Open-source News

OpenZFS 2.4 stable should be out in the near future while out today is the third release candidate for this ZFS file-system implementation for Linux and FreeBSD operating systems...

Google engineer Rahman Lavaee today announced their work on a prototype software implementation to automatically insert optimal code prefetches into binaries for faster performance, especially for the latest Intel Granite Rapids and AMD Turin processors with new prefetching instructions...

Linux supercharges the ROG Xbox Ally X — higher FPS, smoother performance, and a big win for handheld gaming  Windows Central

5 pitfalls of dual-booting Windows and Linux that I wasn’t prepared for  XDA

While XP-PEN does provide out-of-tree drivers for their drawing tablets on Linux including the XP-PEN Artist 24 Pro, the Linux 6.19 kernel is set to provide upstream support for the XP-PEN Artist 24 Pro...

Linux 6.19 To Support The XP-PEN Artist 24 Pro Drawing Tablet  Phoronix

ROG Xbox Ally X runs faster on Linux than Windows, early testing reveals  TechSpot

Lingmo OS 3.0: Stable and slim macOS clone for old PCs  Notebookcheck

The Fedora Council has finally come to a decision on allowing AI-assisted contributions to the project. The agreed upon guidelines are fairly straight-forward and will permit AI-assisted contributions if it's properly disclosed and transparent...

Announced today at the PyTorch Conference was word that the Ray AI compute engine is becoming a project hosted by the PyTorch Foundation...

Upgrading your Windows laptop? I built my own Linux machine in minutes (and you can, too)  ZDNET

AlmaLinux gives Btrfs a home after Red Hat kicked it out  theregister.com

The EROFS read-only file-system continues enjoying nice uptick in use from embedded devices to containers. Merged today for Linux 6.18 is some new hardening to the EROFS driver where specially-crafted file-system images could lead to system crashes or infinite loops...

Linux 6.18 Hardened Against Specially-Crafted EROFS Images Leading To System Crashes  Phoronix

Windows 11: Nine problems in a week after Linux  findarticles.com

I finally switched to Linux, and these 5 apps made it painless  MakeUseOf

I turned Kali Linux into a home networking multi-tool  XDA

Try this new Linux security threat scanner to keep your system safe - you'll thank me  ZDNET

Germany's Sovereign Tech Agency (nee Sovereign Tech Fund) is out with their latest newsletter where they outlined some new investments in various key open-source projects...

This Tool Let Me Use Google Translate in the Linux Terminal  How-To Geek