Open-source News

Linux Devs Rush to Patch Critical Vulnerability in Shim  Infosecurity Magazine

Mitchell Baker announced today she is stepping down as CEO of Mozilla Corporation but will retain the position of Mozilla Corporation Executive Chairwoman...

Cyberus Technology announced today the open-source release of a KVM back-end developed for VirtualBox. This new back-end allows the VirtualBox VMM to run virtual machines utilizing the Linux KVM hypervisor instead of the custom kernel module relied upon by the standard Oracle VM VirtualBox software...

Cyberus Develops Open-Source KVM Backend For VirtualBox  Phoronix

Fwupd 1.9.13 was released today by Red Hat's Richard Hughes as the newest feature update to this open-source firmware updating solution for Linux systems and more...

Fwupd 1.9.13 Adds Support For Newer Acer USB Docks  Phoronix

Microsoft embraces its inner penguin as sudo sneaks into Windows 11  The Register

Driving survival game Pacific Drive is very cool - here's the fix for Steam Deck / Linux  GamingOnLinux

HELLDIVERS 2: Compatibility Issues on Steam Deck and Desktop Linux  BNN Breaking

HELLDIVERS 2 is out - here's how to run it on Steam Deck / Linux  GamingOnLinux

Most Linux Systems Exposed to Complete Compromise via Shim Vulnerability  OODA Loop

As the first of Arm Mali firmware to be added to the linux-firmware.git repository, the Gen10 Mali "Panthor" firmware has been added as part of the effort on the new open-source Panthor DRM kernel driver currently working its way upstream...

Arm Lands Mali Gen10 "Panthor" Firmware Blob In Linux-Firmware.Git  Phoronix

How to Install and Use Yay on Arch Linux  How-To Geek

Canonical is continuing the emphasis on Snaps for the upcoming Ubuntu 24.04 LTS release...

Canonical Improving The Thunderbird Snap For Ubuntu 24.04 LTS  Phoronix

Asynchronous device shutdown support for the Linux kernel has been pursued in the past as with hyperscalers like Google too many NVMe storage devices can slow the shutdown/reboot process. Red Hat on Wednesday submitted a new patch series aiming to implement async device shutdown support...

Merged today to DragonFlyBSD Git is the WireGuard protocol driver for leveraging this popular tech...

When running Windows vs. Linux performance benchmarks one of the real-world areas where Linux consistently dominates across both AMD and Intel platforms is for the Blender 3D modeling software's rendering performance. For CPU-based rendering in Blender as well as other 3D modeling software, Linux typically dominates by wide margins. With the upcoming Blender 4.1 release, it looks like Linux's lead will only further expand...

Blender 4.1 Will Further Expand Linux's CPU Rendering Performance Lead Over Windows  Phoronix