GNOME 51 makes Linux desktop much better
GNOME 51 is here with offline maps, smoother performance, better accessibility, visual document signatures, and plenty of practical Linux desktop improvements.
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Fedora Linux 45 Beta is here with big security and desktop changes
Fedora Linux 45 Beta is now available with a new console, tighter security defaults, updated developer tools, and expanded support for Apple Silicon Macs.
Linux Foundation is building an open security stack for the AI era
The Linux Foundation is bringing companies and researchers together to build an open defensive stack for securing AI models, agents, and infrastructure.
Talos Linux takes aim at VMware with open source hypervisor
Sidero Labs is expanding Talos Linux beyond Kubernetes with native hypervisor support and standalone containers, potentially giving organizations another option as they reconsider VMware and traditional virtualization platforms.
NASA and IBM built an open source AI that could help humans live on the Moon
NASA and IBM have released an open source AI foundation model trained on massive amounts of lunar data. It could help scientists detect craters, study the Moon’s geology, and identify promising locations for water ice.
Linux Mint needs to stop making apps and focus on Linux
Linux Mint is adding an EPUB reader, calendar, and other software while its August update arrives on September 11. Maybe it is time to focus on the OS.
Asahi Linux now officially supports Apple M3 Macs… sort of
Asahi Linux has officially added support for Apple M3 Macs, including M3 Pro and M3 Max models. But GPU acceleration, sleep, and HDMI are still missing.
Audacity 4 is a massive open source audio editor overhaul, but some features are missing
Audacity 4 is a huge overhaul of the open source audio editor, bringing a rebuilt Qt interface, improved clip editing, ASIO support on Windows, and a new project format. However, several Audacity 3 features are currently missing.
NVIDIA buys Hugging Face for nearly $13 billion dollars and promises to keep it open
NVIDIA is buying Hugging Face for $12.93 billion, giving the AI chip company control of a platform used by more than 18 million developers.
Perplexity will open source its faster Lily AI engine for Apple silicon
Perplexity says its Lily AI engine runs Qwen faster than MLX-LM on Apple silicon. The specialized local inference engine will eventually become open source.
Debian Linux developers just rejected a ban on artificial intelligence
Debian developers have rejected proposals to ban artificial intelligence from the project, choosing a responsible-use policy that allows generative AI while keeping humans accountable for their contributions.
EndeavourOS Titan Nova Linux arrives as a bridge to its Wayland future
EndeavourOS Titan Nova is now available with Linux 7.1.8, updated NVIDIA support, installer fixes, and a temporary goodbye to Budgie as development continues on the Wayland-focused Triton release.