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My old Android phone became a Linux server, and it handles more than I expected

The performance is comparable to a Raspberry Pi ...

Linux was supposed to be temporary, but these things made me forget about Windows entirely

Simon is a Computer Science BSc graduate who has been writing about technology since 2014, and using Windows machines since 3 ...

Decades-long Linux ownership dispute effectively dead after Xinuos appeal rejected

A decades-long dispute over the ownership of Linux looks like it is over. Earlier this month the United States Court of ...

Asahi Linux M3 Mac release due in weeks: Webcam, audio, Thunderbolt now working

Asahi Linux M3 support is weeks away after the Linux 7.2 cycle resolved the final hardware obstacles on Apple's 2023 Mac ...

Running Multiple Linux Kernels Without Hypervisor

In a move that’s no doubt going to trigger a lot of confusion and nostalgia, Mklinux is back, in a sense. As the announcement ...

The 5 best Linux alternatives to Windows in 2026 (that aren't Mint)

Each makes it easy to migrate from Windows to Linux. The open-source operating system Linux has been on a slow and steady ...

'Just a hobby, won't be big': Linus Torvalds introduced Linux 35 years ago - and almost called it Freax

It's been 35 years since Finnish graduate student Linus Torvalds drafted a brief note saying he was starting a hobby operating system. The world will never be the same.

Linux does these 5 things effortlessly that Windows still struggles with

A toolkit shaped by decades of Unix history makes technical work second nature on Linux.

Show HN: Sparrow-2 – Solving the cocktail party problem

Hey there, I’m Brian. I've been shipping conversational models over here at Tavus for the past two years. I want to tell you about our new audio-understanding model: Sparrow-2! It’s a new category of model and a unique new approach to conversational audio.Earlier this year we launched Sparrow-1, (at the time) our SoTA turn taking model. Since our Sparrow-1 launch, I’ve spent a lot of time listening to humans talking and trying to really understand how people know when to talk, when to liste

Show HN: Alphie – see who's on your website and chat with them from Slack

Hi HN, Yura here, co-founder of Alphie.In my previous YC company, we got a lot of good traffic, but only about 3% of it ever converted to demos.We tried RB2B and many other visitor resolution tools - but weren't happy with the accuracy.So, after that company was acquired, we decided to build our own platform.We've found a way to achieve a much higher ID rate and accuracy than most of the previous-generation visitor ID tools.Company-level visitor identification is about 3 times more acc

Support ArchiveOS

Support ArchiveOSDear Friends!The month is coming to an end, and our donation bar is only 27%.We really need your support. We can’t survive without you.If you can’t support us yourself, please share our fundraiser with others.Aneta & Paweł https://archiveos.org/donate/

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systemd linger and tmux

<h1>systemd linger and tmux</h1><p>Why can&rsquo;t I make tmux the exception to linger=off in systemd? It beats having to `slay` but I don&rsquo;t want systemd to `slay` /everything/ and I don&rsquo;t want to have to use systemd to start tmux one way or another.</p>

Show HN: A portable evidence record for what an AI agent ran

It is part of Linux Foundation now. This is the foundation for verifiability we have been working on for some time. Would love to have your thoughts and I&#x27;ll watch out and reply to ur comments.

Ask HN: Android OS with Linux level customisation

Hello HN, I&#x27;ve been working with Android from the past few weeks and I have noticed that android is nowhere near customisable like linux. So I&#x27;ve decided to develop a custom ROM that has exactly this. A fully customizable android with linux level customization. Before I even start this project what are the most technician limitations for this project? Why has noone done this before? I would love to see critiques and why this doesn&#x27;t work , I&#x27;m still learning android so I&#x

Bazzite Linux 44 for handhelds finally launches with some massive upgrades

Bazzite Linux 44 has been out for desktops for a while, but the Deck image for handhelds and console-like TV PCs is finally here with a huge overhaul.

A developer is using AI to bring 26-year-old Voodoo3 cards back to life on Linux

A series of new patches is improving support for 3dfx Voodoo3 cards in Linux. Daniel Palmer, the developer behind the code contribution, designed an AI-assisted solution to...

I tested the 4 Linux distros Reddit users hate most—and they're not that bad

Some distros are just better for different people.

I kept breaking my Linux desktop until I switched to one that won't let me

Stable, reliable and still performant.

Can MainstreamOS finally make Linux a household name? I tried it to find out

Finally, there's a Linux distro that makes Arch and Hyprland easy - while adding the polish of MacOS. What's not to love about MainstreamOS?