From my independent monitoring, Ubuntu Linux had a pretty great year. Ubuntu 24.04 LTS shipped and has been well received across enterprises, Canonical engineers have been focusing more on performance optimizations for Ubuntu, and there has been other interesting changes like their new commitment to always ship the latest upstream Linux kernel version as of Ubuntu release time.

Looking for the best Linux distro of 2024? Well, I have news for you. There is no such thing! Here's why.

Amarok 3.2 "Punkadiddle" open-source music player is here, featuring Qt5/Qt6 support, collection filtering, Ampache fixes, and improved stability.

The December 23, 2024 release of DietPi v9.9 introduces several enhancements, new images for additional devices, and a range of bug fixes. This update improves support for single-board computers from Orange Pi and FriendlyELEC, enhances software tools, and addresses critical issues reported by the community.

As we approach the new year, the Kdenlive team shared a preview of one of its most highly requested features: a modern background removal tool. Here's more on that!

In this step-by-step tutorial, we will explain how to build lightweight docker images with mmdebstrap in Linux.

The GNOME desktop environment had a vibrant 2024 with landing many new features, continuing to refine its (X)Wayland integration, apps like Ptyxis as a modern terminal taking off, and more. From the software side 2024 was great for GNOME while over on the GNOME Foundation side they had to deal with coping from running a recent deficit and also their executive director departing after less than one year.

2024 has come to an end. To sum up, we highlight some defining moments of this year along with the best Linux apps, and best FOSS Android apps for 2024. You should check them all out after reading through this one.

Oracle's open source VirtualBox offers a solid GUI for managing virtual machines. But sometimes you'd prefer to use the command line. Here's how.

This roundup showcases the best tools for terminal string styling. Only free and open source goodness.

The Atomic Echo Base is a voice recognition module designed for compatibility with the M5 Atom series. It combines the ES8311 audio decoder, a MEMS microphone, and a NS4150B power amplifier to support audio processing in interactive applications.

The new Zenwalk Linux 2024 "Santa Claus" edition: a stable Slackware-based ISO with Xfce 4.20, system upgrades, and the latest kernel.

Following the benchmarks earlier this month looking at the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 beta performance as well as the AlmaLinux 10 beta, on the same AMD EPYC server here are benchmarks when adding in CentOS Stream 10 to the mix.

Are you a frequent user of mmdebstrap for creating minimal Debian-based systems? This guide is here to help you troubleshoot and fix the most common problems you might face while using mmdebstrap.

The new GIMP 3.0 RC2 fixed the issue migrating user’s 2.10 settings to GIMP 3.0. However, if you already used 3.0 RC1, then you need to delete those configurations first (backup of course), as otherwise RC2 won’t try to import the 2.10 preferences.

You may have noticed (or not) that if an app is pinned to the Ubuntu Dock you don’t see a shortcut for it in the applications grid.

While we’re out here raising funds to make me daily-drive HP-UX 11i v1 – we’re at 59% of the goal, so I’m starting to prepare for the pain – it seems you can actually run older versions, HP-UX 10.20 and 11.00 to be specific, in a virtual machine using QEMU.

Until recently, my Slimbook Executive laptop has worked beautifully. For a year, it had a spotless record, it worked elegantly, without any major issues or errors. Then, in a span of just one month, so many things went badly, a result of poorly tested and integrated firmware and system updates that turned my sweet machine into a nerdy sandbox.

AMD's new products this year have not only been supported well on the server side with their new EPYC 9005 "Turin" processors but also on the consumer side with the Ryzen AI 300 series laptop and Ryzen 9000 series desktop Zen 5 processors.

Sonocotta’s HiFi-Amped is a Raspberry Pi Audio HAT designed for Raspberry Pi single-board computers. It features dual PCM5100 DACs and TPA3110 (2x15W @ 8- or 1x 30-W @ 4-) class D amplifiers for high sound quality and power efficiency.