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Ikey Doherty's Serpent OS Rebranding As AerynOS
The nearly three year old Serpent OS Linux distribution started by Ikey Doherty of Solus fame is going to re-brand as AerynOS...
2025-02-15 00:00
Go 1.24 Brings Performance Improvements, Better WebAssembly Support
Go 1.24 was released this week by Google engineers as the newest step forward for this popular programming language...
2025-02-14 20:24
WordCamp Asia 2025: Manila Magic
The first major WordCamp of the year is here! WordCamp Asia 2025 lands in Manila, Philippines, from February 20-22, bringing together open source enthusiasts, developers, and WordPress professionals from across the region—and the world. With three pa...
2025-02-14 16:04
KDE Frameworks 6.11 Adds Search Providers for Nix Packages, Docker Hub, and More
KDE Frameworks 6.11 open-source software suite is now available with new search providers for KRunner, keyboard navigation improvements, as well as other changes. The post KDE Frameworks 6.11 Adds Search Providers for Nix Packages, Docker Hub, and More...
2025-02-14 15:00
Dynamic Triple Buffering Merged For GNOME 48
As quite a Valentine's Day treat, the long-in-development dynamic triple buffering support for GNOME's Mutter compositor was just merged ahead of next month's GNOME 48 desktop release!..
2025-02-14 13:35
Fwupd 2.0.6 Adds Support for HPE Gen10 and Gen10+ Devices Using Redfish
Fwupd 2.0.6 open-source Linux firmware updater utility is now available for download with support for HPE Gen10/Gen10+ devices using Redfish, new features, and bug fixes. Here’s what’s new! The post Fwupd 2.0.6 Adds Support for HPE Gen10 and Gen10+...
2025-02-14 13:27
Calibre 7.26 Open-Source Ebook Manager Is Out with New Features and Bug Fixes
Calibre 7.26 open-source ebook management software is now available for download with various new features and several bug fixes. Here's what's new! The post Calibre 7.26 Open-Source Ebook Manager Is Out with New Features and Bug Fixes appeared first o...
2025-02-14 12:40
Linux 6.15 To Ensure PlayStation 5 Controllers Use The Correct Driver
A change queued up by an Amazon engineer ahead of the upcoming Linux 6.15 kernel cycle will ensure that PlayStation 5 controllers on Linux load with the correctly desired driver...
2025-02-14 10:49
Buckle up for the supercharged Python interpreter
In this edition of our biweekly Python newsletter: The next version of Python brings an all-new variety of speed boost. Python packages may soon pack better labeling for their ingredients. Cython 3.1 tees up new features for converting Python to C. An...
2025-02-14 09:00
Avoiding the cloud migration graveyard
Fictional global retailer StyleHaven embarked on its cloud migration journey, eager to modernize its systems and improve its customers’ experience. StyleHaven opted to “lift and shift,” assuming its existing infrastructure would transfer to the ...
2025-02-14 09:00
Buckle up for faster Python programs
In this edition of our biweekly Python newsletter: The next version of Python brings an all-new variety of speed boost. Python packages may soon pack better labeling for their ingredients. Cython 3.1 tees up new features for converting Python to C. An...
2025-02-14 09:00
Fwupd 2.0.6 Adds Support For HPE Gen10/Gen10+ Servers
Fwupd 2.0.6 is out today as the newest update to this widely-used open-source solution for system and peripheral device firmware updating under Linux...
2025-02-14 08:52
Ubuntu Making Progress On Replacing initramfs-tools With Dracut
As a follow-up to the news from last October of Ubuntu considering Dracut to replace initramfs-tools for initrd generation, that work remains ongoing with some improvements since having been prepared for the upcoming Ubuntu 25.04 release but it remains...
2025-02-14 07:00
GNOME Software May Eventually Drop RPM Support In Favor Of Flatpaks
Stemming from the ongoing discussion around the issues raised with Fedora's Flatpak package of OBS Studio and how Flatpaks should be prioritized within the GNOME Software app center/store, the future of RPM support within GNOME Software raised...
2025-02-14 06:37
Show Your Love For Linux Hardware Coverage By Going Premium This Valentine's Day
If you wish to show your appreciation for all of the Linux hardware reviews, Linux benchmarking, and open-source news provided on Phoronix each and every day, you can join Phoronix Premium this Valentine's Day weekend at a discounted rate...
2025-02-14 06:30
Show Your Love For Linux Hardware Coverage This Valentine's Day
If you wish to show your appreciation for all of the Linux hardware reviews, Linux benchmarking, and open-source news provided on Phoronix each and every day, you can join Phoronix Premium this Valentine's Day weekend at a discounted rate...
2025-02-14 06:30
Vulkan 1.4.308 Brings NVIDIA's Provisional Present Metering Extension
Vulkan 1.4.308 was quietly released last week and besides a few fixes what makes it interesting is the provisional VK_NV_present_metering extension...
2025-02-14 06:14
Valkey 8.1-rc1 Delivers Fresh Performance Improvements
Valkey as the open-source in-memory store forked from Redis is preparing for its next feature release...
2025-02-14 06:05
JotaleaOS: a very tiny hobby operating system
JotaleaOS is an open source, minimalistic, experimental operating system made by Jotalea, designed for extreme low-resource environments. It does not support external programs or games, as it lacks a standard application execution environment. The syst...
2025-02-14 00:00
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TrueNAS 25.04 "Fangtooth" Beta Unifies Linux SCALE & FreeBSD CORE Efforts
TrueNAS 25.04 beta was released on Thursday as another step toward unifying the TrueNAS CORE OS derived from FreeBSD and the Linux-based TrueNAS SCALE...
2025-02-14 00:00