Open Source

Fedora Linux Grappling With New vs. Old Intel Hardware Support For Compute Stack
Fedora is among the Linux distributions that package up the Intel Compute Runtime stack to make it easy to run OpenCL and oneAPI Level Zero workloads on Intel graphics hardware via the distribution package manager and without having to jump through any...
2024-12-16 20:45
Linux Mastodon App Tuba Adds Post Scheduling, Drafts + More
A new version of Tuba, the open-source Mastodon client for Linux desktops, is out – and it’s a whopper! Tuba 0.9.0 delivers a wide array of new features, enhancements, and general finesse touching nearly every aspect of the client’s top-tier Fedi...
2024-12-16 20:36
Hyprland 0.46 Wayland Compositor Brings Several New Features
Hyprland 0.46 is out today as the newest update to this Wayland compositor that is packing in many new features ahead of the holidays...
2024-12-16 20:22
Decentralized AI: A Path Toward an Open and Human-Centered Future
In August, I had the pleasure of speaking on the topic of decentralized computing, the failed promise of the Internet, the emergence of autonomous AI agents, and the upcoming launch of LF Decentralized Trust. My presentation was deeply personal, inspi...
2024-12-16 17:25
Xfce 4.20 Desktop Released, This is What’s New
Christmas has arrived early for fans of the Xfce desktop environment, with the release of a major new version. Two years in development, Xfce 4.20 serves as the latest stable release of the revered lightweight desktop environment. New features, visua...
2024-12-16 15:26
Xfce 4.20 Released with New Features, Settings + More
Christmas has arrived early for fans of the Xfce desktop environment, with the release of a major new version. Two years in development, Xfce 4.20 serves as the latest stable release of the revered lightweight desktop environment. New features, visua...
2024-12-16 15:26
Xfce 4.20 Released, This is What’s New
Christmas has arrived early for fans of the Xfce desktop environment with the release of a major new version. Two years in development, Xfce 4.20 is the latest stable release of this lightweight desktop environment.  A clutch of new features, visual ...
2024-12-16 15:26
Fedora’s new Btrfs SIG should focus on making Btrfs’ features more accessible
As Michel Lind mentioned back in August, we wanted to form a Special Interest Group to further the development and adoption of Btrfs in Fedora. As of yesterday, the SIG is now formed. ↫ Neal Gompa Since I’ve been using Fedora on all my machines for...
2024-12-16 15:00
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Git 2.48-rc0 Released With git-fsck Warning Over "Curiously Formatted" Ref Contents
Git maintainer Junio Hamano today announced Git 2.48-rc0 as the first test release toward the Git 2.48 distributed version control system release...
2024-12-16 14:30
Jumbo Data Packet Transmission & RACK-TLP Coming To Linux 6.14 Network Stack
Queued up this past week within the Linux kernel's networking subsystem for the upcoming Linux 6.14 cycle is transmission handling for jumbo data packets as well as RACK-TLP support for managing packet loss and re-transmission. This is work toward supp...
2024-12-16 13:36
Slackware-Based PorteuX 1.8 Is One of the First Distros to Ship with Xfce 4.20
PorteuX 1.8 is now available for download as the first distribution to ship with the Xfce 4.20 desktop environment. Here's what else is new in this release! The post Slackware-Based PorteuX 1.8 Is One of the First Distros to Ship with Xfce 4.20 appeare...
2024-12-16 11:46
Monthly News – November 2024
Hi everyone, I hope you are enjoying the BETA so far! This release introduces new features, tools, and artwork, so we anticipate a good number of bug reports. Every single fix helps us refine and improve the final release. Your feedback during the BETA...
2024-12-16 11:30
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 Beta Performance Looks Great - Initial RHEL 9 vs. RHEL 10 Benchmarks
With Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 now in public beta this month, I have begun testing out the RHEL 10 beta on a few systems in the lab. In this first look at RHEL 10 performance is seeing how well the RHEL 10 beta is performing relative to RHEL 9.5 stab...
2024-12-16 10:45
9to5Linux Weekly Roundup: December 15th, 2024
The 9to5Linux Weekly Roundup for December 15th, 2024, brings news about Xfce 4.20, Linux Mint 22.1 beta, Raspberry Pi 500, CentOS Stream 10, QEMU 9.2, OpenMandriva Lx 24.12, GNOME 46.7, Proton 9.0-4, KDE Gear 24.12, KDE Frameworks 6.9, as well as all t...
2024-12-16 10:21
Linux 6.14 Looks To Support AMD's Zen 5 RMPREAD Instruction & Segmented RMP Mode
For further enhancing the AMD EPYC virtualization experience on Linux, the upcoming Linux 6.14 looks like it will support Zen 5's new RMPREAD instruction and segmented RMP mode as part of Secure Encrypted Virtualization Secure Nested Paging (SEV-SNP)...
2024-12-16 09:03
4 steps to streamline enterprise cloud spending
The proliferation of cloud computing has fundamentally reshaped how enterprises handle their critical workloads, transforming the cloud into a strategic tool and business enabler. Hyperscalers — cloud service providers that offer scalable, flexible ...
2024-12-16 09:00
What tech teams need to know about WebAssembly
WebAssembly, or Wasm, is an open standard that defines a portable binary-code format and corresponding text format for executable programs. Created and maintained by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), Wasm is designed to facilitate high-performance ...
2024-12-16 09:00
Weaponizing generative AI
Well, that didn’t last long. Generative AI has existed just a few short years, but already we seem to be alternating between bouts of disillusionment and euphoria. More worrying, however, is not where we are on Gartner’s Hype Cycle, but how genAI ...
2024-12-16 09:00
Write Books With the Block Editor
If you need a little push to start writing this winter, in the comfort of your familiar editor, here it is! You can now use the Block Editor to create electronic books and other documents—all completely offline. What a full circle moment for Gutenber...
2024-12-16 08:36