Jordan Gloor - New In Linux (Page 10)

The Godot mascot over a yellow-to-blue sunrise-style gradient pattern.

Software Updates

Open source gaming is literally looking better

Godot is gaining high dynamic range output capabilities with version 4.7, a feature that's been in development for years. Proper HDR rendering requires proper hardware, though.

The System76 Pangolin Pro laptop on a blue sunshine pattern background. The laptop shows the COSMIC desktop environment.

Linux Laptops

You're getting 10 ports on this new Linux laptop from System76

One of them is a sort of surprising OCuLink port, in case you have an external GPU lying around.

Ubuntu

Every flavor of Ubuntu 26.04 LTS (and where to download it)

From scholars to creators, there's an Ubuntu flavor for everyone out there.

curl

curl is facing a new AI problem

Bug reports written by LLMs are coming in big waves, and they can't just be dismissed as slop anymore.

Two Framework Pro 13 laptops with the screens lying flat next to each other and styluses above each screen.

Linux Laptops

A rare Linux-first touchscreen laptop has arrived

The Framework 13 Pro goes where few Linux notebooks go: touchscreen displays. Its firmware can also be updated through LVFS, and it starts at 16GB of RAM.

RISC-V

QEMU has bad 32-bit news and good RISC-V news

Along with RISC-V extensions Zilsd, Zclsd, and ZALASR, free and open source QEMU version 11.0 is also enabling the emulation of more Arm CPU features.