The Ubuntu 25.04 feature freeze is now in effect as Canonical and the Ubuntu Linux developer community work toward releasing the “Plucky Puffin” in April…
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Chromium Ozone Support For Wayland Continues Progressing In 2025
Google engineers themselves haven’t been energetically pursuing Wayland support within the Ozone abstraction layer for the Chrome/Chromium web browser but thankfully the consulting firm Igalia continues pushing this native Wayland support along. Nick Yamane with Igalia has out a new blog post covering the remaining items being addressed…
multiClock – track the time around the world
multiClock is software that lets you track the current time in major financial centres around the globe. It’s free and open source software.
FLOSS Weekly Episode 821: Rocky Linux
This week, Jonathan Bennett talks Rocky Linux with Gregory Kurtzer and Krista Burdine! Where did the project come from, and what’s the connection with CIQ and RESF? Listen to find out!
Ubuntu 24.04.2 LTS Is Now Available for Download Powered by Linux Kernel 6.11
After a week’s delay, Ubuntu 24.04.2 LTS was published today by Canonical for all official flavors as the second point release to the long-term supported Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat) operating system series.
SpacemiT X60 RISC V Processor Enables AI and High Speed Storage in Bit Brick K1 Embedded Board
The Bit-Brick K1 is a single-board computer designed for industrial and edge computing applications. It features the SpacemiT Key Stone K1, an ultra-low-power octa-core RISC-V system-on-chip with SpacemiT Daoyi AI acceleration. Built on the RISC-V 64GCVB architecture and RVA22 standard, the processor delivers 2.0TOPS of AI computing power using customized RISC-V instructions optimized for TensorFlow Lite, TensorFlow, and ONNX Runtime.
Greg Kroah-Hartman Supports Rust Integration Into Linux Kernel
Greg Kroah-Hartman, a major Linux kernel developer, supports the integration of Rust into the Linux kernel, especially for new code and drivers.
T-Mobile turns to Red Hat for telco cloud across core and ‘far edge’
T-Mobile will power its common telco cloud across core and far edge business with Red Hat OpenShift Platform Plus. The vendor says this will give T-Mobile a flexible, scalable platform that will streamline operations, extend automation, reduce costs and speed time-to-market for new applications and services.
How to run DeepSeek AI locally to protect your privacy – 2 easy ways
If you’re curious about DeepSeek but reluctant to try it because of privacy issues, this is the solution for you.
Linus Torvalds Clearly Lays Out Linux Maintainer Roles – Or Not – Around Rust Code
The Linux kernel mailing list drama around the Rust programming language use within the kernel continues… Linus Torvalds has largely refrained from the ongoing LKML discussions around a Rust policy for the Linux kernel and in-fighting between kernel developers and maintainers with differing views over Rust. This evening though Linus Torvalds did decide to chime in on the conversation…
Power Profiles Daemon 0.30 Preps Support for Linux 6.14
A new version of the Power Profiles Daemon (PPD) was uploaded to the Plucky archives today, and should soon make its way out to Ubuntu 25.04 daily builds —but what’s changed?
Rust Integration in Linux Kernel Faces Challenges but Shows Progress
The ongoing effort to integrate Rust into the Linux kernel has seen setbacks and advancements in recent weeks.
Postfix 3.10 MTA Arrives with OpenSSL 3.5 Support
Postfix 3.10 MTA is out with key updates include OpenSSL 3.5 support, TLSRPT protocol, enhanced logging, and privacy improvements.
Whatever Happened to Ubuntu TV? Where Linux Smart TVs Are Now
Many of us have dreamed of running Linux on all the things, including our TVs. A decade ago, Ubuntu TV promised to make this a reality. What happened, and are would-be Linux TV viewers out of luck?
(Updated) SolidRun HummingBoard i.MX8M IIOT SBC with NVMe, RS232, RS485, and LTE Support
SolidRun has launched a single-board computer tailored for Industrial Internet of Things and Human-Machine Interface applications, built around the i.MX8M Plus System-on-Module from NXP. Its carrier board includes features like RS232, RS485, dual CAN-FD, and dual 1Gb Ethernet and more.
KDE Plasma 6.3 released – and 6.3.1 is already here
A year on from the big overhaul of Plasma 6, more functionality appears. KDE Plasma 6.3 is here, closely followed by a point release, alongside new versions of the KDE Frameworks and KDE Gear apps collection.
Mesa’s Zink Driver Enables cl_khr_gl_sharing, Working On DaVinci Resolve Support
Mesa’s generic Zink OpenGL-on-Vulkan driver has landed support for cl_khr_gl_sharing, the extension that allows using OpenGL buffer / texture / render-buffer objects as OpenCL memory objects for better interoperability between the OpenGL and OpenCL APIs. This is important as in turn it is needed for the Zink driver to be used with the popular DaVinci Resolve video editor application…
Kunai: Open-source threat hunting tool for Linux
Kunai is an open-source tool that provides deep and precise event monitoring for Linux environments.
Open Source AI: Risks & Mitigation Strategies for Security Admins
Taking advantage of open-source AI’s benefits while mitigating potential associated risks is an ongoing struggle and balancing act for security admins. While leaders such as Hugging Face CEO Clem Delangue highlight open-source AI’s ethical transparency and sustainability, other experts, including Geoffrey Hinton, caution against its misuse by bad actors.
Rust 1.85 Release Stabilizes Rust 2024 Edition
Rust 1.85 is out today and it is also the release that stabilizes the Rust 2024 Edition…