AMD yesterday upstreamed a batch of new CPU microcode files to linux-firmware.git as the de facto repository where component firmware/microcode is easily distributed to Linux distributions

A customisable photo widget for your GNOME desktop that shows images from any folder you like. Resizable and moveable, it adds personalised flourish.

The Linux 6.17 kernel has merged a new driver for powering up the Imagination PowerVR-based graphics processor found within the Alibaba T-HEAD TH1520 RISC-V SoC

A vendor-neutral way for AI agents to communicate and collaborate.

Ubuntu 25.10 improves experimental TPM-backed full-disk encryption, which ties security to hardware integrity. New options and checks will be in place.

The AMD Radeon RX 480 / RX 580 'Polaris' graphics cards remain very popular on the Steam Survey and among enthusiasts/desktop users at large even though they are nearly a decade old

After repeated complaints from Arch users, the DuckStation PS1 emulator dev removed the PKGBUILD and is considering dropping Linux support altogether.

The Steam trailer video player was old and not especially great, but now perhaps it might actually work a lot better with a big upgrade.

The EXT4 file-system enhancements for Linux 6.17 were merged on Thursday and bring better scalability to the block allocation code as well as fixing the file-system's large folios support

Ubuntu's DING extension adds new keyboard shortcuts for desktop icon selection, including multi-select, Ctrl+Space toggle, and HOME/END navigation.

KDE developer Nate Graham is out with his weekly report on the interesting Plasma desktop changes for the week

Learn how to set your own custom OS icons for VirtualBox guests to make your virtual machines more visually organized and easier to identify.

The ongoing saga of payment processors pushing game stores continues, with itch.io now reindexing free adult content but some issues remain.

Fastfetch 2.49 improves GPU and ARM SoC detection and starts phasing out legacy config flags ahead of major changes in v2.50.

In time for some weekend testing, Wayback 0.2 is now available for this X11 compatibility layer leveraging Wayland components

The US ending tariff exemption on goods under $800 could send the price of Raspberry Pi, mini PCs and other Linux hardware soaring — not just for buyers in America.

As has been the trend with recent Linux kernel releases, a lot of Rust programming language abstractions and other additions are coming for the in-development Linux 6.17 kernel.

Ubuntu Server 25.10 removes wget from its default installation, in favour of the wcurl tool. Here's why the change was made and if it'll affect you.

The GNOME 49 Mutter beta release is now available for testing ahead of the stable release of GNOME 49 coming up In September.

For those shopping for a high-end desktop power supply for use under Linux and interested in being able to take advantage of sensor monitoring capabilities, the 2025 edition of the Corsair HX1200i PSU can now enjoy working sensor monitoring under Linux.