A Comprehensive Guide To Recover Data In Linux After Accidentally Deleting Your OS
This comprehensive guide explains how to recover lost files in Linux using a live USB and recovery tools such as TestDisk, PhotoRec, and extundelete.
Browser choice? Here’s how EU’s DMA is helping make it real
Too often, well-intentioned regulation misses the mark. This can be due to poor design, poor implementation, poor compliance, or failure to address unintended consequences. But the EU’s Digital Markets Act (DMA) has the potential to be different.
AMD Announces "Instella" Fully Open-Source 3B Language Models
Another announcement at AMD today beyond the open-source Linux driver fun for the Radeon RX 9070 series is announcing the open-sourcing of Instella as their new fully open 3B parameter language models.
AMD Radeon RX 9070 Series Linux GPU Compute Performance
In addition to the Radeon RX 9070 series Linux gaming/graphics benchmarks with today[he]#039[/he]s embargo lift, I[he]#039[/he]ve also spent some time working on some GPU compute benchmarks for these first RDNA4 graphics cards.
Two Point Museum launches with Linux support and glowing reviews
Looks like Two Point Studios and SEGA are onto quite a hit here, with Two Point Museum now available with Native Linux support and a Steam Deck Playable status. It's launched to some incredibly positive reviews from critics and players alike, with an Overwhelmingly Positive score on Steam.
PipeWire 1.4 Delivers Broad MIDI2 and Bluetooth Improvements
PipeWire 1.4 multimedia framework is here with MIDI2 support, improved Bluetooth, a new JACK control API, DSD playback for ALSA, and more.
Seeking the latest in Linux? There's a right way and a wrong way to use Distrowatch
The website does a great job 'talking about, reviewing, and keeping up to date with open source operating systems.' Here's why Distrowatch is often misunderstood.
Seven Malicious Go Packages Found Deploying Malware on Linux and macOS Systems
Cybersecurity researchers are alerting of an ongoing malicious campaign targeting the Go ecosystem with typosquatted modules that are designed to deploy loader malware on Linux and Apple macOS systems.
5 reasons you should swap from Windows to Linux
Windows is, by far, one of the most popular operating systems in the world. But this doesn't mean that it's the best, and if you're looking for something more than just a standard operating system, then it might be time for you to give Linux a try. While Linux may not have as many users as Windows, it has a lot of features that just make it astronomically better than Windows in almost every way.
Making Vulkan More Of A "Joy To Use" Discussed At Vulkanised 2025
In addition to Vulkan-powered AI / machine learning talks at last month's Vulkanised 2025 conference, another interesting topic at this annual Vulkan developer conference was around improving the Vulkan API and making it easier for new developers and maximizing the potential with new GPU hardware.
LILYGO T-Connect Pro industrial IoT controller offers Ethernet, WiFi, Bluetooth, LoRa, RS232, RS485, and CAN Bus
LILYGO T-Connect Pro is a DIN rail-mountable, ESP32-S3-based industrial IoT controller with Ethernet, WiFi 4, Bluetooth 5.0 LE, and LoRa connectivity, as well as CAN Bus, RS232, and RS485 interfaces.
Ubuntu 25.04’s New PDF Viewer App is Now Rolling Out
Earlier this year Ubuntu announced plans to replace document viewer app Evince with Papers, a modern GTK4/libadwaita fork1 of the former, in Ubuntu 25.04—today, the swap was made official.
Why the Starship prompt is better than your default on Linux and MacOS
An out-of-this-world command line for Linux and MacOS users, Starship is simple to install and customize. I'll show you how.
Will the Rebirth of Digg Bring About a Small Website Revival?
Remember Digg? The once-upon-a-time go-to site for finding cool things on the internet recommended by an audience of peers? Well, it’s coming back, and owned by one of its original co-founders, along with a co-founder of Reddit.
FerretDB 2.0 Open-Source Document Database Goes GA
FerretDB 2.0 open-source document database offers 20x faster performance, MongoDB compatibility, vector search, and more.
ExpressVPN Finally Gives Linux Users Split Tunneling and a GUI
ExpressVPN now offers a Linux desktop app with a GUI and several new features. The ExpressVPN CLI experience, as well as the ability to import ExpressVPN's OpenVPN configuration in Network Manager, are still available to customers who do not want a GUI.
AMD Radeon RX 9070 + RX 9070 XT Linux Performance
Last week AMD formally announced the Radeon RX 9070 series graphics cards that will begin shipping tomorrow at $549 for the Radeon RX 9070 and $599 for the RX 9070 XT. Today the review embargo is lifted so we can now share Linux performance benchmarks and more details on the open-source Linux driver support for these first AMD RDNA4 graphics cards.
10 Best Free and Open Source Linux Terminal Multiplexers
Users that want to exploit the full power of the terminal may benefit from using a terminal multiplexer. We feature the best multiplexers.
EFF's Rayhunter Is Here To Catch Eavesdroppers
The Electronic Frontier Foundation has launched a new open source tool to detect eavesdropping on cellular networks.
Another laptop, another SSD revival, plus a dash of Linux
Remember my old Lenovo G50 laptop? Well, it's still around, still working reasonably well. As you may recall, it's got a fabulous eight-boot setup, and I've used it for dozens if not hundreds of distro tests. Currently, the machine runs Windows 10 (which I've not used on this box in three-four years), CentOS 7 and 8, Rocky Linux 8, Manjaro, MX Linux, Fedora, and Ubuntu 20.04.