Open-source News

Hackers Use Hyper-V to Deploy Linux Malware on Windows Systems  CyberInsider

Need to record your screen? 5 ways to do it on your Linux PC - for free  ZDNET

Going all the way back to early 2024, Intel Linux engineers have been working on supporting an Adaptive Sharpening Filter new to Lunar Lake. While Lunar Lake later launched in September 2024, the Linux patches for this feature remained under review and discussion. Besides the Intel driver implementation itself for Lunar Lake and newer, it also ushers in a new DRM sharpness property to help standardize such functionality for user-space that could be used by other kernel graphics drivers. Finally with the upcoming Linux 6.19 kernel, this Intel Content Adaptive Sharpness Filter "CASF" feature is being introduced to the mainline kernel...

Linux 6.19 Will Finally Support Intel's Adaptive Sharpness Filter "CASF" With Lunar Lake  Phoronix

Not a fan of systemd? This alternative init Linux distro just got a big update  Yahoo! Tech

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...