Open-source News

Skidmap malware drops LKMs on Linux machines to enable cryptojacking  SC Magazine

Skipmap malware uses loadable kernel modules to help infiltrate Linux machines, and hides its malicious activity by displaying fake network traffic stats.

Given the interest last week in how Clear Linux dropped their kernel boot time from 3 seconds to 300 ms, here are some fresh boot time benchmarks of Clear Linux compared to Ubuntu 19.10 on both Intel and AMD hardware...

A Look At The Speedy Clear Linux Boot Time Versus Ubuntu 19.10  Phoronix

Given the interest last week in how Clear Linux dropped their kernel boot time from 3 seconds to 300 ms, here are some *fresh* boot time benchmarks of Clear ...

Linux 5.3 kernel bundles new, cuddlier, swear-free Torvalds with AMD Radeon Navi graphics support  The Register

A softer, gentler Linus Torvalds released the Linux 5.3 kernel over the weekend and swung open the doors on 5.4. Things were held up a little this time around, ...

Huawei MateBook laptops now come with Linux  TechRadar

Huawei has launched a new range of its popular MateBook series of laptops powered by Linux but unfortunately, you'll have to be in China to pick one up.

Huawei MateBook laptops now come with Linux  TechRadar

Huawei has launched a new line of MateBook's running Deepin Linux for the Chinese market.

Vulkan 1.1.123 is the latest weekly update to this high performance graphics API and it's formally introducing two more extensions...

When it comes to ARM-powered workstation boards there hasn't been a whole lot to get excited about with the likes of the Socionext 96Boards Developerbox being quite expensive and not yielding good performance or featureful boards compared to alternative Intel/AMD/POWER workstation/enthusiast boards. One of the more promising ARM workstation boards we have been following is the HoneyComb LX2K (formerly the "ClearFog" board) and it's looking like it could end up being a decent offering in this space...

First-Ever Microsoft Linux Conference Announced for March 10-11, 2020  Softpedia News

The Ubuntu on WSL team from Canonical will be present.

New Linux malware mines crypto after installing backdoor with secret master password  The Next Web

Cybersecurity researchers have identified a new strain of Linux malware that not only mines cryptocurrency illicitly, but provides the attackers with universal ...

As part of my role as a senior product marketing manager at an enterprise software company with an open source development model, I publish a regular update about open source community, market, and industry trends for product marketers, managers, and other influencers. Here are five of my and their favorite articles from that update.

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A kernel patch from CodeWeavers is landing in the Linux 5.4 kernel and will help some 64-bit Windows games run nicely under Wine (and the likes of CrossOver / Valve's Proton) with newer Intel and AMD systems...

How to freeze and lock your Linux system (and why you would want to)  Network World

What it means to freeze a terminal window and lock a screen -- and how to manage these activities on your Linux system.

Apple Watch Series 5, $500, or Linux PineTime smartwatch, $25?  ZDNet

A new open-source smartwatch is in the works with a planned price of $25.

Chuwi AeroBook review: Testing 5 Linux distributions  TechRepublic

The Chuwi AeroBook is a snappy, Ultrabook-style system at under half the price of the MacBook Air, from which it draws clear design inspirations. TechRepublic ...

GNOME Firmware App Launches Officially to Make Updating Firmware Easier on Linux  Softpedia News

Just two weeks after its initial unveiling, the GNOME Firmware utility has been officially released as part of the GNOME 3.34 desktop environment series.

Hot off last night's Linux 5.3 release, the GNU folks have this morning released GNU Linux-libre 5.3-gnu as their downstream flavor of the kernel that strips out support for loading proprietary kernel modules and the ability to load binary-only microcode/firmware files, among other steps for aiming at a pure free software kernel...

GNU Linux-libre 5.3 Continues Deblobbing & Dealing With Firmware Trickery  Phoronix

Hot off last night's Linux 5.3 release, the GNU folks have this morning released GNU Linux-libre 5.3-gnu as their downstream flavor of the kernel that strips out ...

All about Reactive Foundation,The Linux Foundation's new baby  App Developer Magazine

The Linux Foundation has established the Reactive Foundation, a new neutral open-source foundation to accelerate the availability of reactive programming ...

Pine64 drops first look at its open source Linux smartwatch  The INQUIRER