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ParrotOS 6.4 lands with key tool updates and kernel upgrade  Help Net Security

I replaced my Linux system with this $200 Windows mini PC - here's the verdict after a week  ZDNet

A new Poc Exploit allows Privilege Excalation on Linux using the udisksd daemon  Red Hot Cyber

Linux Kernel 6.14: A Leap Forward in Intel and AMD CPU Support  Linux Journal

Linux Foundation adopts A2A protocol to help solve one of AI's most pressing challenges  ZDNet

SUSE launches new European digital sovereignty support service to meet surging demand  ZDNet

The post Top 5 Open-Source OCR Tools for Linux in 2025 first appeared on Tecmint: Linux Howtos, Tutorials & Guides .

OCR stands for optical character recognition, and software of this type is designed to convert images, pictures, or scanned documents

The post Top 5 Open-Source OCR Tools for Linux in 2025 first appeared on Tecmint: Linux Howtos, Tutorials & Guides.

OBS Studio 31.1 is now available for those using this cross-platform free software for screencasting and other screen recording purposes. OBS Studio 31.1 is another great step forward for this open-source software that has a devoted following and user-base across Windows, macOS, and Linux...

OBS Studio 31.1 Released With Explicit Sync For PipeWire Screen Capture  Phoronix

OBS Studio 31.1 Released with Multitrack Video Support on Linux  9to5Linux

U-Boot 2025.07 is out today as the newest version of this popular open-source boot loader that is widely-used among embedded devices across different CPU architectures...

Bert Blitzes Linux & Windows Systems  Dark Reading

The Thunderbird mail client developers today formally announced Thunderbird 140 as the newest Extended Support Release (ESR) for this cross-platform alternative to Microsoft Outlook...

Thunderbird 140 Mail Client Debuts As Newest ESR Release  Phoronix

Several major Linux distros hit by serious Sudo security flaws  TechRadar

4 reasons I switched from X11 to Wayland (and you should too)  XDA

Two bugs for Linux Sudo utility patched, one rated critical  SC Media

6 Alternative CLI Tools I Immediately Install on Linux  How-To Geek

GNOME 49 Alpha Waves Goodbye to X11  How-To Geek

One topic we haven't heard AMD talk too much about publicly this year has been their openSIL effort that was announced back in 2023 as their eventual replacement to AGESA and being an open-source CPU silicon initialization effort. They still appear to be working toward making openSIL production-ready for next-generation Zen 6 platforms but some of their proof-of-concept milestones have been running behind schedule. Meanwhile their EPYC 9005 "Turin" proof-of-concept code was recently published...