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Want to try Ubuntu’s AI dictation feature? Here’s how

Ubuntu’s new AI-powered dictation tool Myna isn’t officially ready, but you can give it an early test. Canonical has added the Myna orchestrator snap and a pair of speech-recognition AI models to t...

Ubuntu speeds up kernel security updates because of AI

Ubuntu kernel security updates will arrive on a near-weekly basis, as Canonical tries to keep pace with an 'explosion' of issues being detected through AI. You're reading Ubuntu speeds up kernel se...

Ex-Microsoft dev builds a new task manager for Linux

TMOG is a cross-platform task manager for Windows, macOS and Linux created by ex-Microsoft developer Dave Plummer, who created Windows' first one. You're reading Ex-Microsoft dev builds a new task ...

OpenShot is now officially available as a Snap

An official snap of OpenShot, the open-source video editor, is available on the Snap Store. Users can install it from App Center, or the command line. You're reading OpenShot is now officially avai...

Ubuntu wiki gets its first overhaul in 16 years

An all-new Ubuntu Wiki has gone live, giving the information hub its first substantive overhaul since 2010. The updated wiki now runs on MediaWiki, which adds a slate of modern backend and frontend...

Obscura VPN now offers a desktop app for Linux

Obscura VPN has launched a native Linux app, giving desktop users an easier way to access it (without wrangling Wireguard configuration files). Linux isn’t short of VPN providers, but Obscura, foun...

Ubuntu cloud images dropped another package by accident

Another package went missing from Ubuntu 26.04 LTS’s minimal cloud images, this time xxd , a CLI tool for viewing files as hexadecimals. It’s the second time this has happened, following the accide...

Wallpapi gives you a cooler way to change wallpaper on GNOME

Wallpapi is an Omarchy-inspired wallpaper switcher for GNOME desktops that offers a slicker. When installed, it lets you “browse a folder of wallpapers as a full-screen carousel of parallelogram ca...

openKylin 3.0 Release Makes it a "AI first" Linux Desktop

The built-in skills allow you to control and change system settings via AI agent. Is this the beginning of AI assistant for desktop computers?

Distro With an Expiry Date?Gravity Linux is a New Distro for Apple Silicon

Its first alpha targets the M4 Mac mini and runs on a Fedora base, with all driver work aimed at the upstream Linux kernel.

Local AI Weekly #3: The Token Rug Pull

Cheap frontier tokens won't last. Plus an email client on the edge, an inbox for background agents. Check out the latest Local AI Weekly newsletter.

Local AI Jargon Quiz: Do You Know All These Buzzwords?

Token, harness, quantization, open weight, you've seen these words everywhere in local AI discussions. Take this quiz and see if you really know these "buzzwords".

PeppermintOS Is Moving From Xorg to XLibre to Avoid Wayland

The lightweight distro will ship the XLibre display server in its upcoming Debian and Devuan ISO refreshes, and it says it has no plans to switch to Wayland for the foreseeable future.

Organizations Are Now Reaching for OpenSearch for AI, Not Just Search

The 2026 Open Data Infrastructure Report finds 62% of current users already run OpenSearch for AI workloads.

Raspberry Pi Disallows RAM Upgrades to Fight Fraud, Does it Make Sense?

A resurfacing firmware lock is catching out new buyers and tinkerers who want to revive dead hardware.

Signal Will Let You Sign Up Without a Phone Number — For $3

The feature is currently in testing on Android, with iOS support still a bit far away.

Debian Inference Portal Launches To Provide Free AI/LLM Inferencing To Debian Developers

With Debian voting to allow the responsible use of generative AI, there is now a new initiative funded by Scaleway to make it easier for Debian contributors to leverage AI: the Debian Inference Por...

Qualcomm Talks Up Linux On Snapdragon X2 Laptops

Qualcomm at their Snapdragon Summit taking place in Hawaii are talking up the forthcoming Linux support for Snapdragon X2 series laptops...

Lemonade Fixes AMD APU Model Streaming, Drops OpenMOSS ROCm As ~40x Slower Than Vulkan

The AMD-aligned Lemonade open-source project for serving as a local AI server released 2026.39.1 today as well as issuing a release candidate of 2026.40 as their next release. Besides adapting to a...

