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Canonical engineer Till Kamppeter was at FOSDEM 2024 last weekend in Belgium to talk up the Snap packaging format spearheaded for Ubuntu Linux as well as their ongoing work around Ubuntu Core Desktop for providing an all-Snap based operating system...

Snaps & Ubuntu Core Desktop Talked Up At FOSDEM 2024  Phoronix

SOPHGO SG2000/SG2002 AI SoC features RISC-V, Arm, and 8051 cores, supports Android, Linux, and FreeRTOS  CNX Software

SOPHGO SG2000/SG2002 AI SoC features RISC-V, Arm, and 8051 cores, supports Android, Linux, and FreeRTOS  CNX Software

When it comes to open-source compiler toolchain components and more broadly often unsung heroes in the low-level open-source space, one of the most interesting successes in recent years has been the Mold linker that has proven itself a viable alternative to GNU ld and Gold or LLVM's lld linkers. Mold is already in great shape and typically proving itself well while moving ahead they are working toward kernel/embedded programming support as one of the last grounds to tackle...

AMD has merged updated video processing engine "VPElib" code into their Mesa driver with their latest feature work...

The post 15 Must-Know FFmpeg Commands for Video, Audio & Image Conversion first appeared on Tecmint: Linux Howtos, Tutorials & Guides .

FFmpeg is a handy multimedia framework that helps you work with different kinds of media files like videos, audio, and images. It allows you to

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Bootloader bug exposes Linux secure boot - Security  iTnews

Bootloader bug exposes Linux secure boot - Security  iTnews

The post tuptime – Tracks Your Linux System’s Past and Future Uptime first appeared on Tecmint: Linux Howtos, Tutorials & Guides .

Linux system administration involves many activities one of which is monitoring and checking for how long your system has been running. It is always a

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AMD Posts Linux Graphics Driver Patches For New IP Blocks - Presumably For RDNA4  Phoronix

AMD engineers on Monday posted a few new patch series for enabling some updated IP (intellectual property) blocks within their open-source AMDGPU Linux kernel graphics driver. This new IP is presumably part of the ongoing hardware enablement work for their next-generation RDNA4 graphics...

Ubuntu Kernel Updates Patch Multiple Linux Kernel Vulnerabilities  Security Boulevard

Navigating the Complexities of Linux Security: A Comprehensive Guide  Security Boulevard

I Switched to Linux Full Time. There’s seemingly been a recent uptick… | by voxnaut | Feb, 2024  Medium

Critical vulnerability affecting most Linux distros allows for bootkits  Ars Technica

Intel Arrow Lake platform support has been merged to Mesa 24.1 for providing the ANV Vulkan and Iris Gallium3D (OpenGL) open-source drivers with support for the next-generation Intel Core integrated graphics...

Intel Arrow Lake OpenGL & Vulkan Driver Support Merged For Mesa 24.1  Phoronix

Linux Foundation forms Post-Quantum Cryptography Alliance  SDTimes.com

Linux Foundation launches Post-Quantum Cryptography Alliance with AWS, Cisco, IBM and others  SDxCentral