Open-source News

How I Break Linux's Rules and Install Any Package on Any Distro  How-To Geek

Uubntu Linux 20.04 'Focal Fossa' Is No Longer Getting Updates  How-To Geek

The Linux 6.15 kernel that shipped as stable last week mistakenly shipped with a nasty CPU power regression for some systems. The issue is now fixed in Linux 6.16 Git and will be fixed shortly in the Linux 6.15 point releases...

Linux 6.15 Shipped With A Nasty Power Regression For Some Systems  Phoronix

These 5 Linux Distros Still Support 32-Bit PCs  How-To Geek

This Alternative Operating System Is Keeping Retro Computing Alive  How-To Geek

Linux 6.16 Enables Support For Arm Scalable Matrix Extension "SME"  Phoronix

The Linux kernel had not enabled support for Arm Scalable Matrix Extension (SME) due to bugs, but with the in-development Linux 6.16 kernel those issues have been resolved and so SME can now be enabled for the rare SoCs having said hardware support...

The Linux 6.16 merge window this weekend suffered an unexpected twist this weekend when Linus Torvalds noticed some unusual Git activity by a longtime Linux kernel developer. The issue is still being sorted through but it would appear that the possible malicious activity came down to some scripting issues around Git...

The release candidate of FreeBSD 14.3 is now available for testing ahead of the official operating system release this month...

I put Linux on this 8-inch mini laptop, and unlocked a new way of computing  ZDNET

Slackware-Based PorteuX 2.1 Is One of the First Distros to Ship with Linux 6.15  9to5Linux

May was another busy month when it comes to Linux hardware and software milestones albeit depressing when looking at the ongoing state of the web/ad industry. In any event there were 25 featured Linux hardware reviews / multi-page benchmark articles and another 268 original Linux-related news articles all written by your's truly for the month. Here is a look back at what excited Phoronix readers the most during May...

OpenBMC 2.18 released on Friday as the newest version of this Linux Foundation project providing an open-source baseboard management controller (BMC) firmware stack implementation. In recent years OpenBMC has been enjoying increasing success in deploying to server platforms from the mega hyperscalers to the more prominent OEM/ODM vendors seeing increasing customer demand for open-source BMC as part of broader open-source firmware interest from the industry...

OpenBMC 2.18 Released With Many More Motherboard Ports Upstreamed  Phoronix

How To Run Unofficial PC Ports on Your Linux Gaming Handheld (Legally)  How-To Geek

To compile the Linux x86/x86_64 kernel has already enforced a minimum compiler version of GCC 8 while now with Linux 6.16 this requirement is in place for all other architectures. The GCC 8 and GNU Binutils 2.30 baseline for all Linux kernel architectures now allows removing a number of old workarounds from the codebase...

This terminal-based file manager for Linux beats every alternative out there  XDA

Two Linux flaws can lead to the disclosure of sensitive data  Security Affairs

TheWaveWarden Spline, spectral morphing wavetable Synthesizer plugin (mac, linux, win)  synth anatomy