About a year ago Ubuntu changed its default compression level for its initramfs handling down to Zstd level one to deal with slow initramfs creation times on low-end systems / development boards

Besides Bcachefs missing out on Linux 6.5, another patch series that didn't get buttoned up in time for the v6.5 merge window was AMD's work on radio frequency interference (RFI) mitigation between WiFi 6/6e/7 hardware and AMD's newest SoCs with RDNA3 graphics.

Among the many interesting changes that landed the past two weeks for the Linux 6.5 merge window, the hardware monitoring 'HWMON' subsystem updates as a whole standout for bringing numerous desktop motherboards and other devices to now enjoy working sensor…

The AMD Compressonator open-source tool suite that is under the GPUOpen umbrella has now added AVX-512 support alongside other enhancements in its v4.4 update.

Earlier this month I provided some initial GeForce RTX 4060 vs.

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Valve released a new Steam Client stable update to add several improvements for Linux users and also fix numerous issues and bugs.

SUSE announces that it will fork Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) to develop an RHEL-compatible distribution that will be available to all.

GRUB 2.12 had been talked about for a mid-2022 release while one year later we are finally greeted by the first release candidate for this next major open-source bootloader release.

Google engineers have published early code around 'Device Memory TCP' (a.k.a

fwupd 1.9.3 Linux firmware updating utility is now available for download with support for new devices, as well as new features and fixes.

This shouldn't be particularly surprising for those closely tracking release cycles and the Linux kernel release cadence, but now it's official: Ubuntu 23.10 is aiming to ship with the Linux 6.5 kernel.

With the ASUS ROG Ally being the first device powered by AMD's new Z1 Extreme SoC with Zen 4 CPU cores and RDNA3 graphics, it's been very interesting to see its performance advantages over the Steam Deck.

Mozilla Thunderbird 115 open-source email client is now available for download with a refreshed UI, improved OpenPGP support, and more.

A brand new version of the Thunderbird email client is out – and it's looking fire! Many of the major UI changes teased last year make their debut here in

As a devoted Thunderbird mail client user for the past nearly twenty years since its first release, I'm elated today by the release of Thunderbird 115.

The Linux 6.3 kernel series reached end of life and users are now urged to upgrade to Linux kernel 6.4 as soon as possible.

For months Linux hardware vendor System76 has been teasing their in-house designed and manufactured 'Virgo' laptop to be built at their facility in Denver