16 Best Free and Open Source Network Analyzers | Linux Today
Here are 15 free packet sniffers you should check out.LinuxToday
SUSE Edge upgrade targets Kubernetes and Linux at the edge
SUSE Edge 3.1 includes a new stack validation framework and an image builder tool that are aimed at improving the scalability and manageability of complex Kubernetes and Linux edge-computing deployments.Sean Michael Kerner (Network World)
How to Add and Remove Passwords from PDF Files on Linux
Find out the CLI and GUI methods to add and remove passwords from PDF files on Linux, Windows, and macOS with a practical example.Linux TLDR
VKD3D-Proton Has Been Working On Emulating D3D12 Work Graphs, But The Tech Disappoints
Back in March for GDC, Microsoft excitingly announced the official releases of Direct3D 12 Work Graphs for "enabling new types of GPU autonomy" for allowing more rendering work to be offloaded to the GPU. While this greater GPU-driven rendering with Work Graphs has been talked up by Microsoft and other parties, Valve engineers working on VKD3D-Proton for…
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VKD3D-Proton Has Been Working On Emulating D3D12 Work Graphs, But The Tech Disappoints
Back in March for GDC, Microsoft excitingly announced the official releases of Direct3D 12 Work Graphs for 'enabling new types of GPU autonomy' for allowing more rendering work to be offloaded to the GPUwww.phoronix.com
Understanding the /etc/mtab File in Linux | Linux Today
Learn about the /etc/mtab file in Linux, the different sections inside it, and the similarities between mtab and fstab files with examples.LinuxToday
LibreSSL 4.0 Debuts with Enhanced Security and Bug Fixes | Linux Today
LibreSSL 4.0 introduces portable changes, bug fixes, and internal cleanups. Now supporting OpenBSD 7.6, improving TLS, X.509, and RSA key handling.LinuxToday
Intel & AMD Form An x86 Ecosystem Advisory Group
Intel and AMD have jointly announced the creation of an x86 ecosystem advisory group to bring together the two companies as well as other industry leaders -- both companies and individuals such as Linux creator Linus Torvalds...
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KubeEdge Gets Its Diploma and Graduates at CNCF - FOSS Force
Five years after it was accepted into the CNCF Sandbox project, KubeEdge becomes a graduated project at CNCF.Christine Hall (FOSS Force)
How to Deploy Laravel on Ubuntu With Apache | Linux Today
Learn a step-by-step guide to deploying Laravel applications on Ubuntu with Apache and MySQL.LinuxToday
Fwupd 2.0.1 Adds API to Allow GNOME Firmware to Record Devices for Emulation | Linux Today
Coming just ten days after fwupd 2.0, the fwupd 2.0.1 release adds an API to allow the GNOME Firmware graphical frontend.LinuxToday
Clonezilla Live 3.2: Major Enhancements and Bug Fixes Rolled Out | Linux Today
Clonezilla Live 3.2, a partition and disk imaging/cloning program, is here with Debian Sid base, Linux kernel 6.11, and improved disk scanning.LinuxToday
Solus 4.6 “Convergence” Released with Mesa 24.2, Experimental Software Centers | Linux Today
Still powered by the Linux 6.10 kernel series, Solus 4.6 ships with a newer graphics stack, namely Mesa 24.2.LinuxToday
How to create and manage hidden files in Linux
Did you know that Linux makes it easy to create and use hidden files, which means you can easily tuck important documents away from plain sight? Here's how to manage those files.Jack Wallen (ZDNET)
KDE Plasma 6.2.1 Improves Support for XWayland Games, Fixes Various Bugs | Linux Today
KDE Plasma 6.2.1 is here to improve support for XWayland games when using screen scaling.LinuxToday
Inkscape 1.4 Released with Epic New Features
When it comes to open-source vector graphics software there’s perhaps nothing else as well known or as well made for the task than Inkscape – and a brand new version is now released. Inksca...Joey Sneddon (OMG! Ubuntu!)
Initial Benchmarks Of The AMD AOCC 5.0 Compiler On 5th Gen EPYC
Last week when launching the AMD EPYC 9005 "Turin" processors, on the same day AOCC 5.0 was quietly released as the newest version of AMD's Zen-focused compiler derived from LLVM/Clang. With not only adding AMD Zen 5 "znver5" support but also additional vectorization improvements and other performance optimizations, I was eager to run some benchmarks of AOCC 5.0 against the open-source GC…
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Initial Benchmarks Of The AMD AOCC 5.0 Compiler On 5th Gen EPYC
Last week when launching the AMD EPYC 9005 'Turin' processors, on the same day AOCC 5.0 was quietly released as the newest version of AMD's Zen-focused compiler derived from LLVM/Clang.www.phoronix.com
Using Snap Command on Linux in Examples | Linux Today
Learn how to manage software on Ubuntu and other Linux distros using snap commands to install, remove, and update packages.LinuxToday
CodeWeavers Working On Better Input Device Support For Proton Gaming
The Wine developers at CodeWeavers who also collaborate with Valve on Steam Play's Proton have been working to enhance input device support for Proton/Wine gaminglxer.com
Ubuntu 24.10 Developer Preview Released For Snapdragon X1 Elite Laptops
Following last week's release of Ubuntu 24.10, today Canonical announced a developer preview of an Ubuntu 24.10 Linux build targeting Qualcomm Snapdragon X1 Elite laptops...
