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FreeCAD 1.0 Open-Source 3D Parametric Modeler Released, Here’s What’s New
FreeCAD 1.0 open-source 3D parametric modeler is now available for download with numerous new features and UI improvements. Here's what's new! The post FreeCAD 1.0 Open-Source 3D Parametric Modeler Released, Here’s What’s New appeared first on 9to5...
2024-11-19 15:43
New Linux Patch Lets You Force CPU Bugs/Mitigations Even When Not Vulnerable
While most users frown upon the increasing number of CPU security mitigations in part due to the additional overhead commonly introduced, a new Linux kernel patch by a Google engineer would allow users/developers to opt-in to forcing CPU bugs and their...
2024-11-19 14:29
Blender 4.3 Released With AMD HIP-RT Ray-Tracing On Linux, Experimental Vulkan Backend
Blender 4.3 is out today as the newest feature update to this leading open-source 3D modeling software...
2024-11-19 12:00
FreeCAD 1.0 Released With UI/UX Improvements, New Materials System
FreeCAD 1.0 was just released as a major update to this leading open-source, cross-platform 3D parametric modeler software...
2024-11-19 11:24
Linux 6.13 PM Switches EPYC Turin To AMD P-State, More Aggressive Default For Intel GNR
The power management subsystem updates have been submitted for the newly opened Linux 6.13 merge window. As covered within individual articles over the past few weeks, the Linux 6.13 power management updates include some notable changes for both AMD an...
2024-11-19 10:07
Needrestart local privilege escalation vulnerability fixes available
Qualys discovered vulnerabilities which allow a local attacker to gain root privileges in the needrestart package (CVE-2024-48990, CVE-2024-48991, CVE-2024-48992, and CVE-2024-11003) and a related issue in libmodule-scandeps-perl (CVE-2024-10224). The ...
2024-11-19 09:00
Meet the Canonical Ceph team at Cephalocon 2024
Date: December 4-5th, 2024 Location: Geneva, Switzerland In just a few weeks, Cephalocon will be held at CERN in Geneva. After last year’s successful Cephalocon in Amsterdam, which was the first live event held since the pandemic, it is great to retu...
2024-11-19 08:50
Red Hat & Microsoft Bringing RHEL To WSL
The latest Linux distribution being brought to Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) with Microsoft's blessing is none other than Red Hat Enterprise Linux... Microsoft and Red Hat jointly announced today that RHEL is coming to WSL...
2024-11-19 08:45
Debian 13 Is Quickly Approaching - Desktop Artwork Voting Now Underway
The Debian 13 "Trixie" release is slated for 2025 and with the artwork voting now underway for the default desktop theme is a reminder that the release is quickly approaching...
2024-11-19 08:37
WayVNC 0.9 Released For Wayland VNC Server With New Features
WayVNC 0.9 is out today as the newest feature release for this VNC server catering to wlroots-based Wayland compositors. WayVNC makes it easy to get a VNC server up and running on Sway and other wlroots-based compositors while with today's update is mu...
2024-11-19 08:29
The transition to in-house software development in the automotive industry
Who will win the race to the perfect SDV? The automotive industry is experiencing a major transformation, driven by the integration of advanced software systems into vehicles. As cars become smarter and more connected, Original Equipment Manufacturers ...
2024-11-19 08:00
MiTAC Releases AMD openSIL Based Open-Source Firmware For Their Capri2 EPYC Server
Ahead of SC24, MiTAC Computing has published their open-source firmware for their Open Compute Project (OCP) designed Capri2 AMD EPYC server. This open-source firmware stack makes use of AMD's in-development openSIL for open-source CPU silicon initiali...
2024-11-19 06:39
Intel SNC6 Sub-NUMA Clustering Support With Linux 6.13
A few weeks back I wrote about Intel engineers preparing SNC6 support with Linux for six nodes per L3 cache. That was the first time hearing of SNC6 with SNC 1/2/3/4 sub-NUMA clustering modes being more common. That support is now ready for merging wit...
2024-11-19 06:22
Ubuntu 25.04 (Plucky Puffin) Daily Build ISOs Are Now Available for Download
Ubuntu 25.04 (Plucky Puffin) daily build ISO images are now available to download for early adopters and application developers who want to test drive their apps against the new toolchain. The post Ubuntu 25.04 (Plucky Puffin) Daily Build ISOs Are Now ...
2024-11-19 06:20
Arch Linux Working To Affirm Its Package Sources Under A BSD Zero Clause License
Arch Linux package sources with its PKGBUILD files and similar have lacked carrying a clear license. Arch Linux developers have been working to come together to allow all Arch Linux package sources to be licensed under a BSD zero-clause "BSD0" license...
2024-11-19 06:13
GNU Linux-libre 6.12-gnu Continues Dealing With More Blobs In The Kernel
The GNU Linux-libre 6.12-gnu kernel is now available as the downstream of the newly-christened Linux 6.12 kernel that aims to remove code depending upon non-free microcode/firmware or relying on other elements of code deemed non-free software even with...
2024-11-19 06:04
GNU Linux-Libre 6.12 Kernel Released for Those Seeking 100% Freedom for Their PCs
GNU Linux-Libre 6.12 kernel is now available for download. This release is based on Linux kernel 6.12 and it’s targeted at those who seek 100% freedom for their personal computers. The post GNU Linux-Libre 6.12 Kernel Released for Those Seeking 100% ...
2024-11-19 05:34
You Can Now Download Daily Builds of Ubuntu 25.04
A sure-fire way to tell that development has moved up a gear: Ubuntu 25.04 daily builds are now available to download. Development formally got underway on Ubuntu 25.04 ‘Plucky Puffin’ last month, with the final stable release of Ubuntu 25.04 arriv...
2024-11-18 22:19
Ubuntu 25.04 Daily Builds Are Now Available
A sure-fire way to tell that development has moved up a gear: Ubuntu 25.04 daily builds are now available to download. Development formally got underway on Ubuntu 25.04 ‘Plucky Puffin’ last month, with the final stable release of Ubuntu 25.04 arriv...
2024-11-18 22:19
Profile-guided optimization: A case study
Software developers spend a huge amount of effort working on optimization – extracting more speed and better performance from their algorithms and programs. This work usually involves a lot of time-consuming manual investigation, making automatic per...
2024-11-18 19:32