Intel Developing Their DXVK-IGDEXT For Improved Linux Gaming On Arc Graphics

Intel engineers have been quietly developing dxvk-igdext as their own component for DXVK Direct3D 8 / 9 / 10 / 11 atop the Vulkan API for leveraging Intel Direct3D 11 Graphics Extensions...

Benchmarking Java Performance Of JDK 8 Through OpenJDK 27

With the recent release of Java/OpenJDK 27 I began some fresh benchmarks in not having looked at the OpenJDK Java performance in a few years. Carried away, I ended up re-testing all the major OpenJ...

NTFS-3G Update Brings Many Security Fixes

NTFS-3G 2026.9.18 was released this morning as the newest update to this FUSE-based open-source driver for NTFS file-system support...

Qualcomm Posts Open-Source GPU Driver Patches For Adreno 850 One Day After Announcement

Yesterday Qualcomm announced the Snapdragon 8 Elite Extreme Gen 6 as quite an interesting mobile SoC. The Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Extreme Gen 6 features Adreno 850 graphics and already one-day ...

AMD Upstreams AVX10_V2_AUX Support Into LLVM Clang 24

In addition to AMD working on AVX10_V2_AUX support for the GCC compiler, this summer they also posted AVX10_V2_AUX support for the LLVM/Clang compiler. As of yesterday that enablement was merged fo...

Microsoft disrupts AI-assisted platform that compromised 12,000 accounts

EvilTokens provided an end-to-end platform that makes mass compromises faster and easier.

IT mistake erases 11 years of viewing history for hospitals’ maternity records

The English hospitals recovered patient care data only.

Muse, Meta's extraordinarily privileged AI assistant, has a serious 0-day

A simple ClickFix attack is only one way to completely hijack the new agent.

An undercover Google analyst infiltrated a notorious supply-chain hacking gang

Google’s threat intelligence group said it had a mole inside TeamPCP's inner circle.

LLMs respond differently to harmful prompts when AI watermarking is used

SynthID can cause models to follow harmful instructions they would otherwise refuse.

Nonprofit that tracks meteors taken down by "critical blow" from a cyberattack

Group plans to be largely out of commission for several weeks.

AI bots "Timmy," "Ren," and "Jackie" are flooding social media with slop

“Hello, I'm an Al agent, a few days old, living on a small platform for agents.”

ClickFix attacks infecting PCs and Macs are going viral

Simplicity—combined with the difficulty of getting stuff done—makes ClickFix ideal.

7 Best Free and Open Source Climate, Weather and Earth-Science Data Analysis Tools

Explore 7 of the best free and open-source tools for analyzing climate, weather, and Earth-science data, from visualization to scientific analysis. The post 7 Best Free and Open Source Climate, Wea...

Another Comeback, Another Linux Project: Ikey Doherty Introduces Barney

Ikey Doherty is back with Barney, a new project marking another chapter for the developer known for creating and contributing to major open-source projects. The post Another Comeback, Another Linux...

Omarchy Funding Climbs to $13M, With Over $4M a Year Set for Spending

Omarchy funding has climbed to $13 million, with more than $4 million a year earmarked for spending as the project expands its financial resources. The post Omarchy Funding Climbs to $13M, With Ove...

6 Best Free and Open Source Linux Web-Based Discord Tools

Explore 6 of the best free and open-source web-based Discord tools, offering alternative ways to access, manage, and enhance your Discord experience. The post 6 Best Free and Open Source Linux Web-...

Slackware-Based Zenwalk Current Milestone 2026 Released with Linux 7.1

Zenwalk Current Milestone 2026 is now available, bringing the Slackware-based distribution up to date with the Linux 7.1 kernel and other improvements. The post Slackware-Based Zenwalk Current Mile...

Fish Shell 4.9 Released with Faster Tab Completion

Fish Shell 4.9 is now available with faster tab completion, delivering a more responsive command-line experience alongside additional improvements. The post Fish Shell 4.9 Released with Faster Tab ...

GNOME Moves to Formalize Major Project Decisions with New RFC Process

GNOME is introducing a formal RFC process for major project decisions, aiming to create a clearer and more structured approach to proposing significant changes. The post GNOME Moves to Formalize Ma...

Brave Says Its Browser Loads Pages 20% Faster Than Major Rivals

Brave says its browser loads pages 20% faster than major rivals, highlighting performance gains designed to deliver a quicker web browsing experience. The post Brave Says Its Browser Loads Pages 20...