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Linux 5.15-rc2 Released With Many Fixes, Addressing Issues Raised By "-Werror"

Phoronix - Mon, 09/20/2021 - 08:48
Linux 5.15-rc2 is now available as the latest weekly release candidate for this next version of the Linux kernel. Linux 5.15 in turn should be out as stable around the start of November...

HarfBuzz 3.0 Released With Unicode 14.0 Support, More APIs Considered Stable

Phoronix - Mon, 09/20/2021 - 04:11
HarfBuzz 3.0 has been released as a new version of this widely-used, open-source text shaping library that is used by the major Linux desktop environments along with Chrome OS, Java, Android, Chrome, and a plethora of other software projects and UI toolkits...

That Didn't Take Long: KSMBD In-Kernel File Server Already Needs Important Security Fix

Phoronix - Mon, 09/20/2021 - 01:05
It was just a few weeks back that KSMBD was merged into Linux 5.15 while now it's seeing its first important security fix...

Linux 5.16 To Support Sensor Readings On More ASUS Motherboards

Phoronix - Sun, 09/19/2021 - 18:19
With a change to the nct6775 hardware monitoring sensor driver, more ASUS motherboards should enjoy working sensor support come Linux 5.16...

Jolla Releases Sailfish OS 4.2 For Continuing To Improve This Linux-Based Smartphone OS

Phoronix - Sun, 09/19/2021 - 17:53
Jolla this week released Sailfish OS 4.2 "Verla" as the newest version of this Linux-based smartphone operating system that continues to be made commercially available for various devices...

SDL Still Has A Number Of Issues To Address Before Defaulting To Wayland

Phoronix - Sun, 09/19/2021 - 17:45
The recently released SDL 2.0.16 brought much-improved Wayland support but it's still not quite good enough yet to have it be the default over the SDL X11 path. However, developers continue working in that direction to eventually use it by default...

5 best practices for using open source community leaderboards

opensource.com - Sun, 09/19/2021 - 15:00

It takes a community of people with varying skill sets and expertise to build open source software. Leaderboards have become a way for open source communities to track progress and showcase and celebrate top-performing contributors. If leaderboards are done right, they can increase participation, motivate contributors with gamification, and enhance the community. But leaderboards can also have adverse outcomes—including discouraging participation.


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Linux 5.15 Is Now Slightly Less Broken For The DEC Alpha "Jensen"

Phoronix - Sun, 09/19/2021 - 07:36
One has to wonder how much longer the Linux kernel will keep around some very old and known to be borked hardware support but at least for now the DECpc AXP 150 "Jensen" platform support is sticking around and with Linux 5.15 is no longer marked as "broken" outright...

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