Open-source News

Build and command a flying fortress in the playtest of Castle Away  GamingOnLinux

⚡ Weekly Recap: AI-Powered Phishing, Android Spying Tool, Linux Exploit, GitHub RCE & More  The Hacker News

With the GCC 16.1 compiler released last Thursday, I have begun running more compiler benchmarks on this first GCC 16 stable feature release. GCC 16 comes heavy on new changes in being the annual feature release and delivering changes from AMD Zen 6 and Arm AGI CPU support to new C++ features and even the Algol 68 programming language front-end. It's also looking quite good in the performance department relative to the GCC 15 compiler from last year.

GCC 16 Compiler Delivering Some Decent Performance Gains Over GCC 15  Phoronix

Expanded AMD HDMI 2.1 support is coming to Linux  GamingOnLinux

CachyOS is a very fast out-of-the-box Linux distribution and for those concerned about Python performance, the newest updates to this Arch Linux based distribution will provide even better performance...

CachyOS Switches Python To Using Tail-Call Interpreter For 5~15% Better Performance  Phoronix

Linux vulnerability allows root access to any distribution of recent years  Mezha

What Are Linux Mint HWE ISOs and Do You Actually Need One?  It's FOSS

AMD submits HDMI 2.1 FRL patches for open-source Linux driver  KitGuru

CISA Warns of Linux Kernel 0-Day Vulnerability Exploited in Attacks  CyberSecurityNews

Windows 11 Gamer Base Grows as Linux Slips in Steam Survey Data  TechPowerUp

Linux Holds Strong in Steam's April Hardware Survey - SDHQ  Steam Deck HQ

CISA says ‘Copy Fail’ flaw now exploited to root Linux systems  BleepingComputer

Linux 7.1 on the horizon, with a prominent role for AI and KVM updates  Techzine Global

Moving to a mainframe can be cheaper than VMware: Gartner  theregister.com

Quasar Linux (QLNX) – A Silent Foothold in the Supply Chain: Inside a Full-Featured Linux RAT With Rootkit, PAM Backdoor, Credential Harvesting Capabilities  www.trendmicro.com

Exploitation of ‘Copy Fail’ Linux Vulnerability Begins  SecurityWeek

U.S. CISA adds a flaw in Linux Kernel to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog  Security Affairs

The growing number of file-systems within the Linux kernel source tree is causing an ongoing burden for upstream developers maintaining the virtual file-system (VFS) code around it and associated code. As a result of the continuing rise of new file-systems being proposed for the Linux kernel, documentation is being introduced to establish clear guidelines for getting new file-systems accepted into the mainline kernel...