Linux and Open Source news headlines
Updated: 8 hours 39 min ago
Wed, 11/20/2024 - 22:20
The latest and greatest version of Rocky Linux has been released, battle tested, and is ready-to-go.
Wed, 11/20/2024 - 22:20
The Blender Foundation announced today the release and general availability of Blender 4.3 as a major update to this powerful, free, cross-platform, and open-source 3D graphics and modeling software.
Wed, 11/20/2024 - 22:20
The latest Linux distribution being brought to Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) with Microsoft's blessing is none other than Red Hat Enterprise Linux... Microsoft and Red Hat jointly announced today that RHEL is coming to WSL.
Wed, 11/20/2024 - 22:20
The "Helldown" ransomware, which started small earlier this year, is now targeting VMware systems and Linux environments, a move that's raising serious concerns among cybersecurity experts. This evolution highlights how attackers are finding new ways to exploit vulnerabilities across platforms.
Wed, 11/20/2024 - 22:20
Rocky Linux 9.5 is now available for download, packed with updates like Podman 5.0, GCC 11.5, Node.js 22, and more.
Wed, 11/20/2024 - 22:20
The tools featured here make it very simple to view 3D models.
Wed, 11/20/2024 - 22:20
This tutorial shows how to install Microsoft .NET software development framework (9.0, 8.0, or even 6.0, 7.0) in current Ubuntu 24.04, Ubuntu 22.04, and Ubuntu 20.04 LTS.
Wed, 11/20/2024 - 22:20
The GNU Linux-libre project announced today the release and general availability of the GNU Linux-libre 6.12 kernel for those who seek 100% freedom for their GNU/Linux computers and software freedom lovers.
Wed, 11/20/2024 - 22:20
The behviour of Canonical and Red Hat reminds us that community-led distros are important and we must not let companies like Canonical and Red Hat (or oligarchs like Mark Shuttleworth) become flag bearers
Wed, 11/20/2024 - 22:20
As of today the first handful of commits have landed in LLVM Git ahead of next year's LLVM 20.0 for beginning to enable the AMDGPU compiler back-end for "GFX950", the next iteration of the CDNA family for Instinct accelerators.
Wed, 11/20/2024 - 22:20
A sure-fire way to tell that development has moved up a gear: Ubuntu 25.04 daily builds are now available to download.
Wed, 11/20/2024 - 22:20
Breaking News: Arch Linux adopts the liberal 0BSD license for all package sources, ensuring freedom and flexibility. Details inside!
Wed, 11/20/2024 - 22:20
Following https://xerolinux.xyz/posts/build-archiso/ . Issue commands: $ sudo pacman -S archiso ;$ mkdir ~/ArchWork ; $ mkdir ~/ArchOut ;$ sudo mkarchiso -v -w ~/ArchWork -o ~/ArchOut /usr/share/archiso/configs/releng
Wed, 11/20/2024 - 22:20
NVIDIA released today the NVIDIA 550.135 graphics driver as the latest “Production Branch” version for users who want to stay on the stable side of things and not use the NVIDIA 560 “New Feature Branch” series.
Wed, 11/20/2024 - 22:20
A Live Linux USB is one of the best rescue tools every computer user should have. Not only can it help restore your computer in a jam, but it also has several other substantial benefits and uses. Oh, and did I mention that it's completely free?
Wed, 11/20/2024 - 22:20
The inventor of the World Wide Web is on a laudable mission to give everyone control of their online data. He's fighting an uphill battle.
Wed, 11/20/2024 - 22:20
Over the past year we have seen Canonical engineers focus more on optimizing the performance potential of Ubuntu Linux. With Ubuntu 25.04 they are now using the -O3 compiler optimization level by default and there has been other efforts like better performance tooling on Ubuntu and frame pointers by default.
Wed, 11/20/2024 - 22:20
Odoo, formerly OpenERP, is a suite of open-source business applications. It is widely regarded as a leading open-source enterprise resource planning (ERP) software. Odoo offers a diverse range of modules that can be incorporated into a single application, significantly contributing to its widespread adoption.
Wed, 11/20/2024 - 22:20
With vector databases becoming more crucial, enterprises are taking an ever closer look at performance and cost. Zilliz, the company behind the open-source Milvus vector database, is announcing new features aimed at dramatically reducing costs and complexity for production deployments, addressing the growing demands of enterprise users who have moved beyond initial experiments to full-scale AI implementations.
Tue, 11/19/2024 - 22:20
Now that Canonical officially opened the development of Ubuntu 25.04 (Plucky Puffin), it has published the first daily build ISO images for early adopters, application developers, and general public testing.