Open-source News

New Linux Botnet Combines Cryptomining And DDoS Attacks  The Cyber Express

Immutable operating systems are a blessing and a curse  xda-developers.com

Minimal Linux distro MocaccinoOS 25.09 launches with the 6.12.45 kernel  Notebookcheck

Avoid these 6 common Linux mistakes that beginners often make  xda-developers.com

Fedora 44 Proposes Default Kernel Hardening for Better Security  WebProNews

AlmaLinux 10.1 Enables CRB Repository by Default for Enhanced RHEL Compatibility  WebProNews

Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite Boosts Linux Performance on Ubuntu  WebProNews

Linus Torvalds warns Linux devs: Stop cluttering patches with automated, useless links  ZDNET

Back in May we provided an initial look at the Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite laptop performance on Ubuntu Linux with the upstream support for the Qualcomm Snapdragon X1E maturing, more laptops becoming supported, and the Ubuntu X1E "Concept" ISOs enhancing the end-user experience. The performance was okay but short of expectations. Months later we are revisiting the Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite Linux performance on the newest Ubuntu Concept ISOs and newer firmware that is providing a much better experience albeit still not as competitive as the newest AMD Ryzen AI 300 series and Intel Core Ultra laptops under Linux.

Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite Linux Performance Improving But Short Of AMD Ryzen & Intel Core Ultra  Phoronix

Canonical's Launchpad service that is closely aligned with the Ubuntu project is finally deprecating code imports from CVS and Subversion repositories that go through the defunct Bazaar...

Ubuntu users faced severe update delays following 36-minute Canonical server downtime  TechRadar

Lethal Race Condition for Linux: The Trick That Turns a POSIX Signal Into a Weapon  Red Hot Cyber

7 most Windows-like Linux distros - if you're ready to ditch Microsoft  ZDNET

Released just over one month ago was the general availability of CUDA !3.0 while out this week is CUDA 13.0 Update 1 as the first incremental step forward to CUDA 13...

LunoBotnet:-A-Self-Healing Linux Botnet  Cyble

Microsoft’s next app to hit the graveyard: Outlook Lite  Windows Central

The upcoming Linux 6.18 kernel cycle is likely to see the new "gpd-fan" driver merged as a hardware monitoring driver for the increasing number of GPD gaming handheld devices...

Linux Sensor Driver Coming For GPD Handhelds  Phoronix

The long-in-development web-based user interface for the Anaconda installer used by Fedora (and Red Hat Enterprise Linux) continues maturing well and expanding its usage before eventually seeing the Anaconda GTK-based UI deprecated in the future...