MX Linux 23.6 has just been officially released today as the newest ISO snapshot in the MX Linux 23 “Libretto” series of this lightweight Debian-based GNU/Linux distribution for everyday use.

PeaZip 10.4 open-source file archiver enhances stability, error handling, and UI adaptability with new theme support, smarter context menus, and more.

Game engines are referred to as “game middleware” because they provide a flexible and reusable software platform.

qBittorrent 5.0.5 has been released as a new maintenance update to the latest qBittorrent 5.0 series of this popular, free, open-source, and cross-platform BitTorrent client for handling torrent/magnet links.

The 235th installment of the 9to5Linux Weekly Roundup is here for the week ending on April 13th, 2025, keeping you updated with the most important things happening in the Linux world.

While the Linux 6.15 merge window ended just one week ago and there is a month and a half until it will debut as stable, a notable feature has already been queued into a "next" branch for the follow-on Linux 6.16 cycle. For those making use of modern Intel Xeon processors with virtualization, the Trust Domain Extensions (TDX) support for KVM virtualization looks like it will finally be mainlined...

Debian-based MX-23.6 refreshes the MX-23 series with new kernels, UI enhancements, and fixes for Xfce, NVIDIA, UEFI tools, and more.

Last year work on KDE's Amarok music player was resurrected after a six year development hiatus. With the return to Amarok development it was ported to Qt6 and KDE Frameworks 5. At the end of last year Amarok 3.2 released with initial Qt6 and KDE Frameworks 6 support while retaining Qt5/KF5 support. Now out today is the Amarok 3.3 beta to drop that prior-generation support...

Linux has a good selection of versatile open source screenshot programs, both graphical and console based. This roundup focuses on command-line tools.

Catch up on the latest Linux news: OpenSSH 10, KDE Frameworks 6.13, Mint’s LMDE 7 to feature full OEM install support, ArcoLinux winds down, Linux swap explained, and more.

Another small but well-maintained distro with a dedicated following reaches the end of the trail.

One week after the Linux 6.15 merge window was capped off, the Linux 6.15-rc2 release is now available in rolling up all of the early fixes that were collected over the past week...

A mail notification tool lets you know when new emails are received. A prominent feature of these tools is the non-obtrusive passive notification about important emails which will let you concentrate on your work and avoid unnecessary interruptions.

ArcoLinux announces its closure, transitioning users to Arch + Chaotic-AUR while keeping tools, code, and tutorials online for the future.

One month after GIMP 3.0 was finally released for this popular image editor ported to GTK3 and many other changes, Pinta 3.0 has now been released. Pinta as a reminder is the open-source image editing program inspired by Paint.NET. With the Pinta 3.0 release the image editor has been ported to GTK4 and libadwaita...

The periodic table, also known as the periodic table of the elements, is a rows and columns arrangement of the chemical elements.

Banana Pi has shared details of its upcoming BPI-CM6 module, built with the SpacemiT K1 octa-core RISC-V processor. Though not yet launched, it is suggested for AI edge computing, robotics, industrial control, and network storage The BPI-CM6 adopts a 40x55mm form factor and uses board-to-board connectors consistent with the Raspberry Pi Compute Module 4, enabling […]

The Linux 6.16 kernel this summer will likely see the new SNP SVSM vTPM driver introduced for further enhancing the AMD EPYC confidential computing capabilities atop the mainline Linux kernel...

Pinta 3.0 open-source image drawing/editing app released with a modern UI, fresh icons, faster performance, and improved gestures.

Zephyr Project has released version 4.1 of its RTOS, bringing notable improvements in kernel performance, toolchain support, and hardware compatibility. While not an LTS release, it introduces key updates aimed at enhancing developer experience and system efficiency. One of the main focuses of this release is performance. Extensive work went into addressing kernel bottlenecks and […]