Open-source News

Ubuntu Desktop 23.04 Arrives with Azure AD Authentication  Thurrott.com

Btrfs Receives A Very Important Last Minute Fix For Linux 6.3  Phoronix

Ahead of the Linux 6.3 kernel being potentially released as stable on Sunday, two last minute patches for the Btrfs file-system driver were submitted today to address a pressing problem since Linux 6.2...

How to Merge Multiple PDFs Into One Single File on Linux  MUO - MakeUseOf

Linux Foundation Europe chief warns EU bill could fragment open ...  DevClass

Intel Updates Packaged Arc Graphics Driver For Ubuntu 22.04 LTS  Phoronix

While Linux 6.2 supports Arc Graphics out-of-the-box and Mesa 23.1 has good OpenGL/Vulkan support, for those running Linux distributions on older kernels and Mesa packages there is less than ideal support -- either no support at all or having to resort to force-enabling the DG2/Alchemist support and potentially running on older OpenGL/Vulkan drivers with various problems. To ease the experience for those running Ubuntu 22.04 LTS, Intel has been maintaining a packaged version of their DRM kernel driver as a DKMS module as well as updated Mesa packages...

The Good, the Bad and the Ugly in Cybersecurity - Week 16  SentinelOne

Linux Foundation launches new organization to maintain TLA+  TechCrunch

Linux Foundation launches new organization to maintain TLA+  TechCrunch

Linux Foundation Announces Launch of TLA+ Foundation  Yahoo Finance

Linux Foundation Announces Launch of TLA+ Foundation  PR Newswire

Linux Foundation Announces Launch of TLA+ Foundation  Benzinga

Corsair 2 x 24GB DDR5-7000 Memory Linux Performance ...  Phoronix

Corsair recently launched their line-up of 2 x 24GB DDR5 memory kits. With recent DDR5 memory prices falling, for as little as $215 USD it's now possible to obtain 48GB of DDR5-7000 RAM. With this being my first time testing a non-binary DDR5 memory kit, here is an initial look at the Corsair CMK48GX5M2B7000C40 compatibility and performance under Linux.

While the upcoming Mesa 23.1 stable release enables RadeonSI build support for Rusticl and is working out overall, the RadeonSI driver with this Rust-written OpenCL driver is nearing the point of officially passing OpenCL conformance...

Getting The Most From Fading ThinkPads  Hackaday

For more than one year Intel's been working on developing the Xe Linux kernel graphics driver as a modern Direct Rendering Manager driver for Gen12 and newer integrated/discrete graphics. For recent hardware this is to replace the existing i915 kernel driver usage. The Intel open-source developers continue working toward the milestone of being able to submit this driver for mainlining in the upstream Linux kernel...

Intel's Game Plan For Getting The Xe Linux Kernel Graphics Driver Upstreamed  Phoronix

Dota 2: The New Frontiers Update is out and it's huge  GamingOnLinux