Open-source News

BreadboardOS firmware for the Raspberry Pi RP2040 features a Linux-like terminal  CNX Software

Best Linux desktop of 2024  TechRadar

OS Prober is Disabled in Ubuntu 22.04, Here’s a Workaround  OMG! Ubuntu!

Elon Musk Suggests Shifting 'Consumer Desktops To Linux' As Satya Nadella Promotes Microsoft's New Windows AI ...  Benzinga

Elon Musk Suggests Shifting 'Consumer Desktops To Linux' As Satya Nadella Promotes Microsoft's New Window  Benzinga

The XFS file-system improvements have been merged for the in-development Linux 6.10 kernel...

While ReiserFS is obsolete and will eventually be dropped from the upstream Linux kernel in Linux 6.10 is one last ReiserFS change that was requested by former lead developer Hans Reiser...

Linux 6.10 Honors One Last ReiserFS Request Made By Hans Reiser  Phoronix

New to programming? My 5 favorite Linux tools will get you up to speed faster  ZDNet

Red Hat engineers have been developing Nova as a new, Rust-written open-source NVIDIA kernel graphics driver as the eventual successor to the Nouveau kernel driver and is designed around NVIDIA's GPU System Processor (GSP) thus making the driver relevant for RTX 20 / Turing GPUs and newer. Today they posted a request for comments (RFC) patch series of the Nova driver and Rust DRM abstractions...

Men of War II out now on Steam with Native Linux support  GamingOnLinux

HandBrake 1.8 Video Transcoder Adds GTK4 Port on Linux, FFmpeg 7.0 Support  9to5Linux

HandBrake 1.8 Video Transcoder Adds GTK4 Port on Linux, FFmpeg 7.0 Support  9to5Linux

Intel previously indicated that Lunar Lake processors would launch by the end of 2024 and leading to anticipation of a Q4 launch... Intel today announced that Lunar Lake will actually launch in Q3...

The x86 platform driver updates have been merged for the ongoing Linux 6.10 merge window. The platform-drivers-x86 changes continue to primarily revolve around x86 Intel/AMD laptops but also some other desktop/platform drivers. Now in Linux 6.10 there is also a new "ARM64" sub-section of the platform drivers...

Many x86 Laptop Improvements In Linux 6.10 Plus Acer ARM Laptop  Phoronix

Ubuntu 24.04 Now Runs on the Nintendo Switch (Unofficially)  OMG! Ubuntu!

IceWM 3.5 Lightweight Window Manager Released with New Features  9to5Linux

NyArch Linux is the cutest distribution for fans of anime and manga  ZDNet

The Fedora Engineering and Steering Committee (FESCo) has approved of the newest Fedora desktop ISO spin: Fedora Miracle...