Foundation says it won’t compromise policy of inclusivity even if that cash would’ve really helpedThe Python Software Foundation (PSF) has walked away from a $1.5 million government grant and you can blame the Trump administration’s war on woke for effectively weakening some open source security. …

Earlier this month Intel announced Crescent Island as a Xe3P graphics card with 160GB of vRAM optimized for AI inferencing at the enterprise scale. Crescent Island isn’t expected to begin sampling until H2’2026, but already for the upcoming Linux 6.19 kernel initial Crescent Island support is being submitted for the Xe kernel graphics driver…

For those making use of Device Mapper’s DM-VERITY target for transparent integrity checking of block devices, the upcoming Linux 6.19 kernel has an enticing performance optimization en route that for some processors can lead to nearly doubling the hashing performance…

Linaro engineer Adhemerval Zanella recently sent out a set of 59 patches to allow building the GNU C Library “glibc” with the LLVM Clang compiler as an alternative to GCC…

Learn how to open and navigate Linux terminals effortlessly, including keyboard shortcuts and bonus tips for efficient command-line usage, in this comprehensive guide.

Stride 4.2.1.2485 is now available as the latest feature release for this open-source and cross-platform game engine written in C# while still having first-rate Linux support. Stride is formerly known as Xenko and offers realistic rendering and virtual reality (VR) support…

Discover the Raspberry Pi 5 Desktop Mini PC, your ultimate music player solution. Enjoy high-quality sound and endless customization for your audio experience.

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In Linux and other Unix-like operating systems, the init (initialization) process is the first process executed by the kernel at boot time, which has a process ID (PID) of 1, and is executed in the background until the system is shut down.

The init process starts all other Linux processes, that is, daemons, services, and other background processes; therefore, it is the mother of all other processes on the system.

A process can start many other child processes on the system, but if a parent process dies, init becomes the parent of the orphan process.

Over the years, many init systems have emerged in major Linux distributions, and in this guide, we shall take a look at some of the best init systems you can work with on the Linux operating system.

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For the best Linux performance, check out these fastest and most lightweight Linux distributions you can run inside a virtual machine.

Nations previously exempt from scraping now in the firing lineIf you thought living in Europe, Canada, or Hong Kong meant you were protected from having LinkedIn scrape your posts to train its AI, think again. You have a week to opt out before the Microsoft subsidiary assumes you’re fine with it.…

nEMU 3.4 arrives a year and a half after the previous release, introducing a VM preview feature, new config options, and improved QEMU integration.

Python’s governing body drops a $1.5 M U.S. grant, saying the anti-DEI clause violates its mission and community spirit.

OpenRazer 3.11 is out as the newest version of these out-of-tree but open-source and community-maintained drivers for Razer devices on Linux. Plus OpenRazer also provides a user-space daemon for controlling Razer RGB lighting and other features. Paired with the likes of the Polychromatic app, OpenRazer makes for a pleasant Razer device experience for gamers and enthusiasts under Linux…

KDE’s Nate Graham explains why KDE Linux bets on immutability for stability and simplicity, moving away from traditional package systems.

Ubuntu Unity faces manpower shortages as lead dev Rudra has no time to maintain it, sparking a public call for help.

A big focus for the FreeBSD 15.0 development was on supporting reproducible builds as has been a growing trend in the open-source ecosystem in recent years. One month out from the official FreeBSD 15.0 release, the FreeBSD project is today celebrating having crossed the milestone of being able to be built reproducibly and as well now building FreeBSD without requiring root privileges…

BPF lets users load programs into a running kernel.
Even though BPF programs are checked by the verifier to
ensure that they stay inside certain limits, some users would still like to ensure
that only approved BPF programs are loaded. KP Singh’s

patches adding that capability to the kernel were accepted
in version 6.18, but not everyone is
satisfied with his implementation. Blaise Boscaccy, who has been working to get
a version of BPF code signing with better auditability
into the kernel for some time, posted

a patch set on top of Singh’s changes that alters the loading process to
not invoke security module hooks
until the entire loading process is complete.
The discussion on the patch
set is the continuation of a

long-running disagreement over
the interface for signed BPF programs.

Big names are pushing AI browsing as the future of the web, yet open source options are rare, leaving users to either weigh features against control and privacy… or fight back.

The Python Software Foundation, earlier this year, successfully obtained a
$1.5 million grant from the US National Science Foundation “to
address structural vulnerabilities in Python and PyPI“. The actual
grant came with some strings attached though, in the form of a requirement
not to pursue diversity, equity, and inclusion programs. So the Foundation
has withdrawn
the proposal rather than agree to terms that run counter to its own
mission.

We’re disappointed to have been put in the position where we had to
make this decision, because we believe our proposed project would
offer invaluable advances to the Python and greater open source
community, protecting millions of PyPI users from attempted
supply-chain attacks. The proposed project would create new tools
for automated proactive review of all packages uploaded to PyPI,
rather than the current process of reactive-only review.

The Ubuntu Unity community flavor of Ubuntu Linux built around the Unity desktop is in a difficult position and at risk for its survival given the lack of developers involved. A call-out has been made in seeking more community developers to contribute to Ubuntu Unity…