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Fwupd 2.1.9 Linux Firmware Updater Released with New Features
fwupd 2.1.9 has been released today as a new stable update in the fwupd 2.1 series of this open-source project for updating and managing the firmware of various hardware on your Linux distribution.
Contour 0.8 Terminal Emulator Adds Command Blocks, Faster Rendering
The Contour 0.8 terminal emulator adds command history navigation, output folding, faster rendering, and improved shell integration.
Linux's Early Boot-Time Physical Memory Allocator Sees Big Speed-Up: ~268s To ~50ms
Sent out today for the Linux 7.4 kernel were a set of memblock improvements. Most notable is a performance optimization within mm/memblock.c that implements the kernel's early boot-time physical memory allocator that is used prior to the bring-up of the full page allocator...
OBS Studio 33.0 Released with Updated Browser Engine, Plugin Changes
OBS Studio 33.0 upgrades Chromium Embedded Framework, overhauls plugin loading, improves source snapping, and fixes Linux issues.
How to Install and Use DevToys on Ubuntu 26.04 & Ubuntu 25.04
Learn how to install DevToys on Ubuntu, Linux Mint, Kali Linux, and other Debian-based distributions using the distribution package.
KDE Plasma 6.9 Stabilizes KWin's Wayland Picture-In-Picture Support
With the wonderful KDE Plasma 6.8 having shipped just more than one week ago, KDE developers are beginning to go heavy on new features for Plasma 6.9...
Tails 7.15.1 Privacy-Focused Linux Distro Released as Emergency Security Update
Tails 7.15.1 addresses compromised CA certificates that could allow attackers to impersonate HTTPS websites through malicious Tor exit nodes.
Convertion F45 Server to Thin XFS LVM Provisioning with Libvirt-Hooks based on BTRFS-XFS Setup
Converting a server (such as a high-density virtualization platform) to Thin XFS LVM Provisioning with Libvirt-Hooks solves the fundamental performance bottlenecks and management complexities inherent in running virtual machines on top of a native or hybrid Btrfs storage architecture. This post was assisted by Google AI .
HPFS Is The Latest File-System Slated For Removal On Linux
HPFS is the latest file-system driver for the Linux kernel facing removal. The High Performance File-System (HPFS) was developed by IBM and Microsoft for OS/2...
Transmission 4.1.4 Open-Source BitTorrent Client Released with Various Fixes
Transmission 4.1.4 has been released today as the fourth maintenance update to the latest Transmission 4.1 series for this popular open-source BitTorrent client, a bugfix release that fixes various issues.
Linux 7.4 Merges Slab Updates With A Nice Performance Improvement
The slab pull request was just merged for Linux 7.4. For end users nothing too incredibly exciting but there is one change that does yield a 24% throughput improvement in a benchmark exercising the kernel's memory management subsystem...