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Week of September 21, 2026

2026-09-21T00:00:00Z

September 21, 2026

An updated look for the Raspberry Pi Desktop Raspberry Pi
LibreOffice 26.8 Sets Download Record as TDF Says “No AI” Is a Feature Linuxiac
Ubuntu's Rustification Has a New Milestone! Coreutils Migration is Complete It's FOSS
Adafruit's New CircuitPython 'Turbo' Brings Native Code To Tiny Boards Slashdot
Hackers reveal how Flock cameras really track cars and people Ars Technica
This developer created an app to detect nearby Meta glasses. It already has thousands of users. Business Insider
The Best ARM Linux Distros for Raspberry Pi, SBCs, and More Linux Stans
SDR- -: A Software-Defined Radio Application with Visual Signal Path RTL-SDR

Week of September 14, 2026

2026-09-14T00:00:00Z

September 14, 2026

Debian 13.7 Released With Many Bug Fixes Phoronix
The search company that plants trees just launched a Linux browser to help Europe battle big tech The Register
Switzerland tests a FOSS escape route from Microsoft 365 The Register
EV batteries last longer than drivers feared Ars Technica
LG Smart TVs Caught Mapping Your Network, Logging Audio With Screen Off — Here’s the Full Technical Breakdown The Cybersec Guru
The Best Arch-Based Linux Distros in 2026 (Ranked and Reviewed) Linux Stans
Awesome-Selfhosted: a listing of Free Software to run on your own network Web Site
CHUWI UniBook With Intel Wildcat Lake For A $449 Linux-Friendly Laptop Phoronix

Week of September 7, 2026

2026-09-07T00:00:00Z

September 7, 2026

SDR Oxide: SDR transceiver client for Linux SDR Oxide
FreeDV RADE: A New Approach to Digital Voice over HF, Now Integrated into Popular Radios ARDC
Debian 13 Is Taking Over 2,200+ Control Systems Across CERN Linuxiac
1 in 6 VPNs Track Your Location, According to New Report From Proton CNET
I rented a car, and within hours, my driver’s license was for sale Ars Technica
Nearly impossible? How Fairphone built the ethical, repairable Fairphone Gen 6+. Ars Technica
An HTML Browser Page that Uses Display Pixel Clock EMI Leakage to Transmit VHF Morse Code RTL-SDR

Week of August 31, 2026

2026-08-31T00:00:00Z

August 31, 2026

Debian Votes To Allow "Responsible Use Of Generative AI" Phoronix
Flatpak Secures €508K to Bring Stronger Sandboxing to Linux Apps Linuxiac
Brave Adds Email Aliases to Hide Your Real Address Reclaim the Net
Linux Just Escaped California’s Mandatory Age Checks – Windows and macOS Didn’t Linux Stans
Google forces Android apps to use memory more wisely as RAMpocalypse rages The Register
They confided in ChatGPT. Their secrets ended up in court. Yahoo
Helioclock to Debut at Huntsville Hamfest Amateur Radio Daily
Create your own cyberdeck Raspberry Pi

Week of August 24, 2026

2026-08-24T00:00:00Z

August 24, 2026

Memory prices climb 500% in 12 months Tom's Hardware
PINE64 has some very bad news for Linux hardware fans NERDS.xyz
Canonical is Funding a PhD to Automate C to Rust Translation for Ubuntu It's FOSS
The 6 AI-free Linux distros I recommend most - and why they're likely to stay that way ZDNet
Detect Movement in Your Home with WiFi Motion Xfinitiy
As Wisconsin cities flee Flock, its shared camera network loses value Ars Technica
Fairphone’s latest repairable phone is finally available in the US for $650 Ars Technica
Could Mecha Comet's Linux PC-Phone Hybrid Be the Future of Linux Smartphones? Slashdot

Week of August 17, 2026

2026-08-17T00:00:00Z

August 17, 2026

Linux Mint 22.3 Gets New HWE ISOs Powered by Linux Kernel 7.0 Linuxiac
BlueFerry Brings iMessage and SMS from iPhone to Linux Over Bluetooth Linuxiac
GeForce NOW On Linux Native App Exits Beta Phoronix
Firefox is now the last major browser that still supports uBlock Origin PC World
ESP32 Bit Pirate Updates: New LoRa and Meshtastic Analysis Features RTL-SDR
Ordinary WiFi can now identify you with near-perfect accuracy Science Daily
IP400 Project Project Web site

Week of August 10, 2026

2026-08-10T00:00:00Z

August 10, 2026

Google Chrome Quietly Arrives on ARM64 Linux Linuxiac
Bottles 65 Released with Over 100 Changes for Windows Apps on Linux Linuxiac
GNOME Receiving Additional Design Help Thanks To Sovereign Tech Agency Fellowship Phoronix
Memory capacity for all of 2027 has reportedly been booked and sold, with no more DRAM or HBM available TweakTown
Migrate PC: A Tool That Automates the Transition from Windows to Linux Linux Tech+
Airgapped QR Code Transfer Web App Project site
9GRadio: An Android RTL-SDR App for Spectrum Monitoring and Decoding Analog/HAM/Aviation/Marine Radio Traffic RTL-SDR

Week of August 3, 2026

2026-08-03T00:00:00Z

August 3, 2026

Linux Desktop Market Share Surpasses 10% in North America Linuxiac
GrapheneOS Defends Data-Wiping Function That Blocked US Border Search PC Mag
UBports Ships Ubuntu Touch OTA 2.0 With Chromium 134 and 24.04 LTS Linux Compatible
Arch Linux AUR Under Another Wave Of Malicious Packages, Package Adoptions Halted Phoronix
Five Proposals Now Being Weighed For Debian AI/LLM Usage Phoronix
PineVoice RISC-V smart speaker supports local wake-word detection for Home Assistant Linuxgizmos
Framework Laptop 13 Pro: Aiming To Be One Of The Best Upgradeable Linux Laptops Phoronix

Week of July 27, 2026

2026-07-27T00:00:00Z

July 27, 2026

SDRoxide: Software-Defined Radio Transceiver Amateur Radio Daily On GitHub
Firefox’s Best Privacy Extension Is Becoming a Native Feature Linuxiac
Clever hacker fits 537,000 domains in a tiny $5 ESP32 ad-blocking dongle Tom's Hardware
Exploring the Privacy Risks of Tire Pressure Monitoring Systems with RTL-SDR RTL-SDR
Distro of the week: Vendefoul Wolf Excalibur Xfce Distro of the Week
OpenAI’s rogue agents are a wake-up call to risks posed by artificial intelligence The Guardian
Debian Developers Debate Ban on AI-Assisted Contributions Linuxiac
Meshtastic Hardware: The Complete Guide for 2026 Smartnmagic

Week of July 20, 2026

2026-07-20T00:00:00Z

July 20, 2026

Your AI Ham Radio Buddy Hackaday
The US government warns that RussMicrosoft’s Secure Boot has been broken for a decade and no one noticed until now Ars Technica
The US government warns that Russia state hackers are coming after your router Ars Technica
Linus Torvalds puts his foot down, tells anti-AI programmers to 'fork it' ZDNet
The Raspberry Pi is no longer the obvious DIY choice MakeUseOf
HackRF Pro SDR covers 100kHz to 6GHz with FPGA-based processing LinuxGizmos
LeafKVM: A flexible KVM remote control with support for wireless connectivity Crowd Supply
Experts May Have Drastically Underestimated The Lifespan Of EV Batteries Slashgear

Week of July 13, 2026

2026-07-13T00:00:00Z

July 13, 2026

Debian 13.6 Released To Ship All The Latest Security Fixes, Reverts GeoIP Database Phoronix
Wayland No Longer Considered Experimental For Linux Mint's Next Cinnamon Release Phoronix
TUXEDO Computers Switching TUXEDO OS From Ubuntu To Debian Testing Phoronix
SK Hynix CEO sees worst memory shortage in 2027, demand to outstrip supply beyond 2030 Reuters
Raspberry Pi in Ham Radio: The Honest Best Practice Guide for 2026 DL1GKK
"Remote Control Finger" for FlexRadio (or any button) WhiskeyTangoHotel

