Open-source News

How to Display Information on Your Linux Desktop With Conky  Make Tech Easier

Linux is not exactly “ready to run” on Apple silicon, but give it time  Ars Technica

Ubuntu 22.04.2 is as predictable as an operating system can be… and that's a good thing  ZDNet

IPFire Hardened Linux Firewall Distro Is Now Powered by Linux Kernel 6.1 LTS  9to5Linux

Ubuntu Devs Working on New 140MiB ‘Mini’ ISO  OMG! Ubuntu!

Pop open a cask: Homebrew version 4.0.0 is here  The Register

Pop open a cask: Homebrew version 4.0.0 is here  The Register

Is Linux a Good Alternative to Windows? | Services  Telemedia Online

AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D Linux Performance Review  Phoronix

Ahead of tomorrow's launch of the AMD Ryzen 7800X3D / 7900X3D / 7950X3D processors, today marks the embargo expiry on the flagship Ryzen 9 7950X3D 3D V-Cache processor. Today I can share with you the initial performance around the performance of this $699 USD processor that features a 144MB cache.

Asahi Linux Disputes Report That Linux 6.2 Will Run on Apple M1 ...  Slashdot

Application framework .NET 8 will improve cloud and Linux support  TechSpot

Flathub seeks funding to add payments, donations and subscriptions  GamingOnLinux

Kubuntu Focus announce the second-gen mini desktop Focus NX  GamingOnLinux

SSDFS is a New Linux Filesystem for NVMe ZNS SSDs  It's FOSS News

The Vulkan 1.3.242 spec is now available with a handful of clarifications and fixes to the existing text as well as introducing the new VK_NV_low_latency extension...

Linux Inadvertently Has Been Leaving IBRS-Mitigated Systems ...  Phoronix

The Linux kernel since last year has mistakenly left systems relying on the original Indirect Branch Restricted Speculation (IBRS) for Spectre V2 mitigation without Single Threaded Indirect Branch Predictor (STIBP) coverage for cross-HyperThread dealing with this Spectre vulnerability. There is a patch underway that is resolving this issue for Intel Skylake era systems...

The Mesa Radeon Vulkan driver "RADV" is seeing work towards being able to support Direct3D 12 Feature Level 12.2 with VKD3D-Proton to further enhance the Steam Play gaming experience on Linux...

A change made to the Linux kernel back in 2016 is causing issues with NVMe PCIe support on some ARM64 devices like the Microsoft Surface Pro X and Lenovo ThinkPad X13s. A new kernel quirk is on the way for aiming to address that and yield working NVMe storage...