Linux NewspostmarketOS is No More, At Least Under That Name
It took the project 1.5 years before settling on 'Nura' as its new identity.
Git 2.56 Adds New Options for Cleaning Up Branches and Resolving Conflicts
Git 2.56 open-source distributed version control system is now available for download with new features, new options, and performance improvements.
Git 2.56 Released With Safer Conflict Resolution and Performance Gains
The latest Git release brings a dedicated resolved-files staging mode, new maintenance commands, and substantial scalability improvements.
Git v2.56.0 released
Version 2.56 of the Git distributed version-control system has been released. It has 748 non-merge commits since Git 2.55 was released back in June; those commits came from 104 developers, 39 of whom are first-time contributors. New features include a safer workflow for conflict resolution, smaller path-walk repacks, a new git history drop sub-command, and much more. LWN looked at Git 2.56 recently and the GitHub blog has a lengthy look at 2.56 as well.
These 4 tiny Linux distros outperform Ubuntu on low-power hardware
4GB of RAM is more than enough.
GhostBSD is Replacing MATE With a New Desktop Named After a Typo
Eric Turgeon has shown off a new desktop environment that would ship with custom components in GhostBSD.
NVIDIA Developing "Display Config Server" To Improve Linux/Wayland On Display Walls
As an initiative from NVIDIA for improving the Linux ecosystem outside the world of AI, they have been developing Display-Config-Server as a new solution to help enhance the Linux capabilities for complex display walls...
[$] Reducing undefined behavior in the C language
As a professor of biomedical engineering, Martin Uecker perhaps does not fit the profile of a typical presenter at Kernel Recipes. He is, however, a longtime Linux user, and works on free software for controlling magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scanners. He was at the conference to talk about the C programming language, the specific problem of undefined behavior in C, and whether it can eventually be made into a memory-safe language.
Security updates for Monday
Security updates have been issued by AlmaLinux (firefox, ipa, kernel, libxml2, perl-DBI, python-cryptography, thunderbird, and unbound), Debian (chromium, evolution-data-server, exim4, ghostscript, incus, lemonldap-ng, libheif, nodejs, php8.4, ruby-oj, swift, and vlc), Fedora (chromium, cinnamon, cinnamon-desktop, cinnamon-session, cinnamon-settings-daemon, ckermit, dnf5, forgejo, goose, gssntlmssp, libheif, libpcap, librsvg2, mingw-gstreamer1, mingw-gstreamer1-plugins-bad-free, mingw-gstreamer1-plugins-base, mingw-gstreamer1-plugins-good, mingw-python3, mongo-c-driver, muffin, nemo, nemo-extensions, nextcloud, pgadmin4, postgresql16-postgis, postgresql17-postgis, postgresql18-postgis, rust-librsvg, rust-xml5ever, sipp, suricata, tesseract, and xreader), Mageia (erlang, gpsd, libreswan, python3 & python-pip, and udisks2), Oracle (abrt, buildah, cockpit-image-builder, corosync, ipa, kernel, libxml2, openexr, perl-DBI, perl-DBI:1.641, postgresql, thunderbird, unbound, and yelp), SUSE (38
SIMDjson 5.0 Released: Still Making JSON Parsing Even Faster
SIMDjson is the open-source, high performance JSON parser that surprisingly began making use of AVX-512 to deliver big performance gains years ago. SIMDjson has continued further refining itself to deliver even greater speeds and out today is SIMDjson 5.0...
Flatpak 1.18.4 Released With Fixes for Six Security Vulnerabilities
Flatpak 1.18.4 is out with fixes for six security flaws affecting sandbox escapes, file access, process signaling, and OCI authentication.
Firefox 157 Nova Released With Its Biggest Visual Refresh in Years
Mozilla releases Firefox 157 with Project Nova, the browser’s biggest visual overhaul in years, plus new themes, compact mode, and AV1 improvements.
Mozilla Firefox 157 Is Now Available for Download with Brand-New Design
Mozilla Firefox 157 open-source web browser is now available for download with the brand-new Nova design, HDR improvements, improved audio/video synchronization, and more.
Flatpak 1.18.4 Linux App Sandboxing Framework Fixes Security Issues
Flatpak 1.18.4 Linux application sandboxing and distribution framework is now available for download with various security fixes for the stable Flatpak 1.18 series.
Fedora 45 To Feature Smoother Experience For Snapdragon X1 Laptops
Qualcomm hiring one of Red Hat's top x86_64 Linux laptop experts last year, Hans de Goede, is indeed having a positive benefit on enhancing the Fedora Linux support for Qualcomm Snapdragon X powered hardware...