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In addition to moving from Chromium OS up to r138 (previously r132), FydeOS 21.0 comes with enhanced search filtering in the launcher app, a new rich content insert feature, improved screenshots, isolated web apps in kiosk mode, as well as multiple tweaks and fixes.

The Open Printer features a modular and highly repairable design, and while it uses the popular HP 63 cartridges, it lacks DRM blocks that lock out third-party cartridges. It also allows printing on paper rolls, so you can either use the in-built cutter to make A4 sheets, or print longer items like banners. The Open Printer will be launched via a crowdfunding campaign soon.

Apollo Computer will release a second batch of Apollo A6000 Amiga-compatible systems on October 13. An additional twenty units will be sold at the Amiga 40 event in Germany. The all-in-one computer is modeled after the original Amiga A600.

Offensive Security's Debian-based distro is back, dropping ARMel support while offering a refreshed Nexmon wireless firmware package. Kali Linux 2025.3 also comes with 10 new tools, updated HashiCorp Packer and Vagrant VM apps, as well as multiple minor tweaks and fixes.

Based on Debian Trixie and targeting system integrators, SysLinuxOS 13 Mate includes a rich set of tools, such as Angry IP scanner, Etherscape, Putty, Zenmap, firewalk, Teams for Linux, Firefox, Chrome, and Edge, as well as docker-compose, amazon-ec2-net-utils, Balena Etcher, and much more. The kernel used is 6.16.8-1-liquorix-amd64.

Based on Debian 13 and designed primarily for single-board computers such as the Raspberry Pi family, DietPi 9.17 comes with improved backups, a Roon Server early access toggle, as well as multiple minor bug fixes and tweaks. Alongside the aforementioned SBC lineup, it also works with Odroid, PINE64, Radxa, Allo, NanoPi, and more.

Ubuntu 25.10 "Questing Quokka" is one step closer to the masses thanks to a new beta release. Targeting multiple platforms and available in quite a few versions, as usual, this release includes the 6.17 Linux kernel and most features that will come with the final release, expected to arrive on October 9.

A new open-source tool is offering real-time monitoring of multiple AI models, including OpenAI GPT-5, Claude Opus 4, and Gemini 2.5 Pro. The first of its kind, it can detect "when AI companies reduce model capability to save costs." The benchmarks can run against the users' own OpenAI, xAI, Anthropic, or Google API keys as well.

Already available in Cinnamon, LXQt, MATE, and Xfce versions, Mauna Linux gets a GNOME edition as well. Labeled 25, the latest refresh of this Debian-based distro comes with the 6.12 LTS kernel, OnlyOffice 9.0.4, Firefox 142.0.1, and a generous set of firmware updates, as well as many under-the-hood tweaks and fixes.

A minimal and swift, yet gaming-ready distro, MocaccinoOS 25.09 comes with an upgraded kernel (6.12.45 LTS), Mesa 25.1.9, as well as version 570.181 of the Nvidia GPU driver package. Additionally, this version also comes with multiple performance enhancements, better hardware support, and several bug fixes.

Signal, the open-source messaging service, is introducing new free and paid secure cloud backup plans for chats and media. The free plan gives you 100MB of storage for messages and up to 45 days of media backups.

CheckMag RomM is a self-hosted solution for managing and maintaining your ROM collection. With save state support, metadata scraping and RetroAchievements, it will let you play nearly everything up to PSX from a web browser. Here's how to get started.

Since the MATE, Xfce, and Cinnamon Linux Mint 22.2 "Zara" editions come with the HWE kernel 6.14, all ended up facing the same issues. The list of problems includes a bug that affects systems with older Nvidia GPUs that use the 470 driver, but other nuisances have been discovered as well.

Debian-based Kamuriki Linux 4.00 is now available with a Windows classic-like interface and the Wine compatibility layer under the hood. The distro comes loaded with multiple useful tools for daily use and, despite only having a Japanese language website, features support for English and other languages as well.

