Out-Of-Date OpenH264 On Fedora Is Frustrating Users With A High Severity CVE
While OpenH264 support coming to Fedora was widely celebrated as part of offering a better codec experience on Fedora Linux, an increasing number of Fedora users have grown frustrated with the OpenH264 packaging in that it's been out-of-date for several months with a high severity security vulnerability...
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Out-Of-Date OpenH264 On Fedora Is Frustrating Users With A High Severity CVE
While OpenH264 support coming to Fedora was widely celebrated as part of offering a better codec experience on Fedora Linux, an increasing number of Fedora users have grown frustrated with the OpenH264 packaging in that it's been out-of-date for seve…www.phoronix.com
Three ways to run Windows apps on a Linux box
hands on: Easy, medium, and the sledgehammer approach – or any combination you fancyLiam Proven (The Register)
EROFS Lands Support For Tapping Intel QAT Accelerators
There is a lot of exciting file-system changes landing for the Linux 6.16 kernel... EXT4 brings a "really stupendous performance" change, Btrfs also brings some performance improvements, XFS landed atomic writes, and Bcachefs continues stabilizing. For the EROFS read-only file-system its changes have been merged and includes support for Intel QAT acceleration...
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Canonical To Release Monthly Ubuntu Snapshots For Testing & Building Out Automation
Canonical is sticking to Ubuntu Linux releases every six months and a Long Term Support (LTS) release every two years, but a new change to their development process is that they are now working to release monthly Ubuntu snapshots of their testing stream...
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Canonical To Release Monthly Ubuntu Snapshots For Testing & Building Out Automation
Canonical is sticking to Ubuntu Linux releases every six months and a Long Term Support (LTS) release every two years, but a new change to their development process is that they are now working to release monthly Ubuntu snapshots of their testing str…www.phoronix.com
TUXEDO Unveils First Mini LED Linux Laptop with Next-Gen PCIe 5.0
TUXEDO Stellaris 16 - Gen7: High-end Linux gaming laptop with RTX 5090, Intel Ultra 9 CPU & HDR mini LED display. Now available for pre-order.Bobby Borisov (Linuxiac)
More Intel Battlemage Graphics PCI IDs Added To Mesa OpenGL/Vulkan Drivers
Intel engineers have added yet more PCI graphics device IDs for Battlemage to their open-source driver code within Mesa for Iris OpenGL and ANV Vulkan driver support...
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Intel Hardware Support Expanded In EDAC Drivers For Linux 6.16
With the Error Detection And Correction (EDAC) subsystem updates sent out this week for the Linux 6.16 kernel there is support for a number of newer Intel hardware platforms...
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VirtualBox 7.2 Beta Brings Windows 11 Arm Support, Source Code On GitHub
Oracle engineers have released the first public beta of the upcoming VirtualBox 7.2 virtualization software release for Windows, Linux, macOS, and Solaris systems.lxer.com
DuckDB flips lakehouse model with bring-your-own compute and metadata RDBMS
: Open source in-process OLAP system launches rival to Iceberg and Delta Lake table format, and moreLindsay Clark (The Register)
Klinge FPGA Computer Targets Secure, Headless Linux Deployments
Klinge is a compact FPGA-based headless computer designed by Lone Dynamics Corporation. It targets secure networking and long-term Linux applications, and can be used as a blade server in modular enclosures or standalone setups.Giorgio Mendoza (LinuxGizmos.com)
TUXEDO Stellaris 16 Gen7 Linux Laptop Unveiled with 128 GB RAM, HDR Display - 9to5Linux
TUXEDO Computers unveils the TUXEDO Stellaris 16 Gen7 Linux laptop with an HDR mini LED display, up to 128 GB RAM, and PCIe 5.0 SSD storage.Marius Nestor (9to5Linux)
Arrival of Linux 6.15 hails end of 486-class CPUs
: Latest kernel includes 14,612 changesets, Penguinistas been busyLiam Proven (The Register)
Mesa's Rusticl Lands Support For Shared Virtual Memory & Intel Subgroups
Rusticl as Mesa's Rust-based OpenCL driver implementation for Gallium3D drivers is ending the month of May on a high note... Merged this week was support for the Intel Subgroups OpenCL extension (cl_intel_subgroups) and before getting to that on my TODO list, an even bigger item was merged: Shared Virtual Memory (SVM) support...