Week of July 6, 2026

2026-07-06T00:00:00Z

July 6, 2026

Raspberry Pi OS gets a new kernel but apparently not a new version number The Register
Juno Tab 4 is a Linux tablet with Intel Core i3-N300 and Core Ultra 5 115U options Liliputing
Microsoft previews Linux containers that run in Windows The Register
Linux Tops 2026 CVE Charts, Greg KH Says That’s a Good Thing Linuxiac
Lenovo says the 'RAMageddon' is the new normal, outlines survival guide — at ISC 2026 an exec said 'it will never be like it was last year' Tom's Hardware
I built a whole-home ad blocker with a $7 ESP32-S3 board - and it took just minutes ZDNet

Week of June 29, 2026

2026-06-29T00:00:00Z

June 29, 2026

Valve will finally let you build your own Steam Machine with SteamOS for desktop The Verge
Brave Gives Linux Users Its Stripped Down Origin Browser for Free Linuxiac
QuadRF uses Raspberry Pi 5 for 4×4 MIMO SDR, RF visualization, and scalable phased-array support LinuxGizmos
Password manager maker LastPass says hackers stole customer support case data during Klue breach TechCrunch
Microsoft adds another year to Windows 10 extended update program Ars Technica
Coreboot 26.06 Brings Support For Intel Nova Lake, AMD Strix Halo & 31 New Boards Phoronix
The database that refused to die: How Postgres survived its own creators The Register

Week of June 1, 2026

2026-06-01T00:00:00Z

June 1, 2026

Rust will save Linux from AI, says Greg Kroah-Hartman ZDNet
AI Found 3,900 Critical Open Source Bugs. IBM Is Paying $5 Billion to Fix Them Linux Stans
Flathub Now Rejects AI-Assisted Apps and Submissions Linuxiac
ESP32-S31 development boards bring Wi-Fi 6, audio, camera, and HMI features LinuxGizmos
Researchers identify people through ordinary Wi-Fi routers with 99.5% accuracy — technique works with standard Wi-Fi routers Tom's Hardware
Websites have a new way to spy on visitors: Analyzing their SSD activity Ars Technica
California's Age Verification Law May End Up Exempting Most Linux Distributions Phoronix

Week of May 25, 2026

2026-05-25T00:00:00Z

May 25, 2026

Firefox 151 helps you edit PDFs – and switch OSes The Register
MeshToad V3 turns Linux systems into Meshtastic nodes LinuxGizmos
NanoPi NEO3 Plus is a compact RK3528A SBC with eMMC support and Gigabit Ethernet LinuxGizmos
Google’s AI Studio now lets anyone build Android apps in minutes TechCrunch
HP Pledges to Support Linux Vendor Firmware Service It's FOSS
Microsoft surprises with its first server Linux distribution: Azure Linux 4.0 ZCNet
Flipper One could become the Linux cyberdeck nerds have been waiting for NERDS.xyz
Google publishes exploit code threatening millions of Chromium users Ars Technica
Yearslong fight over users’ right to tweak smart TV software heads to trial Ars Technica

Week of May 18, 2026

2026-05-18T00:00:00Z

May 18, 2026

Debian 13.5 Released with 103 Security Fixes and 144 Stability Updates Linuxiac
Older AMD GPUs Score Another Open-Source Driver Win From Valve: DRM Format Modifiers Phoronix
Germany Invests €1M in KDE as Big Tech Alternative Linux Stans
CERN’s KiCad component library now open source CERN
After banning foreign routers, FCC says existing ones can get updates until 2029 Ars Technica
Weather-monitoring firm hangs dark cloud over customers’ heads by forcing new app Ars Technica
Fisker went bankrupt and owners built open source car company from the ashes Electrek
Good Job Dell and Lenovo! Hope Others Follow Along It's Foss
Both Fedora and Ubuntu will get AI support – soon The Register

Week of May 11, 2026

2026-05-11T00:00:00Z

May 11, 2026

Linux Mint Starts Publishing HWE ISOs with Newer Kernels Linuxiac
Debian Release Team: Debian Must Now Ship Reproducible Packages Phoronix
Ubuntu Touch 24.04-1.3 Improves Handling Of Desktop Apps, Other Fixes Phoronix
Expanded AMD HDMI 2.1 support is coming to Linux GamingOnLinux
AI vibe-coding apps leak sensitive data Axios
Utah Wants Websites To See Through VPNs. That’s Not How VPNs Work. Techdirt
Chrome’s 4GB AI model isn’t new, but you’re not wrong for being confused Ars Technica
Taiwan cops say student's radio kit brought bullet trains to a standstill The Register
RIP social media. What comes next is messy. Ars Technica

Week of May 4, 2026

2026-05-04T00:00:00Z

May 4, 2026

Fedora 44 Brings GNOME 50, KDE 6.6, and Better Gaming Foss Force
Zed Code Editor Hits 1.0 with GPU-Accelerated UI Linuxiac
Ubuntu's "AI Kill Switch" Is Achieved By Removing Snaps, Initially Opt-In Phoronix
The zero-days are numbered Mozilla Blog
Apple wants to kill your Time Capsule, but they run NetBSD so they can’t OSnews
Google has a price for you. We found it. Proton
The hidden cost of Google’s AI defaults and the illusion of choice Ars Technica
Amazon Gets Exemption From Trump FCC Router (Extortion) Ban, Doesn’t Say How Techdirt
EU waves through open source age-check tool to keep kids safe online The Register
The Online Safety Act: Are children safer online? Internet Matters

Week of April 27, 2026

2026-04-27T00:00:00Z

April 27, 2026

Ubuntu 26.04 LTS Now Available & Powered By Linux 7.0 Phoronix
Microsoft gives your Word documents an AI co-author you didn’t ask for The Register
Framework’s CEO on the RAM crisis and creating a “MacBook Pro for Linux users” Ars Technica
FCC: Router ban includes portable hotspots, but not phones with hotspot features Ars Technica
Most Australian teens admit the social media ban isn’t working Yahoo News
Colorado Adds Open-Source Exemption to Age-Attestation Bill Linuxiac
Open Research Institute projects ORI

Week of April 20, 2026

2026-04-20T00:00:00Z

April 20, 2026

Linux Mint News Linux Mint Blog
You can finally control serial devices from Firefox The Register
My Time With Pat…So Far KC8JC
Satellite and drone images reveal big delays in US data center construction Ars Technica
Netgear Gets Mysterious Exemption To Trump FCC ‘Router Ban,’ Refuses To Say How Techdirt
California Privacy Audit Global Privacy Audit
Meta Is Warned That Facial Recognition Glasses Will Arm Sexual Predators Wired
How to Install, Update, and Remove Brave on Linux Linux TLDR
You Should Try Linux For Ham Radio TODAY! (YouTube) Har Radio Crash Course

Week of April 13, 2026

2026-04-13T00:00:00Z

April 13, 2026

Linux 7.0 Released With New Hardware Support, Optimizations & Self-Healing XFS Phoronix
Debian’s APT 3.2 Released with History, Undo, Redo, and Rollback Support 9to5 Linux
Little Snitch comes to Linux to expose what your software is really doing NERDS.xyz
Linux kernel maintainers are following through on removing Intel 486 support Ars Technica
Motorola suddenly raises budget phone prices up to 50%—you can probably thank AI Ars Technica
Mozilla accuses Microsoft of sabotaging Firefox with Windows and Copilot tactics NERDS.xyz
Russian government hackers broke into thousands of home routers to steal passwords Techcrunch
France to ditch Windows for Linux to reduce reliance on US tech Techcrunch
Report: US demands Reddit unmask ICE critic, summons firm to grand jury Ars Technica
MoCA gave me Ethernet speeds without running a single cable through my walls XDA

