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Linux GPIB Drivers Maturing Into Good Shape 50+ Years After The Bus Was Introduced  Phoronix

Whatever Happened to Firefox OS, Mozilla's Android Alternative?  How-To Geek

The GNOME 49 Alpha release isn't expected until the end of June but for facilitating additional testing and a number of prominent changes this cycle, a number of GNOME packages have begun releasing "GNOME 49 Alpha 0" tags as part of plans to issue multiple alpha releases this cycle. Notable for GNOME 49 are plans moving forward for disabling X11 session support by default with that code then likely to be removed entirely with GNOME 50 for a Wayland-only desktop...

This week in marking Phoronix.com turning 21 years old there was a Phoronix Premium special for those wanting to enjoy the site ad-free, multi-page articles on a single page, and other benefits. That special deal is ending at end of day Monday (9 June) as your last chance to hop on this special...

All of the LoongArch CPU architecture changes have been merged for the Linux 6.16 kernel with the merge window set to wrap up later today...

LoongArch Enables Multi-Core Scheduler Support In Linux 6.16  Phoronix

The Linux Mint project published its newest monthly status report to outline various interesting development activities around this Linux desktop distribution project building off Ubuntu and Debian bases...

Linux Mint Continues Working On Its libAdwaita Fork, Fingerprint Authentication  Phoronix

Linux Mint 22.2 Will Feature Fingerprint Authentication with Fingwit App  9to5Linux

I replaced my Linux system with this $200 Windows mini PC - and it left me impressed  ZDNet

This tiny Linux computer, complete with screen, is smaller than a passport photo, and I'm in love with it  XDA

All of the kernel build system "Kbuild" updates were merged today for the nearly-over Linux 6.16 merge window that is expected to conclude tomorrow with the Linux 6.16-rc1 release. Notable with the Kbuild pull is the introduction of the EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL_FOR_MODULES helper...

9 Open Source Operating Systems That Aren't Linux  How-To Geek

Liberux NEXX: Linux smartphone with kill switches, extensive connectivity and 32 GB RAM  Notebookcheck

NumPy 2.3 is out today as the latest release of this widely-used library for scientific computing. Notable with NumPy 2.3 is finally adding some parallelization support via OpenMP...

The RISC-V architecture feature updates were merged on Friday for the Linux 6.16 merge window that is set to end on Sunday with the Linux 6.16-rc1 release...

ChatGPT Patched A BIOS Binary, And It Worked  Hackaday

Kali GPT- AI Assistant That Transforms Penetration Testing on Kali Linux  CybersecurityNews

It was just earlier this week that Mesa 25.1.2 arrived as the newest bi-weekly bug-fix release for these open-source OpenGL and Vulkan drivers. Coming out today is an emergency bug-fix release to fix a regression affecting AMD Radeon RX 9000 series RDNA4 graphics card owners...

Mesa 25.1.3 Released As Emergency Update For Radeon RX 9000 Series Linux Users  Phoronix