Open-source News

AerynOS Gets Linux Kernel 7.1.5, COSMIC 1.5, and Mesa 26.1.6  Linuxiac

RefluXFS: A Nine-Year-Old Linux Kernel Bug Found by AI in Weeks Affects 16.4 Million Systems  forkast.news

Arch Linux disables AUR package adoption to stop malware flood  BleepingComputer

Following last week's launch of the AMD Instinct MI455X, AMD has now kept with tradition and provided ISA documentation concerning this latest CDNA5 architecture...

AMD Publishes CDNA5 ISA Documentation For Instinct MI455X  Phoronix

Arch Linux's AUR is under attack as malicious packages begin flooding the repository  XDA

Framework Desktop: the repairable, Linux-friendly AI mini PC for open-source creatives  Camera Jabber

Last month 3mdeb released their open-source firmware for a modern AMD EPYC motherboard from Gigabyte that was built off the new AMD openSIL project and Coreboot. Today 3mdeb has delivered the first open-source firmware release for a modern AMD Ryzen desktop motherboard with having independently brought their openSIL+Coreboot powered Dasharo stack to the readily available MSI PRO B850-P WIFI...

Shotcut 26.7 is out today as the newest feature release to this open-source, cross-platform video editing solution...

Shotcut 26.7 Video Editor Released With Stock Asset Library  Phoronix

Shotcut 26.7 Video Editor Adds Graphics Adapter for Linux, Shake Video Filter  9to5Linux

Arch Linux Disables AUR Package Adoption Amid Malicious Takeovers  Linuxiac

Nouveau Preparing To Finally Enable Atomic Mode-Setting By Default  Phoronix

In addition to the Nouveau kernel driver unblocking Vulkan Video H.264 support for the Mesa NVK driver, another feature change on the way is this open-source NVIDIA Linux driver finally preparing to enable atomic mode-setting by default...

The gamer refused Windows and GeForce RTX 3090 in favor of Linux and Radeon RX 9070 XT  GameGPU

I installed FreeBSD expecting a Linux alternative and discovered something completely different  makeuseof.com

Last month the Arch Linux User Repository "AUR" saw more than 1,500 malicious packages amid a sophisticated malware attack and then also seeing an influx of spam and profanities amid this community/user-maintained repository for the popular Arch Linux distribution. Unfortunately, there is another round of AUR troubles...

Microsoft Brings Native CIS Benchmark Auditing to Linux in Azure  petri.com

Arch Linux AUR Under Another Wave Of Malicious Packages, Package Adoptions Halted  Phoronix

Sent out last night was the last batch of planned AMD P-State driver feature improvements targeting the upcoming Linux 7.3 merge window...