Week of April 6, 2026

2026-04-06T00:00:00Z

April 6, 2026

SystemRescue 13 lands with Linux 6.18 and bcachefs support The Register
Linux Ham Radio KISS Serial Driver Being Modernized In 2026 Phoronix
A new 3GB Raspberry Pi 4 for $83.75, and more memory-driven price increases Raspberyy Pi
Steam On Linux Use Skyrocketed In March - More Than Double The macOS Gaming Marketshare Phoronix
GitHub to use user data for AI training by default Techputs
US foreign router ban criticized for being ‘industrial policy disguised as cybersecurity’ The Register
The White House App’s Propaganda Is The Least Alarming Thing About It Techdirt
Apple continues to roll out age verification around the world; more UK methods 9to5Mac
The Social Media Addiction Verdicts Are Built On A Scientific Premise That Experts Keep Telling Us Is Wrong Techdirt

Week of March 30, 2026

2026-03-30T00:00:00Z

March 30, 2026

Tails 7.6 Introduces Automatic Tor Bridges to Bypass Censorship Linuxiac
Firefox 149 Web Browser Is Now Available for Download, This Is What’s New 9to5 Linux
Mozilla and Mila team up on open source AI push as Big Tech tightens its grip NERDS.xyz
FreeCAD 1.1 Released with Improved Wayland Support, New Tools, and More 9to5 Linux
The confusing U.S. router ban, explained: Which routers are banned? Mashable
Wine 11 rewrites how Linux runs Windows games at the kernel level, and the speed gains are massive XDA
I carried the $54 Thinknode M5 everywhere for weeks, and now I want to build my own mesh network XDA
Newly purchased Vizio TVs now require Walmart accounts to use smart features Ars Technica
The 49MB Web Page Shubham Bose

Week of March 23, 2026

2026-03-23T00:00:00Z

March 23, 2026

GNOME 50 Desktop Environment Released, This Is What’s New Linuxiac
System76 Makes The Best Open-Source Keyboard Even Better Phoronix
More reasons to love Firefox: What’s new now, and what’s coming soon Mozilla
Google details new 24-hour process to sideload unverified Android apps Ars Technica
Researchers disclose vulnerabilities in IP KVMs from four manufacturers Ars Technica
The Government Uses Targeted Advertising to Track Your Location. Here’s What We Need to Do. TechDirt
Age verification isn't sage verification when it's inside operating systems The Register
GrapheneOS refuses to comply with new age verification laws for operating systems — group says it will never require personal information Tom's Hardware
Systemd’s New Feature Brings Age Verification Option to Linux It's FOSS
Australia’s Teen Social Media Ban Is Just Training A Generation In The Art Of The Workaround Techdirt

Week of March 16, 2026

2026-03-16T00:00:00Z

March 16, 2026

Debian 13.4 Released With Dozens Of Fixes Phoronix
NVIDIA Adds Official Support For RHEL-Compatible Distributions Like AlmaLinux With CUDA 13.2 Phoronix
Google Chrome is finally coming to ARM64 Linux and it feels overdue NERDS.xyz
Latest Steam Client Update Improves Support for Proton Games on Linux 9to5Linux
Don’t worry, Valve still plans to launch the Steam Machine “this year” Ars Technica
Supply-chain attack using invisible code hits GitHub and other repositories Ars Technica
Microsoft Azure CTO set Claude on his 1986 Apple II code, says it found vulns The Register
Ninth Circuit Guts California’s Kids Code Once Again Techdirt
Ageless Linux Launches to Challenge Age Verification Rules for Operating Systems Linuxiac

Week of March 9, 2026

2026-03-09T00:00:00Z

March 9, 2026

Linux From Scratch 13.0 Released as First Systemd-Only Version Linuxiac
Motorola confirms GrapheneOS support for a future phone, bringing over features 9to5 Google
Mozilla fixes 22 security flaws flagged by Anthropic's AI Axios
EFF, Ubuntu and Other Distros Discuss How to Respond to Age-Verification Laws Slashdot
Open source registries don't have enough money to implement basic security The Register
Ron Wyden Is Begging His Colleagues To Stop Trying To Hand Trump A Censorship Weapon Techdirt
VPNs Can’t Make You Anonymous Online. Don’t Be Fooled by Anyone Who Says They Can CNET
How to Extend Your Lithium-Ion Battery's Life: The 2025 Guide TechPlanet

Week of March 2, 2026

2026-03-02T00:00:00Z

March 2, 2026

Manjaro-Based Mabox Linux 26.02 Released with New Audio Menu Linuxiac
ESP32-P4-PC board from Olimex offers HDMI and MIPI support LinuxGizmos
Hackers Expose The Massive Surveillance Stack Hiding Inside Your “Age Verification” Check Techdirt
I'm still using this 30-year-old Linux backup tool, and you should too (rsync) How-To Geek
This Docker Compose visual builder is the tool I wish I had as a beginner XDA
A Guide to Understanding the Role of Wi-Fi HaLow in Meeting Modern Connectivity Demands Cavli Wireless
Run Linux distros in your browser DistroSea
What is Rufus? Lenovo | Rufus Web site.

Week of February 23, 2026

2026-02-23T00:00:00Z

February 23, 2026

Firefox 148 Now Available With The New AI Controls / AI Kill Switches Phoronix
RBOS 2026-02-22 As Latest Linux Live ISO To Showcase Wayland Phoronix
AsteroidOS 2.0 Launches: A Community-Driven Linux Revival for Smartwatches Linux Journal
Intel Hiring More Linux Developers - Including For GPU Drivers & Linux Gaming Stack Phoronix
Western Digital Has No More HDD Capacity Left, as CEO Reveals Massive AI Deals wccftech
Password managers’ promise that they can’t see your vaults isn’t always true Ars Technica
Copilot spills the beans, summarizing emails it's not supposed to read The Register
Fury over Discord’s age checks explodes after shady Persona test in UK Ars Technica
TeamSpeak claims an 'incredible surge of new users' has maxed out its hosting capacity as many chatters seek a Discord alternative PC Gamer

Week of February 16, 2026

2026-02-16T00:00:00Z

February 16, 2026

Tiny Core Linux 17.0 Minimalist OS Released Altus Intel
CrossOver 26.0 Debuts for Linux, MacOS Altus Intel
DIY PC maker Framework has needed monthly price hikes to navigate the RAM shortage Ars Technica
Windows’ original Secure Boot certificates expire in June—here’s what you need to do Ars Technica
5 Linux servers that let you ditch the public cloud and reclaim your privacy - for free ZDNet
Contain your Windows apps inside Linux Windows The Register
Ring Cancels Deal With Flock Safety Amid Surveillance Concerns The Register
Upgraded Google safety tools can now find and remove more of your personal info Ars Technica
An 18-Million-Subscriber YouTuber Just Explained Section 230 Better Than Every Politician In Washington Techdirt

Week of February 9, 2026

2026-02-09T00:00:00Z

February 9, 2026

Linux 6.19 Released With Better Support For Older AMD GPUs, DRM Color Pipeline API Phoronix
New Raspberry Pi 4 models splits RAM across dual chips OMG Ubuntu
Steam Machine and Steam Frame delays are the latest product of the RAM crisis ArsTechnica
OpenHamClock Eastern Massachusetts ARRL
VS Code for Linux may be secretly hoarding trashed files The Register
Anthropic's new model is a pro at finding security flaws Axios
Autonomous cars, drones cheerfully obey prompt injection by road sign The Register
Discord to roll out age verification next month for full access to its platform TechCrunch
Window-Mounted 915 MHz Meshtastic Yagi Antenna Project Gloucester County Amateur Radio Club

Week of February 2, 2026

2026-02-02T00:00:00Z

February 2, 2026

DietPi January 2026 Update Introduces Uptime Kuma, ownCloud Infinite Scale, and Debian 12 Baseline LinuxGizmos
Mozilla is building an AI ‘rebel alliance’ to take on industry heavyweights OpenAI, Anthropic CNBC
France to ditch US platforms Microsoft Teams, Zoom for ‘sovereign platform’ citing security concerns euro news
Proton VPN reveals major Linux makeover – both for GUI and CLI users techradar
How to encrypt your PC’s disk without giving the keys to Microsoft ArsTechnica
Breakthrough wireless transceiver transmits data 24 times faster than 5G connections Tom's Hardware
Top Linux Gaming Distributions for 2026: Play Better on Open Source Linux Journal
Raspberry Pi Raises Prices As Much As $60 Due To Memory Demand Phoronix
RECLAIM CONTROL over your digital life, devices, services and data reclaimcontrol.tech

