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LoongArch KVM To Speed-Up ARM/x86 Binary Translation
The LoongArch changes for the Kernel-based Virtual Machine (KVM) have been submitted ahead of the Linux 6.12 merge window opening. For enhancing KVM virtualization on these Chinese CPUs is enabling Loongson Binary Translation (LBT) for accelerating ARM...
2024-09-13 06:39
Chrome Adds Support For FreeDesktop Secret Service & Better Wayland Window Dragging
The Google Chrome/Chromium web browser merged two notable features yesterday for Linux users...
2024-09-13 06:29
Samba Secures A Big Investment From Germany's Sovereign Tech Fund
Germany's Sovereign Tech Fund is set to make a €688,800 investment into the Samba open-source project that re-implements the SMB networking protocol and focused on better file and print service interoperability with Microsoft Windows systems...
2024-09-13 06:10
What’s in the cards for MariaDB?
K1 Investment Management, the new owner of MariaDB, sent a strong hint about what its future plans for the company may entail with the appointment of Rohit de Souza as the organization’s new CEO. While he now has the challenge of overseeing product ...
2024-09-13 02:30
JFrog Platform adds runtime security for containers
With the introduction of JFrog Runtime, JFrog has added a component to its software supply chain security and devsecops platform to help users secure container-based applications in production. Introduced September 10, JFrog Runtime integrates with JF...
2024-09-13 00:20
Microsoft moves .NET 9 to release candidate stage
Microsoft’s .NET 9 software development framework has reached the release candidate stage with featured enhancements to the WebSocket APIs. Additionally, the .NET MAUI Visual Studio Code extension has an added capability to horizontally align text. ...
2024-09-12 22:09
Ubuntu 22.04.5 LTS Released with Linux Kernel 6.8
The fifth and final point release to Ubuntu 22.04 LTS is now available to download. This update was due to be released a couple of weeks ago but was delayed by a delay in getting Ubuntu 24.04.1 LTS out the door – something had to give, so the rel...
2024-09-12 19:41
Ubuntu 22.04.5 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish) Is Now Available Powered by Linux Kernel 6.8
Ubuntu 22.04.5 LTS is now avaialble for download as the fifth and last point release to the Ubuntu 22.04 LTS operating system series, powered by Linux kernel 6.8 from Ubuntu 24.04 LTS. The post Ubuntu 22.04.5 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish) Is Now Available Powe...
2024-09-12 18:49
Tiling Shell Adds Option to Show Border Around Focused Window
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2024-09-12 18:36
Ardour 8.7 DAW Released with Track Dragging, Combined Rulers, MIDI Scene Markers
Ardour 8.7 open-source digital audio workstation (DAW) is now available for download with track dragging, combined rulers, MIDI Scene markers, parallel disk I/O, and more. The post Ardour 8.7 DAW Released with Track Dragging, Combined Rulers, MIDI Scen...
2024-09-12 18:04
Kong API platform adds service catalog
API infrastructure platform provider Kong has updated its Kong Konnect API platform with the Konnect Service Catalog, a de facto system of record that enables greater visibility and stronger management of all APIs in a company’s IT infrastructure, t...
2024-09-12 17:00
New safety features in Chrome for more protection
Updates include improved Safety Check, an easier way to opt out of website notifications and the option to grant one-time website permissions.
2024-09-12 16:00
Fedora 42 On 64-bit ARM Might Make It Seamless To Run x86/x86_64 Programs
As one of the early feature proposals for Fedora 42, there is a proposal being considered to make for a nice out-of-the-box experience running x86/x86_64 game/application binaries atop Fedora 42 AArch64 hosts...
2024-09-12 16:00
AMD Publishes GC 11.5.2 Firmware For Upcoming RDNA3.5 Hardware
AMD today committed their GC 11.5.2 firmware to the upstream linux-firmware.git for the necessary firmware binary blobs needed for hardware initialization by their open-source AMDGPU kernel graphics driver with this newer RDNA3.5 variant...
2024-09-12 14:36
Fedora 42 Will Try Again To Use The New Anaconda Installer's Web UI
With Fedora 41 working its way to release toward the end of October, some early feature/change proposals for Fedora 42 are being filed for what will be the Fedora Linux release out next spring...
2024-09-12 14:15
KDE Plasma Wayland Protocols 1.14 Brings New Capabilities
Plasma Wayland Protocols 1.14 is out today for providing the set of Wayland protocol XML files for currently non-standard protocols that are relied upon by the Plasma desktop with KWin compositor...
2024-09-12 13:42
KDE Plasma 6.2 Is Now Available for Public Beta Testing, Here’s What’s New
KDE Plasma 6.2 desktop environment is now availabe for public beta testing with many new features and improvements. Here's what to expect in the final release! The post KDE Plasma 6.2 Is Now Available for Public Beta Testing, Here’s What’s ...
2024-09-12 13:34
LibreOffice 24.8.1 Office Suite Is Now Available for Download with 89 Bug Fixes
LibreOffice 24.8.1 is now available for download as the first point release to the latest LibreOffice 24.8 office suite with 89 bug fixes. The post LibreOffice 24.8.1 Office Suite Is Now Available for Download with 89 Bug Fixes appeared first on 9to5Li...
2024-09-12 12:43