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How to use Authselect to configure PAM in Fedora Linux - Fedora Magazine
In this article, you will learn how to configure PAM using Authselect. Authselect is a utility tool that manages PAM configurations using profiles. Starting with Fedora 36, Authselect became a hard requirement for configuring PAM.Mario Atairu (Fedora Project)
Linux Format Magazine Ends with Issue 329
After 25 years, 329 issues, and thousands of pages, Linux Format, a leading UK magazine dedicated to Linux and open-source software, ends its journey.Bobby Borisov (Linuxiac)
MYIR Launches Sub-$100 i.MX 91 Board for Embedded and Industrial Use MYIR Launches Sub-$100 i.MX 91 Board for Embedded and Industrial Use
MYIR has introduced the MYC-LMX91, a compact SoM powered by NXP’s energy-efficient i.MX 91 processor. Designed for smart devices, the module targets applications such as industrial gateways, EV chargers, smart home systems, medical platforms, and bui…Giorgio Mendoza (LinuxGizmos.com)
Archinstall 3.0.7 Arch Linux Menu-Based Installer Adds Support for Btrfs Snapshots - 9to5Linux
Archinstall 3.0.7 Arch Linux menu-based installer is now available for download with support for Btrfs snapshot and other changes.Marius Nestor (9to5Linux)
VirtualBox 7.2 Beta Brings Windows 11 Arm Support, Source Code On GitHub
Oracle engineers have released the first public beta of the upcoming VirtualBox 7.2 virtualization software release for Windows, Linux, macOS, and Solaris systems...
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Linux 6.16 GPU Driver Changes Land: NVIDIA Blackwell, Asahi UAPI, Intel Xe Fan Speeds
The hearty set of Direct Rendering Manager (DRM) kernel graphics/display driver changes were merged today for the in-development Linux 6.16 kernel. Most notable is preliminary NVIDIA Blackwell and Hopper GPU support atop the mainline kernel with an open-source driver but there are also big ticket items added for the AMD Radeon/Instinct and Intel graphi…
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Git 2.50-rc0 Brings New Improvements
The initial release candidate of Git 2.50 is now available for this widely-used, distributed version control system...
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AlmaLinux 10 Released, This Is What's New
AlmaLinux “Purple Lion” is here—fully RHEL 10 compatible with added support for frame pointers, x86-64-v2, Secure Boot, SPICE, and more.Bobby Borisov (Linuxiac)
Fedora 42 Release Party: Join the Celebration on Thursday - FOSS Force
You don't have to use Fedora to attend the Fedora 42 Release Party, but you will have to get up early if you live in the US.Christine Hall (FOSS Force)
Big Linux Patch Series Shakes Up The Scheduler Code For Anyone With Only One CPU Core
For anyone still happening to have only one CPU core in their system and running a uni-processor "UP" kernel build without any simultaneous multi-processing (SMP) support enabled, a big patch series posted today for the Linux kernel may affect you...
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Big Linux Patch Series Shakes Up The Scheduler Code For Anyone With Only One CPU Core
For anyone still happening to have only one CPU core in their system and running a uni-processor 'UP' kernel build without any simultaneous multi-processing (SMP) support enabled, a big patch series posted today for the Linux kernel may affect you.www.phoronix.com
Mesa 25.0.7 Delivers A Last Batch Of Fixes To End The Series
Eric Engestrom just released Mesa 25.0.7 as the newest bi-weekly point release to the Mesa 25.0 series that is also the end of the road for that Q1'2025 release branch...
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Microsofters Were Scheming to Take Over This Entire Web Site (in Their Own Words!)
Money gets spent censoring/deplatforming people who speak about real issues; no money gets spent actually tackling those underlying issuesRoy Schestowitz
Linux 6.16 Will Be Able To Exit User Mode Faster: 2~11% Improvement
While the "core/entry" changes for the Linux kernel merge window aren't typically too exciting to write about, there is a new optimization for all CPU architectures worth mentioning for the Linux 6.16 cycle...
