Latest kernel includes 14,612 changesets, Penguinistas been busyOver the holiday weekend, Linus Torvalds released the latest Linux kernel – signalling the end of the line for 486-class chips.…

Rusticl as Mesa’s Rust-based OpenCL driver implementation for Gallium3D drivers is ending the month of May on a high note… Merged this week was support for the Intel Subgroups OpenCL extension (cl_intel_subgroups) and before getting to that on my TODO list, an even bigger item was merged: Shared Virtual Memory (SVM) support…

Authselect is a utility tool that manages PAM configurations using profiles. Starting with Fedora 36, Authselect became a hard requirement for configuring PAM. In this article, you will learn how to configure PAM using Authselect. Introduction. Unauthorized access is a critical risk factor in computer security. Cybercriminals engage in data theft, cyber-jacking, crypto-jacking, phishing, and […]

After 25 years, 329 issues, and thousands of pages, Linux Format, a leading UK magazine dedicated to Linux and open-source software, ends its journey.

MYIR has introduced the MYC-LMX91, a compact SoM powered by NXP’s energy-efficient i.MX 91 processor. Designed for smart devices, the module targets applications such as industrial gateways, EV chargers, smart home systems, medical platforms, and building automation. The MYC-LMX91 is built around the 1.4 GHz Arm Cortex-A55-based i.MX 91 (MIMX9131CVVXJAA) and comes equipped with 1GB […]

Oracle engineers have released the first public beta of the upcoming VirtualBox 7.2 virtualization software release for Windows, Linux, macOS, and Solaris systems…

The hearty set of Direct Rendering Manager (DRM) kernel graphics/display driver changes were merged today for the in-development Linux 6.16 kernel. Most notable is preliminary NVIDIA Blackwell and Hopper GPU support atop the mainline kernel with an open-source driver but there are also big ticket items added for the AMD Radeon/Instinct and Intel graphics drivers too as well as the other smaller drivers…

Archinstall 3.0.7 has been released today as the latest stable version of Arch Linux’s menu-based installer adding a couple of new features and fixing various bugs and other issues.

The initial release candidate of Git 2.50 is now available for this widely-used, distributed version control system…

AlmaLinux “Purple Lion” is here—fully RHEL 10 compatible with added support for frame pointers, x86-64-v2, Secure Boot, SPICE, and more.

For anyone still happening to have only one CPU core in their system and running a uni-processor “UP” kernel build without any simultaneous multi-processing (SMP) support enabled, a big patch series posted today for the Linux kernel may affect you…

The GNU C Library
(glibc) is the core C library for most Linux distributions, so it is a
crucial part of the open-source ecosystem—and an attractive
target for any attackers looking to carry out supply-chain
attacks. With that being the case, securing the project’s
infrastructure using industry best practices and improving the
security of its development practices are a frequent topic among glibc
developers. A recent discussion suggests that improvements are not
happening as quickly as some would like.

Eric Engestrom just released Mesa 25.0.7 as the newest bi-weekly point release to the Mesa 25.0 series that is also the end of the road for that Q1’2025 release branch…

While the “core/entry” changes for the Linux kernel merge window aren’t typically too exciting to write about, there is a new optimization for all CPU architectures worth mentioning for the Linux 6.16 cycle…

Money gets spent censoring/deplatforming people who speak about real issues; no money gets spent actually tackling those underlying issues, as they might result in criminal liability and bad press. This censorious mindset goes against the fundamentals of Free software, but some people have plenty to hide.

The increasing sophistication of attackers has organizations
realizing that perimeter-based security models are inadequate. Many
are planning to transition their internal networks to a zero-trust
architecture. This requires every communication on the network to
be encrypted, authenticated, and authorized. This can be achieved in
applications and services by using modern communication
protocols. However, the world still depends on Domain Name System
(DNS) services where encryption, while possible, is far from being the
industry standard. To address this we, as part of a working group at
Red Hat, worked on fully integrating encrypted DNS for Linux
systems—not only while the system is running but also during the
installation and boot process, including support for a custom
certificate chain in the initial ramdisk. This integration is now
available in CentOS Stream 9, 10, and the upcoming
Fedora 43 release.

Several weeks into testing the AMD Ryzen AI MAX+ PRO 395 flagship “Strix Halo” SoC within the HP ZBook Ultra G1a, I continue to be very impressed with its performance capabilities for a wide range of workloads. While the Radeon 8060S integrated graphics easily turn heads and the 16-core / 32-thread Zen 5 cores deliver incredible performance in a laptop form factor, one feature not to be discounted that together really helps make this laptop/SFF SoC an excellent choice for AI use and other scientific computing purposes is the presence of AVX-512. While Intel’s current laptop and desktop processors lack AVX-512, Zen 5’s efficient AVX-512 implementation does wonders for the Strix Halo performance and power efficiency. Today’s article is exploring the performance and power efficiency benefits of AVX-512 usage on the AMD Ryzen AI MAX+ PRO SoC.

When it comes to protecting your Linux system from unwanted network connections, having a good firewall is essential. While most Linux users rely on traditional firewalls like iptables, firewalls, or ufw, these usually work at the network level and don’t give detailed control over which applications can connect to the internet.

This is where OpenSnitch comes in, a GNU/Linux application firewall designed to give you control over your outgoing connections on a per-application basis.

In this article, we will explore what OpenSnitch is, how it helps secure your Linux machine, and guide you through simple installation and usage steps.

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KDE Plasma 6.4 has entered its beta testing phase. The beta version ships with a lot of new features and improvements. This step-by-step tutorial will show you how to install KDE Plasma 6.4 Beta on Fedora 42.

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PipeWire 1.4.3 multimedia framework is out with netjack2 fixes, improved UMP sysex handling, better MIDI support, and more.

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