Linux Mint 22.3 โZenaโ is now available for download based on Ubuntu 24.04.3 LTS, introducing Cinnamon 6.6 desktop with a redesigned app menu, new system tools, and more.
The 6.18.5, 6.12.65, 6.6.120, and 6.1.160 stable updates have been released. They all contain a small patch set fixing a scheduling regression associated with idle balancing; the 6.6.120 and 6.1.60 updates also contain a large set of other important fixes.
Some news that slipped under the radar prior to the holidays... Linutronix as the Linux consulting firm that has led the real-time "PREEMPT_RT" work and more within the Linux kernel -- and Linutronix was acquired by Intel back in 2022 as an independent subsidiary -- is beginning a "new chapter"...
A lateโbreaking minute order from Judge Sandy Leal has delayed Software Freedom Conservancyโs Vizio GPL trial, leaving only a January 26 pretrial hearing firmly set. The post Docket Traffic Jam Delays Software Freedom Conservancy Vs Vizio Trial appeared first on FOSS Force.
Increasingly complex RISC-V cores aren't magically immune to the speculative execution / side-channel vulnerabilities that have rattled the x86_64 and ARM64 landscape for years. Following recent work on Spectre V1 handling for RISC-V in the Linux kernel, merged this weekend for Linux 6.19-rc5 is another RISC-V attack vector safeguard...
A new project trying to get off the ground and currently in an "exploratory phase" is GYESME that describes itself as a "design-led" downstream of GNOME with plans ot only fork when needed that is "minimal by default."..
In addition to Linus Torvalds' recent comments around AI tooling documentation, it turns out in fact that Linus Torvalds has been using vibe coding himself. Over the holidays Linus Torvalds has been working on a new open-source project called AudioNoise that was started with the help of AI vibe coding...
Mageia 10 Alpha release is now available for public testing with KDE Plasma 6.5, GNOME 49, and Xfce 4.20 desktop environments, Linux kernel 6.12 LTS, and more.
Budgie Desktop 10.10 introduces Wayland support for the first time, marking the end of major Budgie 10 development as the project shifts focus to Budgie 11.