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Linux 6.16 Will Be Able To Exit User Mode Faster: 2~11% Improvement
While the 'core/entry' changes for the Linux kernel merge window aren't typically too exciting to write about, there is a new optimization for all CPU architectures worth mentioning for the Linux 6.16 cycle.www.phoronix.com
AVX-512 Performance + Power Efficiency Shines With AMD Strix Halo
Several weeks into testing the AMD Ryzen AI MAX+ PRO 395 flagship "Strix Halo" SoC within the HP ZBook Ultra G1a, I continue to be very impressed with its performance capabilities for a wide range of workloads. While the Radeon 8060S integrated graphics easily turn heads and the 16-core / 32-thread Zen 5 cores deliver incredible performance in a laptop form factor, one featur…
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AVX-512 Performance + Power Efficiency Shines With AMD Strix Halo
Several weeks into testing the AMD Ryzen AI MAX+ PRO 395 flagship 'Strix Halo' SoC within the HP ZBook Ultra G1a, I continue to be very impressed with its performance capabilities for a wide range of workloads.www.phoronix.com
Qt Bridges To Take The UI Toolkit To New Programming Languages: Rust, C#, Java & Swift
The open-source Qt toolkit is deeply rooted in C++ code but over the past decade also has enjoyed Python language bindingslxer.com
Intel Wildcat Lake Audio Support Merged For Linux 6.16
All of the sound/audio driver changes have been merged for the Linux 6.16 kernel that include new AMD and Intel hardware support among other new audio hardware as well as various other improvements...
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Linux 6.16 Upstreams Support For Hardware-Wrapped Encryption Keys
Google engineer Eric Biggers took time away from all his impressive crypto performance optimizations to the Linux kernel for modern Intel and AMD CPUs to spend time getting support for hardware-wrapped inline encryption keys into the mainline kernellxer.com
Intel Releases Updated Battlemage Driver Preview Support For Ubuntu 24.04 LTS
While there is nice out-of-the-box support for the new Intel Arc "Battlemage" graphics cards on the new Ubuntu 25.04 release, if you prefer running the Ubuntu 24.04 Long Term Support (LTS) release there isn't complete support until the next hardware enablement "HWE" update. But Intel in cooperation with Canonical has now published a new graphics driver prev…
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Intel Releases Updated Battlemage Driver Preview Support For Ubuntu 24.04 LTS
While there is nice out-of-the-box support for the new Intel Arc 'Battlemage' graphics cards on the new Ubuntu 25.04 release, if you prefer running the Ubuntu 24.www.phoronix.com
Microsoft's Azure Linux Preps For NVIDIA GB200 Servers
Microsoft on Tuesday released a new version of Azure Linux, their in-house Linux distribution that is used for a variety of purposes from the Azure cloud to powering other Microsoft services...
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AlmaLinux OS 10 Released as a Free Alternative to Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 - 9to5Linux
AlmaLinux OS 10 Linux distribution is now is now available for download as a free alternative to Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10.Marius Nestor (9to5Linux)
Linux 6.16 Merges A Fix For The Macintosh II
Hobbyists continue to tinker around with the Motorola 68000 "m68k" support within the Linux kernel and even landing a fix now in 2025 for the vintage Macintosh II...
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Linux 6.16 Merges A Fix For The Macintosh II
Hobbyists continue to tinker around with the Motorola 68000 'm68k' support within the Linux kernel and even landing a fix now in 2025 for the vintage Macintosh II.www.phoronix.com
Arch Linux Installer Adds Option To Configure Btrfs Snapshots Post-Install
Archinstall 3.0.7 is out today as the newest feature update to this text-based Arch Linux installer that makes it quick and easy to deploy a new Arch Linux installation...
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The elusive goal of Unix – or Linux – simplicity
Comment: Or, rediscovering the KISS principle, the long way roundLiam Proven (The Register)
Intel APX Ready With Linux 6.16, Outdated Intel CPU Microcode Reporting Merged
Merged for the Linux 6.16 kernel are all of the x86 core enhancements that provide a variety of benefits to Intel as well as AMD processors.lxer.com
Independent Distro KaOS 2025.05 Arrives with Linux 6.14 and KDE Gear 25.04 - 9to5Linux
KaOS Linux 2025.05 independent distribution is now available for download with the KDE Plasma 6.3 desktop environment and Linux kernel 6.14.Marius Nestor (9to5Linux)
Thunderbird 139 Adds 'Mark as Read' and 'Delete' Actions to Email Notifications - 9to5Linux
Mozilla Thunderbird 139 open-source email client is now available for download with various new features and many bug fixes.Marius Nestor (9to5Linux)