Open-source News

Google Chrome high-risk alert issued: CERT-In issues warning for Windows, Mac, and Linux users  India TV News

Facebook is blocking Linux topics and channels with no apparent reason  TechRadar

Meta blocked Distrowatch links on Facebook while running Linux servers  The Register

Facebook calls Linux «a cybersecurity threat» and bans people who mention the OS  ITC

By modifying just 30 lines of Linux code, data center power consumption can be reduced by up to 30%, which will be reflected in Linux 6.13  GIGAZINE（ギガジン）

Following a call by Intel developers last month for making the SPIR-V back-end an official target within LLVM as a promotion to its existing "experimental" backend status, the change has now been made ahead of the upcoming LLVM 20 release...

Last week saw the new Bcachefs features and Btrfs changes land along with XFS real-time improvements for the in-development Linux 6.14 kernel while overnight the Flash-Friendly File-System (F2FS) changes were merged for that other exciting and actively-advancing open-source file-system...

The Z3fold allocator for compressed pages was quietly deprecated several months ago with users encouraged to use zsmalloc instead. With no one vocally objecting, the Z3fold allocator code is now being positioned for removal from the Linux kernel source tree...

Z3fold Allocator Slated For Removal From The Linux Kernel  Phoronix

Building off last week's release of Wine 10.0, Hangover 10.0 is now available as this adaptation for running Windows games and applications on ARM64 Linux and other non-x86_64 CPU architectures...

Hangover 10.0 Released For Running Windows Games/Apps On ARM64 Linux  Phoronix

Windows 10's demise nears, but Linux is forever  The Register

This lightweight, easy-to-use Linux OS can save your aging Windows 10 PC  ZDNet

Dying Light is getting a free graphical update, plus Dying Light 2 will get a new game mode  GamingOnLinux

Facebook censors Linux topics  Fudzilla

NTSYNC for Proton / Wine now in Linux kernel 6.14 that "Should make many SteamOS users happy"  GamingOnLinux

Enlightenment reaches 0.27, continuing its quiet but persistent journey  The Register

How to install Perplexity AI's app on Linux (I found an easier way)  ZDNet

Akira’s New Linux Ransomware Attacking VMware ESXi Servers  CybersecurityNews

Simplifying User Accounts and Permissions Management in Linux  Linux Journal