Crowdfunding is one of the best ways to turn an idea into an actual product. A creator pitches something, sets a funding goal, and backers decide whether it is worth building. While most campaigns stay small, a few do break out completely. The original Pebble smartwatch asked for $100,000 in 2012, walked away with over…
Flock to Fedora is more than a conference – it’s where the Fedora community comes alive. As part of the In the CommitHistory campaign, we sat down with confirmed Flock 2026 speakers to hear their stories: what brought them to Fedora, what Flock means to them personally, and what they’re hoping for in Prague this…
The Direct 3D 8, 9, 10 and 11 to Vulkan layer DXVK has a new bug fix release out, sorting out some issues since the big recent 3.0. DXVK is part of the secret sauce that helps Valve’s Proton to run so many Windows games exceptionally well on Linux / SteamOS systems like the Steam…
Support for Ubuntu 25.10 “Questing Quokka” ends 9 July 2026 – which is this week. If you’re still using it, you can upgrade to Ubuntu 26.04 LTS directly to keep receiving updates. Ubuntu 25.10 was released in October 2025. As an ‘interim release’ the desktop edition it receives only 9 months of ongoing updates. Ubuntu’s Long-Term Support…
16 Arjun’s Systems Brief: Every Linux user breaks their system eventually. GRUB corrupts after a kernel update, a typo in fstab drops you to an emergency shell, or a failed package install leaves you staring at a black screen. Rescue mode is the last line of defense before a full reinstall. This guide covers how…
Managing app permissions isn’t a sexy task (if such things exist) but it’s a task we sometimes have to do – and for Flatpak app there’s no better tool than Flatseal. Today a new version of Flatseal was released. Flatseal 2.1.0 offers “refined visuals, improved performance, support for a new permission, quality of life additions,…
Sooner or later every Linux user ends up with a media file in the wrong shape: a video that is too large to share, an MKV that a TV refuses to play, or a lecture recording you only want as audio. ffmpeg handles all of these from the command line. It reads and writes virtually…
DistroWatch.com: MODICIA O.S. Last Update: 2026-07-03 19:12 UTC MODICIA O.S. is a Linux multimedia distribution designed primarily for musicians, graphic designers and video makers. It is based on Debian’s “stable” branch, but uses the Cinnamon desktop and a recent Linux kernel. MODICIA O.S. comes with a set of carefully-selected, open-source multimedia software and tools, such…
I have thousands of notes. Obsidian vaults, random Markdown files, half-finished research documents, meeting notes from three years ago. And for the longest time, they just sat there, searchable by filename, searchable by keyword, but never actually understood. Then one evening I thought, What if I could just ask my notes a question? You might…
Sipeed has been making tiny RISC-V and ARM boards for the maker crowd for years, and its NanoKVM line is already a familiar name if you have ever wanted BIOS-level remote access without paying enterprise IPMI prices. Sipeed has announced a new entry in the NanoKVM line. It is called NanoKVM-Go, it is miniature and…
