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• Unraid 7.2 Lands with Responsive WebGUI, ZFS RAIDZ Expansion 2025-10-31
  Unraid 7.2 self-hosted NAS adds a fully responsive WebGUI, RAIDZ pool expansion, and extends compatibility to ext4, NTFS, and exFAT drives.
• Genode-Powered Sculpt OS 25.10 Brings Performance Improvements & Better Drivers 2025-10-31
  The Genode operating system framework continues innovating over a decade and a half later on this original open-source OS creation and with that Sculpt OS as its general purpose OS. Out today is Sculpt OS 25.10 to incorporate the latest enhancements to the platform...
• Gitea 1.25 Released with 3D File Previews, Faster Archives 2025-10-31
  Gitea 1.25 self-hosted Git service debuts 3D model previews, CI/CD email notifications, and major performance improvements for large projects.
• LILYGO T-Echo Plus Integrates LoRa, GNSS, and IMU in Rugged Wireless Smart Tag 2025-10-31
  LILYGO’s T-Echo Plus is a compact, battery-powered smart tag designed for wireless telemetry, motion tracking, and geolocation. It combines LoRa communication, GNSS positioning, Bluetooth Mesh, and a 6-axis IMU in an enclosure with both vibration and visual feedback, aiming to support mobile, field-deployed, or remote monitoring applications. The device uses the nRF52840 SoC from Nordic […]
• TrueNAS 25.10 Open-Source NAS Released with NVMe-oF, ZFS Enhancements 2025-10-31
  TrueNAS 25.10 “Goldeye” open-source NAS is out with NVMe over Fabric, 400GbE, open GPU driver support, major ZFS improvements, and more.
• DietPi October 2025 Update Adds Support for NanoPi R3S, R76S, and Reworked Dashboard 2025-10-30
  The October 18th release of DietPi v9.18 introduces support for new FriendlyELEC single-board computers, a redesigned DietPi-Dashboard with improved security, and the addition of the LazyLibrarian eBook and audiobook manager. The update also includes bug fixes, filesystem improvements, and expanded compatibility for virtual devices   DietPi: DietPi is a lightweight, Debian-based operating system optimized for […]
• LibreOffice 25.2.7 Is Out as the Last Update in the Series, Upgrade to LibreOffice 25.8 2025-10-30
  The Document Foundation announced today the general availability of LibreOffice 25.2.7 as the seventh and last maintenance update in the LibreOffice 25.2 office suite series.
• TypeScript Overtakes Python to Become GitHub’s #1 Programming Language in 2025 2025-10-30
  TypeScript now ranks #1 on GitHub, while Python and JavaScript continue to grow strongly across AI and web projects.
• What is Shell? | CLI vs GUI | Shell Scripting Explained 2025-10-30
  The shell is nothing more than a program that carries the user typed commands or instructions from the terminal to the kernel.
• Safely Manage Linux Config Files with Drop-In (.d) Directories 2025-10-30
  Learn what drop-in (.d) directories are in Linux and how they help manage configuration files safely.
• Qt Creator 18 Open-Source IDE Released with Experimental Container Support 2025-10-30
  The Qt Project released today Qt Creator 18 as the latest stable version of this open-source, free, and cross-platform integrated development environment (IDE) software for GNU/Linux, macOS, and Windows.
• Zorin 0S 18: 100,000+ Windows 10 Users Can’t Be Wrong 2025-10-30
  With performance boosts and seamless cloud connections, Zorin OS 18 is quickly becoming the top gateway for Windows refugees.
• AMD Radeon AI PRO R9700 Performance For OpenCL Workloads 2025-10-30
  On Monday the AMD Radeon AI PRO R9700 officially arrived at Internet retailers and is successfully selling at the $1299 price point. Some models have sine sold out but as of writing two days later some Radeon AI PRO R9700 graphics cards remain available at that competitive price point. On Monday I provided some initial […]
• How to Fix Bright Appearance After Updating To KDE Plasma 6.5 2025-10-30
  After updating KDE Plasma to version 6.5, I noticed that the overall appearance of the desktop became much brighter than before. Initially, I thought it was just a visual change, but the real cause turned out to be the blur effect. The default blur was causing this brighter look
• Mesa 25.2.6 Released With Many Driver Fixes 2025-10-30
  Eric Engestrom just released Mesa 25.2.6 as the newest bi-weekly stable update to this collection of open-source OpenGL and Vulkan drivers widely used on Linux systems for 3D support...
• Ubuntu Unity hanging by a thread as wunderkind maintainer gets busy with life 2025-10-30
  Team begs for help as teenage dev who revived Canonical’s old Unity desktop prioritizes studiesThe Ubuntu Unity project is in trouble because its maintainer, a Linux whiz kid, has had less time to work on it due to his studies. Now other team members are appealing to the wider Ubuntu community for help. …
• Pop!_OS 24.04 LTS & COSMIC Desktop Aim For December Stable Release 2025-10-30
  Following last month's Pop!_OS 24.04 LTS beta and COSMIC desktop beta, System76 has now shared their stable release plans for this long-awaited LInux distribution release with their Rust-written custom desktop...
• 'Keep Android Open' movement fights back against Google sideloading restrictions 2025-10-30
  Petition seeks to rally community opposition and alert regulatorsStarting next year, Google plans to require all apps installed on certified Android devices, including sideloading, to come from developers it has verified. Many Android developers see the move as a power grab and have started a movement to "Keep Android Open."…
• Ubuntu 25.04 Users Can Now Upgrade to Ubuntu 25.10, Here’s How 2025-10-30
  This is your friendly reminder that, as of today, October 29th, 2025, Canonical has opened the upgrade path for Ubuntu 25.04 (Plucky Puffin) users to the latest release, Ubuntu 25.10 (Questing Quokka).
• Disaggregated Routing with SONiC and VPP: Lab Demo and Performance Insights – Part Two 2025-10-30
  In Part One of this series, we examined how the SONiC control plane and the VPP data plane form a cohesive, software-defined routing stack through the Switch Abstraction Interface.  We outlined how SONiC’s Redis-based orchestration and VPP’s user-space packet engine come together to create a high-performance, open router architecture. In this second part, we’ll turn […]