Open-source News

OpenZFS 2.2.5 is now available as the newest stable update to this open-source ZFS file-system implementation for Linux and FreeBSD systems...

Firefox 130 Promises to Enable Overscroll Animations on Linux, Firefox Labs  9to5Linux

Firefox 130 Promises to Enable Overscroll Animations on Linux, Firefox Labs  9to5Linux

New Linux kernel attack slips past modern defenses — SLUBStick boasts a 99% success rate  HardForum

How to Check Your PC Specs (Mac, Windows & Linux): A Comprehensive Guide  Techopedia

5 first-rate Linux distros for power users (or anyone seeking challenge)  ZDNet

Yesterday the Sway i3-inspired Wayland compositor saw tearing control support merged while today another prominent Wayland protocol has been merged: linux-drm-syncobj-v1 for explicit sync support...

As part of the Flash Memory Summit this week, the NVMe 2.1 specifications were published today including the NVMe 2.1 Base specification, Command Set specifications (NVM Command Set, ZNS Command Set, Key Value Command Set), Transport specifications (PCIe Transport, Fibre Channel Transport, RDMA Transport and TCP Transport) and the NVMe Management Interface specification...

Emerald Rapids: up to 38% more performance under Linux!  Overclocking.com

5 best Linux commands for troubleshooting problems (and how I use them)  ZDNet

New Linux kernel attack slips past modern defenses — SLUBStick boasts a 99% success rate  Tom's Hardware

5 Linux commands for quickly finding the system information you need to know  ZDNet

NVIDIA Linux Driver Beta 560.31.02 Out Now  GamingOnLinux

Solidigm today is formally announcing the D7-PS1010 PCIe 5.0 NVMe SSDs for the data center. The new D7-PS1010 solid-state drives offer phenomenal performance for PCIe Gen 5 servers as I've enjoyed in testing out a few of these D7-PS1010 SSDs the past several weeks and their leading performance that should be especially appealing for modern AI and HPC servers.

Back in February of this year you may recall the interesting news that was announced on Phoronix that AMD Quietly Funded A Drop-In CUDA Implementation Built On ROCm: It's Now Open-Source. That open-source ZLUDA code for AMD GPUs has been available since AMD quit funding the developer earlier this year. But now the code has been retracted. It's not from NVIDIA legal challenges but rather AMD reversing course on allowing it to be open-source...

How to use Linux package managers  TechTarget

Following last month's NVIDIA 560 Linux driver beta release where the open GPU kernel modules are used by default with Turing GPUs and newer, the NVIDIA 560.31.02 Linux driver has debuted today in stable form for the R560 series...

NVIDIA 560.31.02 Linux Driver Delivers Various Fixes  Phoronix

While there is no shortage of consumer network attached storage (NAS) devices these days, those able to run a mainline Linux kernel, open bootloader, and other open/mainline software components is a bit more challenging. Thanks to the work of open-source developer Heiko Stuebner, the QNAP TS-433 is looking to be an interesting candidate for those wanting a nice 4-bay NAS while being able to load it with a mainline Linux kernel build and other upstream open-source software...

QNAP TS-433 Making For A Nice Open-Source & Mainline Linux NAS Experience  Phoronix