File Transfer Protocol (FTP) used to be a popular and time-honored method of transferring files to and from a remote network site.Steve Emms (LinuxLinks)
The latest Tor Browser adds Connection Assist to Android, making it easier for users in censored regions to connect securely with one tap.Bobby Borisov (Linuxiac)
Fedora 43 Looking To Make It Easier To Deploy Intel TDX Confidential VMs
While Fedora 42 was just released yesterday, already Red Hat developers and the Fedora development community have been busy thinking about Fedora 43 that will debut this autumn. Among the early change proposals this week is one for better supporting Intel Trust Domain Extensions (TDX) with this next Fedora Linux release...
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Armbian has expanded its support for cloud infrastructure with a new line of dedicated cloud images designed for generic x86 and aarch64 platforms.Giorgio Mendoza (LinuxGizmos.com)
#Forgejo 11.0.0 was just released!
We recommend that all installations are upgraded to the latest version.
It comes with a number of new features and improvements making user experience more convenient and productive. It features a new UI language, easy access token regeneration, better search options, and makes it possible to download entire folders in one click. As an LTS version, it will be supported until 15 July 2026.
Read more at forgejo.org/2025-04-release-v1…
This roundup looks at the finest software-defined radio tools for Linux including apps that let you listen to DAB and DAB+ broadcasts.Steve Emms (LinuxLinks)
Mesa's Old OpenCL "Clover" Driver Removed For Mesa 25.2
Now that Mesa 25.1 is branched for this quarter's Mesa 3D feature release, Mesa 25.2 has entered development on the main Git branch. One of the first merged changes for Mesa 25.2 is removing the old OpenCL Gallium3D "Clover" driver...
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Intel's Newest Linux Driver Being Worked On For The Kernel: iXD
Intel open-source software engineers last week posted a set of patches for a new driver: iXD. The three letter acronym party continues and this time even more difficult to decipher than some of their other obscure driver names...
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Step by step guide to rebasing your Silverblue installation to Fedora 42Michal Konečný (Fedora Project)
Moonsigil Atlas is a deckbuilding roguelike with tile-based energy that's Tetris meets Slay The Spire gamingonlinux.com/2025/04/moon…
#MoonsigilAtlas #IndieGame #Linux #PCGaming #Gaming
Now this blending of ideas looks damn cool. Moonsigil Atlas looks like it really warps deckbuilders into something quite unique, and I can't wait to check this one out.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Horripilant is a chilling incremental dungeon crawl through the horrors of a forgotten underworld gamingonlinux.com/2025/04/horr…
#Horripilant #IndieGames #Linux #SteamDeck
Pas Game Studio recently revealed the freaky looking Horripilant. A game that combines elements of an idler, puzzle and autobattler that sees you fight, mine, and think your way through the depths of a forsaken dungeon.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Fedora Asahi Remix 42 distribution is now available for Apple Silicon Macs based on Fedora Linux 42 and KDE Plasma 6.3 desktop environment.Marius Nestor (9to5Linux)
NVIDIA 575.51.02 Beta driver brings NVIDIA Smooth Motion support to Linux, GeForce RTX 5060 series announced gamingonlinux.com/2025/04/nvid…
#NVIDIA #Linux #GeForce #PCGaming #LinuxGaming
Nearly a month since the last stable update, NVIDIA have today released the 575.51.02 Beta driver that brings with it support for NVIDIA Smooth Motion on Linux along with various bug fixes. NVIDIA also formally announced the GeForce RTX 5060 series.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
"NVIDIA Smooth Motion is a new driver-based AI model that delivers smoother gameplay by inferring an additional frame between two rendered frames. For games without DLSS Frame Generation, NVIDIA Smooth Motion is a new option for enhancing your experience on GeForce RTX 50 Series GPUs."
Wait, so is this basically AMD Fluid Motion Frames / Frame Generation but actually available on Linux!?
Mesa 25.1-rc1 Released With AMD RDNA4 Improvements, Lots Of RADV & Intel ANV Additions
Eric Engestrom is once again stepping up to manage the next quarterly Mesa driver feature release and thus today we have the on-time branching of Mesa 25.1 from Mesa Git and already the release of Mesa 25.1-rc1. This release brings many improvements to the collection of open-source OpenGL and Vulkan drivers that should be ready for their stable debut in Ma…
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NVIDIA 575.51.02 Linux Driver Beta Released With Smooth Motion Support
With today's launch of the GeForce RTX 5060 Ti graphics card, NVIDIA has also introduced their first Linux driver beta in the R575 driver series...
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Ultramarine Linux 41 "Cyberia" lands with new installer images, a custom CLI tool, WSL support, and major updates across all editions.Bobby Borisov (Linuxiac)
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 Ti Linux GPU Compute Benchmarks
Yesterday NVIDIA announced the GeForce RTX 5060 "Blackwell" graphics cards as their new, most affordable offering of the RTX 50 series. While the $299 GeForce RTX 5060 isn't shipping until next month, today the GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 8GB goes on sale for $379 USD and the GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16GB is also hitting Internet retailers today and starting out at $429 USD. I've been testi…
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Yesterday NVIDIA announced the GeForce RTX 5060 'Blackwell' graphics cards as their new, most affordable offering of the RTX 50 series.www.phoronix.com
Fedora 42 RISC-V Released - Builds For SiFive HiFive Premier P550 & Milk-V Megrez
Following yesterday's official Fedora 42 release, Fedora 42 for RISC-V is now available. The delay in the Fedora 42 RISC-V builds is due to RISC-V not yet being a primary architecture and the RISC-V builds being unofficial and produced by the Fedora community...
