Open-source News

New Linux malware Hadooken targets Oracle WebLogic servers  BleepingComputer

TUXEDO Gemini 17 Gen3 Linux Laptop Launches with AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX  9to5Linux

TUXEDO Gemini 17 Gen3 is the ultimate portable Linux workstation with Ryzen 9 and RTX 4070  BetaNews

Oracle servers targeted by new Linux malware to steal passwords, crypto  TechRadar

Raspberry Pi Imager Ported to Qt 6, Now Uses AppImages on Linux  OMG! Ubuntu!

Following the GNOME Foundation Executive Director leaving after less than one year, the GNOME Foundation has formally begun their search for a new executive director...

While not quite as exciting as the latest ARM64 laptops sporting the new Qualcomm Snapdragon X1 series SoCs, the Lenovo ThinkPad X13s laptop using the older Snapdragon 8cx Gen 3 is now available to boot and install using the generic ARM64 images of the upcoming Ubuntu 24.10...

Ubuntu 24.10 ARM64 Installer Supports The Snapdragon-Powered Lenovo ThinkPad X13s  Phoronix

New ‘Hadooken’ Linux Malware Targets WebLogic Servers  SecurityWeek

David Kaplan who is a Senior Fellow at AMD focused on security technologies has published an initial set of Linux kernel patches for "Attack Vector Controls" in rethinking the CPU security mitigation handling. The proposed Attack Vector Controls makes it easier to manage desired security mitigations to have enabled/disabled based upon intent of the system rather than having to be knowledgeable about individual CPU security vulnerabilities and the various tuning knobs...

AMD Engineer Proposes "Attack Vector Controls" To Rethink CPU Security Mitigation Handling  Phoronix

Most of you have fortunately not had to think about Adobe Flash support in years, but for those still having some old assets in Adobe Flash/SWF format or wanting to relive some old games/entertainment based in Flash, the open-source Ruffle project remains one of the leading contenders for dealing with Flash in 2024 and beyond. Ruffle is a Rust-based emulator for Adobe Flash that continues to be actively developed and supporting more features...

The LoongArch changes for the Kernel-based Virtual Machine (KVM) have been submitted ahead of the Linux 6.12 merge window opening. For enhancing KVM virtualization on these Chinese CPUs is enabling Loongson Binary Translation (LBT) for accelerating ARM/x86 binary translation...

LoongArch KVM To Speed-Up ARM/x86 Binary Translation  Phoronix

The Google Chrome/Chromium web browser merged two notable features yesterday for Linux users...

Germany's Sovereign Tech Fund is set to make a €688,800 investment into the Samba open-source project that re-implements the SMB networking protocol and focused on better file and print service interoperability with Microsoft Windows systems...

Ubuntu 22.04.5 launches as a minor update to the 22.04 LTS branch  Notebookcheck.net

A New Default Cinnamon Theme and Linux Mint Tweaks Announced  It's FOSS News

Linux and open-source documentation is a mess: Here's the solution  ZDNet

New Linux Malware Campaign Exploits Oracle Weblogic to Mine Cryptocurrency  The Hacker News