Open-source News

Ardour 8.4 was released this week as the newest update to this open-source digital audio workstation (DAW) for Linux / macOS / Windows platforms...

Back in August 2022 DreamWorks Animation announced plans to open-source MoonRay as their production-grade renderer used on films like Puss In Boots: The Last Wish, How To Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World, and other animated films. Nearly one year ago in March 2023 MoonRay was open-sourced as OpenMoonRay while this week brings the latest iteration of it: OpenMoonRay 1.5...

The KDE Plasma 6 open-source desktop environment is launching next week and ahead of that the Slimbook V has been announced, the latest laptop crafted in partnership between the KDE project and Slimbook. This KDE-catered Linux laptop will feature the Plasma 6.0 desktop experience out-of-the-box and is powered by an AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS Zen 4 processor...

KDE Slimbook V Announced: The First KDE Plasma 6 Laptop With AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS CPU  Phoronix

KDE Slimbook V Is the World’s First Linux Laptop to Ship with KDE Plasma 6  9to5Linux

For those in Turkey with Casper laptops or otherwise having access to that Turkish PC brand, their Excalibur line of higher-end laptops could soon see better Linux support thanks to a new WMI driver proposal...

Casper Excalibur Laptops To See Better Linux Support With New Driver Proposal  Phoronix

KDE Slimbook V Linux laptop challenges Microsoft's Windows 11 dominance  BetaNews

Viewing user accounts and activities on Linux servers  Network World

Ubuntu, Kubuntu, and openSUSE to get better installation  The Register

Flathub's Major Leap: Elevating Linux App Standards Through Stricter Validations and Enhanced Security  BNN Breaking

Kali Linux vs Ubuntu: Ultimate OS Showdown for Tech Enthusiasts  Simplilearn

How to install VS Code on Ubuntu  XDA Developers

How to run Llama 2 locally on your Mac or PC  XDA Developers

Not the end-of-life for Linux and open-source . Podcast with SUSE  TechHQ

Ardour 8.4 Open-Source DAW Released with Experimental AAF Import  9to5Linux

Ardour 8.4 Open-Source DAW Released with Experimental AAF Import  9to5Linux

GIMP 2.99.18 was released today as the last planned development version prior in the long road to GIMP 3.0 that has been a decade in the making for this free software Adobe Photoshop alternative...

Jim Zemlin and the Linux Foundation share not-so-secret open-source sauce  ZDNet

Jim Zemlin and the Linux Foundation share not-so-secret open-source sauce  ZDNet