Linux and Open Source news headlines
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Mon, 08/12/2024 - 22:20
Linus Torvalds released Linux 6.11-rc3 a few minutes ago as the latest weekly release candidate.
Mon, 08/12/2024 - 22:20
The latest Wine 9.15 release brings key updates, including MSHTML enhancements and stronger ODBC driver support.
Mon, 08/12/2024 - 22:20
In the Thunderbird 130 beta release notes the ‘what’s new’ section lists “added Linux system tray icon”, and what’s mind-blowing about the addition is that it developers a feature request first filed on the Mozilla bug tracker a staggering 25 years ago!
Mon, 08/12/2024 - 22:20
While Open Source Initiative continues its work developing an open-source AI definition, LF has taken AI-based Open Model Initiative under its wings.
Mon, 08/12/2024 - 22:20
Canonical has finally given up and changed its policy for kernel version selection on Ubuntu releases, finally delivering the latest and greatest Linux kernel series starting with Ubuntu 24.10 in October 2024.
Mon, 08/12/2024 - 22:20
Discover a step-by-step guide to install Waydroid on Ubuntu and learn the steps to install, list, run, and uninstall Android applications.
Mon, 08/12/2024 - 22:20
Building off yesterday's release of Wine 9.15, Wine-Staging 9.15 is now available with 376 patches currently being applied atop the upstream codebase.
Mon, 08/12/2024 - 22:20
Need Docker Desktop on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS? Our straightforward guide shows you how to install it quickly and without hassle.
Mon, 08/12/2024 - 22:20
Seems like this project is coming along nicely, and I do very much love seeing classics get revived with open source game engine re-implementations. OpenTESArena for The Elder Scrolls: Arena has a new release out.
Mon, 08/12/2024 - 22:20
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS users experiencing issues setting up Fastmail and mailbox.org providers in GNOME Online Accounts to access cloud files, calendars, and/or contacts will be pleased to hear a fix is inbound.
Mon, 08/12/2024 - 22:20
A detailed review of the System76's COSMIC Desktop maiden Alpha release, which brings a brand new desktop environment in the Linux ecosystem.
Mon, 08/12/2024 - 22:20
The GNOME Project released today GNOME 46.4 as the fourth maintenance update to the latest GNOME 46 “Kathmandu” desktop environment series bringing various improvements, bug fixes, and updated translations.
Mon, 08/12/2024 - 22:20
NVIDIA software engineer Andrea Righi has implemented his "scx_rustland" Linux Rust scheduler within eBPF for very promising performance results.
Mon, 08/12/2024 - 22:20
Incus 6.4 rolls out with bug fixes, better cluster management, storage solutions, OCI support, and more.
Mon, 08/12/2024 - 22:20
In this tutorial we will explain how to install Nextcloud on Debian 12 OS. Nextcloud is an open-source client-server software with similar functionality as Dropbox, Google Drive and Office 365. It is written in PHP, using MySQL or PostgreSQL to store the data.
Mon, 08/12/2024 - 22:20
A JavaScript engine is software that translates source code into machine code. This machine code is executed on a computer’s central processing unit.
Mon, 08/12/2024 - 22:20
Dust is a simple program written in Rust to make convention du command easier for beginners by displaying disk usage in a tree-like structure.
Sun, 08/11/2024 - 22:20
Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a new malicious package on the Python Package Index (PyPI) repository that masquerades as a library from the Solana blockchain platform but is actually designed to steal victims' secrets.
Sun, 08/11/2024 - 22:20
Solder Party’s RP2350 Stamp is an update to the company’s tiny RP2040 Stamp module based on a Raspberry Pi RP2350A, and they also introduced the RP2350 Stamp XL module that makes use of the extra GPIO pins on the RP2350B, and a “RP2xxx Stamp Carrier XL” carrier board taking either module.
Sun, 08/11/2024 - 22:20
Motherboard vendors have begun releasing updated BIOS versions for Intel Core 13th/14th Gen motherboards that offer the new "0x129" CPU microcode that is intended to address the Raptor Lake stability issues that have been causing instability problems and crashing errors for a growing number of Intel Core 13th/14th Gen processors.