Linux 6.13 To Drop Some Old & No Longer Maintained Staging Drivers
With a number of patches queued this week into the staging tree ahead of the Linux 6.13 kernel, a number of old and no longer maintained hardware drivers are set to be removed in the next kernel cycle...
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Improvements To The Ad Experience
As a result of user feedback and being able to reproduce some annoying ad experiences, particularly on mobile devices, I've been able to make some enhancements to hopefully improve the user ad experience when browsing Phoronix...
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KDE neon Rebased from Ubuntu's 'Jellyfish' to 'Numbat'
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)
13 Best Free and Open Source Anti-Malware Tools - LinuxLinks
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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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.lxer.com
KDE neon 6.2 Is Out with KDE Plasma 6.2 Desktop, Based on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS - 9to5Linux
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)
Challenger+ RP2350 WiFi6/BLE5 IPEX3 with CircuitPython Compatibility Challenger+ RP2350 WiFi6/BLE5 IPEX3 with CircuitPython Compatibility
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 Debuts with Expanded Container Distro Support
Distrobox 1.8 container wrapping layer brings massive updates, shell fixes, better NVIDIA support, and new container distros.Bobby Borisov (Linuxiac)
Android could soon have a native Linux terminal app
Debian support spotted in AOSPNathan Drescher (Android Police)
Audile: Open Source Shazam Alternative for Android
Can you replace Shazam with this open source app? Let's see!Sourav Rudra (It's FOSS News)
Trenz Electronic AXE5 EAGLE ES Agilex5 Devkit for Scalable FPGA Applications
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)
Ubuntu turns 20: 'Oracular Oriole' shows this old bird's still got plenty of flight
The 24.10 release offers fun and freshness, but not immutabilityLiam Proven (The Register)
How to Temporarily Set a Static IP Address on a Linux System | Linux Today
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 Released with Performance Optimizations and Improvements - 9to5Linux
KDE Frameworks 6.7 open-source software suite is now available with various improvements for the Plasma desktop and KDE applications.Marius Nestor (9to5Linux)
4 Best Free and Open Source Groovy Static Site Generators - LinuxLinks
We have compiled a list of 4 best Groovy static site generators. These tools are released under a freely distributable license.Eilidih Parris (LinuxLinks)
Qualcomm QCS6490-based Rubik Pi AI SBC supports Android, Linux, and "LU" operating systems - CNX Software
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)
Germany Puts Microsoft on Five Years Probation for Antitrust Bullying | Linux Today
Microsoft will be under the watchful eye of Germany’s Federal Cartel Office, which will seek to thwart monopolistic activity coming from Redmond.LinuxToday
NVIDIA Shares Wayland Driver Roadmap, Encourages Vulkan Wayland Compositors
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
Apple macOS 15 Sequoia is officially UNIX. If anyone cares...
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 Frameworks 6.7.0 Is Out, Here’s What’s New
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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Be More Efficient By Executing Multiple Commands in Linux Simultaneously - Make Tech Easier
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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Spotify Controls GNOME Extension is Ideal for Music Addicts
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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Setup Python 3.13 via pyenv along with system-wide 3.12.7 on ArchLinux KDE Plasma 6.2
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
AMD EPYC 9755 / 9575F / 9965 Benchmarks Show Dominating Performance Review
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 Released with More Improvements for Your Favorite KDE Apps - 9to5Linux
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)
NotebookLM AI – Creates YouTube Videos into Study Guides | Linux Today
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 Brings Gaming to M1/M2 Macs
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)
Tencent builds one NoSQL database to rule all data models
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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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 Summ…www.phoronix.com
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