Week of January 26, 2026

2026-01-26T00:00:00Z

January 26, 2026

Proton VPN kills off legacy OpenVPN configs in push for better security TechRadar
Just the Browser claims to tame the bloat without forking The Register
You Can Run Linux and Windows on This Android Smartphone It's FOSS
Amateur Radio Operators in Belarus Arrested, Face the Death Penalty 404 Media
Just because Linus Torvalds vibe codes doesn't mean it's a good idea The Register
Millions of people imperiled through sign-in links sent by SMS ArsTechnica
Linux Snap Users Warned as Attackers Push Malware Through Old Trusted Apps Linuxiac
PSA: Starlink Now Uses Customers' Personal Data for AI Training Extreme Tech
Telegraph Key(singular)board: Morse for the modern era hannahilea

Week of January 19, 2026

2026-01-19T00:00:00Z

January 19, 2026

Wine 11 brings huge WoW64 overhaul, NTSYNC boost, and better gaming on Linux NERDS.xyz
T2 Package Manager & Linux Distribution T2
Running Debian on the OpenWrt One Collabora
Introducing the Raspberry Pi AI HAT+ 2: Generative AI on Raspberry Pi 5 Raspberry Pi
Anthropic invests $1.5 million in the Python Software Foundation and open source security Python SF
Even Linus Torvalds is vibe coding now ZDNet
Linus Torvalds Shares AudioNoise, a Personal Experiment in Audio DSP Linuxiac
Linux Rescue and Repair Distros in 2025: Your Safety Net When Things Go Wrong Linux Journal
Stop the slop by disabling AI features in Chrome The Register

Week of January 12, 2026

2026-01-12T00:00:00Z

January 12, 2026

Debian 13.3 Released With Many Security & Bug Fixes Phoronix
Linux Mint 22.3 upgrade released Linux Mint
First Look at Devuan GNU+Linux 6 “Excalibur” on Raspberry Pi 5 9to5 Linux
Wi-Fi advocates get win from FCC with vote to allow higher-power devices ArsTechnica
Gmail preparing to drop POP3 mail fetching The Register
Bose open-sources its SoundTouch home theater smart speakers ahead of end-of-life ArsTechnica
Everyone hates OneDrive, Microsoft's cloud app that steals then deletes all your files Boing Boing
'Worst in Show’ CES products include AI refrigerators, AI companions and AI doorbells AP
How To Set Up Your Own Remote Station N3BKV on Substack

Week of January 5, 2026

2026-01-05T00:00:00Z

January 5, 2026

Systemd-Free Devuan GNU+Linux 6.1 Released with Unofficial Raspberry Pi Images 9to5 Linux
Fish Shell 4.3 Released With Scripting and Terminal Improvements Linuxiac
Icecast 2.5 Streaming Server Launches Altus Intel
U-Boot Project Joins Software Freedom Conservancy Altus Intel
Flathub Sees Over 435 Million Downloads in 2025 Linuxiac
NYC Mayoral Inauguration bans Raspberry Pi and Flipper Zero alongside explosives Adafruit
Jolla’s Community Linux Phone Surpasses Its Funding Goal Linuxiac
AI Data Centers Demand More Than Copper Can Deliver. Radio is faster IEEE Spectrum
Stewart Cheifet, PBS host who chronicled the PC revolution, dies at 87 ArsTechnica

Week of December 29, 2025

2025-12-29T00:00:00Z

December 29, 2025

Raspberry Pi Imager 2.0.3 released with bug fixes and enhancements Raspberry Pi
QEMU and FFmpeg Founder Introduces Micro QuickJS JavaScript Engine Linuxiac
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Wayback-0.3 Phoronix
In-car touchscreens are way more distracting than we first thought, says new study TechRadar
AMD Krackan Point Sub-$500 Laptop Linux Performance Improves By ~8% In Just Six Months Phoronix
Europe gets serious about cutting digital umbilical cord with Uncle Sam's big tech The Register
LG Forces TV Owners To Use Microsoft ‘AI’ Copilot App You Can’t Uninstall And Nobody Asked For TechDirt
Keeping Windows and macOS alive past their sell-by date The Register

Week of December 22, 2025

2025-12-22T00:00:00Z

December 22, 2025

Emmabuntüs Debian Edition 6 Released With Strong Focus on Accessibility Linuxiac
The Tor Project is Making a Switch to Rust, Ditches C It's FOSS
Docker Makes Enterprise-Grade Hardened Images Free for All Developers It's FOSS
Debian Gets Its Own PPA-Like System as Debusine Repositories Launch Linuxiac
Mozilla’s New Leadership Will Prioritize Transparent AI and User Control Firefox Will Ship with an “AI Kill Switch” to Completely Disable all AI Features Linuxiac
Waterfox browser goes AI-free, targets the Firefox faithful The Register
Parked Domains Become Weapons with Direct Search Advertising infoblox
Trump’s energy secretary orders a Washington state coal plant to remain open ArsTechnica
Microsoft made another Copilot ad where nothing actually works The Verge

Week of December 15, 2025

2025-12-15T00:00:00Z

December 15, 2025

System76 Launches First Stable Release of COSMIC Desktop and Pop!_OS 24.04 LTS 9to5 Linux
Window Maker Live 13.2 brings 32-bit life to Debian 13 The Register
Pebble maker announces Index 01, a smart-ish ring for under $100 ArsTechnica
Proton Launches Encrypted Sheets as a Privacy-First Alternative to Google, Microsoft Excel Extreme Tech
Why won’t Steam Machine support HDMI 2.1? Digging in on the display standard drama ArsTechnica
GNOME Will Reject Shell Extensions With AI-Generated Code Linuxiac
What we learned about choice and control online this year Mozilla Blog
SLAX distro runs on a USB drive slax.org

Week of December 8, 2025

2025-12-08T00:00:00Z

December 8, 2025

Linux 6.18 arrives as the year's final drop and likely next LTS The Register
Bottles 60.0 Launches with Native Wayland Support Linuxiac
FreeBSD 15.0 Now Officially Available With Many Software Updates, Reproducible Builds Phoronix
Raspberry Pi Announces Price Hikes Due To RAM Demand, 1GB Raspberry Pi 5 Launched Phoronix
Dell: about 1 billion PCs will not or cannot be upgraded to Windows 11 OSnews
After nearly 30 years, Crucial will stop selling RAM to consumers ArsTechnica
New Jolla Phone Now Available for Pre-Order as an Independent Linux Phone 9to5 Linux
“The local-first rebellion”: How Home Assistant became the most important project in your house GitHub Blog

Week of December 1, 2025

2025-12-01T00:00:00Z

December 1, 2025

Raspberry Pi OS 2025-11-24 Brings HiDPI Improvements, Wayland Enhancements Phoronix
AV Linux 25 Multimedia Production Distro Brings Enlightenment to MX Linux 25 9to5 Linux
Intel Hiring Two More Experienced Linux Kernel Engineers Phoronix
KDE Plasma 6.8 Will Go Fully Wayland Linuxiac
iDescriptor Brings iPhone Management to Linux Linuxiac
Pebble, the e-ink smartwatch that refuses to die, just went fully open source The Register
Here's why I feel more comfortable with my self-hosted services than big tech XDA
Privacy Guides Web site

Week of November 24, 2025

2025-11-24T00:00:00Z

November 24, 2025

A new Raspberry Pi Imager Raspberry Pi
Debian Libre Live Images Released for Software Freedom Lovers 9to5 Linux
Zorin OS 18 Hits 1 Million Downloads in Just One Month Linuxiac
Mozilla Unveils Plans for New 'AI Window' Browsing Mode in Firefox, Opens Signups It's FOSS
Zoomers are officially worse at passwords than 80-year-olds The Register
Privacy and Openness Collide as Qualcomm Reshapes Arduino’s Rules Foss Force
ACLU and EFF Sue a City Blanketed With Flock Surveillance Cameras 404 Media
Google is collecting troves of data from downgraded Nest thermostats The Verge
LILYGO Expands T-Beam Series With New 1W LoRa GPS Board LinuxGizmos

