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Mozilla Thunderbird 135 Released with XZ Packaging for Linux Binaries

Fri, 02/07/2025 - 22:20
The Mozilla Thunderbird 135 open-source email, calendar, news, chat, and contactbook client was released today alongside the Mozilla Firefox 135 web browser with various new features and many bug fixes.
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An Early Performance Regression Hitting Highly Threaded Workloads On Linux 6.14-rc1

Fri, 02/07/2025 - 22:20
With Linux 6.14-rc1 released I have begun trying out the new development kernel on a few systems locally. At least for high core count hardware tested thus far, Linux 6.14 at the moment during this early testing phase is sporting some performance regressions within some multi-threaded workloads.
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iWave Systems iW-RainboW-G54S credit card-sized SBC features an STM32MP133/MP135 OSM Size-S module

Fri, 02/07/2025 - 22:20
iWave Systems says the STM32MP133/STM32MP135 OSM SBC supports Linux 6.1.28 (or higher). The company provides some public documentation accessible immediately after leaving your email (brochure, datasheet, STEP file), but the Linux documentation and SBC can only be accessed after talking to sales.
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Fedora in 2025: AI Integration, Wayland Advancements, HDR, and More

Thu, 02/06/2025 - 22:20
In a blog post, Christian Schaller, Red Hat’s Director of Software Engineering, shares Fedora Linux’s 2025 plans and upcoming features.
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Linux List Processes – How to Check Running Processes

Thu, 02/06/2025 - 22:20
This blog post will explain everything about Linux processes, such as how to check and manage them easily. In Linux, a “process” is any active instance of a program. Many threads execute the process, and there are different process models.
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Mixing Rust and C in Linux likened to cancer by kernel maintainer

Thu, 02/06/2025 - 22:20
Some worry multi-lang codebase makes it harder to maintain open source uber-project, others disagree. Developers trying to add Rust code to the Linux kernel continue to face opposition from kernel maintainers who believe using multiple languages is an unwelcome and risky complication.
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Missing Windows from Grub After Dual Boot? Here's What You Can Do

Thu, 02/06/2025 - 22:20
Can't see Windows in Grub after successfully dual booting? That's because os-prober is disabled. Here's how to fix it.
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Rust in Linux: A Powerful Tool—But How Do We Strike the Right Balance?

Thu, 02/06/2025 - 22:20
The heated debate about including Rust in the Linux kernel has been ongoing for quite some time in the hacker community.
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GRUB Continues Working Toward Its Next Release In 2025

Thu, 02/06/2025 - 22:20
As somewhat of an annual tradition for the FOSDEM conference, Daniel Kiper of Oracle presented a status update on the GRUB bootloader. As one of the GRUB maintainers he offers great insight to activity around this most common Linux bootloader.
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Installing Ubuntu on WSL Just Got Much Easier

Thu, 02/06/2025 - 22:20
Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) user? If so, you will be pleased to hear that Ubuntu is now available in Microsoft’s new tar-based distro format — no need to use the sluggish Microsoft Store.
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Blocking Linux / Steam Deck in Apex Legends led to a 'meaningful reduction' in cheaters

Thu, 02/06/2025 - 22:20
Back in October 2024, Respawn announced they were blocking Apex Legends on Linux platforms (including Steam Deck). Apparently this has worked quite well for them.
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UnixWare in 2025: still actively developed and maintained

Thu, 02/06/2025 - 22:20
It kind of goes by under the radar, but aside from HP-UX, Solaris, and AIX, there’s another traditional classic UNIX still in active development today: UnixWare (and its sibling, OpenServer). Owned and developed by Xinuos, UnixWare and other related code and IP was acquired by them when the much-hated SCO crashed and burned about 15 years ago or so, and they’ve been maintaining it ever since.
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Debian 13 to Feature GNOME 48 Desktop Environment

Thu, 02/06/2025 - 22:20
The next major Debian release, 13 "Trixie," is expected to ship with GNOME 48 desktop environment.
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Windows Users Will Soon be Able to Say “I use Arch, BTW”

Thu, 02/06/2025 - 22:20
Saying “I use Arch, btw” has become an iconic part of the Linux community over the years. Whenever a person installs Arch Linux, they automatically get the right to say those words anywhere they please, on online forums, sure, in a random encounter with a stranger, why not?
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Red Hat's take on open-source AI: Pragmatism over utopian dreams

Thu, 02/06/2025 - 22:20
The Linux giant envisions AI development that mirrors open-source software's collaborative ethos. That won't be easy.
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Debian 13 Will Aim To Include GNOME 48, Debian/Ubuntu Begin Packaging GNOME Papers

Thu, 02/06/2025 - 22:20
For those wondering whether Debian 13 would see the upcoming GNOME 48 desktop packages given the upcoming Debian 13 "Trixie" development freezes, it looks like this updated GNOME release will be squeezed in.
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Mozilla Firefox 135 Is Now Available for Download, Here’s What’s New

Thu, 02/06/2025 - 22:20
Mozilla published today the final release of the Firefox 135 web browser for all supported platforms, so it’s time to take a look at the new features and improvements.
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Google torpedoes 'no AI for weapons' rules

Thu, 02/06/2025 - 22:20
Will now happily unleash the bots when 'likely overall benefits substantially outweigh the foreseeable risks'. Google has published a new set of AI principles that don’t mention its previous pledge not to use the tech to develop weapons or surveillance tools that violate international norms.
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Data Centres Can Cut Energy Use By Up To 30% With Just About 30 Lines of Code, Research Shows

Thu, 02/06/2025 - 22:20
New research has found that data centres can reduce their energy usage by up to 30% simply by altering around 30 lines of code in the Linux kernel’s network stack.
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Don't Be Intimidated By Linux's Notorious GRUB Bootloader

Thu, 02/06/2025 - 22:20
You may have heard about how difficult the GRUB Linux bootloader is to install and configure. If that's holding you back from installing Linux, you should know it's nothing to be scared of, if you have to deal with it at all.
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