Open-source News

Fedora 44 Officially Released, This Is What’s New  Linuxiac

PowerToys update delivers new tools that help Windows users manage windows and displays  Windows Central

Easily Exploitable ‘Pack2TheRoot’ Linux Vulnerability Leads to Root Access  OODAloop

VECT 2.0 Ransomware Irreversibly Destroys Files Over 131KB on Windows, Linux, ESXi  The Hacker News

Proton VPN's promises post-quantum groundwork, Stealth for Linux, and slick new app releases  TechRadar

Germany's Sovereign Tech Agency (Sovereign Tech Fund) has provided critical financial resources to open-source software projects and maintainers the past several years. This has proven to be an incredible effort and today they announced their newest initiative as the Sovereign Tech Standards...

AI is coming to Linux, but not in the obnoxious way that will grind your gear  Digital Trends

VECT: Ransomware by design, Wiper by accident  Check Point Research

GCC 16.1 as the first stable version of the GCC 16 compiler is releasing as soon as later this week if all goes well. Among the many improvements in this year's open-source compiler update are continued enhancements to the error messages as well as having an experimental HTML output option for messages...

Most Linux regret is actually distro regret, and you probably gave up too soon  XDA

The latest PowerToys update brings a useful Linux-like feature to Windows 11  XDA

Fedora Linux 44 Is Now Available for Download, Here’s What’s New  9to5Linux

Fedora 44 is officially released for providing the very latest Linux innovations with GNOME 50 being the default desktop of Fedora Workstation 44, an improved KDE experience with Plasma 6.6 complete with the Plasma Log-in Manager, and other up-to-date software packages...

Fedora 44 Released For Living On The Leading-Edge Of Linux Innovations  Phoronix

New Linux FIRESTARTER Backdoor Targets Cisco Firepower Devices  Hackread

Framework Laptop 13 Pro: 20-Hour Battery, LPCAMM2 Memory  The Gadgeteer

Helldivers 2 patch is causing launch crashes on Linux, Steam Deck, and some Windows setups  PiunikaWeb

Following the release of Proton 11.0 Beta 1 from two weeks ago that updated against Wine 11.0, this heart to Valve's Steam Play is now out with a second beta release...

Tired of hunting through logs? Here's how I automated the entire process  How-To Geek

Ubuntu's "AI Kill Switch" Is Achieved By Removing Snaps, Initially Opt-In  Phoronix