Open-source News

RCE bug in widely used Ghostscript library now exploited in attacks  BleepingComputer

Intel preps Lunar Lake-optimized adaptive sharpening filter for Linux deployment  Tom's Hardware

AMD Ryzen 7000/8000 Series vs. 14th Gen Intel Core CPU Performance On Linux 6.10 With 400+ Benchmarks  Phoronix

In preparation for upcoming CPU launches I have been spending the past month re-testing the various Intel Core and AMD Ryzen current generation processors on the very latest Linux software stack and latest system BIOS along with some updated and new benchmarks. For those wanting a fresh look at how the current AMD Ryzen 7000 and 8000 series processors are competing with 14th Gen Intel Core (Raptor Lake Refresh) processors, this article is for you with 18 processors and 443 benchmarks being carried out while using Ubuntu 24.04 LTS and upgrading to the Linux 6.10 development kernel.

12 Things I Do Right After Installing Linux (And You Should Too)  How-To Geek

Canonical today released LXD 6.1 as the newest version of this Ubuntu-focused solution for managing virtual machines (VMs) and containers...

LXD 6.1 Released With Automatic Core Pinning Load Balancing, Fixes Hosts With 64+ CPU Cores  Phoronix

Attacks with new Mallox ransomware version aimed at Linux  SC Media

New Ransomware-as-a-Service 'Eldorado' Targets Windows and Linux Systems  The Hacker News

Stable release of Linux Mint 22 is still a while away  Techzine Europe

7 Essential Linux Terms Explained: Distro, DE, Repos, and More  How-To Geek

A year ago Google engineers posted experimental Linux code for Device Memory TCP for more efficient transferring of data from GPUs/accelerators to network devices without having to go through a host CPU memory buffer. After going through many rounds of review, Device Memory TCP appears to be nearing the finish line...

Device Memory TCP Nears The Finish Line For More Efficient Networked Accelerators  Phoronix

Back in February I wrote about Intel's open-source graphics driver engineers working on a new adaptive sharpening filter capability to be found with upcoming Xe2 graphics starting with Lunar Lake. This new adaptive sharpening filter has minimal power and performance impact and at least according to the driver engineers is working out rather well. Besides the Intel Xe kernel driver support around enabling this adaptive sharpening filter, Intel has also been readying the rest of the Linux desktop stack for exposing this capability...

Intel Continues Readying Linux For Lunar Lake's New Adaptive Sharpening Filter  Phoronix

VR game streaming tool ALVR adds PipeWire support on Linux  GamingOnLinux

For those with an ASUS ProArt X670E-CREATOR WIFI motherboard or thinking of getting one for this high-end AMD Ryzen 7000 series platform, the Linux support is taking another small step forward...

ASUS EC Sensors Linux Driver Adding Support For The ProArt X670E-CREATOR WIFI  Phoronix

9to5Linux Weekly Roundup: July 7th, 2024  9to5Linux

Both the GCC and LLVM/Clang compilers today saw support for Intel's Branch Hint extension merged today for this feature of Redwood Cove P cores as found with current generation Meteor Lake processors as well as upcoming Intel Granite Rapids server processors...