qBittorrent 5.0 open-source BitTorrent client is now available for download with numerous new features and improvements.Marius Nestor (9to5Linux)
Firefox 131 looks like an interesting update introducing temporary site permissions, such as geolocation.LinuxToday
PipeWire 1.2.5 multimedia framework is out now, fixing critical bugs, enhances FreeBSD support, and improves JACK API memory management.LinuxToday
Radio Recorder is a command line internet radio player and recorder. This is free and open source software written in Java.LinuxToday
GParted Live's latest release removes cpufrequtils, adds pm-utils, and updates the Linux kernel to v6.10.11.Bobby Borisov (Linuxiac)
Linus Torvalds announced the release of Linux Kernel 6.12 RC1. Kernel 6.12 RC1 brings important new features like PREEMPT_RT and sched_ext.LinuxToday
Cinnamon Pursuing Visual Improvements, Linux Mint Continues Working On Aptkit
The Linux Mint project has published their status update for September 2024 that outlines work on this desktop-focused, Ubuntu-derived Linux distribution as well as its in-house Cinnamon desktop environment...
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The x86 platform driver changes that were merged last week for the Linux 6.12 kernel continue to be quite lively with changes for enhancing Linux laptop support along with other Intel platform improvements.lxer.com
Have an NVIDIA GPU? Use GE-Proton? You should probably make sure you're on GE-Proton 9-15 which was just released.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Highlights of 6.12 include Clang support for nolibc, support for the cpuidle tool to display the residency value of cpuidle states for a clearer and more.LinuxToday
Powered by the latest and greatest Linux 6.11 kernel series, the CachyOS September 2024 release brings optimizations for more packages with PGO.LinuxToday
This week, we got several software updates, a couple of distro releases, the second preview of the COSMIC DTE, and the first RC of the upcoming Linux 6.12 kernel.LinuxToday
Mozilla Firefox 131 web browser is now available for download with enhanced privacy and support for text fragments, enabling direct linking to text.LinuxToday
Oracle has release a new maintenance update for VirtualBox, its open-source virtualisation software. VirtualBox 7.1.2 is the first such point release since the VirtualBox 7.1 series debuted earlier...Joey Sneddon (OMG! Ubuntu!)
Let's take a look at some of the best music players created on Linux to date.LinuxToday
This article spotlights alternative tools to rm, a command that removes files or directories.LinuxToday
Discover a step-by-step guide to install the different versions of Perl and manage them with Perlbrew on Ubuntu, with practical examples.LinuxToday
In this article, you'll learn how to install the Deluge BitTorrent client on Ubuntu and other Linux distros, how to use it, and then how to remove it.Ubuntu Shell
To provide an insight into the quality of software that is available, we have compiled a list of 6 best C++ static site generators.LinuxToday
The HiFiBerry DAC8x and HiFiBerry Amp4 Pro are two significant upgrades for enhancing audio capabilities on the Raspberry Pi 5.Giorgio Mendoza (LinuxGizmos.com)
Learn how to use the XXD command to manage, convert, and display binary data from standard input or file on Unix and Linux.Linux TLDR
PostgreSQL 17 open-source RDBMS brings enhanced performance, advanced features, and better scalability for all workloads.LinuxToday
VirtualBox 7.1.2 is here only three weeks after the release of VirtualBox 7.1 to address a few GUI issues.LinuxToday
DOOM Ported To Run Atop AMD ROCm + LLVM libc
An open-source developer at AMD has carried out a DOOM port that runs almost entirely atop AMD GPUs for rendering and the game logic. This DOOM GPU port relies on the AMD ROCm library with the LLVM libc C library for offloading the classic DOOM to the AMD GPU...
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Linus Torvalds announced the first Release Candidate version of the upcoming Linux 6.12 kernel series for public testing.Marius Nestor (9to5Linux)
Coming two weeks after LibreOffice 24.8.1, the LibreOffice 24.8.2 update is here to address more of those pesky bugs, crashes, and other annoyances reported by users.LinuxToday
Arch-based CachyOS's Sept '24 update boosts performance with PGO optimizations, new zlib-ng, Wayland default for SDDM, and more.Bobby Borisov (Linuxiac)
The Linux 6.12 merge window is wrapping up today with the release of Linux 6.12-rc1 in the coming hours.lxer.com
Discover a wave terminal especially designed for people who find existing Linux terminals boring, as it tends to make things way easier, especially for Linux beginners.LinuxToday
Intel Xe2 Lunar Lake Graphics Performance Disappoints On Linux
While I have been very eager to test out the Core Ultra 200V Lunar Lake series on Linux in part due to the new Xe2 integrated graphics, after several days of pushing a new Lunar Lake laptop on Linux the results have been very disappointing. Besides needing a very leading-edge software stack to enjoy the Xe2 accelerated graphics out-of-the-box, the performance currently is poor. It's a …
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Thorough review of Radxa X4 with Ubuntu 24.04, an x86-based Intel N100 SBC similar to the Arm-based Raspberry Pi 5 with 2.5GbE, 40-pin GPIO,Jean-Luc Aufranc (CNXSoft) (CNX Software Limited)
Cpufreq_ext Being Worked On For BPF-Based CPU Frequency Scaling
The newly-merged sched_ext allows for the Linux kernel scheduler to be made more extensible by allowing BPF programs to be loaded to affect the kernel's scheduling behavior. There's now a similar take on CPU frequency scaling: cpufreq_ext. There's a "request for comments" patch series on cpufreq_ext for making extensible CPU frequency scaling algorithm adaptations with BPF...
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A static site works well in certain use cases. For example, it's great for documentation. We recommend the best Awk state site generatorsEilidih Parris (LinuxLinks)
AMD Ryzen 9000 Series Excited Linux Users The Most In Q3
With the third quarter drawing to a close, here's a look back at the most popular Linux/open-source related content for the quarter. This quarter there's been more than 730 news articles and 50 Linux hardware reviews / featured benchmark articles all written by your's truly covering a range of areas...
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Discover a step-by-step guide to install the latest version of Remmina on Ubuntu and other Linux distributions, with practical examples.LinuxToday
Sway 1.10-rc1 Adds GPU Reset Recovery, New Wayland Protocols
Open-source developer Simon Ser has released Sway 1.10-rc1 as the newest feature release to this i3-inspired Wayland compositor. With Sway 1.10 there are many new features coming...
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FFmpeg 7.1 Released With VVC Decoder Promoted To Stable, Vulkan H.264/H.265 Encode
FFmpeg 7.1 is out today as the newest update to this widely-used open-source multimedia library. With FFmpeg 7.1 the VVC video decoder has been promoted to stable, there are a number of Vulkan Video improvements, and an assortment of other exciting enhancements...
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AMDVLK 2024.Q3.3 Brings New Performance Optimizations & Pipeline Binaries
AMD today released AMDVLK 2024.Q3.3 as their latest open-source Vulkan API driver for Linux systems prior to ending the quarter...
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Looks like presence on Fedora 41 Server preinstalled KDE Plasma 6.2 Beta allows to setup Cosmic DE as second DE following https://copr.fed...lxer.com
The CachyOS ISO release for September 2024 is now available for download with various performance improvements and optimizations.Marius Nestor (9to5Linux)