Linux NewsLinux 7.3 is Shaping Up to Be One of The Most Performance-Focused Kernel Releases in Years
The merge window is still open, but faster filesystems, a smarter scheduler, and real-time latency fixes are already in.
Omarchy Linux Just Got $8 Million From Tech's Biggest Names
A new nonprofit is being setup that would house all that money, and Hyprland is the first external project to benefit.
China Switching from Windows to Linux
China has ordered several government agencies to drop a Chinese-developed version of Windows 10 in favor of either KylinOS or UOS.
Vanilla OS 3 “Reunion” Released with GNOME 50 and ARM64 Support
Vanilla OS 3 “Reunion” is now available with GNOME 50, Linux kernel 7.1, ARM64 support, reproducible builds, and a new backup tool.
Vanilla OS 3 “Reunion” Released with Reproducible Builds, ARM64 Support
Vanilla OS 3 “Reunion” is now available for download based on Debian GNU/Linux and powered by Linux kernel 7.1 and featuring the latest GNOME 50 desktop environment.
Ubuntu 24.04 gets a big open-vm-tools update
A major update to open-vm-tools, a package that integrates Linux virtual machines with VMware hypervisors, is rolling out to users of Ubuntu 24.04 LTS. “Without SRUing the newer version users get issues running on more recent hypervisors”, Canonical’s Lena Voytek explained in a backport request. It’s a full backport from Ubuntu 26.04 LTS to support platform enablement to benefit those running 24.04 LTS. The open-vm-tool package goes from v12.3.5 to v3.0.10 (the same version in Ubuntu 26.04 LTS). VMware’s open-vm-tools package enables clock sync with the hypervisor host, ‘graceful’ power management for clean shutdowns, vSphere API, shared folder support, relays […]
Linux ath11k Driver Improvements For Qualcomm WiFi 6 Hardware Yields 7x Lower Latency
A patch series being worked on for the ath11k mainline wireless networking driver for Qualcomm WiFi 6 / 802.11ax chipsets is yielding 7x lower latency or 2.2x throughput at identical latency...
VMs and Containers: Rivalry or Convergence?
For years the debate was “will virtual machines be replaced by containers?” Today the answer seems to be a different one, because in the meantime the question itself has changed: does the replacement even make sense, if the two technologies ... Read more The post VMs and Containers: Rivalry or Convergence? appeared first on Linux Professional Institute (LPI).
Ardour 9.8 DAW Released with Initial Scales Support, Better Recording Recovery
Ardour 9.8 DAW is out with initial keys and scales support, improved recording recovery after crashes, clip recording enhancements, and more.
[$] How to be safe from quantum computing
Practical quantum computers have been ten years away for the last several decades. Now, however, it's beginning to look as though they will be possible in just a few years. Recent research with obfuscated results demonstrated much lower memory requirements to factor ECDSA keys on a quantum computer, with work by other researchers in the open more than halving memory use compared to the state of the art in 2023. At the same time, computer manufacturers are boasting quantum processors that retain viable superpositions over longer periods. Given how slowly software updates filter out to stable systems, it's worth looking at what configuration changes and protocol updates are needed to be safe from quantum computers now.
Wine’s Vkd3d 2.1 Improves HLSL Support and Shader Reflection
VKD3D 2.1 open-source 3D library is out with expanded HLSL support, new shader reflection capabilities, SPIR-V improvements, and more.
New AF_ALG Restrictions With Linux 7.3 Due To The Security & Maintenance Nightmare
The past few Linux kernel cycles have chipped away at AF_ALG functionality for that interface for user-space programs to access the kernel's internal cryptography API. Linux has been dropping AF_ALG features like zero-copy support and offloading. AF_ALG was quickly deprecated in Linux 7.2 while now for Linux 7.3 it's being further restricted...
Linus Torvalds Turns to AI to Track Down Intel Xe GPU Bug
A tricky Intel Xe driver bug sent Linus Torvalds through 18 kernel boots, with AI handling much of the debugging grunt work along the way.
Emacs 31.1 released
Version 31.1 of the Emacs editor has been released. There is a long list of changes including the removal of the Emacs dumper, a new user Lisp directory feature, a "Send to..." menu item in context-menu-mode, and many other changes; see the NEWS file for more information. Mickey Petersen, author of Mastering Emacs, also has a rundown of some of the quality-of-life features appearing in this release.
4 once-classic Linux distros that don't exist anymore
This distros are gone, but not forgotten.
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