Linux Weekly Daily Wednesday

Rocky Linux 10 will officially support RISC-V! Rusty Nvidia drivers for kernel 6.15, Fender (yes that one) releases a mini-DAW for Linux, and RISC-V on a budget with the 8-core Orange Pi RV2.

Linux drops support for i486, square USB holes, Microsoft open-sources WSL, and a mini PC that knows how-to Linux!

Monitoring carnivorous plants with a Raspberry Pi, setting GPU fan curves with LACT, OSL achieves their funding goal, and a cable TV simulator complete with channel guide.

KDE discontinues Plasma LTS, Open Source Lab (OSL) needs your help, lower prices for the Raspberry Pi CM4, and the world's biggest Raspberry Pi cluster has a new home.

Lenovo makes it easy to avoid the Windows tax, System76 releases Cosmic Alpha 7, PewDiePie switches to Linux, and what's your plan for when the internet goes offline?

ZimaBoard 2 is packed with fanless goodness! Ubuntu 25.04 puts Thunderbird in a Snap, M.2 HDMI capture cards, and n-Track Studio 10 learns how-to Linux.

Linux Mint Debian Edition learns how to OEM, Ubuntu releases a RISC-V image for the Orange Pi RV2, Tuxedo Snapdragon laptop updates, and GPMI wants to replace HDMI.

RasPi-powered trackballs, colour-coated APT, breakout boards for old cell phones, and 45W of unadulterated excitement!

Thunderbird announces Thundermail and Thunderbird Pro Services, Firefox enables HEVC playback on Linux, Windows 95 on Fedora, and April Fools' tech articles are awesome!

Linux kernel 6.14 enhances gaming performance, Haiku gains an Nvidia Vulkan driver, Raspberry Pi releases a PoE injector, and a mobile streaming rig is built with Bella.

After years in development, GIMP 3.0 is out with a gang of new features. Raspberry Pi announces a high-performance, secure microcontroller. We discuss gaming on ARM in 2025, and a Pico-powered calculator project.

Microsoft is shutting down Skype, FireFox adds official support for ARM, Mozilla backtracks on data privacy, Argon One teases a laptop case for the Compute Module 5, and DIGG is staging a comeback.

Framework announces an itsy-bitsy desktop PC, hiding Reddit in a terminal, an operating system in the browser that runs Half-Life, and what counts as self-hosting in 2025?

System stress testing utility OCCT is coming to Linux; CrowView releases a portable workstation for Pi-like devices; GIMP inches ever closer to a 3.0 release; and Asahi Linux changes its governance model.

Running Linux inside a *.pdf, Adafruit's new Jam, Argon One V5 case review, and 12-core ARM madness from Radxa.

RISC-V mainboards from Framework, sniffing traffic with Sniffnet, old people like forums, AI detection from Mozilla, and a RasPi 0 with a mechanical keyboard.

Ubuntu LTS gets Kernel 6.11 and Mesa 24, Liberux NEXX announces a Linux-powered smartphone, Bitwig is making an audio interface, and the Pebble smartwatch is back from the dead!

This week, we discuss essential Linux applications, explore the exciting new features of Linux Kernel 6.13, and discover how to control FFmpeg with natural language commands. Plus, we'll discuss Nvidia's plans for a consumer-friendly ARM chip.

VLC demos real-time closed captioning! Raspberry Pi 5 gets a 16 GB variant, pretty name support comes to Fastfetch. And Linus Torvalds is gifting a hand-built guitar effects pedal to a lucky kernel developer.

Adding AI to Firefox with Orbit, installing OpenWrt on the Banana Pi R4, Mecha Comet modular Linux handheld at CES, and self-hosted music streaming with ease.

Wayland lands in XFCE 4.20! Switching to Linux in 2025, NVME drives in GPUs, and a DIY kickstand for the Raspi monitor.

Raspberry Pi counts to 500, AppMan learns new tricks, Battlemage hype, and Steam Link updated for ARM.

Drawing kitty cats on floppy disks, blue video cards from AMD, Discord screen share with audio, and Bootkitty is real, it can hurt you.

The DOJ recommends that Google ditch Chrome. Firefox 133 introduces Bounce Tracking Protection. XFCE brings new life to retro laptops, and RP2350 goes wireless thanks to the Raspberry Pi Pico 2W.

Automatic pen testing with penguin-powered vikings, PREEMPT_RT arrives in the Linux kernel, and a RISC-V mainboard from Framework.

Chilling with Liquid Nitrogen Pi, Mozilla Cuts Jobs, Radxa X4: X86 Power, and a Trustworthy Powered USB Hub.

