Open-source News

The Linux 6.16 merge window this weekend suffered an unexpected twist this weekend when Linus Torvalds noticed some unusual Git activity by a longtime Linux kernel developer. The issue is still being sorted through but it would appear that the possible malicious activity came down to some scripting issues around Git...

The release candidate of FreeBSD 14.3 is now available for testing ahead of the official operating system release this month...

I put Linux on this 8-inch mini laptop, and unlocked a new way of computing  ZDNET

Slackware-Based PorteuX 2.1 Is One of the First Distros to Ship with Linux 6.15  9to5Linux

May was another busy month when it comes to Linux hardware and software milestones albeit depressing when looking at the ongoing state of the web/ad industry. In any event there were 25 featured Linux hardware reviews / multi-page benchmark articles and another 268 original Linux-related news articles all written by your's truly for the month. Here is a look back at what excited Phoronix readers the most during May...

OpenBMC 2.18 released on Friday as the newest version of this Linux Foundation project providing an open-source baseboard management controller (BMC) firmware stack implementation. In recent years OpenBMC has been enjoying increasing success in deploying to server platforms from the mega hyperscalers to the more prominent OEM/ODM vendors seeing increasing customer demand for open-source BMC as part of broader open-source firmware interest from the industry...

OpenBMC 2.18 Released With Many More Motherboard Ports Upstreamed  Phoronix

How To Run Unofficial PC Ports on Your Linux Gaming Handheld (Legally)  How-To Geek

To compile the Linux x86/x86_64 kernel has already enforced a minimum compiler version of GCC 8 while now with Linux 6.16 this requirement is in place for all other architectures. The GCC 8 and GNU Binutils 2.30 baseline for all Linux kernel architectures now allows removing a number of old workarounds from the codebase...

This terminal-based file manager for Linux beats every alternative out there  XDA

Two Linux flaws can lead to the disclosure of sensitive data  Security Affairs

TheWaveWarden Spline, spectral morphing wavetable Synthesizer plugin (mac, linux, win)  synth anatomy

OpenSUSE Tumbleweed: A Powerhouse, Rock-Solid Linux Desktop Distro  The New Stack

Linux 6.16 Enabling Support For 11 More SoCs, Sophgo SG2044 & More Snapdragon X Laptops  Phoronix

All of the big SoC and DeviceTree board updates have been submitted for the Linux 6.16 kernel including support for a number of new Arm SoCs as well as a RISC-V server SoC. Plus many new board additions, including continued work on bettering the Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite/Plus laptop support under Linux...

Ubuntu's Big Change, Piles of Android Updates, and More: Weekly Roundup  How-To Geek

AWS and Red Hat Partner for RHEL 10 Integration  WebProNews

New Linux Flaws Allow Password Hash Theft via Core Dumps in Ubuntu, RHEL, Fedora  The Hacker News

In a blog post dated for 28 May that was only made public on Friday night followed by a new ROCm build tag, AMD engineers have begun sharing more details publicly about changes coming for ROCm 7.0. In particular, the HIP 7.0 interface is going to be "aligning HIP C++ even more closely with CUDA."..

Merged back in late 2023 for Linux 6.7 was a cross-vendor solution for confidential computing attestation reports with the Linux Trusted Security Manager (TSM). In the succeeding kernel releases there weren't any further TSM updates issued but now for Linux 6.16 there finally is renewed work on this confidential computing code...