A set of merge requests were opened that would effectively drop X.Org (X11) session support for the GNOME desktop and once that code is removed making it a Wayland-only desktop environment…
Source: Phoronix – GNOME Merge Requests Opened That Would Drop X.Org Session Support
Category Archives: Linux
Intel APX Code Begins Landing Within The GCC Compiler
In addition to Intel’s compiler engineers pushing a lot of code into GCC — and other open-source compiler components — around AVX10, over the weekend code began hitting the GCC 14 Git codebase for the Advanced Performance Extensions (APX) functionality…
Source: Phoronix – Intel APX Code Begins Landing Within The GCC Compiler
Hangover 8.17 Released With Updated Box64 & FEX Integration
Hangover 8.17 was released this weekend as the newest feature release for this open-source Wine-based software that aims to make it easy to run Windows x86/x64 binaries on 64-bit Arm Linux systems as well as potentially other architectures too like RISC-V and POWER…
Source: Phoronix – Hangover 8.17 Released With Updated Box64 & FEX Integration
Libva 2.20 Released For Video Acceleration API
Libva 2.20 was released today as the newest update to this common Video Acceleration API (VA-API) library that sits in front of the various hardware-specific VA-API driver implementations…
Source: Phoronix – Libva 2.20 Released For Video Acceleration API
VLC 3.0.19 Improves AV1 HDR Support with Software Decoding, Fixes Linux Issues
The popular VLC Media Player open-source media player software has been updated to version 3.0.19, a release that comes almost a year after VLC 3.0.18 with numerous improvements and bug fixes.
Source: LXer – VLC 3.0.19 Improves AV1 HDR Support with Software Decoding, Fixes Linux Issues
How to Install Jellyfin Media Server with Docker
Follow our step-by-step guide to installing Jellyfin Media Server using Docker Compose. Enjoy a free, open-source streaming solution today!
Source: LXer – How to Install Jellyfin Media Server with Docker
Debian 12.2 “Bookworm” Released with 117 Bug Fixes and 52 Security Updates
The Debian Project announced today the release and general availability of Debian 12.2 as the second ISO update to the latest Debian GNU/Linux 12 “Bookworm” operating system series.
Source: LXer – Debian 12.2 “Bookworm” Released with 117 Bug Fixes and 52 Security Updates
Linux 6.6-rc5 Released: "Things Are Back To Normal"
As we approach the Linux 6.6 stable release in a few weeks, Linus Torvalds today released Linux 6.6-rc5 with everything looking “normal” for this week’s test release…
Source: Phoronix – Linux 6.6-rc5 Released: “Things Are Back To Normal”
Kernel prepatch 6.6-rc5
Linus has released 6.6-rc5 for testing.
“Things are back to normal, and we have a networking pull this
“
week.
Source: LWN.net – Kernel prepatch 6.6-rc5
How to Install TIG Stack on Rocky Linux
In this guide, we will demonstrate how to install the TIG (Telegraf, InfluxDB and Grafana) Stack on a Rocky Linux system.
The post How to Install TIG Stack on Rocky Linux appeared first on Linux Today.
Source: Linux Today – How to Install TIG Stack on Rocky Linux
Red Hat Shuts Down Another Service, Layoffs at Brave Browser, and More…
Also included in this week’s FOSS Week in Review: OpenPubkey goes to Linux Foundation, adding vector support to MySQL for AI, and the results of last week’s rolling release poll.
Source: LXer – Red Hat Shuts Down Another Service, Layoffs at Brave Browser, and More…
PreSonus Studio One 6.5 Music Production Software Adds Wayland-Only Linux Support
At the end of September PreSonus Audio Electronics announced Studio One 6.5 as the latest version of their premium Studio One music production software / digital audio workstation (DAW). While for years Linux has had options like Ardour, Stargate, REAPER and Zrythm, for the first time the commercial Studio One has seen native Linux support…
Source: Phoronix – PreSonus Studio One 6.5 Music Production Software Adds Wayland-Only Linux Support
Incus 0.1 Released As Linux Containers' Fork Of LXD
Back in August Linux Containers forked the LXD project as Incus following Canonical’s decision to take in control of LXD. Released this weekend was the first formal release for the Incus software…
Source: Phoronix – Incus 0.1 Released As Linux Containers’ Fork Of LXD
AMD Versal EDAC Driver Set For Introduction In Linux 6.7
The upcoming Linux 6.7 merge window is set to include a new AMD driver for supporting error detection and correct (EDAC) for their Versal SoCs…
Source: Phoronix – AMD Versal EDAC Driver Set For Introduction In Linux 6.7
Polychromatic 0.8.2 Released For Managing Razer Peripherals On Linux
Polychromatic continues evolving as the open-source management software for Razer peripherals on Linux that makes use of the independently-developed OpenRazer kernel drivers for improving the customization experience around Razer mice, keyboards, and other devices on Linux…
Source: Phoronix – Polychromatic 0.8.2 Released For Managing Razer Peripherals On Linux
Debian 12.2 Released With Various Security Fixes, AMD Inception Microcode
Following the release of Debian 12.1 in July, Debian 12.2 was released this weekend to incorporate all of the latest security fixes and other stable back-ports for Debian 12 Bookworm…
Source: Phoronix – Debian 12.2 Released With Various Security Fixes, AMD Inception Microcode
How to install and configure Fail2ban on Linux
Fail2ban is a free and open source software we can use to mitigate brute force and DoS/DDoS attacks: it scans log files for multiple failed authentication attempts and bans related IP addresses by creating ad-hoc firewall rules. In this tutorial, we see how to install and configure fail2ban on Linux, and we learn the basic concepts behind its usage.
Source: LXer – How to install and configure Fail2ban on Linux
Patch now: This serious Linux vulnerability affects nearly all distributions
Qualys has discovered a nasty security hole, dubbed [he]#039[/he]Looney Tunables[he]#039[/he], in the glibc C library. This means almost all Linux distributions have a bad security problem.
Source: LXer – Patch now: This serious Linux vulnerability affects nearly all distributions
Cruising With Red Hat at All Things Open 2016
Between now and the opening of All Things Open 2023 on October 15, which will begin the conference’s second decade, FOSS Force is each day taking a look at an individual year in ATO’s history. In today’s article we’re looking at All Things Open 2016, which was the conference’s fourth outing.
The post Cruising With Red Hat at All Things Open 2016 appeared first on FOSS Force.
Source: FOSS Force – Cruising With Red Hat at All Things Open 2016
How to Install Wike on Ubuntu 22.04
Guide to install Wike Wikipedia Reader on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS Jammy Jellyfish via three methods: APT, Snap or Flatpak.
Source: LXer – How to Install Wike on Ubuntu 22.04