Last week I published an article looking at the power efficiency of 5th Gen AMD EPYC "Turin" using the modern AMD P-State driver and the Power Profile options. The AMD P-State driver being used by default now for the EPYC 9005 series processors on Linux 6.12+ and paired with Power Profile option tuning can deliver a nice boost to server energy efficiency with only modest impact to the performance.

Christoph Hellwig has stepped down as the maintainer of the DMA mapping subsystem in Linux Kernel, with Marek Szyprowski taking over.

Crowd Supply recently launched Haasoscope Pro, an upgraded version of the original open-source USB oscilloscope introduced in 2018. It features a 2 GHz bandwidth, 12-bit resolution, and a 3.2 GS/s sampling rate, providing an open-hardware solution for high-speed signal analysis.

Immich 1.127, a self-hosted photo and video backup solution, enhances the memories feature, adds manual face tagging, and introduces star rating search.

It’s not only text editors that offer syntax highlighting. We explore specialised tools that offer syntax highlighting for a whole raft of programming languages.

We’re introducing a Terms of Use for Firefox for the first time, along with an updated Privacy Notice. Why now? Although we’ve historically relied on our open source license for Firefox and public commitments to you, we are building in a much different technology landscape today. We want to make these commitments abundantly clear and accessible.

As a long-time Linux and MacOS user, I see the benefits of each operating system. In fact, I use each for specific purposes, and they rarely cross over. For many years, though, there have been things I'd like to see Linux borrow from MacOS.

For those wondering how the latest AMD Ryzen 9000 "Zen 5" series and Intel Core Ultra Series 2 "Arrow Lake" desktop processors are battling it out on Linux, here are some fresh benchmarks on Ubuntu Linux with the latest software updates as well as the newest system BIOS updates for a fresh, all-new look at these Intel Core Ultra and AMD Ryzen desktop CPUs on Linux.

What is virtualization, and how does it benefit your server? In computing, virtualization divides physical computer resources into individual virtual machines called virtual private servers (VPS).

KDE Plasma 6.3.2 improves Discover, KWin, and Plasma Addons with important bug fixes and tweaks for a smoother desktop.

Let's dive into what Docker and Podman are, compare their features, and decide which one is better for your specific use case.

Framework announced today during its “Second Gen” event two new, upcoming products, the Framework Desktop and Framework Laptop 12, along with an updated Framework Laptop 13.

The late February update of DietPi v9.11 introduces support for Pi-hole v6 while improving system stability, first-boot automation, and network reliability during initial setup, along with resolving kernel selection issues on Raspberry Pi.

Zlib-rs as a Rust programming language implementation of the Zlib file format for better safety is now beginning to outperform the C implementations of the widely-used Zlib.

There’s a good range of QR tools available for Linux. Here’s our verdict captured in a legendary LinuxLinks-style ratings chart.

Gentoo Linux offers bootable QCOW2 disk images for amd64 and arm64 architectures, designed for cloud environments and easy testing with QEMU.

You’ve probably heard phrases like “Spin up a virtual machine” or “Try it out in a virtual machine.” But what are virtual machines, and how can you make use of them?

Believe it or not, to celebrate its 20th anniversary, VLC—the renowned media player used by millions worldwide—has announced a truly out-of-this-world project: sending user-submitted videos to the Moon.

Dispute settled, but not the causes. A clash over different Flatpak-packaged versions of OBS Studio highlights problems with distro-maintained software repositories versus external ones.

Valve is supporting Lenovo with the Legion Go S gaming handheld running their Arch Linux based SteamOS. Beyond the fanfare at CES, Valve has been collaborating with Lenovo on engineering resources for ensuring the Legion Go S is running well with SteamOS and in turn the mainline Linux kernel.

The folks at Nextcloud have upped their game again with this release of Nextcloud Hub 10. Most impressive are the improvements made to the platform’s AI Assistant.

Here we go again. One game I was excited about was the upcoming Mecha BREAK, which currently has a playtest demo on Steam but they've added in anti-cheat.

Extensions are like apps for your browser, letting you customize and enhance your online experience. Nearly half of all Firefox users have installed at least one extension, from privacy tools to productivity boosters.

Before there were modern Linux desktops, people used terminals to interact with computers. How did they get from printing terminals to modern displays?

DietPi 9.11, a Debian-based Linux distro for SBCs, arrives with Pi-hole 6 support, first boot fixes, enhanced Fail2Ban installation, and more.

SVT-AV1 as the open-source, CPU-based AV1 encoder that was started by Intel software engineers and now led by the Alliance for Open Media is out this week with the big SVT-AV1 3.0 release. Here's some details on SVT-AV1 3.0 as well as some initial performance benchmarks for this speedy AV1 encoder, especially on modern Intel and AMD processors.

Tableau is a visual analytics platform transforming the way we use data to solve problems. Tableau is proprietary software. We recommend the best free and open source alternatives for Linux.

GNU Binutils (short for "Binary Utilities") is a set of command-line tools for handling object files, executables, and binary data.

At the moment things are still tense; we deal with violent Microsoft con jobs (American citizens) and their "hired guns from London" sending unauthorised and totally inappropriate messages to our lawyer, basically trying to not only threaten but also spy

The curl command-line tool is one of the most useful and versatile programs you can learn. Its versatility and comprehensive HTTP implementation mean that, if there’s a URL for it, curl can do it.