Intel Enables Wildcat Lake Display & Experimental Flip Queue For Linux 6.17 Graphics
Intel today sent out a batch of new kernel graphics/display driver code for queuing ahead of the Linux 6.17 merge window opening in a few weeks. There is now DRM Panic support for the Intel i915 and Xe kernel drivers, Wildcat Lake "WCL" display enablement, and experimental flip queue support for Lunar Lake and Panther Lake hardware, among other chan…
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Debian Looks To Attract More Contributors, Eyes Budget For AI/LLM Usage By Debian Developers
The Debian project is hoping to address challenges of mentoring newcomers to contribute to the Debian Linux distribution as well as making it more known that open-source contributors can do more than just work on Debian packaging but that help is needed for documentation writing, web page creation, sorting out licensing issues, finding project sp…
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The Debian project is hoping to address challenges of mentoring newcomers to contribute to the Debian Linux distribution as well as making it more known that open-source contributors can do more than just work on Debian packaging but that help is nee…www.phoronix.com
Redis 8.2 Preparing More Performance Optimizations, SVS-VAMANA
The first release candidate of Redis 8.2 is now available for testing of this popular in-memory key-value database. Redis 8.2 is building off the recent Redis 8.0 release that ended up going tri-licensing with the AGPLv3 stemming from developer/community feedback...
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Bash 5.3 Released With Many Improvements
Three years since the Bash 5.2 release and one year since the first alpha release, GNU Bash 5.3 was released overnight as the newest step forward for this popular shell used on Linux and other operating systems...
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Debian 13 "Trixie" installer gets a second Release Candidate with support for rescuing Btrfs systems installed via the Calamares installer.Marius Nestor (9to5Linux)
Mozilla Thunderbird 140 open-source email client is now available for download with various new features and many bug fixes.Marius Nestor (9to5Linux)
Waveshare has launched an embedded platform with a form factor similar to the Raspberry Pi Zero, powered by the RP2350 microcontroller. Key features include a DVI interface for displays and a lithium battery connector for portable applications.Giorgio Mendoza (LinuxGizmos.com)
The approach of utilizing **dict(zip([keys],[values])) for solving a wide range of tasks in the course of Boolean Algebra for students is k...lxer.com
Perl 5.42 Released With New Operators, Unicode 16 Support, Security Fixes
Perl 5.42 is out today as the newest feature release for this popular programming language that comes one year after the prior Perl 5.40 release...
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Two Sudo privilege escalation flaws that opened your Linux system to hackers have been discovered and patched. Learn how to protect and audit your system.Djalel Oukid (Linux-Tech&More)
: Minimalist glue code offers surprising lifeline for stubborn display setupsLiam Proven (The Register)
Red Pitaya has unveiled new open-source STEMlab TI boards developed with Texas Instruments for demanding signal processing tasks in photonics, sensing, and laboratory automation.Giorgio Mendoza (LinuxGizmos.com)
Fedora Linux Looks To End Support For UEFI On MBR-Paritioned Disks
A proposal raised for Fedora 43 would end support for allowing UEFI installations on MBR-partitioned disks for x86_64 systems in the Anaconda installer. This would enforce a requirement on using GPT partition tables for all UEFI-based Fedora installations in the x86 world...
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A screenshot (or screengrab) is a snapshot or picture captured by a computer to record the output of a visual device.Steve Emms (LinuxLinks)
The digiKam 8.7 professional photo management software has been released for this KDE/Qt-aligned open-source solution for digital photography.lxer.com
AnduinOS is the brainchild of Anduin Xue, a software engineer at the company famous for not building Linux distros. It's not Windows, but it has that familiarity.Richard Devine (Windows Central)
The latest openSUSE Tumbleweed update brings Myrlyn, the application set to replace YaST for future software management tasks.Bobby Borisov (Linuxiac)
Intel Lunar Lake Showing Some Performance Improvements With Linux 6.16
For those on an Intel Core Ultra Series 2 "Lunar Lake" system, the upcoming Linux 6.16 kernel is looking to be in better shape for those newest Intel SoCs. In testing carried out using a Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 13 Aura edition laptop, there are performance gains in some areas with the Linux 6.16 development kernel.
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For those on an Intel Core Ultra Series 2 'Lunar Lake' system, the upcoming Linux 6.16 kernel is looking to be in better shape for those newest Intel SoCs.www.phoronix.com
: Community vetoes plans to axe i686 compatibility and switch X11 forksLiam Proven (The Register)
X.Org Server Lands Big Improvement For Using Zink With GLAMOR
A nice improvement was merged today to the X.Org Server for benefiting the GLAMOR 2D acceleration code when using the Zink OpenGL-on-Vulkan driver...
