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2026-04-04 01:45:59 CEST

OpenRazer 3.12.1 Enables Two More Razer Devices Under Linux
OpenRazer 3.12 released in mid-March as the latest feature update to these open-source drivers for Razer hardware on Linux. Out today is OpenRazer 3.12.1 for enabling two more Razer products on Linux plus shipping a couple fixes...
https://www.phoronix.com/news/OpenRazer-3.12.1-Released

2026-03-10 16:15:45 CET

SUSE Reportedly May Be For Sale Yet Again
Over the past two decades SUSE Linux has been passed around several times. From Novell's acquisition of SUSE back in 2003 to then being acquired by The Attachmate Group to then merging with Micro Focus and then the SUSE business being acquired by private equity firm EQT back in 2018. A report out today indicates that EQT may now be looking to sell off SUSE...
https://www.phoronix.com/news/SUSE-Possibly-For-Sale-2026

2025-05-27 19:15:24 CEST

AlmaLinux 10.0 Stable Released - Unlike RHEL 10, It Continues Supporting x86-64-v2 CPUs
Building off the recent release of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10.0, AlmaLinux 10.0 stable is now available as this RHEL-derived popular community Linux OS alternative...
https://www.phoronix.com/news/AlmaLinux-10.0-Released

2025-04-08 12:30:20 CEST

Ubuntu Adds Support For A New Low-Cost RISC-V Board: The OrangePi RV2 8GB For ~$64
Canonical announced today they have released Ubuntu developer images for the Orange Pi RV2, a new RISC-V single board computer that is low-cost with the SBC featuring 8GB of RAM costing just $64 USD...
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Ubuntu-Linux-On-OrangePi-RV2

2025-02-24 06:15:04 CET

KiCad 9.0 Released For Advancing Open-Source EDA
KiCad 9.0 is now available as the newest version of this leading open-source Electronics Design Automation (EDA) suite that can rival some proprietary solutions for designing PCBs and other electronic hardware...
https://www.phoronix.com/news/KiCad-9.0-Released

2025-01-03 12:30:02 CET

KDE Internet of Things "Kiot" Started To Provide Nice Home Assistant Integration Longtime KDE developer David Edmundson has recently been cleaning up some scripts he's been using personally for a few years to enhance the integration between the KDE desktop and Home Assistant for open-source home automation. This work has evolved into the KDE Internet of Things "Kiot" and is currently in a pre-alpha state for enhancing the support between KDE and home automation controls...
https://www.phoronix.com/news/KDE-Kiot-Home-Assistant

2024-12-30 13:30:13 CET

Updated Serpent OS Alpha Brings Few Fixes To This Original Linux Distribution Last week Ikey Doherty's Serpent OS Linux distribution debuted in alpha form while kicking off the new week is updated install media to provide a few fixes for this original from-scratch Linux distribution...
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Serpent-OS-Alpha-Update

2024-12-19 13:00:03 CET

AlmaLinux 10 Beta Running Great With Nice Performance As Free/Community Alternative To RHEL 10 Along with the recent release of the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 beta, the AlmaLinux crew released their AlmaLinux 10 beta as the latest wares for this popular community/free alternative to upstream RHEL. I've been running some early benchmarks and testing on this AlmaLinux 10.0 Beta "Purple Lion" release and it's running well with performance right inline with upstream RHEL 10 Beta.
https://www.phoronix.com/review/almalinux-10-beta