Open-source News

How to change the Proton version on Linux, SteamOS and Steam Deck  GamingOnLinux

Wow! You Can Now Run Linux Inside a PDF  It's FOSS News

This Linux Distribution Runs Directly Within A PDF File  80.lv

Freedesktop and Alpine Linux in search of new web hosting  Techzine Europe

Enhancing System Security and Efficiency through User and Group Management  Linux Journal

Steamos rolls out to third-party devices - 4 Feb 2025 - Linux Format Magazine  Readly

Linux Kernel 6.14 Officially Released for Testers  GBHackers

Linux Kernel 6.14 Officially Released for Testers  GBHackers

Best Windows Alternatives for Users Leaving Windows 10  Analytics Insight

Revisit the past with punch cards and tape - 4 Feb 2025 - Linux Format Magazine  Readly

Serpent OS is the original Linux distribution started by Ikey Doherty of Solus Linux fame and has been pursuing its own package management system and new innovations in the Linux distribution landscape. While there has been recent success and new development builds coming out, feature development on Serpent OS is expected to slowdown now due to a lack of project funding...

Serpent OS Development Slowing Down Amid Lack Of Funding  Phoronix

Popular Linux orgs Freedesktop and Alpine Linux are scrambling for new web hosting  Ars Technica

Linux Foundation warns of US OFAC sanctions  InfoWorld

In addition to the FreeBSD Foundation funding work on s0ix sleep state support as part of their initiative to improve FreeBSD's support for modern laptops, they have also been funding work on a number of other objectives, including better WiFi driver coverage. A milestone now being achieved for 2025 is getting a proof-of-concept Intel 802.11 a/b/g WiFi driver support working for this BSD operating system...

Semgrep non-drama, Facebook hates Linux – Vulns in Cars, Cell Towers, M365, and more – ESW #392  SC Media

Red Hat's Kpatch, Oracle's Ksplice, and SUSE's kGraft are the most well known solutions currently for Linux kernel live-patching primarily for applying security patches to running Linux servers. It wasn't on my bingo card for insurance giant GEICO working baking their own Linux kernel live-patching solution, but they announced it this weekend and it will soon be open-source...

GEICO Insurance Company Developing TuxTape - A New Linux Kernel Livepatching Solution  Phoronix

Cloud Hypervisor 44 is now available as the newest version of this security and cloud minded Virtual Machine Monitor (VMM) that operates atop Linux's KVM and the Microsoft MSHV Hypervisor...

Linux Foundation’s L3AF brings zero-downtime updates to eBPF network management  Network World