So I try to avoid Fedora. It’s not because I don’t like Fedora (I do) and it’s not because I hate Red Hat (I don’t). Because Fedora was only the second Linux distribution I took seriously. The first was Linux Mint, which convinced me that Linux was worth the effort; After I figured out what … Read more
Resume NexPhone dual-boots Android, Debian Linux and Windows 11 on the same phone. Shipping for the NexPhone has been pushed back to March 2027 (end of Q1) after 14 years of development. New pre-orders will cost $599, but people who pre-ordered the original $549 won’t have to pay extra. You usually only have one operating … Read more
A threat actor uploaded malicious packages to the Arch User Repository (AUR) that imitated two popular utility tools, yay and paru. AUR is a community-maintained, widely used package index for Arch Linux and derived distributions that hosts package build scripts (PKGBUILDs) for third-party and proprietary tools, beta versions or older package versions that are no … Read more
Microsoft is moving beyond just running Linux distributions with the Windows Subsystem for Linux, as WSL containers are now generally available. You can get the function by running wsl –updateand once it is installed there is a new one wslc.exe Command line tool. Microsoft also includes container.exe as an alias so you can use more … Read more
Resume The Netherlands begins migrating government systems from Windows to Linux under DAWO, testing a NixOS-based desktop. U.S. sanctions on ICC and Microsoft’s cutting services have spurred digital sovereignty. EU governments ditch Windows for Linux, boost FOSS and could trigger snowball effect. Something very interesting is happening in the world of FOSS in Europe. Governments … Read more
C. Scott Brown / Android Authority Add Android authority to Google: TL; DR Qualcomm shares that Snapdragon X series laptops will get Linux support. Debian compatibility should be released later in 2026. Ubuntu plans to support Snapdragon X2 devices early next year. It’s taken a few decades, but there’s something big about how we do … Read more
There is a new version of Espressif ESP32The ESP32-S31 and the same ESP32 come with a Gigabit Ethernet MAC, a USB 2.0 Hi-Speed ​​host controller, a dual-slot SD card interface, and a camera input. It’s a fairly standard set of features for a Linux single-board computer, but it’s a very strange list of things you … Read more