Linux and Open Source news headlines
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Sat, 09/28/2024 - 22:20
The Document Foundation announced today the general availability of LibreOffice 24.8.2 as the second maintenance update to the latest LibreOffice 24.8 office suite series fixing more than 80 bugs.
Sat, 09/28/2024 - 22:20
For those on the RPM side of the fence, Fedora 41 has hit beta, and works better in VirtualBox than ever if you're curious to try it.
Sat, 09/28/2024 - 22:20
This article spotlights alternative tools to rm, a command that removes files or directories.
Sat, 09/28/2024 - 22:20
By creating a separate /home partition, Linux users can preserve personal files and settings during OS reinstallations, avoiding data loss and simplifying the migration process.
Sat, 09/28/2024 - 22:20
There's been much speculation since this morning over a reported "severe" unauthenticated remote code execution (RCE) flaw affecting Linux systems that carries a CVSS 9.9.9 score... The embargo has now lifted with the details on this nasty issue.
Fri, 09/27/2024 - 22:20
LILYGO launched the T-Embed CC1101, built around the ESP32-S3 Dual-core LX7. It supports Wi-Fi, BLE 5, and Sub-GHz wireless communication, targeting remote and low-power IoT projects.
Fri, 09/27/2024 - 22:20
PostgreSQL 17 open-source RDBMS brings enhanced performance, advanced features, and better scalability for all workloads.
Fri, 09/27/2024 - 22:20
The kernel team is working on final integration for Linux kernel 6.11. This version was just recently released, and will arrive soon in Fedora Linux. As a result, the Fedora Linux kernel and QA teams have organized a test week from Sunday, September 29, 2024 to Sunday, October 06, 2024.
Fri, 09/27/2024 - 22:20
33% of cloud environments using the toolkit impacted, we're told. A critical bug in Nvidia's widely used Container Toolkit could allow a rogue user or software to escape their containers and ultimately take complete control of the underlying host.
Fri, 09/27/2024 - 22:20
Discover a step-by-step guide to install the latest version of Remmina on Ubuntu and other Linux distributions, with practical examples.
Fri, 09/27/2024 - 22:20
The USB/Thunderbolt subsystem updates were submitted today for the Linux 6.12 kernel merge window along with the other areas of the kernel overseen by Greg Kroah-Hartman.
Fri, 09/27/2024 - 22:20
Recently, the field of AI has been making some significant strides when it comes to following an open-source approach to development. The proprietary crowd wished they had that kind of close-knit community of developers working towards achieving great things.
Fri, 09/27/2024 - 22:20
Most browsers know way too much about you – your latest obsession, your shopping cart, even your weekend plans. Firefox? It’s built to power your browsing, nothing more. Here’s a breakdown of the Firefox features that keep you private and secure online.
Fri, 09/27/2024 - 22:20
DXVK 2.4.1, a Vulkan-based translation layer for Direct3D 8/9/10/11, brings dynamic memory sizing for better performance in various game launchers.
Fri, 09/27/2024 - 22:20
This guide will walk you through the process of installing VirtualBox on Fedora Linux 41 and older versions.
Fri, 09/27/2024 - 22:20
Privacy activist group noyb has filed a complaint against Mozilla over a "Privacy Preserving Attribution" feature that was quietly enabled in the Firefox browser following a July update. "Contrary to its reassuring name, this technology allows Firefox to track user behavior on websites," noyb stated this morning. Worse: "Mozilla decided to turn it on by default once people installed a recent software update."
Fri, 09/27/2024 - 22:20
Joshua Ashton of Valve's Linux graphics team has opened a Mesa merge request to support a proposed "frog-fifo-v1" protocol for Wayland to address the matter of "FIFO is fundamentally broken under Mesa's Wayland WSI right now."
Fri, 09/27/2024 - 22:20
COSMIC, the new Linux desktop environment developed by System76, got its very first public release last month. And System76 just announced the second Alpha release of this new desktop environment, which is available for testing now.
Fri, 09/27/2024 - 22:20
The Archcraft idea started as a passion project, and now it is a responsibility for the creator. Learn more about the journey here.
Fri, 09/27/2024 - 22:20
The open source and cross-platform Nexus Mods app that's currently in development has a new 0.6.1 release available for testing with some nice improvements. Eventually this will replace Vortex when it's ready.