Category: News
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Celebrating Three Decades: Linux Turns 33 Today!
Today marks the 33rd anniversary of Linux, so let’s raise a toast to celebrate the journey of Linux over these years! On this day back in 1991, Linus Benedict Torvalds, a 21-year-old student from Finland, shared a groundbreaking message to the comp.os.minix newsgroup. He announced his development of a free operating system for 386(486) AT…
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Discover the $149 RISC-V Tablet Powering Ubuntu 24.04
DeepComputing has introduced a new iteration of its DC-ROMA RISC-V tablet, now equipped to run Ubuntu! The DC-ROMA RISC-V Pad II features a 10.1 inch IPS 10-point touch display with a resolution of 1920×1200, and it utilizes the same SpacemiT K1 SoC as their RISC-V Ubuntu laptop, which faced initial confusion regarding pricing and availability.…
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KDE Gear 24.08 Released: Unveiling a Host of Enhancements in the Latest Open-Source Software Suite
The KDE Project announced the release of KDE Gear 24.08 today, marking the newest version of the free and open-source suite of applications tailored for the KDE Plasma desktop and various GNU/Linux distributions. Key improvements in KDE Gear 24.08 are evident in the Dolphin file manager, which now includes features to simplify the handling of…
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LibreOffice 24.8 Unveiled: Explore the Latest Enhancements and Features
A new version of the popular open-source office suite LibreOffice has been released. LibreOffice 24.8 continues the enhancements introduced in the LibreOffice 24.2 launch from earlier in the year. This version adheres to the new date-based versioning format, with ’24’ representing the year 2024 and ‘8’ indicating August, the month of release. Internally, LibreOffice 24.8…
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Fwupd 1.9.24 Update: Introducing Capsule-on-Disk Support for Dell Systems
Richard Hughes, a developer of Fwupd, has announced the release of fwupd version 1.9.24. This version is the most recent update of the open-source firmware updating utility for Linux-based systems. The update to fwupd 1.9.24 mainly introduces capsule-on-disk support for Dell systems, enhances firmware update capabilities for additional MediaTek scaler devices, and adds firmware update…
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NVIDIA Releases 560 Linux Driver Featuring Open GPU Kernel Modules by Default
NVIDIA today announced the stable release of their 560 graphics driver series for Linux, FreeBSD, and Solaris systems. Marking a significant update, this release defaults to the open-source GPU kernel modules. The new NVIDIA 560 graphics driver’s highlights include an enhanced nvidia-installer that by default integrates the NVIDIA Open-Source GPU kernel modules on supported NVIDIA…
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CrowView Note Unveiled: More Than Just a Laptop, It Redefines Utility
Ever wished you could use your Raspberry Pi 5, Android smartphone, or mini PC as a laptop? The CrowView Note, which hit Kickstarter last week, allows you to do precisely that. At first glance, the CrowView Note from Elecrow resembles a typical laptop. It features a 14.1-inch display, a full-sized keyboard, a touchpad, and USB…
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Introducing the New, More Affordable Raspberry Pi 5: Now Available for Purchase
Launched less than a year ago, the Raspberry Pi 5 has quickly become a favorite among single-board computing enthusiasts and Linux ARM users due to its enhanced performance, increased memory, and the addition of a PCIe bus for expansion capabilities. Until now, availability of the Raspberry Pi 5 was limited to either a $60/£57 version…
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Serpent OS Prepares for Alpha Launch with Framework 13 Integration and Flathub Support
Ikey Doherty’s Serpent OS is preparing for its initial alpha release, and we have the first scoop on the new features and updates since the last pre-alpha. Ikey Doherty himself briefed us on what to expect from the Serpent OS Alpha, including support for the Framework 13 laptop, default installation of Flatpak apps from Flathub,…
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How to Easily Sync Your Gravatar with Your User Account in Ubuntu 24.04
Are you interested in setting your Ubuntu user account photo to be the same as your Gravatar image? There’s a GNOME Shell extension that can manage this for you. It syncs your Gravatar profile image with your GNOME Shell user account icon, which appears on the login screen and the lock screen password shield. Not…