Open-source News

A near-miss hack of Linux shows the vulnerability of the internet  Vox.com

As the first new release since last September, LPython 0.21 has been released for this alpha-stage Python ahead-of-time compiler written in C++. LPython remains focused on providing "the best possible performance" especially for numerical use-cases, cross-platform compatibility, and hopes to be able to eventually transform Python code over to C++ and Fortran or other languages...

New Linux kernel vulnerability grants attackers root privileges  Notebookcheck.net

Ardour 8.5 Open-Source DAW Improves Linux and AAF Import Support  9to5Linux

Proton Experimental brings lots of bug fixes, controller support in a few launchers  GamingOnLinux

For the widely-used SDL hardware/software abstraction layer that is commonly used by cross-platform games, the upcoming SDL 3.0 release now has the logic to be able to prefer using PipeWire directly rather than PulseAudio when successfully detecting the presence of PipeWire...

GCC 14 dropping IA64 support is final nail in the coffin for Itanium architecture  The Register

While TUXEDO Computers has already been offering powerful AMD Zen 4 laptops such as the Pulse 14 Gen 3 with Ryzen 7 7840HS SoC, today the Bavarian company announced their first Ryzen 8000 series mobile laptop...

TUXEDO Computers Launches First Linux Laptop With AMD Ryzen 7 8845HS  Phoronix

TUXEDO Sirius 16 Gen2 All-AMD Linux Gaming Laptop Gets Faster Ryzen 7 CPU  9to5Linux

Check out Devil's Hideout a horror point and click adventure game  GamingOnLinux

Nanuka: Secret of the Shattering Moon is a colourful cinematic 2D puzzle platformer  GamingOnLinux

Linux Foundation is leading fight against fauxpen source  The Register

Beta version of Ubuntu 24.04 LTS with GNOME 46 and Linux 6.8 kernel available for download  Notebookcheck.net

A Linux Machine for a Few Bucks  Hackster.io

A Linux Machine for a Few Bucks  Hackster.io

Intel's software team is today sharing their newest innovation for achieving greater performance on Linux systems: the Thin Layout Optimizer. Intel's Thin Layout Optimizer is inspired by the likes of the Meta/LLVM BOLT optimizer and Google's Propeller but aims to be much easier to use while still delivering measurable performance gains for optimized binaries...

Ubuntu 24.04 LTS Beta Is Now Available for Download with GNOME 46, Linux 6.8  9to5Linux

8 Best Games For Linux  GameRant

Riot Games talk Vanguard anti-cheat for League of Legends and why it's a no for Linux  GamingOnLinux