Open-source News

The FreeBSD open-source operating system project published their Q2'2024 status report that outlines some interesting work happening to this leading BSD project...

Gentoo drops IA64 – and Funtoo fork is faltering  The Register

Gentoo Linux to drop Itanium support as Funtoo fork enters 'Hobby Mode'  The Register

Portable Linux distro winesapOS v4.1.0 out now with dual-boot support - good for handhelds  GamingOnLinux

Linux system performance optimizer GameMode v1.8.2 out now fixing hybrid CPU core pinning  GamingOnLinux

Ubuntu 24.04.1 will be late, but fresher kernels are coming  The Register

NVIDIA RTX 2000 Ada Generation & RTX 4000 Ada Generation Linux Performance Review  Phoronix

NVIDIA recently sent over their RTX 2000 Ada Generation and RTX 4000 Ada Generation graphics cards suited for designers, engineers, and creative professionals. In my testing the past several weeks these professional graphics cards have been working out with NVIDIA's Linux driver stack -- including their open-source kernel modules now the default with the R555 driver series and later. While there is that previous article looking at how their open-source kernel drivers are at parity to the former proprietary kernel modules, today's article is looking at how the NVIDIA RTX 2000/4000 Ada Generation performance stacks up against the AMD Radeon Pro competition.

PRODUCT OF THE WEEK: Star Lab’s Titanium Technology Protection  Military Embedded Systems

CachyOS Debuts COSMIC and NVIDIA Open GPU Kernel Modules in August Release  It's FOSS News

Red Hat engineer Jan Grulich has provided an update today on PipeWire camera handling with the upcoming Fedora 41 release...

GameMode as the open-source daemon from Feral Interactive to optimize Linux system performance on-demand when running games is out with its first release of 2024...

Feral's GameMode 1.8.2 Fixes Hybrid CPU Core Pinning  Phoronix

0.0.0.0 Day: 18-Year-Old Browser Flaw Affects Linux and macOS  Security Boulevard

If you are picking up one of the new AMD Ryzen 9000 series desktop processors soon for Linux use, you may be wondering whether it's worthwhile or even necessary moving to the latest Linux kernel code compared to the likes of Ubuntu 24.04 LTS that are shipping a Linux 6.8 derived kernel. Here are some quick benchmarks in looking at that question...

Linux 6.11 Kernel Performance On The AMD Ryzen 9 9000 Series  Phoronix

Linux Kernal Vulnerability Let Attackers Bypass CPU & Gain Read/Write Access  GBHackers

To date the Raspberry Pi 5 single board computer has been offered with either 4GB or 8GB of system memory. The Raspberry Pi 5 4GB has retailed for $60 USD while the Raspberry Pi 5 8GB at $80 USD. For those needing something a little cheaper and not needing as much system memory, the Raspberry Pi 5 2GB model launched today...

AMD just announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement to acquire ZT Systems, a hyperscale solutions provider focused on AI...

Serpent OS Gears Up for Alpha Release, Enables Framework 13 and Flathub Support  9to5Linux