Canonical is Funding a PhD to Automate C to Rust Translation for Ubuntu

The three-year project aims to translate hundreds of thousands of lines of C into Rust.

16 Fun Linux One-Liners Every Command-Line User Should Try

The post 16 Fun Linux One-Liners Every Command-Line User Should Try first appeared on Tecmint: Linux Howtos, Tutorials & Guides .Linux command line has a lot of fun around itself and many tedious task can be performed very easily yet
The post 16 Fun Li…

GNU Taler news: Book chapter on Taler as sCBDC technology published

The recently published Springer book “Tokenisation of Money: From Fiat Currencies to Stablecoins” includes the chapter “Taler as a synthetic Central Bank Digital Currency” by Christian Grothoff, Mikolai Gütschow and Valentin Seehausen. …

GIMP is (finally) working on a new project file format

A new project file format is in the works for GIMP, as the existing one can’t handle larger, complex projects. Since 1997, the famed FOSS image editor has used the binary .xcf format to save projects so layers, effects and anything else can be ed…

Pine64 Halts Production of Linux Devices

With continued DRAM and eMMC shortages, Pine64 has decided to discontinue production of Linux devices.

Thunderbird 154 Released with System Tray Mode, Microsoft Graph Support, and Major Mail Fixes

by George Whittaker

The Thunderbird team has officially released Thunderbird 154, delivering several useful new features alongside a substantial collection of fixes for email, calendar…

This Extension Displays Your Photo Images as Desktop Widget

Want to display your lovely photo images as desktop widget, here’s an extension that can do the job for Ubuntu and other Linux with recent GNOME Desktop. It’s Desktop Frames, a GNOME Shell extension that can create multiple desktop widgets that display random images from user selected folders. It is a remake of the original […]

Distribution Release: FydeOS 23.0

The DistroWatch news feed is brought to you by TUXEDO COMPUTERS. The FydeOS project has announced the release of FydeOS 23.0, a significant update of the project’s ChromeOS-based Linux distribution that aims to bring a Google Chromebook-like experienc…

Dynamic icons GNOME extension adds 2 new styles, Yaru fixes

You can bring Ubuntu’s clock, calendar and weather app icons to life with the Dynamic Calendar, Clocks and Weather Icons [Reborn] GNOME Shell extension – which has been updated with new icon styles. The extension already provided Yaru, Adwaita, P…

FOSS Weekly #26.34: StillOS Review, Kernel 7.2 Released, PINE Trouble, Beautifying GNOME, Terminal Multiplexers and More

New kernel is here, folks.

Liferea News Reader 2.0 Released with GTK4/LibAdwaita Port

Liferea, the reliable and lightweight Linux Feed Reader, released new major 2.0 version a day ago. The new version of this more than 20 years old application is finally ported to GTK4 + LibAdwaita, with a modern user interface that’s well integrated with recent GNOME desktops. The app now features a CSD header-bar that includes […]

PINE64 is Halting its Linux Hardware Line, and The AI Bubble is to Blame

They are blaming DRAM and eMMC shortages, with nothing coming back before mid-2027.

How to Manage Vulnerabilities Across Multiple Linux Distributions

The post How to Manage Vulnerabilities Across Multiple Linux Distributions first appeared on Tecmint: Linux Howtos, Tutorials & Guides .Linux has long been the operating system of choice for servers, databases, containers, and cloud workloads. For some…

Warp Launches Factories to Let Engineering Teams Build Their Own Cloud Software Factories

The platform is open at every layer, letting teams bring their own models, harnesses, and compute while Warp handles the orchestration.

Tuba 0.11.0 released with full Mastodon quote support

A big update to Tuba, the GTK4/libadwaita Fediverse client, has landed – along with an experimental version for Android. Tuba 0.11.0 is the first major update to the social app in a year and brings full support for Mastodon quotes. Quoting posts, wheth…

Distribution Release: Garuda Linux 260819

The DistroWatch news feed is brought to you by TUXEDO COMPUTERS. The Garuda Linux project has published a new release. The new version, 260819 “Temeraire”, introduces a refined way to handle disk sectors and switches the default kernel to match CachyO…

GNUnet News: GNUnet 0.29.0

GNUnet 0.29.0 released

We are pleased to announce the release of GNUnet 0.29.0.

GNUnet is an alternative network stack for building secure, decentralized and
privacy-preserving distributed applications.
Our goal is to rep…

Modular’s Got Its ‘Mojo’ Working Fully Open Source

Modular has opened Mojo’s compiler and tooling under Apache 2.0, but says outside compiler contributions will have to wait until later this year.
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PINE64 pulls the plug on Linux devices because of AI boom

If you’ve been eyeing up one of PINE64‘s Linux-friendly single-board computers, phones or tablets, now is the time to buy one. The open-hardware company has announced it will stop “producing more Linux devices” for the time bein…

Book Review: The Ultimate AI Guide for Linux Engineers

A book specifically written for seasoned Linux professionals so that they can use AI effectively and safely in their workflow.