Open-source News

Canonical/Microsoft Partnership Puts .NET 6 into Ubuntu Linux  Visual Studio Magazine

Valve has just released Proton 7.0-4 as their newest downstream of Wine that powers Steam Play for enjoying many Windows games on Linux with great success for the Linux desktop, the Steam Deck, and more...

The 6 Best Private Encrypted Chat Apps for Linux Users  MUO - MakeUseOf

AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5965WX Memory Scaling Benchmarks On Linux Review  Phoronix

For those weighing whether to pursue the full eight memory channel configuration for the new Ryzen Threadripper 5000 series or starting out with just four or six memory modules, here are some reference benchmarks across four, six, and eight memory channels with the AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5965WX 24-core processor while running Ubuntu Linux.

Microsoft Partners with Canonical to Bring .NET 6 to Ubuntu Linux  Thurrott.com

How to Install Asahi Linux on Your M1 Mac  Make Tech Easier

Twin-stick shooter Titan Shell looks intense and will be supported on Linux  GamingOnLinux

Axiom Verge 2 lands on Steam with Linux support and Steam Deck Verified  GamingOnLinux

Microsoft and Canonical bring native .NET 6 to Linux starting with Ubuntu 22.04 LTS  Neowin

The latest partnership between Microsoft and Canonical is an announcement today of native .NET availability for Ubuntu 22.04 LTS hosts as well as containers...

Top 10 popular Linux distros in August 2022 - Linux Shout  Linux Shout

Distroshare Ubuntu Imager, never makes an iso - Linux & Unix  BleepingComputer

AMD CPU Microcode Loading On Linux Being Fixed Up To Be Per-Thread  Phoronix

Up to this point loading updated CPU microcode on AMD processors under Linux has checked just to ensure every physical CPU core was loaded with the new microcode but not sibling threads for SMT processors. While logically that makes sense, it turns out some AMD microcode updates do carry out per-thread modifications that means the microcode updating needs to be carried out on every thread. A Linux fix is on its way to the kernel to adjust that behavior...

NVIDIA Ampere GA103 Support For Nouveau Being Sent In For Linux 6.0  Phoronix

As part of today's "drm-misc-fixes" pull request, NVIDIA Ampere GA103 GPU support is set to be added to the Nouveau DRM driver with Linux 6.0...

Following Sunday's release of Linux 6.0-rc1, yesterday saw the release of 6.0-rc1-rt1 as the set of patches for providing real-time kernel support atop the upstream code-base. There is just roughly 50 patches to go until the PREEMPT_RT functionality is mainlined!..

The simplicity and complexity of using quotes on Linux  Network World

Ahead of the upcoming openSUSE/SUSE Adaptable Linux Platform (ALP), whether to raise the x86_64 micro-architecture feature level required by the Linux OS continues to be evaluated and what options there are for making use of newer x86_64 instruction set extensions without necessarily forcing tightened CPU requirements / eliminating old hardware support...