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Linux Mint vs. Elementary OS: I compared both distros, and here's my advice

tuxmachines.org - Tor, 05/12/2026 - 13:12
If you're looking for a user-friendly Linux distribution

Proces Musk proti Altmanu in OpenAI-ju vstopa v tretji teden

Slo-Tech - Tor, 05/12/2026 - 13:08
Proces Musk proti Altmanu in OpenAI-ju vstopa v tretji teden Slo-Tech - Sojenje v sporu med Elonom Muskom in Samom Altmanom se nadaljuje že tretji teden. V dosedanjih obravnavah smo izvedeli marsikaj zanimivega, saj so pričali tudi Musk, Altman, Bill Gates, Mira Murati, Shivon Zilis, Greg Brockman in Ilya Sutskever. Predloženih je bilo precej dokazov, ki so jih stranke pridobile v sodni preiskavi (discovery) in ki osvetljujejo delovanje OpenAI. Več na Slo-Techu.

Apple izdal iOS 26.5

Slo-Tech - Tor, 05/12/2026 - 13:08
Apple izdal iOS 26.5 Slo-Tech - Apple je izdal novo verzijo svojih operacijskih sistemov za prenosne naprave, ki od lani nosijo enotno številno verzije, ki ustreza aktualnemu koledarskemu letu. Tako so izšli iOS 26.5, iPadOS 26.5, macOS 26.5, watchOS 26.5, tvOS 26.5, visionOS 26.5, in HomePod 26.5. Različica 26.5 prinaša nekaj novosti in izboljšav, med katerimi je najbolj opazna podpora za šifriranje sporočil RCS od pošiljatelja do prejemnika (end-to-end). Več na Slo-Techu.

Digg poizkuša vnovič

Slo-Tech - Tor, 05/12/2026 - 13:08
Digg poizkuša vnovič Slo-Tech - Spletna stran Digg, ki je v svojem prvem življenju delovala kot zbirališče povezav do najboljših vsebin na spletu, še vedno išče uspešen način za preobrazbo. V začetku leta je poizkusila vzpostaviti skupnost, ki je podobna Redditu, a so dva meseca pozneje zamisel opustili. Ugotovili so bili, da je prometa botov in spama preveč, spletna stran pa preveč podobna konkurenci, da bi lahko zaživela. Več na Slo-Techu.

Fwupd 2.1.3 Linux Firmware Updater Adds Support for SHIFT6mq and SHIFTphone 8

tuxmachines.org - Tor, 05/12/2026 - 11:31
Fwupd 2.1.3 Linux firmware updater is now available for download with support for the SHIFT6mq and SHIFTphone 8 modular smartphones, as well as various other improvements.

Linux Scheduler Work Helping Boost Gaming Performance On Old "Potato" Hardware

Phoronix - Tor, 05/12/2026 - 11:30
Prominent Linux kernel engineer Peter Zijlstra of Intel has been working on a set of scheduler patches to help with enhancing the behavior and delivering better results, especially for aging hardware he described as a "potato" -- an Intel Sandy Bridge desktop CPU with AMD Radeon RX 580 Polaris graphics. Benchmark results are promising from this work for gaming on old hardware while other workloads may ultimately stand to benefit too...

Fwupd 2.1.3 Brings Firmware Updating To Modular Smartphones

Phoronix - Tor, 05/12/2026 - 11:17
Fresh off the milestone of Dell and Lenovo becoming premier sponsors of the Linux Vendor Firmware Service (LVFS), there is a new feature release of the Fwupd firmware updating tool for Linux systems...

Intel Looking To Move Their Low-Power Mode Daemon Into The Linux Kernel Source Tree

Phoronix - Tor, 05/12/2026 - 11:04
For years Intel has been developing the Low Power Mode Daemon "LPMD" to help their hybrid laptop and desktop CPUs deliver optimal power efficiency under Linux. Intel LPMD leverages hardware hints and other features for optimizing active idle power of the processor and putting the system into lower power modes where possible. This tool could soon call the Linux kernel source tree its new home...

BeOS-Inspired Haiku Finally Sees Initial ARM64 SMP Support

Phoronix - Tor, 05/12/2026 - 10:51
The open-source Haiku operating system inspired by BeOS is now seeing multi-core symmetric multi-processing (SMP) support on ARM64 that works at least in a virtualized world. Plus an assortment of other improvements made to this open-source OS over the course of April...

Android Leftovers

tuxmachines.org - Tor, 05/12/2026 - 06:50
Android 17 could let you remove a major Pixel feature

Parrot 7.2 Is Now Officially Available for Download with “Copy Fail” Patch

tuxmachines.org - Tor, 05/12/2026 - 06:46
Parrot 7.2 penetration testing distribution is now available for download with updated tools, security patches, and Linux kernel 6.19.13. Here’s what else is new!

Switching From Windows to Linux? These 15 Pro Tips Make Ubuntu Feel Like Home

tuxmachines.org - Tor, 05/12/2026 - 06:29
I've been using Ubuntu for decades. Whether you're new to the OS or returning to it after a while

Free and Open Source Software

tuxmachines.org - Tor, 05/12/2026 - 06:24
This is free and open source software

Milk-V Jupiter2 brings SpacemiT K3 RISC-V platform to Pico-ITX form factor

tuxmachines.org - Tor, 05/12/2026 - 06:17
Software support listed by Milk-V includes Bianbu 3.0, Ubuntu 26.04, OpenHarmony 6.0, OpenKylin, Deepin, and Fedora

Ubuntu 26.04 vs. Fedora 44: After years of testing both Linux distros, here's my verdict

tuxmachines.org - Tor, 05/12/2026 - 06:11
Ubuntu and Fedora are two powerhouse Linux distributions

Today in Techrights

tuxmachines.org - Tor, 05/12/2026 - 03:06
Some of the latest articles

Open-Source Radeon Driver For R300 Through R500 GPUs Sees Big Code Cleanup In 2026

Phoronix - Tor, 05/12/2026 - 01:33
The open-source Radeon "R300g" driver living within the Mesa codebase for supporting the aging ATI (AMD) Radeon 9500 "R300" through Radeon X1000 "R500" series graphics processors is going through a big code restructuring as part of a big undertaking in 2026... Yes, 24 years after the ATI R300 GPUs first released, thanks to a devoted open-source developer fan, there is a significant improvement in the works...

GStreamer 1.28.3 Adds NXP i.MX 8M Plus Hardware-Accelerated H.265 Encoding

tuxmachines.org - Tor, 05/12/2026 - 01:28
GStreamer 1.28.3 has been released today as the third maintenance update to the latest and greatest GStreamer 1.28 series of this powerful, free, open-source, and cross-platform multimedia framework.

Vulkan 1.4.351 Brings Six New Extensions, Including A Ray-Tracing Improvement

Phoronix - Pon, 05/11/2026 - 21:24
Quietly sneaking out at the end of last week was Vulkan 1.4.351 as the newest spec update to this high performance graphics and compute API...

Nvidia še naprej vlaga milijarde v razvijalce umetne inteligence

Slo-Tech - Pon, 05/11/2026 - 20:47
Nvidia še naprej vlaga milijarde v razvijalce umetne inteligence Slo-Tech - Nvidia ima zaradi rasti trga umetne inteligence še vedno ogromne količine denarja, ki ga uporablja tudi za vlaganje v podjetja, ki kasneje uporabljajo njene čipe. V prvih treh mesecih letošnjega leta so za vložke v mlada, zagonska in rastoča podjetja namenili 40 milijard dolarjev, poroča CNBC. Več na Slo-Techu.
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