Open-source News

Pine64’s Linux-Powered E-Ink Tablet is Making a Return  OMG! Ubuntu!

NetworkManager 1.50 Adds Support for Configuring Wi-Fi Channel Width in AP Mode  9to5Linux

Steam's Remote Play feature that allows playing Steam games on phones / tablets / TVs / other PCs while streamed from your main gaming system now is able to handle AV1 video streaming...

Steam Remote Play Adds AV1 Video Streaming Support Plus More Linux Fixes  Phoronix

PineNote (a Linux-Powered e-Ink Tablet) is Coming Back  OMG! Ubuntu!

Experts warn of DDoS attacks using linux printing vulnerability  The Record from Recorded Future News

If you have been trying out Linux 6.12-rc1 or a recent Linux Git snapshot and discovered your laptop's touchpad is no longer working, you are far from alone. The good news is the issue has been quickly tracked down and has led to a new input driver being reverted...

Linux 6.12 Drops New Driver That Ended Up Breaking Laptop Touchpad Support For Many Users  Phoronix

Manjaro Linux releases Xahea 24.1 with GNOME, Plasma, and XFCE updates  BetaNews

With the recent Intel layoffs and early retirement / buyout packages, I have been curious to see what impact it will have on the open-source/Linux software engineers at the company. There's at least a few driver maintainers that have unfortunately departed the company but at least no major exodus of their well respected Linux software engineers...

Some Intel Linux Driver Maintainers Have Left The Company  Phoronix

Pine64’s Linux E-ink Tablet Is Coming Back  Review Geek

Pine64’s Linux E-ink Tablet Is Coming Back  How-To Geek

Why Don't Linux Commands Say Anything When They Run?  How-To Geek

The Redox OS open-source Rust-written operating system project has published their September 2024 status update...

Redox OS Making Progress On RISC-V Support, Eyes QEMU & Neovim Ports  Phoronix

Decade-Old Linux Vulnerability Can Be Exploited for DDoS Attacks on CUPS  HackRead

With the Intel Xeon 6900P "Granite Rapids" processors that launched last week there are SNC3 and HEX clustering modes for these new processors. The default Sub-NUMA Clustering 3 (SNC3) mode for the three compute dies while the HEX mode is like SNC1 mode formerly for all three compute dies acting as one NUMA node. Using the flagship 128-core Intel Xeon 6980P processors, I ran some benchmarks looking at the real-world performance difference for SNC3 vs. HEX clustering modes on Granite Rapids.

A roadmap/schedule has been published for the lightweight Xfce 4.20 desktop. If all goes well this next iteration of the Xfce desktop will be out before Christmas...

Say goodbye to Microsoft Windows 11 and hello to Nitrux Linux 3.7.0  BetaNews