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Steam Survey issues prevented the survey results from being posted on the evening of the 1st as is traditionally done, but the results were just uploaded now to the Steam websitelxer.com
Linux 6.17 To Finish Clearing Out Old Code For OpenMoko Devices
Linux 6.17 is expected to clear out some final remnants of the OpenMoko Neo 1973 and Neo FreeRunner smartphone support from that Linux smartphone effort from two decades ago...
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Lenovo Legion Go S HID Driver Posted For Linux
The Linux support for the Lenovo Legion Go S gaming handheld continues to be improved upon thanks to the option of having Steam OS on this alternative to the Steam Deck...
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Improved TTM Memory Management Eviction Submitted Ahead Of Linux 6.17
Sent out today was the newest drm-misc-next pull request of changes built up over the past week for DRM-Next ahead of the Linux 6.17 kernel cycle. The drm-misc-next material is the usual random assortment of DRM display/graphics driver changes and core improvements, which this week includes some TTM eviction work...
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Libreboot 25.06 Released With Support For Two More Outdated Systems
Libreboot 25.06 released this week as the newest version of this Coreboot downstream focused on shipping only with free and open-source components. But due to the strict open-source nature of Libreboot, it continues to primarily see support for long outdated platforms...
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: Open source initiative aims to offer enterprise security feature without vendor lock-inLindsay Clark (The Register)
Thunderbird 140 ESR is out now, bringing smarter notifications, dark mode message rendering, UI polish, and dozens of bug fixes across mail, calendar, and chat.Bobby Borisov (Linuxiac)
Darktable brings advanced, nondestructive photo editing and management to Linux—no subscription or proprietary software required.Jack Wallen (FOSS Force)
The Shuttle NT10H is part of the XPC nano lineup and is designed as a compact, NUC-style mini PC for multitasking and heavier workloads.Giorgio Mendoza (LinuxGizmos.com)
For those curious about the direction of Mozilla Firefox web browser performance over the past year and a half, here are web browser benchmarks for every Firefox release from Firefox 120 in November 2023 through the newest Firefox 140 stable and Fire…lxer.com
Steam On Linux Usage Dips Slightly For June, AMD Linux CPU Usage Hits 69%
Steam Survey issues prevented the survey results from being posted on the evening of the 1st as is traditionally done, but the results were just uploaded now to the Steam website. Steam on Linux usage dipped slightly but overall remains healthy with much excitement still around the Steam Deck and SteamOS efforts...
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Debian 13 Installer RC2 Fixes An Annoying Issue, Improves Btrfs Rescue Handling
Following last month's release of Debian Installer Trixie RC1 as the installer for the upcoming Debian 13.0 release, a second release candidate was issued today for testing...
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Youyeetoo has just launched a platform based on Rockchip’s RK3588 SoC with a modular system-on-module design, targeting industrial automation and edge IoT projects that demand high performance and flexible connectivity.Giorgio Mendoza (LinuxGizmos.com)
NVIDIA previously warned CUDA users that CUDA 12.x is the last for Maxwell, Pascal, and Volta GPUslxer.com
ZLUDA Making Progress In 2025 On Bringing CUDA To Non-NVIDIA GPUs
The ZLUDA open-source effort that started off a half-decade ago as a drop-in CUDA implementation for Intel GPUs and then for several years was funded by AMD as a CUDA implementation for Radeon GPUs atop ROCm and then open-sourced but then reverted has been continuing to push along a new path since last year. The current take on ZLUDA is a multi-vendor CUDA implementation for non…
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The ZLUDA open-source effort that started off a half-decade ago as a drop-in CUDA implementation for Intel GPUs and then for several years was funded by AMD as a CUDA implementation for Radeon GPUs atop ROCm and then open-sourced but then reverted ha…www.phoronix.com
Learn how to install Docker on AlmaLinux 10 easily—ideal for users of Enterprise Linux systems who want a reliable container runtime.Bobby Borisov (Linuxiac)
Your LTM Dose #25.01 is here! Sudo has flaws, Nitrux meets Hyprland, Disqus finds an alternative, ntopng monitors networks, Ubuntu gets clipboard, and more.Djalel Oukid (Linux-Tech&More)
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