Open-source News

U-Boot 2025.07 is out today as the newest version of this popular open-source boot loader that is widely-used among embedded devices across different CPU architectures...

Bert Blitzes Linux & Windows Systems  Dark Reading

The Thunderbird mail client developers today formally announced Thunderbird 140 as the newest Extended Support Release (ESR) for this cross-platform alternative to Microsoft Outlook...

Thunderbird 140 Mail Client Debuts As Newest ESR Release  Phoronix

Several major Linux distros hit by serious Sudo security flaws  TechRadar

4 reasons I switched from X11 to Wayland (and you should too)  XDA

Two bugs for Linux Sudo utility patched, one rated critical  SC Media

6 Alternative CLI Tools I Immediately Install on Linux  How-To Geek

GNOME 49 Alpha Waves Goodbye to X11  How-To Geek

One topic we haven't heard AMD talk too much about publicly this year has been their openSIL effort that was announced back in 2023 as their eventual replacement to AGESA and being an open-source CPU silicon initialization effort. They still appear to be working toward making openSIL production-ready for next-generation Zen 6 platforms but some of their proof-of-concept milestones have been running behind schedule. Meanwhile their EPYC 9005 "Turin" proof-of-concept code was recently published...

Ethical Hacking Distro Parrot OS 6.4 Is Out with Linux Kernel 6.12 LTS, New Tools  9to5Linux

Ethical Hacking Distro Parrot OS 6.4 Is Out with Linux Kernel 6.12 LTS, New Tools  9to5Linux

One USB stick and a Linux hacker can bypass secure boot, root partition encryption  cybernews.com

Lenovo WMI Gaming Series Drivers Expected To Debut In Linux 6.17  Phoronix

Being worked on for a number of months now has been the Lenovo Gaming Series WMI Drivers for Linux to expose additional power/performance settings for Lenovo gaming series hardware like the Lenovo Legion Go S gaming handheld with Steam OS. With the upcoming Linux 6.17 kernel, the Lenovo WMI Gaming Series Drivers are expected to be finally upstreamed...

Covert Data Heist: APT36 Exploits ZIP Vulnerabilities in BOSS Linux Systems  Cyber Press

Inside the ZIP Trap: How APT36 Targets BOSS Linux to Exfiltrate Critical Data  gbhackers.com

Lossless Scaling Is Getting Ported to Linux By The Community  Steam Deck HQ

The GNOME 49 Alpha "49.alpha" release was just announced as the first formal test release in the road to the GNOME 49 desktop release due out in September...

RingReaper - New Linux EDR Evasion Tool Using io_uring Kernel Feature  CyberSecurityNews