Linux NewsEspressif Launches "Radio Co-Processor" ESP32-E22
The new SoC comes loaded with some utility-focused bits. Engineering samples are available right now.
Linux GPU Driver Loophole Being Fixed For Unprivileged Users Being Able To Tap Unbounded Kernel Memory
An oversight in the Linux kernel's Direct Rendering Manager (DRM) graphics driver common code could allow unprivileged users to trigger unbounded kernel memory consumption for a potential system-wide out-of-memory "OOM" situation...
ReactOS Celebrates 30 Years of Chasing Windows Compatibility
After 30 years of development, ReactOS continues its quest to support Windows applications and drivers in an open environment.
30 years of ReactOS
ReactOS, an open-source project to develop an operating system that is compatible with Microsoft Windows NT applications and drivers, is celebrating 30 years since the first commit to its source tree. In that time there have been more than 88,000 commits from 301 contributors, for a total of 14,929,578 lines of code. There is, of course, much left to do. It's been such a long journey that many of our contributors today, including myself, were not alive during this event. Yet our mission to deliver "your favorite Windows apps and drivers in an open-source environment you can trust" continues to bring people together. [...] We're continuing to move ReactOS forward. Behind the scenes there are several out-of-tree projects in development. Some of these exciting projects include a new build environment for developers (RosBE), a new NTFS driver, a new ATA driver, multi-processor (SMP) support, support for class 3 UEFI systems, kernel and usermode address space layout randomization (ASLR), an
Rust 1.93.0 released
Version 1.93.0 of the Rust programming language has been released. Notable changes include in updated version of the bundled musl library, thread-local storage for the global allocator, some asm! improvements, and a number of newly stabilized APIs.
Security updates for Thursday
Security updates have been issued by AlmaLinux (gpsd), Debian (inetutils and modsecurity-crs), Fedora (cpp-httplib, curl, mariadb11.8, mingw-libtasn1, mingw-libxslt, mingw-python3, rclone, and rpki-client), Oracle (gimp, glib2, go-toolset:rhel8, golang, kernel, mariadb-devel:10.3, and thunderbird), Red Hat (buildah, go-toolset:rhel8, golang, grafana, kernel, kernel-rt, multiple packages, openssl, osbuild-composer, podman, and skopeo), Slackware (bind), SUSE (ffmpeg-4, libsodium, libvirt, net-snmp, open-vm-tools, ovmf, postgresql17, postgresql18, python-FontTools, python-weasyprint, and webkit2gtk3), and Ubuntu (glib2.0 and opencc).
How GNOME has evolved in 26 years
GNOME: The desktop environment that kept reinventing itself—whether users wanted it to or not.
New Steam Client Update Adds Support for the Razer Raiju V3 Pro Controller
Valve released a new Steam Client stable update with support for the Razer Raiju V3 Pro PS5/PC wireless controller and other changes.
FOSS and Digital Sovereignty: Capital Series ‘25
On October 23, the halls of the Danish Parliament (Folketinget) hosted a gathering that felt both timely and quietly urgent. The Capital Series Copenhagen, organized by OpenForum Europe, brought together a diverse group of policymakers and digital strategists to discuss ... Read more The post FOSS and Digital Sovereignty: Capital Series ‘25 appeared first on Linux Professional Institute (LPI).
Skip Makes Its Mobile Development Tools Free and Open Source
Skip has dropped paid subscriptions and open-sourced its mobile development stack for native iOS and Android apps.
Open Source Project LLVM Says Yes to AI-Generated Code, But Not Without Conditions
The new "human in the loop" policy holds contributors accountable for reviewing and understanding all AI-assisted submissions.
Intel Xeon 67980E "Sierra Forest" Linux Performance ~14% Faster Since Launch
As part of my end-of-year 2025 benchmarking I looked at how the Intel Xeon 6980P Granite Rapids performance evolved in the year since launch and seeing some nice open-source/Linux optimizations during that time. On the other side of the table were also benchmarks of how AMD EPYC 8004 Sienna evolved in its two years, the AMD EPYC Milan-X in its four years since launch, and also a look at the performance evolution lower down the stack with the likes of sub-$500 laptop hardware. Out today is a fresh look at how the Intel Xeon 6780E Sierra Forest has evolved in its one and a half years since its launch.
FOSS Weekly #26.04: Mint 22.3 Released, Stallman is Back, Ubuntu's Snap Store Under Attack and More
Much awaited Linux Mint 22.3 is here but what's going on with Ubuntu?
AMD Announces Ryzen 7 9850X3D Pricing Of $499 USD
Back at CES AMD announced the Ryen 7 9850X3D as a faster sibling to the Ryzen 7 9800X3D. Today they have announced the suggested price for this 3D V-Cache desktop processor and confirmation of its availability starting on 29 January...
KDE Plasma Login Manager Won’t Support Systemd-Free Linux or BSD Systems
KDE's new Plasma Login Manager is tightly bound to systemd, making it unusable on systemd-free Linux distributions and BSD systems.