Wine 10.15 Released with Unicode 17 Support
Wine 10.15 adds Unicode 17, Zip64 support, and fixes 16 bugs, including issues with Steam, Sims 2, CapCut, and Visual Studio 2005.
Slimbook Refreshes Its Flagship Linux Laptop, Introduces Slimbook Manjaro III
Linux hardware vendor Slimbook announced that it has refreshed its Linux-powered laptop fleet with more powerful components and cutting-edge technologies.
How to Install RQuickShare (NearbyShare/QuickShare) on Linux
Learn how to quickly install RQuickShare on major Linux distributions such as Debian, Ubuntu, Red Hat, Fedora, Arch, and more.
LMDE 7 Will Be Based on Debian 13 “Trixie”, Linux Mint 22.3 Planned for December
Linux Mint leader Clement Lefebvre revealed today in the project’s monthly newsletter that the team is working on the LMDE (Linux Mint Debian Edition) 7 operating system.
ASF Retires Indigenous Imagery–But Keeps ‘Apache’ Name for Now
Stuck between a rock and a hard place, ASF ditches the feather, but keeps the Apache name: not enough for the left, too ‘woke’ for the right? Welcome to modern America…
Q4OS 6.1 Distro Is Out Based on Debian 13 with KDE Plasma and Trinity Desktops
The Q4OS project announced today the release and general availability of Q4OS 6.1 as the newest stable (and LTS) version of this lightweight, KDE-oriented distribution featuring the latest KDE Plasma and Trinity desktop environments.
AMD EPYC 9575F CPUs For GPU/AI Servers Show Leading Performance In Benchmarks
Since the launch of the AMD EPYC 9005 series nearly one year ago, I have performed hundreds of different benchmarks on these EPYC "Turin" processors across a wide range of workloads/disciplines to really terrific performance, power efficiency, and value. AMD EPYC 9005 performs exceptionally well compared to the competition from Intel and ARM CPU vendors. One area though I hadn't explored to this point was how well the AMD EPYC 9005 series performs for serving as the host CPU for GPU/AI servers. That changed as I recently wrapped up some benchmarks exploring that area using the AMD EPYC 9575F and it managed to accelerate past the available competition in proving capable of being the superior host processor for AI servers.
KDE Frameworks 6.18 Is Out, Here’s What’s New
The KDE team releases Frameworks 6.18 with updates for Breeze Icons, KIO, KTextEditor, and more, ensuring smoother development.
VirtualBox 7.2.2 Adds Support for KVM APIs on Linux Kernel 6.16 and Newer
VirtualBox 7.2.2 is out as the first maintenance release of the latest VirtualBox 7.2 series for this open-source, free, and cross-platform virtualization solution from Oracle.
Explaining (in Length and Depth) the Damage Matthew Garrett Did to Linux and to GNU/Linux Users
Many inappropriate behaviours against us (for merely talking about UEFI 'secure boot') are being reported and relayed to the British authorities (including as recently as 5 hours ago) and we shall continue writing about the subject, no matter how many threats we receive. Or how many get sent to my wife, too. While she's on holiday and mourning death in her family.
Samba 4.23 Released With SMB3 Over QUIC, SMB3 Unix Extensions By Default
Samba 4.23 is out today as the newest version of this SMB protocol re-implementation for file and print services interoperability with the Microsoft Windows world...
PNY preorder listing shows Nvidia DGX Spark at $4,299.99
PNY has opened preorders for the Nvidia DGX Spark, a compact desktop AI system powered by the Grace Blackwell GB10 Superchip. It combines Arm Cortex-X925 and Cortex-A725 CPU cores with a Blackwell GPU, delivering up to 1,000 AI TOPS, or 1 petaFLOP of FP4 performance, for local model inference and fine-tuning. According to the product […]
Fish Shell 4.0.6 Released With Many Fixes
Fish 4.0.6 is out as the newest update to this shell that with Fish 4.0 was rewritten in Rust from C++...
Fwupd 2.0.16 Released with New Search Feature
Fwupd 2.0.16 introduces a new search feature and fixes FreeBSD update issues, improving firmware update reliability.
