• FOSSPicks

  Nate explores the top FOSS including the latest version of Firefox, an elegant Wikipedia reader for Gnome, a spooky first-person shooter, and a useful QR code generator.

• © Photo by Madalina Batlan on Unsplash

  Different Fruit, Same Idea

  The Orange Pi RV2, an affordable single-board computer, features the RISC-V architecture. We test how it compares to the Raspberry Pi.

• © Lead Image © misterforeman, 123RF.com

  Mesh Mastery

  ESPHome makes it easy to create your own smart-home devices that seamlessly integrate with Home Assistant. We show you how to use ESPHome with a Thread network.

• © Lead Image © Lightwise, 123RF.com

  Programming Snapshot – Go Energy Monitor

  Before adding a new gadget to the household, Mike Schilli always monitors its power consumption with a Go program and creates intuitive graphs to decide whether it can stay.

• Valve Announces Pending Release of Steam Machine

  Games , Linux , Steam

  Shout it to the heavens: Steam Machine, powered by Linux, is set to arrive in 2026.

• Happy Birthday, ADMIN Magazine!

  Administration , HPC , Security

  ADMIN is celebrating its 15th anniversary with issue #90.

• Another Linux Malware Discovered

  Linux , malware , Virtualization

  Russian hackers use Hyper-V to hide malware within Linux virtual machines.

• TUXEDO Computers Announces a New InfinityBook

  Hardware , laptop , Linux

  TUXEDO Computers is at it again with a new InfinityBook that will meet your professional and gaming needs.

• SUSE Dives into the Agentic AI Pool

  Artificial Inte... , Enterprise Linux , monitoring

  SUSE becomes the first open source company to adopt agentic AI with SUSE Enterprise Linux 16.

• Linux Now Runs Most Windows Games

  Games , Linux , Steam

  The latest data shows that nearly 90 percent of Windows games can be played on Linux.

• Mesh Mastery

  ESPHome makes it easy to create your own smart-home devices that seamlessly integrate with Home Assistant. We show you how to use ESPHome with a Thread network.

• Distro Zoo – Unconventional Linux

  Nate explores Tails 7.0, GLF OS 25.05, Mauna Linux 24.7 Christian Edition, and SparkyLinux 2025.09.

• A Fair Slice

  Linux 6.6 introduces the EEVDF scheduler, a next-generation CPU scheduling algorithm focused on fairness and responsiveness.

• Modern LaTeX

  LaTeX has been the standard in technical document preparation for decades. Has a potential replacement finally arrived?

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