It's well-known that the Android operating system is built on a specialized version of the open-source Linux kernel. While development of Android apps has evolved to use specific AOSP components, the Android Runtime still uses Linux. So, we wonder why users haven't had access to the classic command-line interface that Linux distros on desktop are known for.

Today, the KDE Project released KDE Frameworks 6.12 as a new update to this collection of more than 70 add-on libraries to Qt that provides commonly needed functionality to KDE apps and the KDE Plasma desktop.

KDE announces Frameworks 6.12 with enhancements to Baloo, Breeze Icons, KIO, and more, improving Qt-based development.

Vantron has introduced the VT-USB-AH-8108 Wi-Fi HaLow Dongle, a compact connectivity solution powered by Morse Micro’s MM8108 chipset. The device supports long-range, low-power wireless communication through a plug-and-play USB interface.

Each new Ubuntu release bears a bespoke desktop background and animal mascot, and the upcoming release of the Plucky Puffin proves no exception.

AMD today released AMDVLK 2025.Q1.3 as their official open-source Vulkan API driver for Linux systems. With this update is support for the Navi48 GPU with the recently-launched Radeon RX 9070 RDNA4 graphics cards.

The eight-inch Piccolo N150 is tiny, but its surprisingly good display and solid frame prove it's not a toy.

After a brief drama, the developer of Dash to Panel is stepping down, raising concerns about the future of this widely used GNOME extension.

Keeping your laptop always plugged-in speeds up the deterioration of its battery life. But if you are using a docking station, you don't have the option to unplug the power cord.

New feature on Google Pixel phones hints at a ChromeOS-like VM. The March "feature drop" for Android 15 on Google Pixel devices includes an optional Linux session.

You can argue if bash is a good programming language or not, but you can’t argue that it is a programming language. However, there are a few oddities about it that make it different from most other languages you probably know.

The Zed Editor as a modern IDE-focused text editor for programmers and developed by some of the Atom editor creators continues on quite a roll. Over the past year Zed has rolled out native Linux builds, added various AI features and also began open-sourcing its own edit prediction model.

DXVK 2.6 Vulkan-based implementation of D3D9, D3D10, and D3D11 for Linux / Wine is now available for download as a significant update that improves support for multiple games.

Slack is a cloud-based team communication platform designed to be businesses-to-business service, offering a central hub for messaging, tools, and files, enabling teams to collaborate and communicate. While Slack is available for Linux, it’s proprietary software. We recommend the best free and open source alternatives for Linux.

In this tutorial, we will learn how to manage functions in Bash using declare command effectively in Linux.

Root cert expiry may bring breakage or worse for add-ons, media playback, and more. If you're running an outdated version of Firefox, update by Friday or risk broken add-ons, failing DRM-protected media playback, and other errors, due to an expiring root certificate.

Ubuntu embraces a Rust-based approach, introducing oxidizer for safe experimentation with new system utilities in 25.10.

With today's Mesa 25.1-devel Git code, the "Clover" OpenCL Gallium3D state tracker is officially deprecated. Clover will be eventually removed with the Rust-written Rusticl OpenCL driver being modern, much more actively maintained, and all-around a better option than the aging Clover code.

This post explains CPU load, how it affects your Linux server, and how to deal with it in critical moments. We think about high CPU usage and CPU load when discussing essential moments. These are two different things, even though they sound similar. Besides this, we will explain the CPU as the most critical part of a server.

We’ve talked about Chimera Linux a few times now on OSNews, so I won’t be repeating what makes it unique once more. The project announced today that it will be shuttering its RISC-V architecture support, and considering RISC-V has been supported by Chimera Linux pretty much since the beginning, this is a big step.