Linux 6.17 Fix Lands To Address Regression With "Serious Breakage" In Hibernation
This week's round of power management fixes for the in-development Linux 6.17 kernel are on the more notable side with fixes for both AMD and Intel P-State drivers plus addressing a system hibernation issue that could lead to "serious breakage" and stems from a Linux 6.16 regression...
We Could Dual-Boot Back in the 1990s, Why Has This Become So Difficult?
Complex systems are bound to have holes and in Microsoft's case bug/back doors are the actual objective. Screwing around with GNU/Linux (while pretending to "love Linux") is another objective.
Bcachefs Moves To External DKMS Module In Linux Kernel 6.18
Bcachefs is shifting to an external DKMS module in Linux kernel 6.18 after becoming externally maintained. Here's the upcoming Bcachefs changes.
CUPS 2.4.13 Print Server Released With "Important" Security Fix
CUPS 2.4.13 is out today as the newest update to this widely-used, open-source print server. Driving this new point release is for addressing an important security vulnerability as well as a second less notable security issue...
PipeWire 1.4.8 Brings Low Latency to FireWire Devices Using the ALSA Drivers
The PipeWire project has released PipeWire 1.4.8 today as yet another maintenance update to the latest PipeWire 1.4 series of this popular open-source server for handling audio/video streams and hardware on Linux systems.
Firefox Finally Introducing Matroska / MKV Playback Support
Within the nightly builds of the Firefox web browser is finally the ability to support playback of Matroska "MKV" content...
How To Add, Delete, And Grant Sudo Privileges To Users In RHEL, AlmaLinux And Rocky Linux
Learn how to add, delete, and grant sudo privileges to users in Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), AlmaLinux and Rocky Linux.
Linux 6.18 Will Further Complicate Non-GPL Out-Of-Tree File-Systems
Out-of-tree file-system drivers not licensed/compatible with the GPL will have a new obstacle to deal with come time for Linux 6.18 later this year...
openSUSE to Disable Bcachefs File System Support in Tumbleweed with Linux 6.17
In some controversial news, openSUSE announced that it plans to disable support for the Bcachefs file system in openSUSE Tumbleweed with the next major kernel update, Linux 6.17, due out in late September or early October 2025.
Linux Patched For New "VMSCAPE" Vulnerability Affecting Intel & AMD CPUs
The Linux kernel was just patched moments ago for a new CPU security vulnerability... VMSCAPE. VMSCAPE affects both Intel and AMD processors...
The Apache Software Foundation Unveils New Oak Leaf Logo
The Apache Software Foundation (ASF) unveils a refreshed visual identity with an oak leaf logo, highlighting growth, trust, and sustainability.
Linux Lite 7.6: Plenty for Windows Refugees, But Too Dumbed Down for Comfort
While it’s very commendable that Linux Lite is going after a particular user – people who might be unhappy with Windows 11 – treating these new users like digital imbeciles leaves a lot to be desired.
Fedora 43 Beta Being Released Next Week
Fedora 43 Beta is declared a "GO" and ready for release next Tuesday...
openSUSE Tumbleweed To Disable Bcachefs In Kernel 6.18: Users Advised To Migrate Now!
The Bcachefs filesystem will be disabled in openSUSE kernel 6.18. All Bcachefs users are strongly advised to take necessary precautions.
Intel Fixes Panther Lake Xe3 Graphics Performance Issues For Linux Ahead Of Launch
A set of 14 patches were merged today to the Mesa 3D graphics driver codebase for fixing some wide-reaching performance issues that would have negatively affected the upcoming Xe3 integrated graphics with Core Ultra Series 3 "Panther Lake" hardware. The patches have been merged so will be very important that anyone buying an upcoming Intel Panther Lake laptop move to using an up-to-date Mesa to avoid these performance problems...
KDE Linux and FreeBSD hit alpha and -- surprise -- fan fave Pop_OS nearly at beta
It's the season of FOSS fruitfulness as juicy goodness falls from the branch
The Northern hemisphere is moving into autumn and FOSS vendors are falling over themselves in their efforts to get new versions out for the season.…
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