The Plasma-centered KDE neon has been rebased from Ubuntu 22.04 LTS to 24.04 LTS. Here's more on that!Bobby Borisov (Linuxiac)
Security is paramount. Security involves defence in depth. Mitigate threats, and keep intruders at bay with these anti-malware tools.Steve Emms (LinuxLinks)
Mesa 24.3 Allows Rusticl On Asahi Gallium3D By Default
Building off the recent infrastructure merged for Mesa 24.3 as a build option to allow Rusticl driver support to be enabled by default, Red Hat's Karol Herbst has added the Asahi Gallium3D driver to the default list...
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Mesa NVK Vulkan Driver Adds VK_KHR_fragment_shading_rate Support
Adding to the growing set of features for NVK as this open-source NVIDIA Vulkan driver within Mesa, the VK_KHR_fragment_shading_rate fragment shading rate extension is now supported...
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Microsoft's Azure Linux 2.0 Updated With Dozens Of Security Fixes
While Azure Linux 3.0 has been available since the late summer, for those continuing to rely on Azure Linux 2.0 in production there is a big update out this weekend. Azure Linux 2.0.20241006 brings dozens of security fixes to this Microsoft Linux distribution...
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The Haiku open-source operating system project inspired by BeOS is out with their newest monthly development summary to highlight advancements made to this unique OS.lxer.com
KDE neon 6.2 distribution is now available for download based on the latest Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat) operating system series.Marius Nestor (9to5Linux)
The Challenger+ RP2350 WiFi6/BLE5 IPEX3 development board showcases the dual-core Cortex-M33/RISCV RP2350 microcontroller from Raspberry Pi.Giorgio Mendoza (LinuxGizmos.com)
Distrobox 1.8 container wrapping layer brings massive updates, shell fixes, better NVIDIA support, and new container distros.Bobby Borisov (Linuxiac)
Debian support spotted in AOSPNathan Drescher (Android Police)
Can you replace Shazam with this open source app? Let's see!Sourav Rudra (It's FOSS News)
The Trenz Electronic AXE5-EAGLE-ES Agilex5 Devkit, powered by Intel's Agilex 5 E-series SoC FPGA, supports a range of FPGA applications across industries such as wireless communication, video broadcast, and defense.Giorgio Mendoza (LinuxGizmos.com)
The 24.10 release offers fun and freshness, but not immutabilityLiam Proven (The Register)
In this guide, we’ll walk through the steps to configure a static IP address on a Linux system using command-line tools.LinuxToday
KDE Frameworks 6.7 open-source software suite is now available with various improvements for the Plasma desktop and KDE applications.Marius Nestor (9to5Linux)
We have compiled a list of 4 best Groovy static site generators. These tools are released under a freely distributable license.Eilidih Parris (LinuxLinks)
Thundercomm has recently introduced the Rubik Pi AI SBC built around the Qualcomm QCS6490 SoC with a 12.5 TOPS AI accelerator. The SBC comes in a "PI-CODebashis Das (CNX Software Limited)
Microsoft will be under the watchful eye of Germany’s Federal Cartel Office, which will seek to thwart monopolistic activity coming from Redmond.LinuxToday
At the X.Org Developer's Conference (XDC 2024) happening this week in Montreal, NVIDIA shared a road-map around their Wayland plans as well as encouraging Wayland compositors to target the Vulkan API.lxer.com
But what does that mean?Liam Proven (The Register)
Wayland Protocols 1.38 Brings System Bell, FIFO & Commit Timing Protocols
Wayland Protocols 1.38 is out with three new staging protocols...
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KDE releases Frameworks 6.7.0, with Breeze icon fixes, CMake updates, KAuth improvements, and more.Bobby Borisov (Linuxiac)
AMD XDNA Linux Driver Updated As It Nears The Upstream Kernel
Back in January AMD published an open-source XDNA Linux kernel driver for supporting their Ryzen AI NPUs. But it wasn't until July that the formal review process for the AMD XDNA driver began as the necessary prerequisite for getting picked up into the mainline Linux kernel. On Friday the fourth iteration of those patches for review were published as it hopefully is closing in o…
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BeOS-Inspired Haiku Enabling More Intel Hardware & Driving Kernel Optimizations
The Haiku open-source operating system project inspired by BeOS is out with their newest monthly development summary to highlight advancements made to this unique OS...
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Let's explore how you can execute multiple commands simultaneously in your Linux terminal, saving time and effort.Haroon Javed (Make Tech Easier)
Intel Panther Lake H EDAC Support Posted For Linux
With Intel Core Ultra Lunar Lake systems now shipping and the Linux support largely settled, Intel open-source software engineers have begun ramping up their support for Panther Lake due out in a year...
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AMD Job Posting Confirms More Details Around Their AI GPU Compute Stack Plans
A Friday evening job posting has confirmed and reinforced details around their future AI GPU compute stack, presumably what's been referred to as the Unified AI Software Stack...
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GNOME Shell shows now playing info in the notification shade, out of view but there when you want to check in. Most users like this approach, but perhaps you don’t? Personally, I do like seei...Joey Sneddon (OMG! Ubuntu!)
KDE Developers Fixing Initial Bugs From Plasma 6.2
Following this week's release of KDE Plasma 6.2, the KDE developers are busy addressing some of the initial fallout from this desktop update as well as more feature work aimed at Plasma 6.3...
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Pyenv is a tool for managing multiple Python versions. Once pyenv is installed you can easily switch between one project that uses Python 3...lxer.com
Last month Intel introduced their Xeon 6 'Granite Rapids' processors with up to 128 P cores, MRDIMM support, and other improvements as a big step-up in performance and power efficiency for their server processors.lxer.com
KDE Gear 24.08.2 is now available as the second update to the latest KDE Gear 24.08 software suite with more improvements and bug fixes.Marius Nestor (9to5Linux)
We’ll explore what NotebookLM is, how this new YouTube video-to-study-guide feature works, and why it can be a game-changer for learners around the world.LinuxToday
Asahi Linux's alpha release allows a smooth Apple's M1/M2 hardware gaming with Vulkan 1.3 drivers and x86 emulation.Bobby Borisov (Linuxiac)
Tamed DB sprawl and saved cloudy resources with 'X-Stor'Simon Sharwood (The Register)
AMD To Integrate "Project Caliptra" Into Products Beginning In 2026
As another interesting AMD announcement this week following their Advancing AI event yesterday where they launched the EPYC 9005 series and other new hardware, they've continued with a few more soft announcements in the lead-up to the OCP Global Summit happening next week. The latest interesting tid-bit is their plans to incorporate Project Caliptra into their products be…
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As another interesting AMD announcement this week following their Advancing AI event yesterday where they launched the EPYC 9005 series and other new hardware, they've continued with a few more soft announcements in the lead-up to the OCP Global Summ…www.phoronix.com
AMD today quietly posted a new open-source Linux kernel driver for review..lxer.com
KDE neon users can now upgrade to rebase their systems on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS. For those unfamiliar with it, KDE neon is an Ubuntu-based Linux distribution that is something of a reference platform fo...Joey Sneddon (OMG! Ubuntu!)
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