Linux and Open Source news headlines
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If it's just some category or section in forums, then it's not a blog. No more "Community Blog".
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The upcoming Linux 6.15 kernel is expected to merge two new Direct Rendering Manager (DRM) display drivers for supporting the Apple Touch Bar displays on older Intel x86 Macs and a newer "ADP" driver for handling the Apple Touch Bar displays on the newer Apple M1/M2-powered MacBooks.
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Goodbye, Skype! You probably won't be missed. Skype is being discontinued by Microsoft on 5th May. Once a hallmark of the old internet, Skype was already dying a slow death. It just could not keep up with the competition from WhatsApp, Zoom etc despite Microsoft's backing.
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The KDE Project released today KDE Gear 24.12.3 as the third and last maintenance update for the KDE Gear 24.12 open-source software suite to fix more bugs in your favorite KDE apps.
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Apache Solr is an open-source search platform built on Apache Lucene, designed to create powerful application search and indexing capabilities. In this guide, you'll learn how to install Apache Solr on Ubuntu 24.04 server.
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If you're looking for a tiling window manager that has more style, Hyprland is one try - and it just might change the landscape as well.
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Samba 4.22 introduces SMB3 Directory Leases, LDAP netlogon pings over TCP, and experimental Himmelblaud authentication for Azure Entra ID.
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SiFive recently sent over a review sample of the much anticipated HiFive Premier P550 developer board, their newest RISC-V creation featuring four RISC-V cores, Imagination AXM-8-256 integrated GPU, Gigabit Ethernet, PCIe x16 slot, and 16GB or 32GB of RAM. The HiFive Premier P550 is a modern RISC-V developer board capable of desktop uses, developer build boxes, and similar with pricing starting out at $399 USD.
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Distro hopping isn’t exactly uncommon in the Linux world, but have you ever found yourself switching distributions by accident? Because that’s exactly what happened to me when I decided to give the Arch-based CachyOS a try.
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Is Huawei planning to ship Linux on its upcoming MateBook laptops instead of HarmonyOS NEXT? A fresh leak out of China this week suggests so.
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KeePass 2.58 improved its graphical user interface with some new options. It added Ctrl+H keyboard shortcut for the ‘Show/hide password using asterisks’ option in report dialogs.
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Zant is an open-source, cross-platform SDK written in Zig and designed to simplify deploying Neural Networks (NN) on microcontrollers. It comprises a suite of tools to import, optimize, and deploy NNs to low-end hardware.
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System monitoring can help identify problems before they escalate to emergency status. We pick the finest open source solutions.
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The FreeBSD Foundation paired with resources committed by AMD, Dell, and Framework are working to improve FreeBSD laptop support. In recent months there have been FreeBSD development efforts to improve the power management support with modern laptops as well as a strong focus on enhancing the WiFi driver support.
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Tails 6.13, a privacy-focused Linux distro, improves Wi-Fi hardware detection, brings Tor Browser 14.0.7, and fixes partitioning errors.
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Another new release is available for MangoHud, the Linux gaming overlay, which is also used for the performance stats on Steam Deck. This is a small follow-up release to the bigger MangoHud v0.8 released earlier in February.
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The PipeWire project released today PipeWire 1.4 as a major update to this popular open-source server for handling audio/video streams, and hardware on Linux systems.
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This comprehensive guide explains how to recover lost files in Linux using a live USB and recovery tools such as TestDisk, PhotoRec, and extundelete.
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Too often, well-intentioned regulation misses the mark. This can be due to poor design, poor implementation, poor compliance, or failure to address unintended consequences. But the EU’s Digital Markets Act (DMA) has the potential to be different.
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Another announcement at AMD today beyond the open-source Linux driver fun for the Radeon RX 9070 series is announcing the open-sourcing of Instella as their new fully open 3B parameter language models.