Open-source News

The Top 8 Linux Distros That Have Adopted Flatpak  MUO - MakeUseOf

Linux 5.17 to release improvements & optimizations to Intel, AMD, & even Apple M1, offers AMD P-State capability  Wccftech

What may end up being one of the greatest Linux kernel features of 2022 is the recently published "Fast Kernel Headers" effort for cleaning up the kernel headers and dramatically speeding up Linux kernel builds both for absolute/clean and incremental builds. Fast Kernel Headers can cut the Linux kernel build time in half or greater and out this weekend are the v2 patches...

Fast Kernel Headers v2 Posted - Speeds Up Clang-Built Linux Kernel Build By ~88%  Phoronix

Scripted passwords are passwords exposed in PuTTY - Linux News  BollyInside

How to install Composer on Ubuntu 22.04 | 20.04 LTS  Linux Shout

How to install Composer on Ubuntu 22.04 | 20.04 LTS  H2S Media

How to Install WSL 2 on Windows 10  MUO - MakeUseOf

The Linux 5.16 stable kernel is slated for release tomorrow and it delivers on some grand improvements to kick off 2022. But as for great as the Linux 5.16 features are, we are already looking forward to the enhancements on deck with Linux 5.17...

It should hardly come as a surprise given Fedora's history of always shipping with the very latest GNU Compiler Collection (GCC), but with this spring's Fedora 36 the plan is to ship with the yet-to-be-released GCC 12 and other very latest open-source compiler toolchain components...

How To Dual Boot Your Raspberry Pi  Tom's Hardware

How to list all the loaded extensions by PHP  Linux Shout

How to list all the loaded extensions by PHP  H2S Media

KDE developers have kicked off 2022 into full-swing with new features and other improvements now on their way to the next round of KDE software releases...

KDE Kicks Off 2022 With New Feature Work  Phoronix

Adding to the changes for GNOME 42 this spring is the Mutter Wayland compositor now taking into account sub-surfaces when determining direct scanout capabilities...

For governments and large organizations, open source continued to be a critical component for policy decisions and sustainability goals in 2021. The United Nations is one such organization that is relying on open source to reach its goals across a wide spectrum of issues including climate change. While it is crucial for world leaders to make big decisions to save the planet, many average citizens are also eager to contribute to the cause.

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Gentoo Linux Packages Up AMD ROCm, Makes Progress On RISC-V, LTO+PGO Python  Phoronix

Gentoo Linux developers were very busy over the course of 2021 for this popular rolling-release operating system choice...

Install Linux Mint 20.3 'Una' this weekend if you have absolutely nothing better to do  BetaNews