Raspberry Pi announces the high-res Touch Display 2! Fedora 41 enables secure Boot support for systems which need the proprietary Nvidia driver, KDE out of memory notifications, and the RP2040 gets Nerfed.

Intel wants to make NVME drives less melty, flexible Raspberry Pi Pico clones, DIY spycam detection, and Raspberry Pi OS's switch from X Window to Wayland is now official.

Qualcomm cancels Snapdragon Dev Kits, MALIBAL boycotts Coreboot, Ploopy trackpads, and System76 has unveiled its first ARM-based workstation.

Winamp bids farewell to open-source development. Ubuntu celebrates its 20th anniversary with a vintage makeover. KVM over IP with Input Leap and discover how to automate Raspberry Pi backups with PiShrink.

XFCE 4.20 gets a little bit of Wayland, Pine64 returns from the abyss, Raspberry Pi branded SD cards, and ultra low-power X86_64 servers on ARM with Box64.

Thunderbird for Android beta is out and looking for testers! Mission Center adds support for fans, Raspberry Pi releases an AI camera, and a modern grip-style mouse that anyone can build at home.

After 20 years, real-time patches find their way into the Linux kernel! Using a Linux phone as a secondary wireless display for GNOME, building your own router with Banana Pi BPI-R4, and full-colour e-ink display for the Raspberry Pi.

iFixit releases a hot new product! Linux Kernel 6.11 yokes things up, a wicked-neat Firefox alternative from Japan, and the Raspberry Pi Imager now comes in a convenient easy to carry AppImage.

Mikrotik brings Winbox to Linux! KDE Slimbook gets a refresh, AMD targets the midrange, and a Raspberry Pi powered friend.

What's new in the Pico 2, what to look for in a Linux distribution, and delidding pies.

DeepComputing unveils the $149 RISC-V Pad II, Davinci Resolve 19 debuts with a host of new features, Raspberry Pi-powered PoE security cameras and a 6DOF Space Mouse you can build at home.

Nobara Linux overtakes Windows 11 in gaming performance, Debian turns 31, video over IP with NDI, and a $50 Raspberry Pi 5.

This week, Michael Salmons pops in to discuss locally hosted AI, LLMs, getting started with Linux, and his love for eleven-year-old racing games.

An immutable Manjaro variant is ready for public testing! Linux desktop use reaches an all-time high, Google loses its antitrust case, and Reddit isn't against adding paywalls.

Blocking AI scrapers made easy, open-source tools from Netflix, PipeWire learns how-to FFADO, AOL on WINE, and a blinky little case of nightmares for the Raspberry Pi 5.

Google snags a Reddit monopoly! F3's dodgy flash detection, Raspberry Pi 5's dual 2.5Gb Ethernet, veggie-powered multistreaming, and a low-cost SBC that crushes the competition.

A look at some of the new features in System76's COSMIC desktop, Linux Kernel 6.10 offering improved compatibility with Intel ARC, OBS 30.2 gaining zero-copy NVENC, and Dust, a tool for tracking down large files from the terminal.

Trimming Videos on Linux Made Easy, Writing Gooder with Ctrl+Revise, Firefox Gains a New Translation Feature, and Give Old Hardware a Second Life with Linux.

The Ladybird browser is ready to do the impossible, Canonical announces a Docker image, a Raspberry Pi-powered ePaper iPod, and FUTO releases an Android keyboard that doesn't suck.

Squeezing Linux on the Minisforum V3 AMD Tablet, SUSE Linux boasts 19 years of support, and one wonders: after 30 years, could you finally make the switch to Linux?

DeepComputing partners with Canonical for their RISC-V laptop, Framework announces a RISC-V mainboard, sideloading Debian packages, and the Linux BSOD learns a new trick!

A Snapdragon X Elite-powered laptop from TUXEDO, Firefox 127 makes deduplicating tabs easy, Raspberry Pi goes public, and a cross-platform circle menu, thingy.

Framework's Laptop 13 gets a Core Ultra upgrade, professional graphic design on Debian without Wayland, and poking the HP EliteDesk 705 G4 Mini with a Linux stick.

Mozilla publishes a roadmap packed with feature goodness! Canonical's releases Ubuntu server for the $48 RISC powered Milk-V, finding an open-source Android keyboard with swipe, and Microsoft Copilot+ PCs like to take a bunch of screenshots.

Winamp is finally opening the source! Nvidia decides to play nice with Wayland, official m.2 HAT for the RasPi 5, and benchmarking your SSD like a Windows user.