No one liked maintaining it or knew what it meant

KDE Plasma is ditching its long-term support releases in favour of an extended patch schedule for regular updates, after conceding its current LTS system is a bit of a sham.

Retail giant wants to go it alone in the tech world

Amazon is taking a huge swing at the tech world by dumping Android and rolling out its own Linux-based Vega OS. The retail giant reckons it can reshape how millions use Fire TV devices and other hardware.

Might revive AVX-512 

Chipzilla’s engineers have confirmed the existence of a P-core-only variant of its Bartlett Lake-S platform in a fresh Linux kernel patch, giving the rumour mill a much-needed shot of validation.

Hdrtest backlash as DRM update hits kernel

IT’s Mr Sweary Linus Torvalds has blasted Troubled Chipzilla’s “hdrtest” feature.

Kirin X90 chip just as good as Intel

Huawei is tightening the screws on its great American tech purge, marching ahead with plans to rid its personal computers of anything remotely tied to Silicon Valley.

It might have to put Linux on the desktop

Huawei’s already rocky relationship with the US just hit another pothole, as Microsoft's supply license for the company is set to expire this month, leaving Huawei’s Windows-based PCs in limbo.

Container toolkit for Linux

A newly discovered vulnerability in Nvidia’s Container Toolkit for Linux poses a significant cybersecurity risk.

Killed by terrible updating

Software developer and prolific open-source influencer Herman Ounapuu has criticised the Ubuntu Linux operating system, claiming it has lost its shine due to terrible updating systems.

We have been forgetting who the good guys are lately

Facebook’s bizarre censorship of Linux groups and the wholesome DistroWatch magazine was a mistake, the social notworking outfit has admitted.

Right wing good, open sauce bad

Social notworking site Facebook is censoring posts mentioning Linux-related topics, according to Linux news and discussion site DistroWatch.