Open-source News

Arch Linux Installation Challenges: User Insights  BNN Breaking

IPFire Linux Firewall Distro Kicks Off 2024 by Blocking Email Spammers by Default  9to5Linux

A release plan has been drafted for the upcoming GNU C Library "glibc" 2.39 release as well as some possible last minute changes...

Glibc 2.39 Should Be Out On 1 February & Might Drop Itanium IA64 Linux Support  Phoronix

The AMD Address Translation Library (ATL) is cleaning up and centralizing existing code within the Linux kernel for Zen-based systems. After being reviewed on the kernel mailing list, the AMD ATL is set to be introduced as part of the upcoming Linux 6.8 kernel cycle...

Given the pace of hardware support and improvements these days, it's rather sad Linux Mint 21.3 continues to default to the Linux 5.15 LTS kernel that is the non-HWE default of Ubuntu 22.04 LTS for which the operating system is based. But at least Linux Mint 21.3 EDGE ISOs are being rolled out to make Linux 6.2 easily available for those with newer hardware support requirements...

Linux Mint 21.3 EDGE Moving To Linux 6.2 Due To Hardware Issues  Phoronix

While years ago it was hard envisioning Microsoft contributing significantly to the Linux kernel or Mesa 3D graphics driver stack, maintaining its own in-house Linux distribution, or publishing so much open-source software, these days it's par for the course thanks to Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL), Linux dominating Azure instances, etc. Over the course of 2023, Microsoft continued investing in various Linux/open-source efforts that benefit their cause...

Microsoft Continued Advancing WSL2, Mesa & Its In-House Linux Distro In 2023  Phoronix

How to use Linux in the studio and why it could change the way you make music  MusicRadar

Want a better way to watch YouTube? This app turns your PC into a TV  ZDNet

NetBSD 10.0-RC2 Released For Testing This Big BSD Release  Phoronix

When it comes to new BSD milestones to look forward to in 2024, one of the big releases on deck is that of NetBSD 10.0 that has been in development since 2019. Now available for testing is the second release candidate of NetBSD 10...

How to install Node.js on Linux  XDA Developers

Intel along with investment firm DigitalBridge Group announced the formation today of Articul8, an independent company to focus on turn-key Generative AI "GenAI" for enterprise customers and focused on enterprise workflows...

Last month LVFS/Fwupd celebrated serving more than 100 million firmware updates to Linux users while today Fwupd 1.9.11 has shipped as the latest update to this open-source firmware updating solution...

The best Linux software for Windows switchers  PCWorld

Nitrux 3.2.1 Release Adds a New Tiling Window Manager  It's FOSS News

Significant Rise in Linux Desktop Market Share: A Statcounter Analysis  BNN Breaking

Not only is Canonical exploring Ubuntu x86-64-v3 builds for targeting Intel and AMD processors with AVX/AVX2 support, but Red Hat has publicly confirmed now they are exploring a possible x86-64-v3 requirement for next year's Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10...