Week of November 17, 2025

2025-11-17T00:00:00Z

November 17, 2025

Debian 13.2 Released With Dozens Of Fixes Phoronix
Wine 10.19 Released With More Improvements Phoronix
ollama 0.12.11 Brings Vulkan Acceleration Phoronix
Firefox 145 drops support for 32-bit Linux NERDS.xyz
Google is easing up on Android's new sideloading restrictions Android Authority
Arduino Nesso N1 Debuts as a Compact RISC-V IoT Controller with Wi-Fi 6, Thread, and LoRa Connectivity LinuxGizmos
Russian hackers abuse Hyper-V to hide malware in Linux VMs Bleeping Computer
Lawmakers Want to Ban VPNs—And They Have No Idea What They're Doing EFF

Week of November 10, 2025

2025-11-10T00:00:00Z

November 10, 2025

Systemd-Free Devuan GNU/Linux 6.0 Distro Is Out Based on Debian 13 “Trixie” 9to5 Linux
MX Linux 25 Officially Released with Debian 13 Base Linuxiac
Fwupd 2.0.17 Released With More Hardware Support & Features Phoronix
After confusing driver release, AMD says old GPUs are still actively supported ArsTechnica
CodeWeavers Launches CrossOver Preview For Linux ARM64 Phoronix
Please stop being scared of the Linux terminal XDA
How to declutter, quiet down, and take the AI out of Windows 11 25H2 ArsTechnica

Week of November 3, 2025

2025-11-03T00:00:00Z

November 3, 2025

Fedora 43 Officially Released, This Is What’s New Linuxiac
New Release: Tor Browser 15.0 Tor Promect
OpenRazer 3.11 Released With Linux Driver Support For Newer Razer Devices Phoronix
TrueNAS 25.10 Open-Source NAS Released Linuxiac
Python Foundation goes ride or DEI, rejects government grant with strings attached The Register
Windows Games’ Compatibility on Linux Is at an All-Time High Boiling Steam
Steam On Linux Gaming Finally Cracks 3% For October 2025 Phoronix
OpenWebRX - Simplest Raspberry Pi + RTLSDR Web SDR Radio Digikey

Week of October 27, 2025

2025-10-27T00:00:00Z

October 27, 2025

KDE Plasma 6.5 Released With Rounded Bottom Window Corners, Better HDR & Much More Phoronix
AWS outage turned smart homes into dumb boxes – and sysadmins into therapists The Register
Sovereign Tech Agency Making 2026 Investments In systemd, PHP, Servo & More Phoronix
Europe's plan to ditch US tech giants is built on open source - and it's gaining steam ZDNet
Announcing data collection consent changes for new Firefox extensions Mozilla
Zorin OS 18: Linux for Windows 10 Users (video) Explaining Computers
KiCad article post on groups.io KC7MM

Week of October 20, 2025

2025-10-20T00:00:00Z

October 20, 2025

Librephone battles the proprietary binary blob The Register FSF FAQ page
NordVPN embraces open source by releasing its Linux GUI on GitHub NERDS.xyz
GitHub Will Prioritize Migrating to Azure Over Feature Development The New Stack
Raspberry Pi 5 production guarantee Raspberry Pi
Ring cameras are about to get increasingly chummy with law enforcement ArsTechnica
You Only Need $750 of Equipment to Pilfer Data From Satellites Gizmodo
FFmpeg: Powerful Multimedia Processing Tool (Installation + Usage) Linux TLDR

Week of October 13, 2025

2025-10-13T00:00:00Z

October 13, 2025

LMDE (Linux Mint Debian Edition) 7 Is Now Available for Download 9to5 Linux
Qualcomm solders Arduino to its edge AI ambitions, debuts Raspberry Pi rival The Register
Play Store changes coming this month as SCOTUS declines to freeze antitrust remedies ArsTechnica
PC Shipments Accelerate in Q3 Signaling Steady Refresh of Existing Installed Base IDC Research
Firefox profiles: Private, focused spaces for all the ways you browse Mozilla blog
7 Useful Things You Didn’t Know You Can Do in Your Linux Terminal maketecheasier
Run Windows 11 in a Docker Container (Access it via the Browser) Linux TLDR Project on GitHub

Week of October 6, 2025

2025-10-06T00:00:00Z

October 6, 2025

Free Software Foundation Turns 40, Unveils LibrePhone Linuxiac
Trixie — the new version of Raspberry Pi OS Raspberry Pi News
Raspberry Pi Announces Price Increases Due To Rising Memory Demand Phoronix
Ubuntu Touch mobile Linux distro is now based on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS liliputing
Signal braces for quantum age with SPQR encryption upgrade NERDS.xyz
Google confirms Android dev verification will have free and paid tiers, no public list of devs ArsTechnica
Open Printer Promises Freedom From Proprietary Cartridges Linuxiac

Week of September 29, 2025

2025-09-29T00:00:00Z

September 29, 2025

Raspberry Pi 500+ Benchmarks: Mechanical Keyboard Computer, 16GB RAM & NVMe SSD Phoronix
OBS Studio 32.0 Released With Plugin Manager, NVIDIA RTX Improvements Phoronix
Ubuntu Touch OTA-10 Released with Ubuntu Touch Upgrader, Rabbit R1 Support 9to5 Linux
Google's dev registration plan 'will end the F-Droid project' The Register
Ladybird Browser Gains Cloudflare Support to Challenge the Status Quo Linuxiac
Intel Moves Pre-Arc Graphics To "Legacy" Driver On Windows - Linux Users Need Not Worry Phoronix
Debian 13 Nvidia Driver Installation linuxconfig.org

Week of September 22, 2025

2025-09-22T00:00:00Z

September 22, 2025

Raspberry Pi Releases M.2 HAT+ Compact For $15 Phoronix
FuriLabs Opens Pre-Orders for FLX1s Linux Phone Linuxiac
GNOME 49 “Brescia” Desktop Environment Officially Released 9to5 Linux
Linux Mint Debian Edition (LMDE) 7 “Gigi” Is Now Available for Public Beta Testing 9to5 Linux
Google announces massive expansion of AI features in Chrome ArsTechnica
Nvidia will invest $5 billion in Intel, co-develop new server and PC chips ArsTechnica
OpenAI says models are programmed to make stuff up instead of admitting ignorance The Register

Week of September 15, 2025

2025-09-15T00:00:00Z

September 15, 2025

Linux Mint upgrade news Linux Mint Blog
Steam Client Adds Advanced Options to the In-Game Overlay for AMD & NVIDIA GPUs 9to5 Linux
Libreboot Joins SPI as an Official Associated Project Linuxiac
Red Hat back-office team to be Big and Blue whether they like it or not The Register
Ubuntu users left waiting after Canonical's servers take weekend off The Register
Photonicat 2 Portable ARM Computer with 5G, NVMe, and 24-Hour Battery Life LinuxGizmos
SearXNG metasearch engine SearXNG Web site

Week of September 8, 2025

2025-09-08T00:00:00Z

September 8, 2025

Linux Mint 22.2 “Zara” Now Available for Download and Upgrade Linuxiac
Debian 13.1 Released With An Initial Batch Of Fixes 9to5 Linux
GNOME 49 Release Candidate Ships With GDM Re-Enabling X11 Support By Default Phoronix
WinBoat is a new Linux app to run Windows apps with "seamless integration" GamingOnLinux
Nvidia dominates GPU shipments with 94% share Tom's Hardware
Mozilla Confirms Firefox 32-Bit Linux Support Will End in 2026 Linuxiac
Mecha Comet modular handheld Linux computer project Mecha

Week of September 1, 2025

2025-09-01T00:00:00Z

September 1, 2025

Armbian 25.8.1 Released Linuxiac
The Former Lead For Apple Graphics Drivers On Linux Is Now Working At Intel Phoronix
Google will block sideloading of unverified Android apps starting next year ArsTechnica
Docker Desktop bug let containers hop the fence with barely a nudge The Register
The personhood trap: How AI fakes human personality ArsTechnica
Not in my browser! Vivaldi capo doubles down on generative AI ban The Register
New Python Documentary Released On YouTube Slashdot