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Adding to the busy week of Linux distribution releases from Ubuntu 25.04 to Manjaro 25.04 and Fedora 42, TrueNAS 25.04 debuted today as a major step forward for this open enterprise storage platform.lxer.com
FFmpeg's FFV1 Vulkan Decoder Now 3x Faster On AMD GPUs
Merged last month to the widely-used FFmpeg open-source multimedia library was an initial Vulkan-based decoder for FFV1 for the FF Video 1 lossless video coding format. Should you be interested in using this FFV1 decoder on AMD GPUs, there's a reported 3x performance improvement with the newest code...
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More Radeon RX 9000 "RDNA4" Open-Source Driver Improvements Merged For Mesa 25.1
Additional improvements for AMD GFX12 as the graphics engine IP of RDNA4 graphics with the Radeon RX 9000 series have been merged ahead of this quarter's Mesa 25.1 feature release...
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Qt Ramps Up Its AI Coding Assistant Capabilities
Over the past two years Qt has been working to embrace generative AI for enhanced coding capabilities within Qt Creator for Qt/QML/C++ applications. It started with GitHub Copilot integration and has been continuing well beyond that and today marks the debut of the Qt AI Assistant v0.9...
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VirtualBox 7.1.8 open-source virtualization software is now available for download with initial support for Linux kernel 6.14.Marius Nestor (9to5Linux)
VirtualBox 7.1.8 fixes rare clock rollback, GUI cursor glitches, and improves support across Linux and Windows with several key Guest Additions updates.Bobby Borisov (Linuxiac)
Valve's SteamOS 3.7.3 Preview improves support for Asus and Lenovo handhelds gamingonlinux.com/2025/04/valv…
#SteamOS #SteamDeck #Steam #ASUS #Lenovo
After Valve announced in January that a public beta of Steam Deck's SteamOS is coming for more handhelds, the initial SteamOS 3.7 Preview added the start of it and now the latest SteamOS 3.7.3 Preview brings more improvements for other handhelds.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
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This comprehensive guide will walk you through both GUI and CLI methods to safely upgrade your Fedora 41 system to Fedora 42.sk (OSTechNix)
Ultramarine 41 Linux distribution is now available for download based on Fedora Linux 41 and featuring a new installer and Welcome app.Marius Nestor (9to5Linux)
Following the recent benchmarking of Ubuntu Server 25.04 in its near final state compared to prior Ubuntu Linux releases, I turned my attention to Fedora Server 42.lxer.com
WordPress 6.8 CMS, codenamed “Cecil” is out, featuring faster page loads, stronger password security, and a redesigned Style Book.Bobby Borisov (Linuxiac)
In this advice column, an IT pro seeks recommendations for free tools, particularly for automation and monitoring.Brien Posey (ITPro Today)
GNOME's Help Browser Affected By A Serious Security Issue For Arbitrary File Reads
The GNOME Help Browser "Yelp" for viewing HTML / man page / DocBook and other documentation formats from the GNOME desktop is subject to a yet-to-be-patched-upstream security vulnerability that is now public and can allow for arbitrary file reads and could be funneled through your web browser...
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The GNOME Help Browser 'Yelp' for viewing HTML / man page / DocBook and other documentation formats from the GNOME desktop is subject to a yet-to-be-patched-upstream security vulnerability that is now public and can allow for arbitrary file reads and…www.phoronix.com
NX AppHub is a new system for managing and building applications for the Debian-based, systemd-free, and immutable Nitrux Linux distribution.Marius Nestor (9to5Linux)
Duplicati is a backup client that stores encrypted, incremental, compressed backups on local storage, cloud storage services and remote file servers.Steve Emms (LinuxLinks)
T2 Linux SDE 25.4 "It Only Does Everything" is now available as a massive update for this highly portable source-based Linux distribution.Marius Nestor (9to5Linux)
Manjaro 25.0 Linux distribution is now available for download featuring the latest Xfce 4.20, GNOME 48, and KDE Plasma 6.3 desktops.Marius Nestor (9to5Linux)
GCC 15 Squeezes In Some Last Minute Adjustments For AMD Zen 5 "znver5"
The GCC 15.1 compiler release is expected in the coming weeks as the first stable version of GCC 15 as this annual GNU Compiler Collection release. As we approach the finish line, some last minute changes were merged for the AMD Zen 5 "znver5" CPU target...
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The Metis Compute Board is a compact single-board computer designed for AI applications requiring high computational performance at the edge.Giorgio Mendoza (LinuxGizmos.com)
Thomas Fricke (he/him)
in reply to Phoronix • • •Often marketed as "Zero Trust". I only use this for network access.
Within the "Zero" there is a complex attestation and a vulnerability embargo process of the CPU vendor.