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An AWS engineer spotted the problem first. On a 96-vCPU Graviton4 instance, PostgreSQL throughput plunged to half under Linux 7.0. Salvatore Dipietro posted benchmarks to the...

Xbox’s Helix Gambit: Why Trackpads Could Make or Break the PC-Console Fusion

Microsoft's next Xbox console, codenamed Project Helix, promises to erase the line between console and PC gaming. It will run Xbox titles alongside full PC libraries, powered...

Rust’s Ownership Edge: Why Borrow Checker Beats Reference Counting in Raw Speed

Rust developers face a stark choice daily. Stick to strict ownership and borrowing for zero-runtime-cost safety. Or reach for Rc and Arc to share da...

Quarkdown’s Markdown Upgrade: Scripting LaTeX Power Without the Syntax Pain

Developers and researchers have long juggled Markdown's simplicity with LaTeX's precision. Quarkdown bridges that gap. This open-source tool turns standard Markdown into a progr...

Malus AI’s Clean-Room Cloning: The Sharp Edge Threatening Open-Source Codebases

A new service called Malus.sh promises to free companies from the shackles of open-source licenses. Upload your software dependencies. Pay a fee. Get back code that does the sam...

Asahi Linux Hits Kernel 7.0 Milestone: M3 Alpha Parity and Power Wins on Apple Silicon

Linux kernel 7.0 arrived after nearly three years in the 6.x series. For Asahi Linux, that means time for a progress report packed with gains. The team automated their installer...

Plain Text’s Unyielding Grip: Why Tech’s Simplest Format Outlasts Flashier Rivals

Plain text. It's the digital equivalent of a hammer—simple, reliable, everywhere. Marcin Wichary captured this in a recent post on his...

Stonking Stingray Surfaces: Ubuntu 26.10’s Security Overhaul and Six-Month Sprint to October Launch

Canonical has pinned October 15, 2026, as the launch date for Ubuntu 26.10, codenamed Stonking Stingray. This interim release—Canonical's 45th—kicks off its development cycle...

Linux 7.1 Powers Up Apple MacBooks with Mainline Battery Monitoring via MFD Overhaul

The Linux kernel's Multi-Function Device (MFD) subsystem just got a significant boost for version 7.1. Changes merged this week wire up the Apple SMC power driver to the MFD cor...

FreeRDP 3.25 Brings AV1 Video to RDP Sessions, FIDO2 Redirection and Proxy Overhauls

FreeRDP 3.25 landed on April 23, 2026. Developers pushed out binaries to pub.freerdp.com/releases. The Apache-licensed RDP sta...

Godot 4.7 Nears Launch: HDR Hits Every Major Platform as Open-Source Engine Closes In on Stable Release

Godot 4.7 barrels toward stable release. Feature freeze locked in with dev 5 last month. HDR output now spans Windows, macOS, iOS, visionOS, and Linux on Wayland. No X11 supp...

Oracle Slows Solaris 11.4 Patch Cadence Amid Long-Haul Support to 2037

Oracle Corp. just dialed back the update rhythm for its Solaris 11.4 operating system. No more monthly patches. The company now plans two releases per quarter for Solaris 11.4 a...

Linux 7.1 Axes PCMCIA Relics: Kernel’s Quiet Purge of 90s Hardware Ghosts

Developers merged the patch into Linux 7.1 on April 23, 2026. Gone are the I82092, I82365, and TCIC drivers. These handled PCMCIA host controllers from Intel PCI bridges, ISA...

Nouveau Cracks HDMI 2.1 Code: Open-Source NVIDIA Driver Unlocks High-Bandwidth Video on Linux

David Airlie, a Red Hat graphics engineer, just posted patches that bring HDMI Fixed Rate Link support to the open-source Nouveau driver for NVIDIA GPUs. This move opens the doo...

Intel Archives Open-Source Evangelism Hub Amid Restructuring Wave, Signaling Narrower OSS Focus

Intel Corp. has archived its Open Ecosystem Community and Evangelism repository on GitHub, marking the end of a key outreach arm that documented the company's open-source effort...

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