Week of August 25, 2025

2025-08-25T00:00:00Z

August 25, 2025

FFmpeg 8.0 “Huffman” Released 9to5 Linux
RadioTransciptor: Real Time Radio Speech to Text Transcriptor using AI RTL-SDR.com
Google's AI Overviews led users astray, reports say some phone numbers are scams Android Central
Essential nmcli Command Examples To Manage Network Connections On Linux OSTechNix
Radio Waves Can Strengthen Sense of Smell Neuroscience News
Linux 34th anniversary: August 25 Reddit

Week of August 18, 2025

2025-08-18T00:00:00Z

August 18, 2025

CachyOS — Distrowatch’s Top Distro Has Speed, Polish and Features FOSS Force
Ventoy 1.1.06 Brings TrueNAS Scale Support Linuxiac
Mozilla under fire for Firefox AI "bloat" that blows up CPU and drains battery Neowin
Is Proton leaving Switzerland? TechRadar

Week of August 11, 2025

2025-08-11T00:00:00Z

August 11, 2025

Debian 13 “Trixie” Is Now Available for Download 9to5 Linux Upgrade instructions Upgrade How-To article Linuxiac
Proxmox VE 9.0 Launches with Debian 13 Under the Hood Linuxiac
Inside Proton’s New Two-Factor Authenticator App FOSS Force
Linux desktop share tops 6% in 15-million-system analysis ZDNet
Intel CPU Temperature Monitoring Driver For Linux Now Unmaintained After Layoffs More support lost Phoronix
AOL is finally pulling the plug on dial-up Internet after decades of service NERDS.xyz
Jeff Geerling: Hacking Meshtastic with a Raspberry Pi and GNU Radio YouTube

Week of August 4, 2025

2025-08-04T00:00:00Z

August 4, 2025

Veil of Vigilance: Tails 6.0’s New Frontiers in Surveillance Resistance Linux Journal
Manjaro 25.0 “Zetar” released Linux Journal
Oracle VirtualBox licensing tweak lies in wait for the unwary The Register
Futurehome smart hub owners must pay new $117 subscription or lose access ArsTechnica
Not1MM contest logger GitHub
Proton Launches Free, Open Source Authenticator App Linuxiac

Week of July 28, 2025

2025-07-28T00:00:00Z

July 28, 2025

Debian isn't waiting for 2038 to blow up, switches to 64-bit time for everything The Register
Pebble watches return repebble.com
The dream of a Raspberry Pi laptop becomes a reality — ArgonOne Up Review Toms Hardware
Ham Radio Users Clash With Starlink Rival AST SpaceMobile Over Spectrum Use PCMag
Proton Lumo open source AI assistant keeps your data private NERDS.xyz
Brave browser blocks Microsoft Recall to protect user privacy NERDS.xyz
Google Launches OSS Rebuild to Expose Malicious Code in Widely Used Open-Source Packages The Hacker News

Week of July 21, 2025

2025-07-21T00:00:00Z

July 21, 2025

Debian 13.0 "Trixie" Planning For Release On August 9 Phoronix
Intel Announces It's Shutting Down Clear Linux Phoronix
News on Linux Mint 22.2 and LMDE 7 Linux Mint Blog
ProtonUp-Qt 2.13 Rolls Out with New Compatibility Tools for Steam and Lutris Linuxiac
Radio Hobbyists, Rejoice! Good News for LoRa & Mesh Electronic Frontier Foundation
A Timeless Legacy: Celebrating Slackware’s 32nd Anniversary OSTechNix
RadioBerry: RadioBerry wiki For sale on Amazon YouTube video

Week of July 14, 2025

2025-07-14T00:00:00Z

July 14, 2025

GParted Live 1.7.0 Linux distro drops 32-bit support and improves device handling NERDS.xyz
Wine 10.12 Brings Optional EGL Backend Linuxiac
Wayback Is Now Hosted On FreeDesktop.org Phoronix
Radxa Fanless Network Router Offers 4 GbE Ports and NVMe Storage Up to 4TB LinuxGizmos
Belkin shows tech firms getting too comfortable with bricking customers’ stuff ArsTachnica
Unless users take action, Android will let Gemini access third-party apps ArsTaechnica
Browser extensions turn nearly 1 million browsers into website-scraping bots ArsTachnica

Week of July 7, 2025

2025-07-07T00:00:00Z

July 7, 2025

Linux Reaches 5% Desktop Market Share In USA OSTechnix
Wayback gives X11 desktops a fighting chance in a Wayland world The Register
With Waydroid, It Is Easy to Run Android Apps on Linux Now maketecheasier
Why The Sun Is So Good At Evaporating Water NC State Univ.

Week of June 30, 2025

2025-06-30T00:00:00Z

June 30, 2025

Microsoft surprises MS-DOS fans with remake of ancient text editor that works on Linux ArsTechnica
GNOME Moves On: What the End of the X11 Session Means Linuxiac
Games run faster on SteamOS than Windows 11, Ars testing finds ArsTechnica
Hangover runs Windows apps on ARM architecture Hangover project
The year of the European Union Linux desktop may finally arrive The Register
Amazon's Ring can now use AI to 'learn the routines of your residence' The Register

Week of June 23, 2025

2025-06-23T00:00:00Z

June 23, 2025

KDE Plasma 6.4 Desktop Environment Released, This Is What’s New Linuxiac
KiCad Advises Linux Users to Stick with X11 for Professional PCB Design Linuxiac
GNOME 49 Will Require Deeper systemd Integration Linuxiac
/e/ OS 3.0: Slightly less clunky, slightly more private The Register
Address bar shows hp.com. Browser displays scammers’ malicious text anyway ArsTechnica
Smart TV OS owners face “constant conflict” between privacy, advertiser demands ArsTechnica
Create Desktop Shortcut for AppImage in Linux (3 Methods) Linux TLDR

Week of June 16, 2025

2025-06-16T00:00:00Z

June 16, 2025

Ubuntu Linux 25.10 quietly kills off GNOME on Xorg as Wayland takes over nerds.xyz
Apple tries to contain itself with lightweight Linux VMs for macOS The Register
2025 finally the Year of Linux? LibreOffice explains "real costs" of Windows 11 Neowin
macOS Tahoe signals that the end is near for Intel Macs, dumping all but four models ArsTechnica
Bitsight Identifies Thousands of Security Cameras Openly Accessible on the Internet Bitsight
How to Set Up UFW Firewall on Ubuntu 24.04 (for Beginners) Linux TLDR

Week of June 9, 2025

2025-06-09T00:00:00Z

June 9, 2025

Linux mint 20 reaches End of Life Linux Mint Blog
Raspberry Pi Imager 1.9.4 Arrives with UI Polish, Major Fixes Linuxiac
ChatGPT used to disable SecureBoot in locked-down device Tom's Hardware
Top researchers leave Intel to build startup with ‘the biggest, baddest CPU’ Oregonlive
Meta and Yandex are de-anonymizing Android users’ web browsing identifiers ArsTechnica
Millions of low-cost Android devices turn home networks into crime platforms ArsTechnica
Setting Up Graphical Uncomplicated Firewall (GUFW) on Ubuntu maketecheasier

Week of June 2, 2025

2025-06-02T00:00:00Z

June 2, 2025

AlmaLinux 10.0 Stable Released Phoronix
WireGuard Easy v15 Launches with Full Rewrite Linuxiac
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS Reaches End of Standard Support Linuxiac
Billions of cookies up for grabs as experts warn over session security The Register
Three ways to run Windows apps on a Linux box The Register
How to Stop and Disable Unwanted Services from Linux System Tecmint

Week of May 26, 2025

2025-05-26T00:00:00Z

May 26, 2025

Linux 6.15 Released With Continued Rust Integration, Bcachefs Stabilizing Phoronix
Mobile Browsers That Stick Their Noses Into Your Business Foss Force
https://www.theregister.com/2025/05/22/signal_microsoft_recall/ The Register
Valve adds SteamOS support for its Steam Deck rivals Polygon
Microsoft closes 9-year-old feature request, open-sources Windows Subsystem for Linux Ars Technica
Self-hosting is having a moment. Ethan Sholly knows why. Ars Technica
Running Windows in Linux: A VirtualBox Guide YouTube: Explaining Computers