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How to Install KVM on Ubuntu 24.04 Step-by-Step | Linux Today
Follow this step-by-step guide to install KVM and get started with virtualization on your Linux server.LinuxToday
LLVM's Modern "Flang-New" Fortran Compiler Renamed To "Flang"
LLVM's modern Fortran compiler "flang-new" has now been renamed to "flang" for next year's LLVM 20 update...
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LLVM's Modern "Flang-New" Fortran Compiler Renamed To "Flang"
LLVM's modern Fortran compiler 'flang-new' has now been renamed to 'flang' for next year's LLVM 20 update.www.phoronix.com
6 New Things to Look Out For in Ubuntu 24.10
Ubuntu 24.10 is a fantastic release. Learn more about its features here.Sourav Rudra (It's FOSS News)
Arch-based Bluestar Linux 6.11.3 now available with multiple updated packages
Hailing from Germany and based on Arch Linux, Bluestar is a distro that comes in three editions (Desktop, Deskpro, and Developer) and has just been updated to version 6.11.3.Codrut Nistor (Notebookcheck)
Solus 4.6 Released With Continued Merged Usr Migration, Experimental Software Centers
Solus 4.6 is out as the newest version of this popular desktop Linux distribution that is known for its default Budgie desktop while also shipping with other desktop options...
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Intel oneDNN 3.6 Improves Performance For Granite Rapids, Initial Xe2 Optimizations
Intel engineers have released the oneAPI Deep Neural Network Library "oneDNN" version 3.6 release that serves as the building blocks for deep learning software like ONNX Runtime, OpenVINO, Apache MXNet, Apache SIGNA, and optionally by PyTorch and TensorFlow with Intel's extensions...
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Intel oneDNN 3.6 Improves Performance For Granite Rapids, Initial Xe2 Optimizations
Intel engineers have released the oneAPI Deep Neural Network Library 'oneDNN' version 3.6 release that serves as the building blocks for deep learning software like ONNX Runtime, OpenVINO, Apache MXNet, Apache SIGNA, and optionally by PyTorch and Ten…www.phoronix.com
Unvanquished Working On OpenGL 4.6 Renderer Support
It's been a while since we have seen anything new to report on Unvanquished as one of the few remaining and promising open-source game projects. The Unvanquished FPS/RTS game has been in development for 12 years now and built atop the Daemon engine that is now a very distant fork from the id Tech 3 engine. The latest now is that Unvanquished has been pushing forward OpenGL 4.6 rendering su…
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ARM64 SMT Control Patches Updated For The Linux Kernel
While ARM-based SoCs with Simultaneous Multi-Threading (SMT) aren't too common, there do exist some such as select models of the Huawei Kunpeng server SoC with SMT or there HiSilicon Kirin 9000S. As such Huawei/HiSilicon engineers have been working to expose SMT controls on ARM64 for the Linux kernel...
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LibreSSL 4.0 Released With EmScripten Support, Fixes Windows Support Past Y2038
The OpenBSD project has released LibreSSL 4.0 as the newest version of this open-source TLS implementation that was forked from OpenSSL a decade ago...
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Asahi Linux distro can now run AAA games like Cyberpunk 2077 or The Witcher 3 on Apple Silicon chips
Asahi Linux is an ambitious project aimed at bringing a polished Linux experience to Apple Silicon Macs. The system was created by Hector Martin, known as Marcan,...Alfonso Maruccia (TechSpot)
OpenSSH Splits Again: New Authentication Binary Unveiled
The sshd splitting progresses with sshd-auth, isolating authentication in a separate binary and reducing the pre-auth attack surface in OpenSSH.Bobby Borisov (Linuxiac)
Why this lightweight Linux distro won't win any popularity contests but is perfect for power users
AntiX is a systemd-free Linux live CD distribution based on Debian Stable for Intel-AMD x86 compatible systems that runs blazing fast and offers a familiar desktop.Jack Wallen (ZDNET)
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.lxer.com
It’s Halloween — pick your spooky Firefox disguise
In the spirit of Halloween, we’ve created something special to help you celebrate the season.Kristina Bravo (The Mozilla Blog)
4 Best Free and Open Source Groovy Static Site Generators | Linux Today
To provide an insight into the quality of software that is available, we have compiled a list of 4 best Groovy static site generators.LinuxToday
Distrobox 1.8 Debuts with Expanded Container Distro Support | Linux Today
Distrobox 1.8 container wrapping layer brings massive updates, shell fixes, better NVIDIA support, and new container distros.LinuxToday
Tor's Raising Funds - Get Swag, Attend Events, and a Benefactor Will Match Every Donation - FOSS Force
Matching funds, cool swag, and you get to sleep better at night knowing that the folks at Tor are continuing to work to protect your privacy.FOSS Force
KDE neon 6.2 Is Out with KDE Plasma 6.2 Desktop, Based on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS | Linux Today
KDE neon has been rebased on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat), which brings includes the latest security patches and software updates.LinuxToday
OpenZFS 2.3-rc2 Brings CPU Pinning & Optimized Kernel Same-Page Merging
OpenZFS 2.3-rc1 released last week with RAIDZ expansion, fast deduplication, and direct IO support among other changes for this ZFS file-system implementation for use on Linux and FreeBSD systems. OpenZFS 2.3-rc2 is out today with a few more interesting changes...
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9to5Linux Weekly Roundup: October 13th, 2024 - 9to5Linux
The 9to5Linux Weekly Roundup for October 13th, 2024, brings news about Ubuntu 24.10, KDE Plasma 6.2, Inkscape 1.4, Linux 6.10 EOL, and more.Marius Nestor (9to5Linux)
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