Linux NewsWine 11.7 Begins MSXML Rework and Fixes 35 Bugs
Wine 11.7 begins MSXML reimplementation work, improves VBScript compatibility, adds 7.1 DirectSound support, and fixes 35 bugs across apps and games.
21-year-old Polish Woman Fixed a 20-year-old Linux Bug!
She wasn't hunting for bugs. She was doing something mundane when she discovered the issue and made the fix. We need more such positive stories.
AI Pushes Cal.com to Shutter Open and Go Nonfree
Cal.com blames AI-powered vulnerability hunting for its move from open source to locked-down code — and tosses a crippled ‘community’ edition to keep its cred. The post AI Pushes Cal.com to Shutter Open and Go Nonfree appeared first on FOSS Force.
Cal.com Goes Close Source Because "AI Can Easily Exploit Open Source Software"
That said, the old codebase will live on as Cal.diy under the MIT license.
[$] A more efficient implementation of Shor's algorithm
Shor's algorithm is the main practical example of an algorithm that runs more quickly on a quantum computer than a classical computer — at least in theory. Shor's algorithm allows large numbers to be factored into their component prime factors quickly. In reality, existing quantum computers do not have nearly enough memory to factor interesting numbers using Shor's algorithm, despite decades of research. A new paper provides a major step in that direction, however. While still impractical on today's quantum computers, the recent discovery cuts the amount of memory needed to attack 256-bit elliptic-curve cryptography by a factor of 20. More interesting, however, is that the researchers chose to publish a zero-knowledge proof demonstrating that they know a quantum circuit that shows these improvements, rather than publishing the actual knowledge of how to do it.
GIMP 3.2.4 Fixes Layer Fills, Text Tool Bugs, and File Import Issues
GIMP 3.2.4 image editor improves layer fills, text tool behavior, PDF export, and support for PSD, PNG, DDS, ORA, and other file formats.
[$] The 7.0 scheduler regression that wasn't
One of the more significant changes in the 7.0 kernel release is to use the lazy-preemption mode by default in the CPU scheduler. The scheduler developers have wanted to reduce the number of preemption modes for years, and lazy preemption looks like a step toward that goal. But then there came this report from Salvatore Dipietro that lazy preemption caused a 50% performance regression on a PostgreSQL benchmark. Investigation showed that the situation is not actually so grave, but the episode highlights just how sensitive some workloads can be to configuration changes; there may be surprises in store for other users as well.
Security updates for Friday
Security updates have been issued by AlmaLinux (.NET 8.0, .NET 9.0, freerdp, libarchive, and thunderbird), Debian (chromium, openssh, and thunderbird), Fedora (aurorae, bluedevil, breeze-gtk, buildah, cockpit, extra-cmake-modules, flatpak-kcm, grub2-breeze-theme, kactivitymanagerd, kcm_wacomtablet, kde-cli-tools, kde-gtk-config, kdecoration, kdeplasma-addons, kf6, kf6-attica, kf6-baloo, kf6-bluez-qt, kf6-breeze-icons, kf6-frameworkintegration, kf6-kapidox, kf6-karchive, kf6-kauth, kf6-kbookmarks, kf6-kcalendarcore, kf6-kcmutils, kf6-kcodecs, kf6-kcolorscheme, kf6-kcompletion, kf6-kconfig, kf6-kconfigwidgets, kf6-kcontacts, kf6-kcoreaddons, kf6-kcrash, kf6-kdav, kf6-kdbusaddons, kf6-kdeclarative, kf6-kded, kf6-kdesu, kf6-kdnssd, kf6-kdoctools, kf6-kfilemetadata, kf6-kglobalaccel, kf6-kguiaddons, kf6-kholidays, kf6-ki18n, kf6-kiconthemes, kf6-kidletime, kf6-kimageformats, kf6-kio, kf6-kirigami, kf6-kitemmodels, kf6-kitemviews, kf6-kjobwidgets, kf6-knewstuff, kf6-knotifications, kf6-knoti
I've used Linux for 18 years, but these 5 terminal tricks still surprise me
A few simple commands can make your Linux life much easier.
Russian Baikal CPUs Are Losing Their Place in the Linux Kernel
After sanctions, bankruptcy and removal of kernel maintainers, Baikal's unfinished kernel code is being removed.
You don’t need to dual-boot anymore, there’s a better way to try another OS
Stop dual-booting to test other OSes. There are faster, safer ways that don't risk your data or slow down your workflow.
Free Software Foundation Says OnlyOffice Cannot Use AGPL to Restrict Forks
The Free Software Foundation says OnlyOffice cannot use AGPLv3 to impose extra restrictions on forks, escalating the Euro-Office licensing dispute.
Linux promises freedom from Windows, but it demands something harder in return
Less bloat, more fumbling. While Linux offers more control than Windows, that control comes with a bigger time and energy investments.
Intel Xe2 Lunar Lake Linux Graphics Performance Up ~17% Over Past Year
Given the Ubuntu 26.04 LTS release being imminent and also realizing it's been nearly one year to the day since reviewing the Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 13 Aura Edition laptop under Linux, I ran some fresh benchmarks for seeing how the integrated Xe2 graphics have evolved on Linux over the past year.
Valve Developer Lands RADV/ACO Changes For AMD's GFX11.7 / RDNA 4m
The open-source Linux graphics driver work continues around AMD's GFX11.7 GPU target for some yet-to-be-launched APUs/SoCs and to be branded as "RDNA 4m"...
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