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Making today very exciting in Linux 7.1 merge window land was a pull request being sent out for introducing the new, modern NTFS file-system driver. Linus Torvalds has yet to comment if he's going to merge the new driver but it looks like it's ready for providing a better Linux NTFS experience over the current NTFS3 driver that was upstreamed by Paragon Software a few years ago and hasn't seen too much feature progress...
AlmaLinux Kitten 10 now provides i686 package repositories and official 32-bit x86 container images, with the same model planned for AlmaLinux 10 stable.
Some good news, some not so good news.
With over 300+ Linix distros, it is never easy to remember all of them. Still, you can make a guess and see if you can identify some fake distros in this fun quiz.
With Ubuntu LTS under the hood and JWM on top, FunOS keeps things light, snap‑free, and ready for you to assemble your own workspace. The post FunOS: Ubuntu LTS with JWM and No Snaps appeared first on FOSS Force.
Someone brought Windows Metro UI to Linux and you can try it today!
Forgejo 15.0, a self-hosted Git forge, is a new LTS release that brings OpenID Connect support, ephemeral runners, and more.
If passed, the bill would apply across the U.S., unlike the state-level laws already around.
Valve and CodeWeavers have just released Proton 11.0 Beta as their first beta milestone for this software that powers Steam Play now rebased against upstream Wine 11.0...
The extensible scheduler "sched_ext" code for allowing Linux scheduling behavior to be defined via BPF programs is seeing some useful improvements with the in-development Linux 7.1 kernel...
Version 1.95.0 of the Rust language has been released. Changes include the addition of a cfg_select! macro, the capability to use if let guards to allow conditionals based on pattern matching, and many newly stabilized APIs. See the release notes for a full list of changes.
Thunderbolt is a new open source AI client from the Mozilla-owned MZLA Technologies aimed at enterprises who want to run self-hosted chatbots on their own infrastructure. MZLA Technologies is the for-profit subsidiary of the Mozilla Foundation that develops and maintains the Thunderbird email client. It says Thunderbolt was created with the support of a grant from Mozilla. Terrible name aside (and skipping over the fact that Intel owns a trademark for ‘Thunderbolt’), the AI MZLA Technologies used to write their press release describes Thunderbolt as a “sovereign AI client” that lets organisations run and control AI infrastructure. Companies can pick whichever AI model they fancy, be […]
by George Whittaker The Arch Linux installer continues evolving alongside the broader Linux desktop ecosystem. With the release of Archinstall 4.2, a notable change has arrived: Wayland is now the default focus for graphical installation profiles, while traditional X.Org-based profiles have been removed or deprioritized. This move reflects a wider transition happening across Linux, one that is gradually redefining how graphical environments are built and used. A Turning Point for Archinstall Archinstall, the official guided installer for Arch Linux, has steadily improved over time to make installation more accessible while still maintaining Arch’s minimalist philosophy. With version 4.2, the installer now aligns more closely with modern desktop trends by emphasizing Wayland-based environments during setup, instead of offering traditional X.Org configurations as first-class options. This doesn’t mean X.Org is completely gone from Arch Linux, but it does signal a clear shift in direction
When it comes to shuffling documents around your file system, nothing beats the raw power of the command line.
Thunderbolt is Mozilla’s new self-hostable AI client designed for organizations seeking to run AI on their own infrastructure and maintain data in-house.
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