Week of May 19, 2025

2025-05-19T00:00:00Z

May 19, 2025

Debian Trixie Enters Hard Freeze, Edging Closer to Release Linuxiac
Armbian Updates Add OMV Support, Boot Improvements, and Rockchip Optimizations LinuxGizmos
Valve takes another step toward making SteamOS a true Windows competitor ArsTechnica
Microsoft Fixes Windows Update That Broke GRUB in Dual-Boot Systems Linuxiac
OSU's Open Source Lab Has Funding Success OSUOSL Blog
Scientists find lead really can be turned into gold (with help from the Large Hadron Collider) Engadget

Week of May 12, 2025

2025-05-12T00:00:00Z

May 12, 2025

Raspberry Pi Connect is out of beta: simple remote access, now even better Raspberry Pi Blog
Debian Endorses “End of 10” Campaign, Calls for Broader Action on Dormant Packages Linuxiac
Open Document Format turns 20, but Microsoft Office still reigns supreme The Register
Arduino Uno-like Board Gets Upgraded with Integrated Ethernet and USB Type-C LinuxGizmos
Microsoft Welcomes Fedora Linux As An Official WSL Distro Phoronix
Intel's Clear Linux Demonstrates Software Optimization Benefits On AMD EPYC 9005 Series Phoronix
MeshWalkie Combines ESP32, GNSS, and LoRa in UV-K6 Radio Enclosure LinuxGizmos

Week of May 5, 2025

2025-05-05T00:00:00Z

May 5, 2025

OIN marks 20 years of defending Linux and open source from patent trolls ZDNet
Debian Developers Pursuing A General Resolution Around AI Models Phoronix
Welcome Back to the Open-Source Family, Redis Linuxiac
Mayday! Mayday! Mayday! Open Source Labs Badly Needs Your Help! Foss Force
Official Arch Linux WSL Image Released For Windows OS OSTechNix
Linux Kernel to Drop Support for Legacy i486 and Early 586 CPUs Linuxiac

Week of April 28, 2025

2025-04-28T00:00:00Z

April 28, 2025

RIP, Google Privacy Sandbox The Register
The latest viral ChatGPT trend is doing ‘reverse location search’ from photos TechCrunch
Microsoft rolls Windows Recall out to the public nearly a year after announcing it ArsTechnica
Steam Will Stop Working on Outdated Linux Systems This August Linuxiac
Google announces 1st and 2nd gen Nest Thermostats will lose support in October 2025 ArsTechnica
Home Assistant Generic Thermostat integration: Build your own!
2 million homes strong - State of the Open Home 2025 Home Assistant

Week of April 21, 2025

2025-04-21T00:00:00Z

April 21, 2025

MX Linux 23.6 Arrives with Debian 12.10 Base and Kernel 6.14 Support Linuxiac
10 Best New Features In Ubuntu 25.04 “Plucky Puffin” OSTechNix
Apple says all Mac minis with Intel are now ‘vintage’ or ‘obsolete’ 9to5 Mac
Framework 13 With AMD Ryzen AI 300 Series "Strix Point" Makes For A Great Linux Laptop Phoronix
Wine vs. Bottles vs. Proton: Which Is Best for Windows Apps on Linux? How-To Geek WineHQ

Week of April 14, 2025

2025-04-14T00:00:00Z

April 14, 2025

FreeDOS 1.4: Still DOS, still FOSS, more modern than ever The Register
Proxmox Virtual Environment 8.4 Released Linuxiac
Linux Mint Debian Edition Is Getting Support for OEM Installations with LMDE 7 9to5 Linux
Ubuntu Adds Support For A New Low-Cost RISC-V Board: The OrangePi RV2 Phoronix
A Collaboration We Didn't Expect: Vivaldi Teams Up with Proton VPN It's FOSS
Git Distributed Version Control System Turned 20 Linuxiac

Week of April 7, 2025

2025-04-07T00:00:00Z

April 7, 2025

Both Haiku and Linux get new FOSS Nvidia drivers The Register
Coreboot 25.03 Released With Support For 22 More Motherboards Phoronix
Debian APT 3.0 Stable Released With New Package Solver & Refined Text UI Phoronix
Mozilla is rolling out Thundermail, a Gmail, Office 365 rival The Register
Fight for US funding for Tor, F-Droid and Let's Encrypt Heise Online
Project: Tracking the international space station with an Arduino Farid Rener
Web site: Random Nerd Tutorials

Week of March 31, 2025

2025-03-31T00:00:00Z

March 31, 2025

Calibre 8.0 Ebook Manager Released 9to5 Linux
Vivaldi Adds Built-In Proton VPN to Its Browser Foss Force
Raspberry Pi PoE+ Injector on sale now at $25 Raspberry Pi
How To Install And Use Flatpak In Linux OSTechNix
Pi-Pico RX - Breadboard Version 101 Things GitHub site

Week of March 24, 2025

2025-03-24T00:00:00Z

March 24, 2025

Super affordable Meshtastic, Xiao ESP32 s3 with Wio SX1262 Concrete Dog
GIMP 3.0 Released: A Major Overhaul After Seven Years in Development Linuxiac
Six Weeks of CloudFlare Stalling; Still Blocking Niche Browsers Soylent News
FBI warnings are true—fake file converters do push malware Bleeping Computer
Stirling PDF: The Best Opensource, Self-hosted PDF Manipulation Tool OSTechNix
How To Check Debian Version: Simple Methods For Beginners OSTechNix

Week of March 17, 2025

2025-03-17T00:00:00Z

March 17, 2025

Followup on ESP32 "backdoor" YouTube
CrossOver 25 Brings Even More Windows Software to Linux & Mac How-To Geek
How to Use PlayOnLinux to Install Windows Apps on Linux How-To Geek
Android apps laced with North Korean spyware found in Google Play ArsTechnica
Everything you say to your Echo will be sent to Amazon starting on March 28 ArsTechnica
A look at Firefox forks LWN

Week of March 10, 2025

2025-03-10T00:00:00Z

March 10, 2025

Firefox 136 finally brings the features that fans wanted The Register
The Firefox I loved is gone - how to protect your privacy on it now ZDNet
Undocumented commands found in Bluetooth chip used by a billion devices Bleeping Computer
Your Android phone will run Debian Linux soon (like some Pixels already can) ZDNet
DIY Yagi Antenna Sends LoRa Signals Farther Hackaday
"Tiny Ten" Amateur Radio Transceiver. W7PUA

Week of March 3, 2025

2025-03-03T00:00:00Z

March 3, 2025

Pi-hole 6 Is Here: Now Faster, Smarter, and More Secure Linuxiac
Armbian 25.2 Released with Support for New Boards, Linux 6.12 LTS, and More 9to5 Linux
DietPi 9.11 Arrives with Pi-hole 6 Support Linuxiac
27-Year-Old EXE becomes Python in minutes (with Claude) – AI-Assisted reverse engineering Adafruit
A Useful Web site: Bashscript.net
What Are Virtual Machines, and How Do They Work? How-To Geek

Week of February 24, 2025

2025-02-24T00:00:00Z

February 24, 2025

OpenWrt One AP 24 XY Brings Open Source Networking to a Custom Router LinuxGizmos
Google plans to stop using insecure SMS verification in Gmail ArsTechnica
Russia-aligned hackers are targeting Signal users with device-linking QR codes ArsTechnica
KiCad 9.0 Released For Advancing Open-Source EDA Phoronix
OpenRazer 3.10 Brings Support for Latest Razer Peripherals Linuxiac
PySDR Web site

Week of February 17, 2025

2025-02-17T00:00:00Z

February 17, 2025

LibreOffice still kicking at 40, now with browser tricks and real-time collab The Register
7 Best Free and Open Source GUI Electronic Circuit Simulators Linux Links
Raspberry Pi Monitor Pairs Great With The Raspberry Pi 500 As A $100 Display Phoronix Product page at CanaKit
CrowView Note: Turning Raspberry Pi into a Laptop, Sort of It's FOSS Product site
Wine vs. Bottles vs. Proton: Which Is Best for Windows Apps on Linux? How-To Geek

