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• Weston 15.0 is here: Lua shells, Vulkan rendering, and a smoother display stack 2026-02-20
  Weston 15.0 has arrived, bringing a brand new Lua-based shell for fully customizable window management, an experimental Vulkan renderer, and a host of improvements to color handling, media playback, and display performance.
• ESP32 Bus Pirate Update Adds RF Tools, USB Host Mode, Signal Analysis, and Cellular Plans 2026-02-20
  The ESP32 Bus Pirate project, originally introduced as a modern ESP32-S3 adaptation of the classic Bus Pirate debugging tool, has received a substantial update expanding its protocol support, signal analysis capabilities, and RF experimentation features. The original Bus Pirate is an open-source hardware tool widely used for communicating with and debugging embedded systems over interfaces […]
• Blender 5.1 Beta Enables Hardware Ray-Tracing by Default for AMD GPUs 2026-02-20
  The Blender Foundation released today the beta version of the upcoming Blender 5.1 series of this powerful, free, open-source, and cross-platform 3D graphics software for GNU/Linux, macOS, and Windows.
• BleachBit 5.1.0 adds cookie manager, CLI negation, expert mode 2026-02-20
  The BleachBit 5.1.0 release adds a cookie manager to selectively remove cookies in browsers including Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox. It cleans Chromium when installed as two kinds of Flatpacks, and there are major improvements to cleaners for Opera and LibreOffice. CLI negation makes exception to wildcard arguments. The .deb and .rpm packages are now […]
• Linux 7.0 Shows Significant PostgreSQL Performance Gains On AMD EPYC 2026-02-20
  When beginning some early Linux 7.0 kernel benchmarking this week for looking at its performance in its early development state, I started off testing on Core Ultra X7 "Panther Lake" in being hopeful for better performance with the maturing Arc B390 Xe3 graphics and the like. But I ended up finding Intel Panther Lake seeing […]
• Ubuntu Touch 24.04-1.2 and 20.04 OTA-12 Roll Out With VoLTE and Xperia X Fixes 2026-02-20
  Ubuntu Touch 24.04-1.2 and 20.04 OTA-12 arrive with VoLTE stability improvements, a fix for Xperia X booting, and multiple bug and security updates.
• How to Use lsblk Command on Linux 2026-02-20
  Learn how to list and get information about all the block devices in your system using the lsblk command and its options, with practical examples.
• Ubuntu 26.04 LTS Moving To OpenJDK 25 By Default 2026-02-20
  It's not too surprising but the upcoming Ubuntu 26.04 Long Term Support release will be transitioning to OpenJDK 25 as its default Java version...
• We Look at Debian 13.3 ‘Trixie,’ the Latest From the Crown Jewel of Linux Distros 2026-02-20
  ‘Trixie’ doesn’t reinvent Debian so much as reaffirm it, with updated packages, subtle polish, and the same rock?solid base that keeps it the go?to choice for many serious Linux users.
• Oracle Announces New Community Engagement Strategy for MySQL 2026-02-20
  Oracle outlines a new community engagement strategy for MySQL, promising greater transparency, ecosystem growth, and renewed focus on the Community Edition.
• Linus T tells The Reg how Linux solo act became a global jam session 2026-02-19
  Ts'o, Hohndel and the man himself spill beans on how checks in the mail and GPL made it all possibleIf you know anything about Linux's history, you'll remember it all started with Linus Torvalds posting to the Minix Usenet group on August 25, 1991, that he was working on "a (free) operating system (just a […]
• AI Helped Uncover A "50-80x Improvement" For Linux's IO_uring 2026-02-19
  Linux block maintainer and IO_uring lead developer Jens Axboe recently was debugging some slowdowns in the AHCI/SCSI code with IO_uring usage. When turning to Claude AI to help in sorting through the issue, patches were devised that can deliver up to a "literally yield a 50-80x improvement on the io_uring side for idle systems." The […]
• LibreOffice 25.8.5 Is Now Available for Download with More Than 60 Bug Fixes 2026-02-19
  The Document Foundation announced LibreOffice 25.8.5 today as the fifth maintenance update to the latest LibreOffice 25.8 office suite series with various bug fixes.
• Mediatek MT7902 WiFi Finally Seeing Open-Source Linux Driver Activity 2026-02-19
  When searching for "MT7902" and "Linux" there is no shortage of users asking about Linux driver support for the Mediatek MT7902 WiFi chipset or users complaining about their MT7902 WiFi not working under Linux with that chipset found in numerous laptops in recent years. Fortunately, there is finally Linux driver support for the MT7902 surfacing […]
• PipeWire 1.6 Released with LDAC Decoder and 128 Channel Audio Support 2026-02-19
  PipeWire 1.6 multimedia framework adds an LDAC decoder, raises the maximum channel limit to 128, and delivers major audio and Bluetooth improvements.
• Simdjson Shows More Speed-Ups Possible For SIMD In JSON Parsing: Another 30% Boost 2026-02-19
  Simdjson is the open-source project for high performance JSON parsing by leveraging SIMD instructions for "parsing gigabytes of JSON per second." Notably it showed years ago the huge performance advantage to using AVX-512 in JSON parsing for surprisingly big benefits. Simdjson has continued advancing since then with various optimizations over the years and today is […]
• Need Help Remembering Linux Commands? Try Brief 2026-02-19
  If you’ve been looking for an app to help you get to know Linux commands, Brief is a great option.
• Linux Aliases: The Ultimate Hack to Boost Your Terminal Efficiency 2026-02-19
  Learn how to use Bash aliases to shorten commands, reduce errors, speed up tasks, and improve your productivity in the Terminal.
• Pocketblue Brings Fedora Atomic Linux to Mobile Devices 2026-02-19
  Pocketblue brings Fedora Atomic to select ARM-powered devices, providing users with an immutable Linux system on their phones and tablets.
• You can jailbreak an F-35 just like an iPhone, says Dutch defense chief 2026-02-19
  No worries if the US doesn't want to be friends with Europe anymoreLockheed Martin's F-35 fighter aircraft can be jailbroken "just like an iPhone," the Netherlands' defense secretary has claimed.…