Open-source News

How to install GIMP on AlmaLinux 8 / Rocky Linux 8  H2S Media

The GNU Debugger (GDB) has landed native support for OpenRISC on Linux and GDB server support...

Happy Halloween Open SOURCE-rers!

Here's a tale as old as epoch time. Since there has been C and Unix, and (later on) Linux, we've had zombies. Specifically, there are processes that get marked as a zombie process. Misunderstood by some, ignored by others, and immune to the efforts of so many of us trying to kill these processes without much success. Why is that?

read more

Checking for duplicate files, name and hash, across a huge HDD - Linux & Unix  BleepingComputer

LibreOffice 7.3 Alpha 1 was tagged on Friday in the first step towards this next open-source office suite update due out early next year...

Mesa's Radeon Vulkan open-source driver "RADV" is preparing to introduce experimental support for mesh shaders...

Could "Unbreakable" Oracle Linux be the Logical Enterprise-Ready CentOS Replacement?  LXer

How to install Mozilla FireFox on Debian 11 Bullseye  Linux Shout

Mozilla Firefox 94 will begin using its EGL back-end on the Linux desktop in conjunction with supported graphics drivers in order to provide better performance, lower power usage, and other benefits...

Firefox 94 To Start Using EGL On Linux - Better Performance, Lower Power Use  Phoronix

KDE Plasma 5.23 offers much better Plasma Wayland support than prior releases but still the journey of polished Wayland support on-par with X11 is not over. KDE developers ended out October working on more Wayland fixes along with other improvements to this open-source desktop...

KDE Ends Out October With More Fixes, Continued Polishing To Plasma Wayland  Phoronix

OpenVDB is the software open-sourced by DreamWorks Animations that is now part of the Academy Software Foundation as a sparse volume data structure and associating tooling with a particular focus on visual effects and animations for film production. OpenVDB 9.0 is out today as the latest major update to this library...

Install Nextcloud Client on Debian 11 Bullseye Linux  Linux Shout

Edge Stable now available for Linux - MSPoweruser  MSPoweruser

Build an open source-hardware Allwinner D1s RISC-V Linux SBC for under $10  CNX Software

While Ardour is arguably the most well known open-source digital audio workstation (DAW) solution, there are also other offerings like Zrythm and others while now "Stargate" is the newest option available...

The Open Practice Library is a community-driven collection of practices for teams to use in support of working together. A "practice" is a behavior or "trick" that teams use to improve how they achieve their goals. Sometimes those goals are technical, like programming and IT, but all teams can use help defining their practices. Whether you're a teacher, event planner, salesperson, or artist, the process is important.

read more

Microsoft Edge Stable Now Available on Linux  Softpedia News

Best DAW (Digital Audio Workstation) Available for Linux Desktops  It's FOSS