The latest release of Xray_OS Linux, just like its predecessors, brings together an Arch base and a set of unique tools developed from scratch, such as the Tolitica Assistant, to deliver a fast and stable gaming-focused experience. This distro includes both curated PKGBUILDs and custom wallpapers.

Moonshot AI has released Kimi K2 AI, a large language model that has scored higher than DeepSeek on the LMSys text arena leaderboard. The open-source AI is free to all to use.

With over 146 commits since the previous stable version, the build-it-yourself, CLI-only Linux From Scratch 12.4 guide is available for both the SysV init and systemd approaches. This project allows the user to create a minimal distro from source code (while offering information on adding a GUI) and has been around since late 1999.

The latest GhostBSD community spin, labeled 25.02-R14.3p2, comes with the latest FreeBSD improvements, such as improved hardware support and security, kernel enhancements, as well as up-to-date wireless networking support. This release also intros Gershwin, an OS X-inspired desktop environment.

Google announces new security measures for Android — a new developer verification requirement. Starting September 2026, sideloading apps from unverified developers will be blocked on Android. Google says it is making this move to combat the spread of malware and financial fraud.

DeepSeek-V3.1 AI LLM has arrived eight months after the initial launch of V3. The chatbot software is able to answer prompts quicker and smarter than before. The model is open source, allowing anyone to use and build upon it for free.

Available since yesterday, CachyOS 250824 is the sixth release of the year and arrives alongside the packages.cachyos.org package versions dashboard. The list of changes includes stability improvements and automated Btrfs boot environments, as well as an option to install the Niri window manager.

After Spotify mercilessly killed the Car Thing, an enthusiast modding community has revived the diminutive audio streaming device with a new firmware that has feature parity with the original Car Thing functionality. Nocturne V3 hopes to revive the Car Thing for those who don't want to waste functional hardware.

PQShield expands post-quantum cryptography hardware with UltraPQ-Suite and PQPlatform-TrustSys, building on its 2024 NIST-approved silicon debut.

Unplugged is set to launch its high-privacy UP Phone in September 2025. Powered by UnpluggedOS (based on AOSP), the triple-camera smartphone features a strong firewall, open-source AV, and physical battery disconnect to help defend users against unwanted data exfil and tracking by big tech and the deep state.

The latest snapshot of the upcoming Linux Mint 22.2 "Zara" release is now available with a revamped login page and a visually enhanced software management center. It also sports a new fingerprint authenticator, Fingwit. Among other changes, the Hypnotix IPTV app now sports two additional modes.

CheckMag One of the best features of Google Photos is the ability to pull your treasured memories into a screensaver on your Android TV or tablet. But for those who prefer self-hosted solutions, here are 3 ways to set up a screensaver to stream photos from your NAS.

For the first time in six years, OpenAI has released two new models with open weights that can be downloaded, for free, and run locally on your PC or laptop. The last model the company open-sourced was GPT-2 in 2019.

Tencent has open-sourced its Hunyuan AI model, releasing four compact language models with 0.5 billion, 1.8 billion, 4 billion, and 7 billion parameters that can run on a single consumer GPU.

Debian 13 Trixie will introduce official support for 64-bit RISC-V CPUs along with 64-bit timekeeping to address the year 2038 clock overflow bug. Trixie continues Debian’s legacy of stability, security, and reliability in a free Linux-based OS.

Zen Browser is a recent fork of Firefox that focusses on privacy, aesthetics, and workflow optimisation. With its latest Twilight beta update, Zen has improved on a bunch of features that differentiate it from Firefox and added a number of bug fixes and features for both Linux and Windows users.

NovaCustom NUC Box is a new mini PC that puts great emphasis on privacy, as can be expected from the brand. Featuring the open-source, coreboot-based Dasharo firmware, the mini PC can be equipped with up to an Intel Core Ultra 7 155H CPU and 96 GB of DDR5 memory.

