Linux NewsEndeavourOS Titan Released with Linux Kernel 6.19 and KDE Plasma 6.6
EndeavourOS Titan distribution is now available for download with Linux kernel 6.19, KDE Plasma 6.6, and other changes. Here’s what’s new!
[$] Practical uses for a null filesystem
One of the first changes merged for the upcoming 7.0 release was nullfs, an empty filesystem that cannot actually contain any files. One might logically wonder why the kernel would need such a thing. It turns out, though, that there are places where a null filesystem can come in handy. For 7.0, nullfs will be used to make life a bit easier for init programs; future releases will likely use nullfs to increase the isolation of kernel threads from the init process.
systemd 260-rc3 Released With AI Agents Documentation Added
The first release candidate of systemd 260 arrived in late February with the new mstack feature, dropping System V service scripts support, and other changes. A week after that systemd 260-rc2 released with a few more changes and now another week later is systemd 260-rc3...
7 essential keyboard shortcuts every Linux Mint user should know
Mint is designed to be used with a mouse, but don't dismiss the keyboard out of hand.
Two stable kernels for Thursday
Sasha Levin has announced the release of the 6.19.7 and 6.18.17 stable kernels. As usual, each contains important fixes throughout the tree; users are advised to upgrade.
Security updates for Thursday
Security updates have been issued by AlmaLinux (gimp, git-lfs, grafana-pcp, kernel, mysql8.4, nfs-utils, opentelemetry-collector, osbuild-composer, postgresql:16, and python3.12), Debian (imagemagick and netty), Fedora (dr_libs and python-lxml-html-clean), Slackware (libarchive and libxml2), SUSE (busybox, coredns, firefox, freerdp, ghostty, gnutls, go1.25, go1.26, GraphicsMagick, grype, helm, helm3, ImageMagick, perl-Compress-Raw-Zlib, python, python311-lxml_html_clean, python311-PyPDF2, tomcat11, and traefik), and Ubuntu (curl, gimp, and libpng).
AMD ZenDNN 5.2 Brings A Major Redesign, AOCC 5.1 Recently Released
AMD today released ZenDNN 5.2 as the latest versio nof their deep nueral network library that now introduces their next-generation runtime architecture. ZenDNN 5.2 is designed to deliver better performance and geater scalability over earlier versions of this AMD library that began as their take on Intel's open-source oneDNN...
Fwupd 2.1.1 Released With AMD Platform Secure Boot Support
Fwupd 2.1.1 adds new security checks, AMD Platform Secure Boot support, and broader hardware compatibility for Linux systems.
Qt Creator 19 Open-Source IDE Released with Minimap for Text Editors, MCP Server
Qt Creator 19 open-source IDE (Integrated Development Environment) is now available for download with various new features and improvements. Here’s what’s new!
Intel CPU Security Mitigation Costs From Haswell Through Panther Lake
Over the past month on Phoronix there have been a lot of benchmarks of Intel's new Core Ultra Series 3 "Panther Lake" with the Core Ultra X7 358H. One of the areas of Panther Lake not explored yet is around the CPU security mitigation impact, which is the focus of today's benchmarking. The performance tests today are not only looking at the impact of the Core Ultra X7 SoC at its default versus running in a "mitigations=off" configuration but also comparing the overall CPU security mitigation impact with the run-time toggle going back all the way to Intel Haswell era laptops.
EndeavourOS Titan Released With Linux 6.19, Improved GPU Driver Integration
EndeavourOS Titan is out today as the latest ISO refresh for this Arch Linux powered distribution. There is a lot of updates as part of this routine ISO refresh as well as some new tooling and GPU driver integration enhancements...
4 ways to create a directory in Linux (and what each one teaches you)
Even the simplest tasks can be approached in different ways, each with their own benefits.
Fwupd 2.1.1 Linux Firmware Updater Released as a Massive Update
Fwupd 2.1.1 Linux firmware updater is now available for download as a massive release with support for new hardware, new features, and more. Here’s what’s new!
AMD HDR/Color Improvement For Their Linux Driver & KDE - Co-Developed By Claude Code
Introduced with Linux 6.19 was the long in development DRM Color Pipeline API while it's not the end of the road yet on enhancing the Linux desktop for modern high dynamic range (HDR) displays and color pipeline handling. AMD engineer Harry Wentland has more improvements pending for the AMDGPU driver as well as example compositor/desktop-side integration with KDE's KWin...
Our Trip With Mindful Bodhi Linux 7.0
Think of Bodhi Linux 7.0 as a digital walk for peace: a lightweight Moksha desktop, a small install footprint, and just enough polish to keep your aging hardware serene. The post Our Trip With Mindful Bodhi Linux 7.0 appeared first on FOSS Force.