Linux and Open Source news headlines
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Wed, 03/05/2025 - 22:20
Ahead of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 graphics cards seeing retail availability tomorrow, today the review embargo expires on the GeForce RTX 5070 Founders Edition graphics cards. I[he]#039[/he]ve been testing out the GeForce RTX 5070 under Linux and today have a number of GPU compute benchmarks to share.
Wed, 03/05/2025 - 22:20
Torizon and Texas Instruments have announced a collaboration aimed at simplifying cybersecurity compliance and development for industrial and medical embedded systems. The partnership integrates Torizon’s software platform with TI’s Arm-based, Linux-capable processors, addressing increasing security requirements such as those outlined in the EU Cyber Resilience Act.
Wed, 03/05/2025 - 22:20
The team behind Linux Mint has made several interesting announcements about the popular Linux distribution and what's going on behind the scenes. Aside from previewing a fresh coat of paint, they're also warning you to update Firefox.
Wed, 03/05/2025 - 22:20
FOSS bods file amicus brief in hope of preserving core GNU tenet of freedom forever. The Free Software Foundation (FSF) on Monday backed a lone developer's brave effort to overturn a pivotal court ruling that threatens to undermine the AGPLv3 – the foundation's GNU Affero General Public License, version 3.
Wed, 03/05/2025 - 22:20
Mozilla is evidently selling your data downriver while continuing to brag about how much it’s protecting your privacy.
Wed, 03/05/2025 - 22:20
Ubuntu has some snap apps (e.g., Firefox and AppCenter) pre-installed in recent releases. The snap apps auto-generate a snap folder in user’s home directory to store app data, caches, and configuration files.
Wed, 03/05/2025 - 22:20
The Mozilla Thunderbird 136 open-source email, calendar, news, chat, and contactbook client was released today alongside the Mozilla Firefox 136 web browser, bringing various new features and several bug fixes.
Wed, 03/05/2025 - 22:20
Godot 4.4 is out as stable today for serving as the newest feature release to this leading open-source, cross-platform 2D/3D game engine...
Wed, 03/05/2025 - 22:20
Every computer has a particular network address required for internet access. Here's what it is and how to configure it on Linux.
Wed, 03/05/2025 - 22:20
UBports announces Ubuntu Touch OTA-8 - a security fix update with VoLTE support, WPA3 Wi-Fi, and bug fixes for supported devices.
Wed, 03/05/2025 - 22:20
The Adafruit Metro RP2350 is designed for projects that require Arduino form-factor compatibility, multiple GPIO options, and debugging capabilities. Built around the Raspberry Pi RP2350 microcontroller, this board provides various connectivity features and programming support, making it a flexible choice for embedded development.
Wed, 03/05/2025 - 22:20
Pricing, licensing changes won't feel so bad once you take this private cloud stack for a spin, apparently. Broadcom has quietly started a closed beta of VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) version 9, a major release that fully expresses the tech giant's vision for what a private cloud should be.
Wed, 03/05/2025 - 22:20
The Fedora Project is excited to participate in Google Summer of Code (GSoC) 2025. This continues our commitment to fostering open-source contributions and mentoring new contributors.
Wed, 03/05/2025 - 22:20
Raspberry Pi has been on a spree lately with many new product launches such as the Raspberry Pi 500, Raspberry Pi Monitor, Raspberry Pi 5 16GB, and Compute Module 5 in the past few months. Today the company announced an expansion of their offerings in the Compute Module 4 line-up.
Tue, 03/04/2025 - 22:20
Warhammer: Vermintide 2 from developer Fatshark just got an upgrade for Easy Anti-Cheat, and this finally makes online play work properly on Linux. The developers have moved from the old-style EAC to the newer version supplied by Epic Online Services.
Tue, 03/04/2025 - 22:20
MayQueen has introduced the PIXPAPER-213-C, a 2.13-inch prototype electronic paper display developed with Triangle Alien Studio. Featuring a four-color display and an SPI interface, it is designed for low-power, high-contrast embedded applications.
Tue, 03/04/2025 - 22:20
Tmux is a versatile and powerful program. While its developers designed it to be as simple as possible, it comes with its fair share of eye candy in theme plugins. In this article, I will go through the stunning themes you can install on Tmux today.
Tue, 03/04/2025 - 22:20
KeePassXC, a cross-platform and open-source community-driven port of the Windows application “Keepass Password Safe”, has been updated today to version 2.7.10, a release introducing new features and many improvements.
Tue, 03/04/2025 - 22:20
SiFive recently sent over their new HiFive Premier P550 developer board and as part of that fresh RISC-V CPU testing I've also been re-testing the prior SiFive HiFive Unmatched developer board from 2020~2021 for reference.
Tue, 03/04/2025 - 22:20
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