Open-source News

Tails 4.2 Fixes Numerous Security Flaws, Improves Direct Upgrades  BleepingComputer

Canonical Outs Major Linux Kernel Update for All Supported Ubuntu Releases  Softpedia News

Stemming from the recent news in Fedora 32 potentially LTO'ing packages by default for better performance and not yet having checked on the Link-Time Optimization performance of the in-development GCC 10, here is a fresh look at the possible performance gains from making use of link-time optimizations for generating faster binaries. This round of testing was done on the AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3960X and is complementary to the recent Profile Guided Optimization benchmarks.

AMD has issued their first update to the open-source Radeon GPU Profiler since the v1.6 update last July that introduced initial RDNA/Navi support...

Get 'Kali Linux — An Ethical Hacker's Cookbook, 2nd Edition' ($44.99 value) FREE for a limited time  BetaNews

New Feren OS Does Plasma Better  LinuxInsider.com

KaOS Linux's First 2020 Release Adds Linux Kernel 5.4, Nvidia PRIME Improvements  Softpedia News

Automotive Grade Linux nabs Subaru and Wind River teams with Baidu on driverless cars  LinuxGizmos.com

Wiring up an additional feature for Intel's IGC Linux network driver that is for their 2.5G Ethernet devices is allowing data to be sent up to 7% or so faster...

Intel's IGC Linux Network Driver For 2.5G Ethernet Speeds Up By ~7%  Phoronix

LAS VEGAS – CES 2020, January 7, 2020 – Automotive Grade Linux (AGL), a cross-industry effort developing an open source platform for all connected car technologies, today announced that the Subaru Starlink infotainment platform on the all-new 2020 Subaru Outback and the 2020 Subaru Legacy uses open source software from the AGL Unified Code Base (UCB) platform.

Subaru Starlink on the 2020 Subaru Outback

“Using AGL’s open source software allows us to easily customize the user experience and integrate new features, creating an integrated cockpit entertainment system that is more enjoyable for drivers,” said Mr. Naoyoshi Morita, General Manager of Electronic Product Design Dept. of Subaru Corporation. “We believe that shared software development through Automotive Grade Linux benefits the entire industry, and we look forward to our continued involvement and collaboration with other automakers and suppliers.”

AGL is supported by more than 150 members, including 11 automakers, who are working together to develop the AGL Unified Code Base (UCB) platform, a shared software platform that can serve as the de facto industry standard for infotainment, telematics, and instrument cluster applications. Sharing an open platform allows for code reuse and a more efficient development process as developers and suppliers can build once and have a product work for multiple automakers.

“Subaru has been an AGL member for many years, and we are very excited to see them use AGL in production,” said Dan Cauchy, Executive Director of Automotive Grade Linux. “The AGL platform continues to gain traction, and we expect to see more automakers using it in production in the years to come.”

AGL BOOTH AT CES 2020
The AGL booth at CES 2020 in the Westgate Hotel Pavilion, booth 1815, features 19+ demos by AGL members showing infotainment, instrument cluster, autonomous driving, security, connectivity, and other applications running on the AGL open source software platform.

The AGL booth will be open to the public during CES show hours and during the AGL Evening Reception & Demo Showcase on Wednesday, January 8, from 6:00 – 8:00 pm PT. Additional details and registration for the Evening Reception are available here.

Media and analysts are also invited to attend an AGL Media Happy Hour at CES on Tuesday, January 7, from 3:00 – 5:00 pm PT in the AGL booth. Please RSVP here.

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About Automotive Grade Linux (AGL)
Automotive Grade Linux is a collaborative open source project that is bringing together automakers, suppliers and technology companies to accelerate the development and adoption of a fully open software stack for the connected car. With Linux at its core, AGL is developing an open platform from the ground up that can serve as the de facto industry standard to enable rapid development of new features and technologies. Although initially focused on In-Vehicle-Infotainment (IVI), AGL is the only organization planning to address all software in the vehicle, including instrument cluster, heads up display, telematics, advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) and autonomous driving. The AGL platform is available to all, and anyone can participate in its development. Learn more: https://www.automotivelinux.org/

Automotive Grade Linux is a Collaborative Project at The Linux Foundation. Linux Foundation Collaborative Projects are independently funded software projects that harness the power of collaborative development to fuel innovation across industries and ecosystems. www.linuxfoundation.org

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Senior Software Developer – Processing (Embedded Linux) | Careers  MarketScale

Similar to Fedora's move last year to compress RPMs with Zstd rather than XZ for much faster decompression speeds and a better compression ratio at the highest level, OpenMandriva has now enacted a similar change...

OpenMandriva Is The Latest Linux Distribution Using Zstd To Compress Packages  Phoronix

CES 2020: New Dell Linux developer XPS 13 laptop is on its way  ZDNet

Total War: WARHAMMER II - The Shadow & The Blade DLC out now on macOS and Linux  Gamasutra

Firefox 72 improves site notifications tool, rolls out picture-in-picture video to Mac and Linux  BetaNews

This weekend I posted some fresh benchmarks of the Liquorix kernel against upstream Linux 5.4 and found the gaming performance to be rather disappointing for that kernel flavor derived from the "Zen" patches and more. Fortunately, the Zen kernel patches now include a fix that should make their gaming performance more competitive...

Firefox 72 arrives with fingerprinting blocked by default, Picture-in-Picture on macOS and Linux  VentureBeat

Endless OS, a Kid-Friendly Linux, Is Coming to Raspberry Pi  Tom's Hardware