They’re better for the environment. Blog moderation policy. The source page, where this article was taken from Author: Bruce Schneier Continue reading Friday Squid Blogging: Sunscreen from Squid Pigments
Following Linus Torvalds receiving an Ampere Altra Max workstation from Ampere Computing, he’s been dabbling more with ARM64 now that it affords him more AArch64 compute power than his Apple Silicon powered MacBook. Torvalds kicked off the Linux 6.11 merge window by landing some of his own code to further enhance the ARM64 kernel and as we approach the end of the v6.11 merge window … Continue reading Linus Torvalds Addresses His Latest ARM64 Annoyance: Installing Compressed Kernel Images
With the recently introduced NVIDIA 555 Linux driver stable series their open-source GPU kernel driver modules are in great shape across consumer and professional graphics products. Over the past two years the support has evolved so much that NVIDIA is now promoting their open-source kernel driver usage and with the NVIDIA 560 Linux driver beta posted this week they are defaulting to using their open-source … Continue reading NVIDIA’s Open-Source Linux Kernel Driver Performing At Parity To Proprietary Driver
LLVM 19.1-rc1 was released today as the first tagged development snapshot of LLVM 19 that is working its way toward the stable LLVM 19.1 version expected in September… The source page, where this article was taken from Author: Michael Larabel Continue reading LLVM 19.1-rc1 Compiler Released With More C23 / C++23 & New Intel Extensions
Richard Hughes of Red Hat just released Fwupd 1.9.22 as the newest version of this open-source solution for allowing system and peripheral firmware updates to be carried out quickly and easily from Linux systems… The source page, where this article was taken from Author: Michael Larabel Continue reading Fwupd 1.9.22 Released With Framework SD Expansion Card & Raspberry Pi 5 Support
This isn’t good: On Thursday, researchers from security firm Binarly revealed that Secure Boot is completely compromised on more than 200 device models sold by Acer, Dell, Gigabyte, Intel, and Supermicro. The cause: a cryptographic key underpinning Secure Boot on those models that was compromised in 2022. In a public GitHub repository committed in December of that year, someone working for multiple US-based device manufacturers … Continue reading Compromising the Secure Boot Process
Available now with Native Linux support and full Steam Deck support with the 1.0 release, Scorchlands has left Early Access. The source page, where this article was taken from Author: Liam Dawe Continue reading Combining exploration, city-building and complex resource management, Scorchlands 1.0 is out now
The developer of Puzzledorf emailed in about their rather vibrant Sokoban-style game that recently added Native Linux support. The source page, where this article was taken from Author: Liam Dawe Continue reading Vibrant Sokoban-style game Puzzledorf now available for Linux, works great on Steam Deck
With the Linux 6.11 kernel merge window wrapping up this weekend, I’ve begun “kicking the tires” on the new kernel that will then see the weekly release candidates over the next two months. For some initial Linux 6.10 vs. 6.11 Git benchmarking on an AMD Ryzen Threadripper workstation, the new kernel is appearing fit and offering some nice performance gains in a few areas… The … Continue reading Linux 6.11 Is Looking Good In Early Benchmarks On AMD Ryzen Threadripper
For those striving for a quiet PC while having high-end specs, ASRock today announced passively-cooled Radeon RX 7900 XT and Radeon RX 7900 XTX graphics cards… The source page, where this article was taken from Author: Michael Larabel Continue reading ASRock Announces Passively Cooled Radeon RX 7900 Series
The x86 platform driver updates were merged last week for the Linux 6.11 merge window. The x86 platform drivers predominantly benefit Intel/AMD laptops on Linux but also some other x86 non-laptop hardware and then more recently also some ARM64 laptop drivers appearing in this area of the kernel… The source page, where this article was taken from Author: Michael Larabel Continue reading New Dell PC Driver & Intel Performance Limit Reasons Help Laptops On Linux 6.11
Linux Mint 22 “Wilma” is officially out now, as their next long-term supported release with updates until 2029 based on Ubuntu 24.04. The source page, where this article was taken from Author: Liam Dawe Continue reading Linux Mint 22 is officially out now supported until 2029
While Red Hat Enterprise Linux is very popular with the VFX crowd, those relying on the SideFX Houdini 3D animation software are running into a bit of a pickle if trying to use RHEL 9.4. There’s a glibc bug causing random crashes for Houdini that Red Hat has been slow to pickup but is now going to be shipped by AlmaLinux early to satisfy VFX … Continue reading AlmaLinux Picking Up glibc Patch Ahead Of RHEL To Rescue VFX Houdini Users
While Spinny Dungeon won’t suck away your money like a real slot machine, it will eat away your time. The source page, where this article was taken from Author: Liam Dawe Continue reading Spinny Dungeon is an upcoming slot machine roguelite that might eat away your time
Back in early June the KDE Human Interface Guidelines “HIG” were updated. These design principles for KDE software were updated to modern standards, adapt to the latest Qt toolkit behavior, and also making it more inviting to new contributors. Since then the KDE HIG has continued to see more refinements… The source page, where this article was taken from Author: Michael Larabel Continue reading KDE Human Interface Guidelines Being Further Refined & Polished
The DistroWatch news feed is brought to you by TUXEDO COMPUTERS. OPNsense is a FreeBSD-based specialist operating system designed for firewalls and routers. The project’s latest release focuses on performance improvements anda new dashboard. The release announcement shares details: “FreeBSD 14.1: Leveraging the latest FreeBSD 14.1, OPNsense 24.7 ensures a stable and secure foundation, significantly enhancing system performance and…. The source page, where this article … Continue reading Distribution Release: OPNsense 24.7
