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Slackware-Based PorteuX 1.7 Launches with Linux 6.11, GNOME 47.1, and More
PorteuX 1.7 distribution is now available for download based on Slackware Linux, powered by Linux kernel 6.11, and featuring the GNOME 47.1 and KDE Plasma 6.2.1 desktop environments. Here's what's new! The post Slackware-Based PorteuX 1.7 Launches with...
2024-10-20 22:21
Linux 6.12-rc4 Released With MSI Claw A1M Controller Support, Intel & AMD Fixes
Linux 6.12-rc4 is out today as the half-way point to releasing the Linux 6.12 stable kernel around this time of the month in November...
2024-10-20 18:53
Intel’s NPU Driver for Linux is Now Available on the Snap Store
Canonical has put the official Linux Intel NPU driver on the Snap Store. The new Intel NPU Driver snap “bundles many components […] including device firmware, a user space driver and compiler, and an application to validate the user mode driver and...
2024-10-20 15:19
Intel NPU Driver for Linux is Now Available on the Snap Store
Canonical has put the official Linux Intel NPU driver on the Snap Store. The new Intel NPU Driver snap “bundles many components […] including device firmware, a user space driver and compiler, and an application to validate the user mode driver and...
2024-10-20 15:19
Intel Posts Patch For Fixing/Boosting Lunar Lake Linux Performance On ASUS Laptops
Since purchasing an Intel Core Ultra Series 2 "Lunar Lake" laptop for Linux testing last month, the performance has been coming in below expectations. Among the tests were finding Xe2 graphics on Lunar Lake performing slower that under Windows 11 and i...
2024-10-20 09:18
Concerns Raised Over Bitwarden Moving Further Away From Open-Source
Several Phoronix readers have written in this Sunday over concerns of Bitwarden further moving away from open-source. Bitwarden is a password management service that leverages an encrypted vault and supports multiple clients/platforms. Bitwarden operat...
2024-10-20 08:54
ReiserFS File-System Expected To Be Removed With Linux 6.13
With ReiserFS having been deprecated for two years with plans to remove it in 2025, the upcoming Linux 6.13 cycle for what will be the first major kernel release of the new year and past the Linux 6.12 LTS kernel is expected to do just that... ReiserFS...
2024-10-20 06:53
Lightweight Guard Pages For Linux Showing 5x Speed-Up For Memory Mapping Invocations
Patches posted this week by Oracle's Lorenzo Stoakes are the latest attempt at lightweight guard pages for the Linux kernel...
2024-10-20 06:38
Audio Firmware Upstreamed For Qualcomm Snapdragon X1 On Linux
Qualcomm has upstreamed the audio firmware for the Qualcomm Snapdragon X1 "X1E80100" series laptop SoCs to linux-firmware.git...
2024-10-20 06:30
"100% Free" GNU Boot Discovers Again They Have Been Shipping Non-Free Code
GNU Boot is a "100% free software project aimed at replacing the non-free boot software" and is a downstream of Coreboot, GRUB, and SeaBIOS. While priding itself on being "100% free", last December they had to drop some motherboard support and CPU code...
2024-10-19 15:11
GNOME Making Progress On Full-Featured USB Portal For Flatpaks
Thanks to funding from the Sovereign Tech Fund, GNOME developers have been working on greater USB permissions/controls for Flatpak-based Linux applications...
2024-10-19 09:55
Chromium’s influence on Chromium alternatives
I don’t think most people realize how Firefox and Safari depend on Google for more than “just” revenue from default search engine deals and prototyping new web platform features. Off the top of my head, Safari and Firefox use the following Chromi...
2024-10-19 07:53
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Wine-Staging 9.20 Fixes An 11 Year Old Wine Bug Report
Building off yesterday's release of Wine 9.20, Wine-Staging 9.20 is now available for this experimental blend of Wine featuring 357 extra patches currently atop the upstream codebase for various testing/experimental features and functionality...
2024-10-19 07:30
Linux Might Drop Fieldbus Support For Industrial Systems With No One Maintaining It
Merged back in 2019 was the Fieldbus system for connecting different systems/components/instruments within industrial environments. Five years later the code isn't being well maintained and looks like it will be on its way out the door if no one steps ...
2024-10-19 06:39
Linux 6.12-rc4 Adding Controller Support For The MSI Claw A1M & 8BitDo Ultimate 2C
Sent out overnight were a few input subsystem patches ahead of the Linux 6.12-rc4 kernel release tomorrow. Notable from this pull is adding input support for the MSI Claw A1M gaming handheld as well as the 8BitDo Ultimate 2C Wireless gaming controller...
2024-10-19 06:29
KDE Developers Wrapping Up Fallout From Plasma 6.2, Spinning More Plasma 6.3 Features
KDE developers are wrapping up addressing initial fallout/regressions from the recent Plasma 6.2 desktop release as well as pushing ahead with more feature work for Plasma 6.3...
2024-10-19 06:20
Expanding Our Code of Conduct to Protect Private Conversations
At the heart of our community is our shared pledge to create a space that is harassment-free, welcoming, and inclusive for all. Our Community Code of Conduct already outlines a clear set of expectations, while also providing examples of unacceptable ac...
2024-10-19 00:51
Google’s ad-blocking crackdown underway
Google has gotten a bad reputation as of late for being a bit overzealous when it comes to fighting ad blockers. Most recently, it’s been spotted automatically turning off popular ad blocking extension uBlock Origin for some Google Chrome users. ...
2024-10-18 22:46
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WordPress Thanks Salesforce
In the midst of our legal battles with Silver Lake and WP Engine, I wanted to take a moment to highlight something positive. Because of my friendships with the co-founders of Slack, Stewart Butterfield and Cal Henderson, WordPress.org has had a free ve...
2024-10-18 20:17
Qualcomm cancels its mini PC with the Snapdragon X Elite processor
Something odd happened to Qualcomm’s Snapdragon Dev Kit, an $899 mini PC powered by Windows 11 and the company’s latest Snapdragon X Elite processor. Qualcomm decided to abruptly discontinue the product, refund all orders (including for those wit...
2024-10-18 18:04
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