Week of February 10, 2025

2025-02-10T00:00:00Z

February 10, 2025

GTK announces X11 deprecation, new Android backend, and much more OSNews
Remote operation of Amateur station Hackaday
Everyone knows your location: tracking myself down through in-app ads tim.sh
PipeWire Is Doing An Excellent Job Handling Audio/Video Streams On The Linux Desktop Phoronix
Introduction to Pipewire Fedora Magazine

Week of February 3, 2025

2025-02-03T00:00:00Z

February 3, 2025

Try Mozilla’s New AI Detector Add-On for Firefox OMG Ubuntu
Ubuntu upgrade had our old Nvidia GPU begging for a downgrade The Register
Google's 10-year Chromebook lifeline leaves old laptops headed for silicon cemetery The Register
SMOL-GPT PyTorch AI project GitHub

Week of January 27, 2025

2025-01-27T00:00:00Z

January 27, 2025

WINE 10.0 released Beta News
Ventoy 1.1 Released Linuxiac
Distrobox 1.8.1: NVIDIA Integration and Zsh Improvements Linuxiac
Microsoft to force Windows 11 24H2 on Home and Pro users The Register
Meta's # Llama 3.1 Community License is not a free software license Free Software Foundation blog

Week of January 20, 2025

2025-01-20T00:00:00Z

January 20, 2025

Linux Mint 22.1 “Xia” released! New features Linux Mint Blog
MX Linux 23.5 Now Available MX Linux Blog
Google begins requiring JavaScript for Google Search TechCrunch (This could break my favorite, Whoogle Search. GitHub)
Linux Will Power Nvidia Project DIGITS, the AI Supercomputer on Your Desk It's FOSS
Linuxserver/webtop. Run a Linux desktop in a Docker container.

Week of January 13, 2025

2025-01-13T00:00:00Z

January 13, 2025

Debian 12.9 “Bookworm” Arrives with 72 Bug Fixes and 38 Security Updates 9to5 Linux
Mullvad Browser: A Super Privacy-Focused Browser Based on Firefox It's FOSS
Fossify File Manager: Open Source Replacement to Files by Google on Android It's FOSS
Bye-bye Windows gaming? SteamOS officially expands past the Steam Deck ArsTechnica
New $120 16GB Raspberry Pi 5 is for the people who use it like an everyday PC ArsTechnica

Week of January 6, 2025

2025-01-06T00:00:00Z

January 6, 2025

Meet Orbit, Mozilla’s AI Assistant Extension for Firefox OMG Ubuntu
SvarDOS: DR-DOS is reborn as an open source operating system The Register
Time to check if you ran any of these 33 malicious Chrome extensions ArsTechnica
ShredOS x86_64 - Disk Eraser GitHub
Biggest Privacy Erosion in 10 Years? On Google’s Policy Change Towards Fingerprinting Lukasz Olejnik
Apple Intelligence now requires almost double the iPhone storage it needed before 9to5 Mac
New device's radio waves reveal lead contamination in soil phys.org
Build a Better DIY Seismometer with Raspberry Pi IEEE Spectrum/

Week of December 16, 2024

2024-12-16T00:00:00Z

December 16, 2024

Intel Arc B580 Graphics Open-Source Driver Linux Gaming Performance Phoronix
15 Euros Olimex RP2040pc Raspberry Pi RP2040 computer board supports Apple and Oric Atmos emulation CNX Software]]
An easy button to get off Windows’: Amazon’s new AI moves Microsoft apps to Linux GeekWire
Windows 11 upgrade turmoil Tom's Hardware
Firefox ditches Do Not Track because nobody was listening anyway The Register
Use Your RTL, In The Browser Hackaday
Hackaday article on remote station operation Hackaday

Week of December 9, 2024

2024-12-09T00:00:00Z

December 9, 2024

Raspberry Pi 500 makes an 8GB Pi 5 into a compact, inexpensive desktop PC ArsTechnica
Armbian 24.11 Update Highlights System Improvements and Hardware Expansion LinuxGizmos
Low-Cost ESP32-PICO-D4 Board with LoRa, Wi-Fi, and BLE Connectivity LinuxGizmos
New HT: Vero VR-N76 - APRS, Linux KM4ACK on YouTube
Software updates: Nvidia 565 Linux Graphics Driver, Wine 10.0-rc1 Released With Updated VKD3D, Initial Bluetooth Driver
The Raspberry Pi 5 now works as a smaller, faster kind of Steam Link ArsTechnica
Open Source Software Powers 96% of Modern Applications, New Study Finds IT Pro Today
US recommends encrypted messaging as Chinese hackers linger in telecom networks ArsTechnica

Week of December 2, 2024

2024-12-02T00:00:00Z

December 2, 2024

Raspberry Pi Adds 2.4GHz 802.11n wireless LAN and Bluetooth 5.2 To Pico 2 Board Linux Gizmos
Waveshare Development Boards Feature RP2350 with 100 Mbps Ethernet or 1.14-Inch LCD LinuxGizmos
First Router Designed Specifically For OpenWrt Released Software Freedom Conservancy
Fwupd 2.0.2 Firmware Updater Adds Support for ASUS ROG Ally, Raspberry Pi Pico 9to5 Linux
Code found online exploits LogoFAIL to install Bootkitty Linux backdoor ArsTechnica
DreamQuest N100 Mini PC Running Linux: Introduction LinuxLinks
Harnessing Quantum Potential: Quantum Computing and Qiskit on Ubuntu Linux Journal

Week of November 25, 2024

2024-11-25T00:00:00Z

November 25, 2024

Framework laptops get modular makeover with RISC-V main board The Register
FreeCAD 1.0 Open-Source 3D Parametric Modeler Released 9to5 Linux
Docker Desktop 4.36: WSL 2 Gets Faster, More Reliable, and Secure Linuxiac
Source: Google is turning Chrome OS into Android to compete with the iPad Android Authority
I Always Keep a Linux Live USB Handy for These 4 Reasons Make Use Of
How I Turned My Raspberry Pi Into a Private Internet Archive Make Tech Easier
BASIC co-creator Thomas Kurtz hits END at 96 The Register

Week of November 18, 2024

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November 18, 2024

Linux Kernel 6.12 Has Landed – And It’s a Big One (OMG Ubuntu)
New Raspberry Pi USB 3 Hub and Touch Display 2 Released with Enhanced Features (LinuxGizmos)
VMware Workstation and Fusion Go Free (Linuxiac)
LXQt packs Wayland punch with 2.1 release (The Register)
Automotive Grade Linux Launches New Expert Group Led by Toyota to Help Automakers Manage Open Source Activities (PRNewswire)
7 of the Best Lightweight Operating Systems for Raspberry Pi (Make Tech Easier)

Week of November 11, 2024

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November 11, 2024

Debian 12.8 Released With Many Bug Fixes & Security Updates (Phoronix)
New Steam Client Update Adds Game Recording, Improves Native Linux Gaming (9to5 Linux)
Manjaro Considers Embedding a Telemetry Tool (Linuxiac)
Fedora KDE Desktop Spin Promoted To Same Tier As GNOME-Based Fedora Workstation (Phoronix)
Mozilla Foundation crumbles as third of staff cast off (The Register)
Thanks, Linus. Torvalds patch improves Linux performance by 2.6% (The Register)

Week of November 4, 2024

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November 4, 2024

Fedora Linux 41 Released (9to5 Linux)
RF Hunter v4.0 - DIY RF signal scanner (GitHub)
Raspberry Pi OS Now Using Wayland By Default On All Models (Phoronix)
Linux Mint Blog: Framework laptops, Stripe for donations (Linux Mint)
X.Org security advisory (X.Org)
APRS position reporting over HF (Hackaday)
23andMe Reportedly Faces Bankruptcy — What Will Happen to Everyone’s DNA Samples? (Soylent News)