Features
Distro Walk – Redcore Linux
Bringing Gentoo Linux to the masses
With its point-and-click installation, Redcore aims "to be to Gentoo what Manjaro is to Arch Linux."
FOSSPicks
This month Graham looks at Penpot, ProcMon, diskgraph, Shaarli, Music Radar and more!
Phone as Linux PC
Running Linux apps on Android without rooting your phone
UserLAnd lets you run Linux applications on your Android phone – all without replacing Android OS.
Distro Walk – Void Linux
An old-style distro doing new things
Void Linux offers a unique distribution with a lower barrier to participation that is easy to manage.
Doghouse – Dress Code
Dress for Success
This month, maddog charts the changing norms in dress code over his lengthy career in the tech industry.
Agile Controller
Monitor your media with Hard Disk Sentinel
Hard Disk Sentinel helps you monitor mass storage devices with a fully automated process minus the bells and whistles.
Down in the Mine
Setting up a data analytics environment in Linux with Python
The Knowledge Discovery in Data Mining (KDD) method breaks the business of data analytics into easy-to-understand steps. We'll show you how to get started with KDD and Python.
Mixing Debian Repositories
Tips for mixing safely
A little caution can save you hours of frustrating work (plus, options for mixing gone awry).
Tutorial – Blender
Rendering a perfume bottle with Blender
Blender's massive feature set can seem overwhelming at first. Choosing a manageable project can help you get started.
Speed Test
Optimizing the Linux Kernel
We explore some optimizations designed to deliver a smoother experience for desktop users.
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News
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It’s Time to Test Fedora 45 Beta
Fedora 45 beta has been released with updated Gnome, KDE Plasma, and kernel.
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Ubuntu Stonking Stingray Gets Even Rustier
Ubuntu 26.10 has completed its migration to the Rust-based coreutils.
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AI Fixes Linux Bottlenecks Using “Hideous” Code
A Linux developer used AI to fix bottlenecks that caused problems when building the kernel. The resulting AI-generated code needed a lot of work.
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Advanced Video Coding Still Under Patent
Brazilian patent BRPI0109962B1 has expired, which means that DivX and Xvid are no longer problematic for Linux, but it doesn’t mean that video is all of a sudden fully unleashed.
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2,000 Vulnerabilities per Linux Release
Thanks to AI bug hunters, the Linux kernel is seeing record numbers of vulnerabilities, and it's overwhelming developers.
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Linux Exempt from California’s Age Verification Law
So long as Linux is distributed under the GPL, MIT, BSD, and Apache licenses, the OS is exempt from being required to verify the age of its users in California.
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Roll Out the Cake: Linux Turns 35
35 years ago, a Finnish student began a humble project that would forever change the course of technology.
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China Switching from Windows to Linux
China has ordered several government agencies to drop a Chinese-developed version of Windows 10 in favor of either KylinOS or UOS.
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Pine64 Halts Production of Linux Devices
With continued DRAM and eMMC shortages, Pine64 has decided to discontinue production of Linux devices.
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The Bullet-Proof KDE Software Initiative Is Coming
KDE, Techpaladin, and Kubuntu Focus have announced a new initiative that will provide at least three years of support for KDE Plasma 6.6 LTS and related software.