Open-source News

Linux Kernel Netfilter Flaw Enables Privilege Escalation  GBHackers News

These Are the 7 Oldest Linux Distros Still Being Developed  Yahoo! Tech

It's been 15 years already since the Illumos project was formed as based on the OpenSolaris codebase after Oracle's acquisition of Sun Microsystems and closing down OpenSolaris. Illumos Cafe is a new effort akin to BSD Cafe aiming to be a resource and helping to reinvigorate interest in Illumos-based platforms...

Illumos Cafe Hopes To Reinvigorate Interest In Illumos/OpenSolaris Derived Platforms  Phoronix

Lightweight Zephix v8 Linux OS focuses on portability and efficiency  BetaNews

The SDL3 library that is widely-used by cross-platform games has landed new code for revising how it selects the high performance GPU in multi-GPU systems...

SDL3 Enhances Logic For Selecting The Most Performant Vulkan GPU  Phoronix

Ahead of the next Intel Compute Runtime oneAPI/OpenCL release, a new version of the Intel Graphics Compiler "IGC" has been released for Windows and Linux...

North Korean Hackers’ Secret Linux Malware Surfaces Online  GBHackers News

I'm staying on Windows, but I'm not happy about it  xda-developers.com

The newest hardware offering announced by Raspberry Pi today is a 5-inch variant of the Raspberry Pi Touch Display 2...

New Debian/Hurd follows closely behind new Debian Linux  theregister.com

Linux Malware from North Korean Hackers Surfaces Online in Stealthy Leak  cyberpress.org

Linux Kernel 6.16.1 & 6.15.10 Fix Intel i915 GPU Performance Bug  WebProNews

North Korean Hackers Stealthy Linux Malware Leaked Online  CyberSecurityNews

9to5Linux Weekly Roundup: August 17th, 2025  9to5Linux

This UNIX-based operating system looks like it's from the 90s, but it's still receiving updates  xda-developers.com

Linux 6.17-rc2 is now available to facilitate the latest weekly testing of the Linux 6.17 kernel...

Linux 6.17-rc2 Released With Performance Fixes & More  Phoronix

Linux top explained from scratch — clear & practical (2025) | by Aleksei Aleinikov | Aug, 2025  DataDrivenInvestor