Vim Classic is a Vim Fork for People Who Want Their Editor AI-Free
Drew DeVault of SourceHut fame has shipped the first release of his Vim 8.2-based fork.
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AlmaLinux Day is Coming to Hollywood's Backyard This July
Expect a new AlmaLinux edition built for media and entertainment workflows to make its debut at the July 18 event.
KDE Linux is Coming Along Nicely, Ditching the AUR and Tightening Up Security
The project's May update also brings a better build system and replaces KWalletManager with the new KeepSecret app.
This Credit Card-Sized Linux Box Has a Keyboard, Camera, and AI Capability
M5Stack's offering has already pulled in over 10,000 Kickstarter backers.
Steam Deck OLED is Absurdly Overpriced Now, Yet It Sold Out in North America Overnight
The handheld returned at $789 and $949, sold out in North America within 24 hours, and is now back with inconsistent availability.
Don't Expect a Raspberry Pi 6 Until At Least 2028
Raspberry Pi CEO Eben Upton confirmed that in a Reddit AMA recently.
A New Linux Driver Could Make USB4 Cables a Blazing Fast Way to Move Data
The incoming driver would let you move data between two computers over a USB4 cable without needing a network interface.
Linux is Getting a Free Pass on Age Verification in California and Colorado
Other open source software gets similar treatment, with Colorado going as far as explicitly excluding code repositories and container platforms.
AMD Pulls a Bait-and-Switch on Linux Users with Vivado Licensing Changes
Tells Linux users to either pay up or get stuck on an aging, unsupported version forever.
Bambu Lab Has Been Violating AGPLv3 for Years, SFC Says
They are working on a new project called 'baltobu', which will reverse-engineer Bambu's proprietary components.
In a Weird Case, German Deutsche Bahn's Website Was Locking Out Linux Users
DB says it was not intentional, and the block seems to have been fixed.
Good News! After Lenovo and Dell, Now HP Pledges to Support Linux Vendor Firmware Service
More major vendors supporting LVFS is a good sign for the desktop Linux community.
Warp's Oz Platform Can Now Run Claude Code and Codex Alongside Its Own Agent
The devs have also rolled out automatic multi-agent coordination and expanded self-hosting options.
Rust Could Eliminate 80% of Linux Kernel CVEs!
Linux's stable maintainer is betting on a new Rust type to address a class of bugs C has never been able to fully prevent.
Fedora Pulls the Plug on Deepin Over Security and Maintenance Failures
After months of no responses and packages being left in disrepair, the FESCo has drawn a hard line.
Open Source ONLYOFFICE Docs 9.4 Brings Dark Spreadsheets, Smarter Forms, and a Licensing Cleanup
The community build also drops its 20-connection limit and gets a lighter, simpler architecture.
Things Are Quietly Changing at Bitwarden, and People Are Worried
The password manager swapped its CEO, rewrote its core values, and briefly pulled "Always Free" from its pricing page.
Wow! Microsoft Now Has a Fedora-based Linux Distro
Azure Linux 4.0 is on the way, and its GitHub repo quietly confirms it's built on Fedora.
The Famous Linux System Cleaner BleachBit Now Has a TUI (And I Tried It Out)
Still in alpha, it brings keyboard-first system cleaning to servers, headless machines, and remote SSH sessions.
LibrePlan 1.6.0 Released With Better Collaboration Tools and 15 New Languages
The open source web-based project management platform adds email workflows, risk tracking, and AI-assisted translations in its latest release.
Someone Vibe-Coded Lightroom CC Into Running on Linux, and I am Not Touching It
It works if you trust the AI agent that also took screenshots as proof.
Heavy Community Backlash Blocks Fedora's AI Developer Desktop Initiative
Two council members have retracted their approval votes after people raised concerns.
Fedora Hummingbird Debuts As a Super Hardened Linux Distro
Fedora Hummingbird ships the entire OS as a bootable OCI image with atomic updates and rollback support.
Your Old Potato PC Might Game Better With This Linux Kernel Patch
A proposed scheduler update shows frame time improvements on aging hardware under heavy CPU load.
