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MSI PRO B850-P WiFi: A Special AMD Ryzen AM5 Motherboard For Linux / Open-Source Enthusiasts Review  Phoronix

The MSI PRO B850-P WIFI motherboard is a unique AMD Ryzen AM5 motherboard for Linux/open-source enthusiasts that is competitively priced at just $179 USD. It's interesting not because of the doings of MSI but rather 3mdeb with this being the desktop motherboard they are working on porting AMD openSIL and Coreboot to for allowing an open-source firmware stack.

NVIDIA 580.142 Production-Ready Linux Graphics Driver Released with Bug Fixes  9to5Linux

I use Linux for local LLMs and everything is easier than Windows  MakeUseOf

TRON Teams Up With Circle in Linux Foundation AI Initiative  MEXC

The first alpha release of OpenSSL 4.0 is now available for testing. With OpenSSL 3.0 they are removing support for SSLv3 that has been deprecated for over one decade while also dropping OpenSSL engines and other removals while also adding in some new features...

Discord rolls out a nice improvement for video calls on Linux  GamingOnLinux

I’ve used dozens of Linux distros—these 3 offer the best nostalgia trip  How-To Geek

Fedora Linux 44 Beta has GNOME 50, KDE Plasma 6.6, and installer improvements  How-To Geek

Windows 12 Rumors Spark Shift Toward Linux  findarticles.com

Free Linux Meme Maker Memerist Hits Flathub  findarticles.com

Over the past two decades SUSE Linux has been passed around several times. From Novell's acquisition of SUSE back in 2003 to then being acquired by The Attachmate Group to then merging with Micro Focus and then the SUSE business being acquired by private equity firm EQT back in 2018. A report out today indicates that EQT may now be looking to sell off SUSE...

SUSE Reportedly May Be For Sale Yet Again  Phoronix

KeePassXC 2.7.12 Password Manager Adds Support for Bitwarden’s Nested Folders  9to5Linux

Windows 12 could be the tipping point that finally pushes you to Linux - here's why  ZDNET

This free Linux app lets you make memes in seconds - no GIMP required  ZDNET

The Linux ZRAM module for creating compressed block devices in RAM could be on the edge of a nice I/O compression performance boost...

The Free Software Foundation is hiring a new engineering and certification manager for leading the Respect Your Freedom "RYF" hardware certification program. The FSF RYF program is about certifying hardware that respects the user's freedom and privacy for control over the device, such as no proprietary firmware blobs needed to be loaded at run-time, no digital rights management / digital restrictions, and complies with their other free software ideals...

Kali Linux Enhances AI-driven Penetration Testing with Local Ollama, 5ire, and MCP Kali Server  CyberSecurityNews

Kali Linux Enhances AI-driven Penetration Testing with Local Ollama, 5ire, and MCP Kali Server  CybersecurityNews