Usage barely measurable so ax will swing on compression dinosaur. The Theora video compression codec is finally being put out to pasture as Google pulls it from Chrome and Mozilla mulls the same for Firefox.…

Source: LXer – Theora video codec to be coded out from Chrome and Firefox

The Google Project Zero blog celebrates
the launch of the Pixel 8 handset, the first to make use of Arm’s
Memory Tagging Extension (MTE). Linux has supported MTE since the 5.10 release in 2020,
but that support has only now shown up (in experimental form) in an
available handset.

I think this is a huge improvement for the general security of the
device – many zero-click attack surfaces involve large amounts of
unsafe C/C++ code, whether that’s WebRTC for calling, or one of the
many media or image file parsing libraries. MTE is not a silver
bullet for memory safety – but the release of the first production
device with the ability to run almost all user-mode applications
with synchronous-MTE is a huge step forward, and something that’s
worth celebrating!

The article includes detailed instructions for how to turn the MTE feature
on.

Source: LWN.net – First handset with MTE on the market (Project Zero)

There’s a good chance that when Fedora 40 is released in April, that it will become the first major Linux distro to be released without X.

The post Will Fedora 40 Drop X and Totally Embrace Wayland? appeared first on FOSS Force.

Source: FOSS Force – Will Fedora 40 Drop X and Totally Embrace Wayland?

LibreOffice 7.5.8 is here one and a half months after LibreOffice 7.5.7, which was an emergency, unscheduled update that addressed a security vulnerability in the WebP codec. LibreOffice 7.5.8 contains a total of 21 bug fixes to make the LibreOffice 7.5 series more stable and reliable.

The post LibreOffice 7.5.8 Is Here as the Last Update in the Series, Upgrade to LibreOffice 7.6 Now appeared first on Linux Today.

Source: Linux Today – LibreOffice 7.5.8 Is Here as the Last Update in the Series, Upgrade to LibreOffice 7.6 Now

Redmine is a free and open-source project management and issue-tracking tool. Follow this step-by-step guide to install the Redmine project management and issue-tracking tool on Debian 12 Server. By following this, you will install Redmine with MariaDB as the database server and Apache2 as the web server.

Source: LXer – How to Install Redmine with Apache and Let’s Encrypt SSL on Debian 12

The Open Enterprise Linux Association, a
joint venture founded by CIQ, Oracle, and SUSE, has announced
its first code release.

OpenELA is excited to announce that the source code for all
packages necessary for anyone to build a derivative Enterprise
Linux operating system is now available. The initial focus is on
EL8 and EL9, and packages for EL7 are forthcoming. The project is
committed to ensuring the continued availability of EL sources to
the community indefinitely.

The organization has also announced a technical
steering committee made up of “highly experienced individuals from
the founding companies“.

Source: LWN.net – OpenELA’s first code drop

Audacity 3.4 open-source, free, and cross-platform audio editor software has been released today as a major update that introduces several new features and many improvements.

Source: LXer – Audacity 3.4 Released with Music Workflows, New Exporter, and More

As of this writing, 9,842 non-merge changesets have found their way into
the mainline repository since the 6.7 merge window opened. Nearly a third
of those consist of the entire bcachefs development history but, even
discounting that, there has been a lot of material landing for the next
release. Read on for a summary of the most interesting changes pulled so
far in this development cycle.

Source: LWN.net – [$] The first half of the 6.7 merge window

Bright future for Enterprise Linux with OpenELA’s RHEL-compatible sources for packages now available. More is on the way.

The post New Horizons for EL: OpenELA Publishes Package Sources appeared first on Linux Today.

Source: Linux Today – New Horizons for EL: OpenELA Publishes Package Sources

Learn how to assign a new IP address to a Linux system remotely with nmcli via SSH. Also make use of our handy Bash script to modify the remote Linux system’s IP easily.

Source: LXer – How To Assign IP Address To Remote Linux Systems Via SSH

Coming more than six months after Audacity 3.3, the Audacity 3.4 release is here to introduce three new features, starting with music workflows, allowing you to switch between hh:mm:ss time and Beats & Measures, as well as to time-stretch clips to align them to a song’s tempo.

The post Audacity 3.4 Released with Music Workflows, New Exporter & More appeared first on Linux Today.

Source: Linux Today – Audacity 3.4 Released with Music Workflows, New Exporter & More

LiteSpeed Web Server (LSWS) comes equipped with features that directly correspond with Apache’s popular functionalities, such as its Rewrite Engine and ModSecurity. LSWS can even load Apache’s configuration files seamlessly. Regarded as a drop-in replacement, LiteSpeed can integrate fully with control panels written for Apache, including, but not limited to, cPanel, Plesk, and DirectAdmin.

Source: LXer – Understanding LiteSpeed: A Comparison with Apache and Nginx

The new version of Linux is here. The odds are that it will become the next long-term support version of Linux, so it deserves your attention.

Source: LXer – Heavy metal Linux 6.6 has arrived