Open-source News

Over the past nearly two decades Google Summer of Code (GSoC) has been known as an initiative for getting students involved with open-source software development over the course of a summer while receiving a stipend/grant from Google. Beginning next year, GSoC will no longer be limited to students but open to all adults. Additionally, other changes are also coming...

Google Makes Some Major Changes To Summer of Code 2022 - No Longer Limited To Students  Phoronix

How to Change the Hostname in Linux  MakeUseOf

How to Change the Hostname in Linux  MUO - MakeUseOf

Valve just sent out an email to pre-order customers that the Steam Deck release is being delayed by two months...

While since the end of October there has been NVIDIA 495.44 as the stable 495 series driver beta for Linux users, out today is their v470.86 release for those using that older long-term support branch...

1. Linux finally has an impressive cloud-like OS in Ubuntu Web  TechRepublic
2. Microsoft's Edge browser is now available on Linux  The Verge
3. Microsoft Edge for Linux enters stable channel after a year of betas  Ars Technica
4. Microsoft's Edge browser is now 'stable' on Linux  Engadget
5. Stable version of Microsoft Edge spotted on Linux systems  Windows Central
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1. Linux finally has an impressive cloud-like OS in Ubuntu Web  TechRepublic
2. Microsoft's Edge browser is now available on Linux  The Verge
3. Microsoft's Edge browser for Linux is now available for all users  ZDNet
4. Microsoft Edge for Linux enters stable channel after a year of betas  Ars Technica
5. Microsoft's Edge browser is now 'stable' on Linux  Engadget

7 Things You Should Know Before Switching to a Window Manager  MUO - MakeUseOf

What Version of RHEL am I Using?  Linux Journal

Red Hat Announces General Availability of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.5  HPCwire

14 security vulnerabilities reported in BusyBox Linux utility  HackRead

Sick of Windows? How to test-drive Linux  TechRepublic

Windows Subsystem for Linux now supports USB devices  TechRadar

The annual OpenZFS Developer Summit wrapped up yesterday with interesting talks on this open-source, cross-platform ZFS file-system implementation...

For fans of Jolla's Linux-based smartphone platform, Sailfish OS 4.3 "Suomenlinna" is out today...

As System76 starts work on its own Linux desktop world, GNOME guy opens blog, engages flame mode  The Register

Seagate engineers yesterday used the Open Compute Project Global Summit for the first public demonstration of a native NVMe hard drive. The hope is moving forward both HDDs and SSDs in the data center will consolidate to using the NVMe interface...

Posted last year for introduction in the GCC 11 stable compiler released earlier this year was the initial Alder Lake "alderlake" target. Now that Intel 12th Gen Core "Alder Lake" processors are officially out, Intel engineers have updated their Alder Lake tuning for the GNU Compiler Collection to yield more efficient performance with GCC 12 due out in Q2'2022...

How to completely remove a Linux distro from WSL  Windows Central