Open-source News

Ripple, Coinbase, Circle Join Linux x402 Foundation to Help Shape AI Payments  CryptoPotato

There is yet-another-foundation being stewarded by the Linux Foundation that further broadens its scope outside of the typical Linux/open-source umbrella. Today the Linux Foundation announced the launch of the x402 Foundation for aiming to standardize Internet-native payments for AI agents and applications...

Linux Foundation's Latest Foray Is To Standardize Internet-Native Payments For AI Agents  Phoronix

A new Direct Rendering Manager (DRM) kernel graphics driver has been sent out for GlandaGPU, an open-source custom 3D graphics core designed in VHDL and running on FPGA hardware...

Linux Kernel Graphics Driver Proposed For GlandaGPU: An Open-Source Soft GPU Core  Phoronix

Linux Foundation Announces Operational Launch of x402 Foundation to Standardize Internet-Native Payments for AI Agents and Applications  Linux Foundation

Engineer shoves Linux peg through Sega 32X-shaped hole  The Register

Linux Foundation Announces Operational Launch of x402 Foundation to Standardize Internet-Native Payments for AI Agents and Applications  PR Newswire

Ahead of the next Intel Compute Runtime release, IGC 2.38.2 was released today as the newest feature update to this open-source graphics compiler used by Intel iGPU/dGPU hardware on both Windows and Linux...

Intel IGC 2.38.2 Brings Latest Round Of Graphics Compiler Improvements  Phoronix

11 Old Microsoft-Signed Linux UEFI Shims Could Let Attackers Bypass Secure Boot  The Hacker News

These 5 open-source apps are Windows-only, and Linux users are missing out  How-To Geek

Hyunjun Ko with Igalia continues advancing the Vulkan Video capabilities of the Intel open-source "ANV" Vulkan driver for Linux systems...

Intel Vulkan Driver Now Supports H.265 10-bit Video Encoding  Phoronix

Agent identity gets a DNS anchor – how GoDaddy built the Agent Name Service, then gave it to the Linux Foundation  Diginomica

Forgotten UEFI shims undermining Secure Boot  WeLiveSecurity

Frame: A new X11 server – implemented directly in assembly  The Register

While there has been the Apple System Management Controller "SMC" hardware monitoring driver with the intent on exposing battery/power stats as well as thermal and more for Apple Silicon SoCs on Linux, it hasn't yet been working out properly on the mainline kernel. Between missing Device Tree nodes to the hodgepodge mess of sensors between the different Apple M-Series SoCs, it's a mess...

Linux Dealing With Apple's Wild Mess Of Sensors On Apple Silicon SoCs  Phoronix

How Lindows almost destroyed Microsoft's Windows trademark  How-To Geek