Canonical Puts €40,000 a Year Behind Trifecta Tech to Rustify Ubuntu
ntpd-rs is set to replace Ubuntu's time-syncing tools, the same way sudo-rs replaced classic sudo last year.
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A curious developer took it upon himself to revive this *iconic* gem.
Sipeed's New KVM Wants AI Agents to See and Control Your Screen
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HW Lab's DockFrame Heads to Crowd Supply With Swappable Tool Cards
The modular USB-C hub uses Framework's expansion standard, and its Tool Cards double as bench tools.
Brave Says This is Not a Privacy Feature, But Using Containers Has Its Perks
Brave Browser 1.92 introduces support for Containers that isolate cookies and site data per tab.
Collabora Office 26.04 Keeps AI Optional and Refines Writer and Calc
The desktop suite's first major update pulls features from CODE 26.04.
Sick of AI Slop, Former Microsoft Engineer Built a New, AI-less Notepad
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Lumo 2.0: Proton's Private Alternative to ChatGPT and Claude Just Got Better
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AI Agents Could Get Verified Identities, Courtesy of DNS
The open standard would tie every agent's identity to certificates and a public transparency log nobody can edit.
You Can Spend Up to $11,944 on Purism's Librem 16 Linux Laptop
The laptop starts at $2,899 and scales up to an eye-watering $11,944 for a custom config.
Linux Users Get This For Free! Brave Origin Costs $59.99 For Everyone Else
Brave strips out AI, Rewards, Wallet, and VPN, but ad and tracker blocking stay intact for Origin users.
PINE64's Smart Speaker is a Home Assistant Powered Alternative to Amazon Echo
It is powered by a RISC-V chip, has a hardware mic mute switch, and costs $49.99.
No More Reboots During Kernel Patching for ARM64 Systems on Ubuntu
Canonical's Livepatch finally extends to the platform in Ubuntu 26.04 LTS and Ubuntu Core 26.
ArmSoM Sige6 is The First Sige Board to Ditch Rockchip For Allwinner
Powered by the Allwinner A733, the SBC brings a 3 TOPS NPU, Wi-Fi 6, and up to 16 GB of LPDDR5 RAM.
Guncrypt is Halfbrick Studio's First PC Game, That Also Works on Linux
If you are into rogue-like games, this one might be the one to get on Linux.
Canonical's New AI Tool Wants You to Talk to Ubuntu Instead of Type
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Epic Games Built Its Own Git Alternative For Handling Large Files
Written in Rust and released under the MIT license, Lore is a version control system for handling large, complex data.
After the AUR Malware Flood, Yay v13 Lets You Script Your Own Safety Net
The release adds Lua-based hooks alongside a simpler way to see how recently a PKGBUILD was last touched.
Commodore's New Flip Phone Skips Android for Linux-Based Sailfish OS
The Callback 8020 still runs apps made for Android, btw.
KDE Plasma 6.7 Release Resurrects Two Themes From the KDE 4 Era
The release also brings per-screen virtual desktops and Union, a new CSS-based theming system.
Raven Prism is a Linux Computer That Happens To Be A Pair of Glasses
This eye-controlled smart glass is a San Francisco-based startup's bet on ambient computing.
Arch Linux Pulls the Plug on New AUR Registrations After Malware Flood
More than 1,500 AUR packages got hit, and new waves kept coming.
To Make Things Easier, CachyOS Opted for a New GUI Package Manager
There are a couple of graphical package managers for Arch-based distros, but CachyOS opted for a new one in C#.
Flipper One is a Pocket-sized Linux Cyberdeck
And it needs your help to come to fruition.
