Open-source News

Python for Beginners: How to Use JSON in Python  thenewstack.io

It was an exciting April in the open-source world from AMD continuing work on bringing up next-gen GPU and Zen 4 CPU support under Linux, some portions of NVIDIA kernel driver code being published on the Tegra side, Intel continuing DG2/Alchemist Arc Graphics preparations, Mesa 22.1 nearing release, the release of Ubuntu 22.04 LTS, and much more...

Linux NTFS, Ryzen 7 5800X3D, Mesa 22.1 & Other April Open-Source Excitement  Phoronix

The Google Hangouts Meet Speakermic is a device manufactured by ASUS that allows for 360 degree sound input/output designed for Google Hangout usage and allows daisy-chaining up to five of these speakermics together for use in large conference rooms. A Linux driver is on the way for the device just to address a mute button issue...

With GCC 12.1 due for release in roughly the next week or so, Red Hat's Marek Polacek penned a new blog post this week outlining many of the C++ language improvements to be found in this major GNU Compiler Collection update...

Building off the recent release of Genode OS 22.02 as the open-source operating system framework, Sculpt OS 22.04 was released this week as the project's effort around producing a general purpose operating system...

Install p7Zip GUI on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS Jammy Linux  Linux Shout

ARM + uboot + linux kernel debugging using debuggers (JTAG)  All About Circuits

Sent in as a "fix" this week for the Linux 5.18 kernel and to be found in tomorrow's 5.18-rc5 release is supporting sensor readings with the Gigabyte-WMI driver for the Gigabyte B660 GAMING X DDR4 motherboard...

Best Open Source Lightweight Web Browsers for Linux  BollyInside

Unity 7.6 Released for Public Testing as the First Major Update to Unity7 in 6 Years  9to5Linux

3 Ways to Test SSD Speed & Performance  MUO - MakeUseOf

8 Photoshop Alternatives for Creating 3D Elements  MUO - MakeUseOf

Build your Linux skills with this certification training bundle deal  BleepingComputer

How To Check Disk Usage in Linux  Tom's Hardware

Xfce’s Apps Update for April 2022: New Releases of Mousepad, Xfce Terminal, and Thunar  9to5Linux

AMD continues working on their open-source Linux driver support for next-gen GPUs... The latest patches posted on Friday are for "GFX11", pointing to the major new graphics IP version with RDNA3 graphics processors due out later this year...

As part of Mesa preparing to drop its old GLSL to TGSI code path and routing more Mesa drivers through using the NIR intermediate representation, the Nouveau Gallium3D driver code has switched to using this modern IR by default...

Fedora Linux is looking at tightening up its cryptographic policies with next year's Fedora 38/39 releases but for Fedora 37 later this year they will likely begin warning users around the planned changes...

Loongson engineers continue working on aiming to upstream their LoongArch CPU architecture support in the Linux kernel...