Open Source

Clonezilla Live 3.2 Disk Imaging/Cloning Tool Is Out Powered by Linux Kernel 6.11
Clonezilla Live 3.2 open-source and free disk cloning/imaging tool is now available for download powered by Linux kernel 6.11. Here’s what’s new! The post Clonezilla Live 3.2 Disk Imaging/Cloning Tool Is Out Powered by Linux Kernel 6.11 appeared fi...
2024-10-15 12:31
Solus 4.6 “Convergence” Released with Mesa 24.2, Experimental Software Centers
Solus 4.6 distribution is now available for download powered by Linux 6.10 and featuring updated GNOME, KDE Plasma, Budgie, and Xfce editions. Here's what's new! The post Solus 4.6 “Convergence” Released with Mesa 24.2, Experimental Software Center...
2024-10-15 11:40
Initial Benchmarks Of The AMD AOCC 5.0 Compiler On 5th Gen EPYC
Last week when launching the AMD EPYC 9005 "Turin" processors, on the same day AOCC 5.0 was quietly released as the newest version of AMD's Zen-focused compiler derived from LLVM/Clang. With not only adding AMD Zen 5 "znver5" support but also additiona...
2024-10-15 11:00
Ubuntu 24.10 Developer Preview Released For Snapdragon X1 Elite Laptops
Following last week's release of Ubuntu 24.10, today Canonical announced a developer preview of an Ubuntu 24.10 Linux build targeting Qualcomm Snapdragon X1 Elite laptops...
2024-10-15 09:42
How to manage generative AI programs – governance, education, regulation
Generative artificial intelligence has grown extremely rapidly, attracting investment and sparking developer interest and creativity. Companies see generative AI as a route to building innovative services and revolutionizing their industries. However,...
2024-10-15 09:00
At the mercy of social media
I like Instagram as much as the next guy. I check in daily on my carefully curated feed of folks I follow and then work hard not to doomscroll the day away. One of my favorite follows is an adorable Corgi (aren’t they all adorable?) named Parsnip. ...
2024-10-15 09:00
Why are we still confused about cloud security?
A report by cloud security company Tenable discovered that 74% of companies surveyed had exposed storage or other misconfigurations. This is a dangerous open door to cybercriminals. Overall, cloud security is getting worse. The availability and qualit...
2024-10-15 09:00
LLVM's Modern "Flang-New" Fortran Compiler Renamed To "Flang"
LLVM's modern Fortran compiler "flang-new" has now been renamed to "flang" for next year's LLVM 20 update...
2024-10-15 08:52
Solus 4.6 Released With Continued Merged Usr Migration, Experimental Software Centers
Solus 4.6 is out as the newest version of this popular desktop Linux distribution that is known for its default Budgie desktop while also shipping with other desktop options...
2024-10-15 07:02
Intel oneDNN 3.6 Improves Performance For Granite Rapids, Initial Xe2 Optimizations
Intel engineers have released the oneAPI Deep Neural Network Library "oneDNN" version 3.6 release that serves as the building blocks for deep learning software like ONNX Runtime, OpenVINO, Apache MXNet, Apache SIGNA, and optionally by PyTorch and Tenso...
2024-10-15 06:46
Unvanquished Working On OpenGL 4.6 Renderer Support
It's been a while since we have seen anything new to report on Unvanquished as one of the few remaining and promising open-source game projects. The Unvanquished FPS/RTS game has been in development for 12 years now and built atop the Daemon engine tha...
2024-10-15 06:38
ARM64 SMT Control Patches Updated For The Linux Kernel
While ARM-based SoCs with Simultaneous Multi-Threading (SMT) aren't too common, there do exist some such as select models of the Huawei Kunpeng server SoC with SMT or there HiSilicon Kirin 9000S. As such Huawei/HiSilicon engineers have been working to ...
2024-10-15 06:25
LibreSSL 4.0 Released With EmScripten Support, Fixes Windows Support Past Y2038
The OpenBSD project has released LibreSSL 4.0 as the newest version of this open-source TLS implementation that was forked from OpenSSL a decade ago...
2024-10-15 06:06
WordPress 6.7 Beta 3
WordPress 6.7 Beta 3 is now ready for testing! This beta version of the WordPress software is under development. Please do not install, run, or test this version of WordPress on production or mission-critical websites. Instead, it is recommended you ev...
2024-10-15 00:30
OpenZFS 2.3-rc2 Brings CPU Pinning & Optimized Kernel Same-Page Merging
OpenZFS 2.3-rc1 released last week with RAIDZ expansion, fast deduplication, and direct IO support among other changes for this ZFS file-system implementation for use on Linux and FreeBSD systems. OpenZFS 2.3-rc2 is out today with a few more interestin...
2024-10-14 20:11
A new Chrome partnership to support underrepresented creatives
Chrome is partnering with Adobe and ADCOLOR to expand access to the best creative tools on the web.
2024-10-14 16:00
20 years of partnership: how our partners help us take Ubuntu across industries, markets and devices
When Ubuntu launched in 2004, one of our goals was to encourage adoption by the Linux community and establish Ubuntu as a reliable and user-friendly distro. Our first partner was the Debian and Linux community, partners that remain with us to this day....
2024-10-14 15:48
Open source package entry points could be used for command jacking
Open source application packages, including those in Python and JavaScript, have a vulnerability in their entry points that could be used by threat actors to execute malicious code to steal data, plant malware, and more. This warning to developers and...
2024-10-14 15:48
It’s Halloween — pick your spooky Firefox disguise
Halloween is creeping up on us, and this year, Firefox is getting into the spirit with a spooky twist: Our iconic fox has transformed into a lineup of eerie disguises. The real magic, of course, is that Firefox helps keep your online identity safe all ...
2024-10-14 13:00
Community Plans Tech Summit
The openSUSE community is preparing for the Early Adopter Tech Summit on March 14 and 15, 2025, in Orlando, Florida. This event will take place at Loews Sapphire Falls Resort at Universal Orlando Resort and will take place as SUSECON concludes. Partner...
2024-10-14 13:00