Open-source News

Linux users face a Microsoft Secure Boot headache - here's the painkiller  ZDNET

The cryptographic subsystem updates have been merged for the ongoing Linux 7.2 kernel merge window...

Canonical reveal Myna, a speech to text system for Ubuntu Linux  GamingOnLinux

After the AUR Malware Flood, Yay v13 Lets You Script Your Own Safety Net  It's FOSS

Canonical and the Ubuntu Release Team have implemented an important policy change for Ubuntu flavors moving forward. If they are to have an official release, they must now successfully submit a beta release...

Ubuntu Flavors Now Mandated To Participate In Beta Releases For Official Status  Phoronix

5 things that are surprisingly easier on Linux than Windows  How-To Geek

SteamOS 3.8 arrives with updated Linux kernel, Steam Machine support and more  Mezha

Commodore 8020  Hackaday

Commodore Unveils Linux Powered Flip Phone  Hackaday

With the ongoing work around the AMD GFX1250 (and GFX1251) in the open-source AMD Linux driver stack, it's led to a lot of speculation about these parts in the GFX12 series associated with RDNA4. RDNA4 refresh? Or a lot of signals have pointed to GFX125x being possible AI/HPC accelerators such as for the upcoming Instinct MI400 series. Adding to the intrigue is GFX1251 being an APU. The latest LLVM compiler activity is further pointing to GFX1250/GFX1251 being for enterprise hardware...

Latest LLVM Patch Further Points To AMD GFX1250/GFX1251 Being Instinct Hardware  Phoronix

These 4 alien Linux concepts confused me when I switched from Windows  How-To Geek

The Error Detection And Correction (EDAC) drivers, such as for dealing with ECC memory error reporting, are heavy on the Intel side with Linux 7.2 in preparing for upcoming hardware...

Linux 7.2 EDAC Drivers Prep For Diamond Rapids, Nova Lake H  Phoronix

Overnight Valve released SteamOS 3.8.10 into the stable channel. for succeeding SteamOS 3.7. There's a lot happening across the board to their in-house Linux platform for the likes of the Steam Deck and upcoming Steam Machine hardware...

SteamOS 3.8.10 Stable Released With Updated Arch, Steam Machine Support & Wayland Desktop Default  Phoronix

Open Source Security Conference Opens: Linux Patching Cannot Survive 50,000 CVEs a Year  Tech Times

There are a number of time(r) core subsystem changes for the Linux 7.2 kernel to better harden the kernel...

PipeWire 1.6.7 Is Out with Better ALSA Support and Small Fixes  9to5Linux