Open-source News

Why I Prefer GNOME for My Linux Desktop  How-To Geek

Which Linux Distro Should Be Added to WSL Next?  How-To Geek

Flatpak 1.16.1 Linux App Sandboxing Framework Brings More Enhancements  9to5Linux

This week Google announced all of the accepted projects for this year's Google Summer of Code (GSoC). There are 1,272 accepted students/projects this year for student developers working on various interesting open-source efforts over the summer...

The Linux Kernel Dropping Its Unused Built-In Software Echo Cancellation Code  Phoronix

Queued up for removal in the upcoming Linux 6.16 kernel cycle is dropping "echo", a software-based echo cancellation code within the kernel intended for telecommunications use. But it's old, unmaintained, and likely not actively used...

Intel software engineers released oneDNN 3.8 to end out the week with various new performance optimizations and more...

These 5 Distros Show How Customizable Linux Really Is  How-To Geek

I started dual-booting NixOS alongside Windows, and I'm so glad I did  XDA

Can't upgrade to Windows 11? This is the Linux distro alternative I recommend to most people  ZDNET

7 Reasons Fedora Might Be a Better Windows Replacement Than Linux Mint  MSN

These Are My Top 6 Linux Distros for Running a Server  How-To Geek

This Linux Tool Makes Terminal Recording Easy  How-To Geek

This Arch Linux Variant Takes a Unique Approach to Processes  How-To Geek

North Korea’s OtterCookie Malware Added a New Feature to Attack Windows, Linux, and macOS  GBHackers News

Bcachefs, Btrfs, EXT4, F2FS & XFS File-System Performance On Linux 6.15  Phoronix

With the copy-on-write Bcachefs file-system considering its on-disk format now "soft frozen" and nearing the point of potentially removing the "EXPERIMENTAL" flag on it, a number of Phoronix readers have been requesting some fresh benchmarks of this open-source file-system. For your viewing pleasure today are some fresh benchmarks of Bcachefs and other file-systems atop the Linux 6.15 kernel being released as stable later this month. On the benchmarking block today are Bcachefs, Btrfs, EXT4, F2FS, and XFS in-tree file-systems.

5 Windows Features I Hope Linux Never Copies  How-To Geek

How to manage your Linux resources with Mission Center  Tom's Hardware

I found a minimal Linux distro that's fast and efficient for all experience levels  ZDNet