor
Nova Custom, based in The Netherlands, makes laptops focused on privacy, customisation, and freedom. Nova Custom laptops ship with either Linux, Windows, or no operating system, and they’re uniquely certified for Qubes OS (the V54 model will be certi...
Automated patching for the Linux kernel
To start securely and efficiently, Linux systems follow a carefully orchestrated sequence of steps to initialize firmware and manage services. Applying security patches to the software responsible for some of these early steps of Linux startup often re...
14 alternative managed Kubernetes platforms
Kubernetes is mighty powerful but highly complex. This has influenced many organizations to ditch self-hosted solutions and move toward more fully managed Kubernetes platforms. Nearly 90% of Kubernetes users use cloud-managed services, DataDog reporte...
How Terraform is evolving infrastructure as code
Last week I talked up OpenTofu—and for good reason. The Terraform fork has moved beyond being the darling of the infrastructure-as-code (IaC) community to becoming a real, if early, enterprise contender. However, in so doing, I inadvertently threw s...
9to5Linux Weekly Roundup: March 30th, 2025
The 9to5Linux Weekly Roundup for March 30th, 2025, brings news about Linux kernel 6.14, Ubuntu 25.04 Beta, MPV 0.40, Zorin OS 17.3, GNU Linux-libre 6.14 kernel, GIMP 3.0.2, fwupd 2.0.7, XZ Utils 5.8, KaOS 2025.03, LibreOffice 25.2.2, Shotcut 25.03, Arc...
Blue95: Fedora Atomic Xfce converted to a Windows 95 desktop
Blue95 is a modern and lightweight desktop experience that is reminiscent of a bygone era of computing. Based on Fedora Atomic Xfce with the Chicago95 theme. ↫ Blue95 GitHub page Exactly as it says on the tin. This is by far the easiest way to get th...
Tiling Shell GNOME Extension Update Adds New Features
An update to Tiling Shell, the efficient window snapping extension for GNOME Shell, is rolling out with some appreciable enhancements. Its nifty ‘Windows Suggestions’ feature, which makes it easy to tile your other open windows to remaining spaces ...
Google introduces Gemini 2.5 reasoning models
Google has introduced version 2.5 of its Gemini AI model, which the company said offers a new level of performance by combining an enhanced base model with improved post-training. The Gemini 2.5 models are thinking models, capable of reasoning through...