New kernel patch brings native power controls to Legion Go S on Linux for much more convenient performance profile switching and more.

Artificial Agency's new behaviour engine introduces adaptive AI to gaming, letting characters and game directors respond in real time to player choices.

OpenAI is ready to launch an Artificial Intelligence-backed browser to compete with the biggest player in the field: Alphabet’s Google Chrome, according to sources consulted by Reuters.

CheckMag Booklore is the Plex or Immich of e-books. A beautiful, self-hosted way to manage and read your own e-book library. But while movies are easy to rip from physical media we own, it's a lot harder to do the same for a book, making Booklore a pipe dream rather than a reality for those wanting to operate on the right side of the law.

CheckMag Want to generate images on your PC without relying on cloud services? This guide walks you through setting up free, open-source tools for complete creative control without any subscriptions.

The misconfiguration in Google's open-source code review system allowed unauthorised code revisions in at least 18 projects, prompting security updates and wider warnings for Gerrit users.

In a major leap for neuroscience, researchers at UCLA have developed a tiny, 3.5-gram microscope that solves a long-standing challenge: simultaneously observing multiple brain regions in a freely moving mouse. The new open-source device, called MiniXL, provides a large field of view — effectively opening a new window into the brain's complex networks.

Mistral AI has launched Magistral, a reasoning AI model that takes more time to think of answers to complex prompts while offering businesses traceability for compliance in finance, law, and medicine. Magistral provides businesses with an alternative to leading US and Chinese AI models.

With multiple 2.5 Gb Ethernet ports, Wi-Fi 7 and software that includes Docker, Tailscale, Wireguard and Adblock, the GL-iNet Flint 3 will give even the best routers a run for their money at a significantly reduced price.

CheckMag Full-fledged Linux on smartphones is far from mainstream, but there are plenty of options from Volla, Fairphone, or installing it on an older device. Asking customers to throw down on an Indiegogo campaign at a price that exceeds most flagships might be a step too far, despite the noble intention.

Yandex has released Yambda, the world's largest open dataset for music recommender systems, containing 4.79 billion anonymized user interactions to help developers create smart music services that play only the songs listeners want to hear.

DeepSeek has announced DeepSeek-R1-0528, the latest version of its R1 AI model, featuring improved reasoning, reduced hallucinations, and enhanced performance across multiple AI benchmarks, positioning it closer to top proprietary models.

Nick Gillard has created one of the world's smallest working Macintosh Classics, using the WaveShare Pico Zero Raspberry Pi board running a modified pico-mac emulator and clever engineering, all housed within a 62 mm-tall 3D-printed case.

The BYOND platform has been hit by sustained DDoS attacks from a group demanding the release of its source code. Disruptions have left services intermittently offline, raising concerns over the ethics of coercive digital activism.

Earlier this week, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10.0 was released, sporting a Linux 6.12 LTS core, Wayland instead of X11, AI-driven admin tools, enhanced security features, microarchitecture optimizations, and various other changes. A RISC-V Developer Preview is also available.

A new 2T1R memristor-based architecture aims to enable low-power in-memory computing for AI and edge devices. The design integrates current regulation and CMOS compatibility to support analogue VMM and neuromorphic tasks.

The Wii U GamePad was a unique experiment that paved the way for the Switch. However, without the ability to purchase a 1st party replacement, any damage to the GamePad and the Wii U effectively becomes a brick. Thankfully, there is now a Steam Deck compatible open source alternative.

CyberLink has unveiled its latest PowerDirector software for social media creators and business users. Editors can easily turn videos into anime-style videos, generate multilingual videos, and apply creative effects to moving objects using generative AI.

System76, which specialises in Linux devices, is relaunching its Serval WS high-end laptop with an Nvidia RTX 5070 Ti GPU. The Linux notebook is also getting a better 16-inch display and an Intel Core Ultra 9 275HX CPU.