Open-source News

Looks like GPU switching tool optimus-manager isn't abandoned yet  GamingOnLinux

Linux Skills: Manage System Services  The New Stack

Kaspersky releases free malware scanner for Linux  ZAWYA

In addition to debuting their "Peano" LLVM compiler back-end for Ryzen AI NPUs on Friday, AMD also submitted a new batch of feature code for their AMDGPU kernel graphics driver and AMDKFD kernel compute driver of new feature code aiming for the upcoming Linux 6.11 merge window...

AMD's Linux Kernel Compute Driver For ROCm Begins Preparing For RDNA4 GPUs  Phoronix

Intel's IGB and IXGBE network drivers within the mainline Linux kernel are being adapted to support firmware updates for the underlying driver. To date such functionality was limited to Intel's out-of-tree versions of these drivers for their higher-end network hardware...

Intel In-Tree Linux Network Drivers Being Adapted To Support Firmware Updates  Phoronix

Mold 2.32 is out as the newest feature release for this high speed code linker that rivals LLVM LLD and GNU Gold...

Week in review: Atlassian Confluence RCE PoC, new Kali Linux, Patch Tuesday forecast  Help Net Security

Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite prototype that runs Linux emerges from a brand you've probably never heard of ...  TechRadar

Your Default Linux Terminal Emulator Is Dull, So Take These Alternatives for a Spin  How-To Geek

There was a very exciting Friday evening code drop out of AMD... They announced a new project called Peano that serves as an open-source LLVM compiler back-end for AMD/Xilinx AI engine processors with a particular focus on the Ryzen AI SOCs with existing Phoenix and Hawk Point hardware as well as the upcoming XDNA2 found with the forthcoming Ryzen AI 300 series...

GNOME developers continue to be quite busy this summer from enhancing their desktop with more security and accessibility features to further crafting GNOME OS...

Jeremy Soller who is an engineer at System76 and manages a side hustle of leading development on the open-source, Rust-written Redox OS has shared the latest look at this open-source operating system with the System76 COSMIC desktop applications...

Out for testing this weekend is the OBS Studio 30.2 beta software for those into live-streaming their desktop and other screen recording purposes. With the OBS Studio 30.2 release there are video encode improvements for Linux, support for multi-track video streaming, hybrid MP4 output, and other new features...

OBS Studio 30.2 Beta Brings Native NVENC Encoder Support On Linux  Phoronix

The KDE Plasma 6.1 desktop is due for release in a little more than one week. Prominent KDE developer Nate Graham thinks this is going to be a "good one" with a lot of new features, better performance, and more...

OBS Studio 30.2 Promises NVENC AV1 and Shared Texture Support on Linux  9to5Linux

Microsoft shares details on AI-generated Edge Workspaces for Windows, Mac, Linux  Neowin

Nitrux Linux 3.5.0: A viable alternative to Windows 11?  The Business Standard