Open-source News

Not a fan of systemd? This alternative init Linux distro just got a big update  How-To Geek

I went from Windows to Linux... then back again, and the grass isn't always greener  XDA

The Open Container Initiative unveiled today the OCI Runtime Specification v1.3 update for this standard around operating system process and application containers. This runtime specification continues to evolve for outlining the configuration, execution environment, and lifecycle of a container. Notable with the v1.3 revision is introducing official FreeBSD support...

The ARMEL and MIPS64EL architectures have been dropped from Debian unstable and experimental. This is the end of the road for these aging ARM and MIPS targets in the Debian world...

Use these 7 Linux commands to keep your system tidy and fast  How-To Geek

Russian hackers abuse Hyper-V to hide malware in Linux VMs  BleepingComputer

8 essential shell functions to improve your Linux command line  How-To Geek

AMD's RDSEED issue with Zen 5 processors that is in the process of being addressed with microcode/BIOS updates is in the interim causing headaches for Arch Linux powered CachyOS that provides optimized binaries for these latest Ryzen processors...

AMD's Zen 5 RDSEED Issue Is Causing Headaches For Optimized CachyOS Builds  Phoronix

Linux Adoption Rate Surges on Steam Thanks to Support of SteamOS  The FPS Review

SUSE Enterprise Linux 16 is here, and its killer feature is digital sovereignty  ZDNET

CVE-2024-1086 Vulnerability: Critical Privilege Escalation Flaw in Linux Kernel Exploited in the Ransomware Attacks  SOC Prime

Live exploitation of CVE-2024-1086 across older Linux versions flagged by CISA  Digital Watch Observatory

Systemd-Free Debian, Devuan Version 6.0 "Excalibur" is Available Now  It's FOSS News

Wild 0.7 released on Monday as the newest feature release for this very fast linker for Linux systems competing with Mold on x86_64 / ARM64 / RISC-V devices...

Back in August was the announcement of LLM-Scaler as part of Project Battlematrix. LLM-Scaler is a new Intel software project to provide optimized AI inference capabilities on Intel graphics hardware. A new beta release of LLM-Scaler "llm-scaler-vllm" is now available with expanded LLM model coverage...

SUSE's hardware enablement team has worked through proper U-Boot support for the Raspberry Pi 5 single board computer...

The libinput input handling library for the Linux desktop on both Wayland and X.Org based systems is rolling out Lua plug-in support. Out today is libinput 1.30-rc1 with the initial infrastructure for supporting plug-ins written in the Lua scripting language...

Valve upgrade Proton Hotfix to improve NINJA GAIDEN 4 on Desktop Linux  GamingOnLinux

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 16 lands - with AI and EU support baked in  ZDNET