Open-source News

OpenBSD 7.6 is out this evening as another major step forward for this BSD operating system with enhanced hardware support, security improvements, updating various user-space software, and enabling other kernel enhancements...

FEX 2410 is out as the newest monthly update to this open-source emulator that allows running Linux x86/x86_64 binaries on Linux AArch64 (ARM 64-bit) systems, including for games and software like Steam. With FEX 2410 there are yet more fixes as well as some new JIT optimizations...

FEX 2410 Released With New JIT Optimizations  Phoronix

Linux Kernel 6.12 Prepped for Superior Scheduling, Real Time Ops  The New Stack

Need to manage Linux passwords on the command line? No GUI, no problem!  ZDNet

Following a last minute delay due to a performance regression, Python 3.13 stable is out today as the annual major feature release to this widely-used scripting language implementation...

Git 2.47 is out today as the newest feature release to this immensely popular distributed revision control system...

Linux Distro Reviews: Linux Mint 22  WebProNews

Stealthy ‘Perfctl’ Malware Infects Thousands of Linux Servers  SecurityWeek

Stealthy ‘Perfctl’ Malware Infects Thousands of Linux Servers  SecurityWeek

antiX 23.2 launches with Debian 12 base and no systemd for lightweight Linux experience  BetaNews

Gentoo Linux will be working on better support for ARM64/AArch64 and 32-bit ARM now that they have received an Ampere Altra Max server to help expedite their ARM build times for binary packages and installation stage builds...

Gentoo Linux To See Improved ARM64 Support Thanks To An Ampere Altra Max Server  Phoronix

How ‘perfctl’ malware infected Linux servers undetected for years  CSO Online

Linux Kernel Exploits: Common Threats and How To Prevent Them  ITPro Today

Best Linux distro for education of 2024  TechRadar

Manjaro 24.1 makes for a beautiful, highly-functional, and easy-to-use Linux desktop  ZDNet

RSS Feed in the Linux/Mac Terminal: Read the Latest With This CLI Tool  How-To Geek

Git grumpy: Torvalds complains of passive voice in merge commit messages  Neowin

While not expected to reach general availability (GA) state until October of 2025, available today in pre-alpha form is the openSUSE Leap 16.0 distribution...