Linux NewsGNU Binutils 2.46 Released With AMD Zen 6 and Arm v9.7 Support
GNU Binutils 2.46 adds support for AMD Zen 6 processors and Arm v9.7, expanding toolchain readiness for upcoming CPU architectures.
Debian's tag2upload considered stable
Sean Whitton has announced that Debian's tag2upload service is now out of beta and ready for use by Debian developers and maintainers. During the beta we encountered only a few significant bugs. Now that we've fixed those, our rate of successful uploads is hovering around 95%. Failures are almost always due to packaging inconsistencies that older workflows don't detect, and therefore only need fixing once per package. We don't think you need explicit approval from your co-maintainers anymore. Your upload workflows can be different to your teammates. They can be using dput, dgit or tag2upload. LWN covered tag2upload in July 2024.
pearOS 26.2 Released with Liquid Gel Design, Wayland Session, and More
pearOS 26.2 distribution is now available for download with liquid glass design, Wayland session, new browser, new installer, and much more. Here's what's new!
Security updates for Monday
Security updates have been issued by AlmaLinux (fontforge, kernel, and osbuild-composer), Debian (debian-security-support, sudo, wireshark, xrdp, and zabbix), Fedora (bind, bind-dyndb-ldap, chromium, k9s, libgit2, mingw-glib2, node-exporter, open-vm-tools, plantuml, xorgxrdp, and xrdp), Oracle (fence-agents, image-builder, kernel, libsoup3, and osbuild-composer), Red Hat (image-builder and osbuild-composer), Slackware (openssl and p11), SUSE (chromium, cockpit-354, cockpit-machines, cockpit-machines-346, cockpit-packages, cockpit-podman, cockpit-subscriptions, govulncheck-vulndb, kubernetes-old, libsnmp45-32bit, libxml2, localsearch, micropython, opencloud-server, python-django, python-djangorestframework, python-maturin, python311-Django, python311-wheel, python315, sqlite3, and xrdp), and Ubuntu (linux-fips, linux-aws-fips, linux-gcp-fips and python-pip).
AMD openSIL + Coreboot Being Ported To A Modern AM5 Consumer Motherboard
While we are very eager for the AMD openSIL open-source CPU silicon initialization project to achieve production readiness with Zen 6 platforms for ultimately replacing AGESA, there is some experimental excitement on the way for open-source firmware enthusiasts... OpenSIL and Coreboot are being brought to an AM5 motherboard you can buy retail...
Kdenlive 25.12.2 Delivers Monitor Fixes and Dragging Refactor
Kdenlive 25.12.2 open-source video editor, is now available with new stability fixes, better monitor performance, and workflow improvements.
What are Linux Mint's Nemo Actions and how do they work
How Linux Mint turns your mouse’s right-click button into the most productive tool.
Build an "infinite desktop" on Ubuntu with Python and a systemd timer
Pull fresh Unsplash wallpapers and rotate them on GNOME automatically with a Python script plus a systemd service and timer.
Windows 11 vs. Ubuntu Linux Performance For Intel Core Ultra X7 Panther Lake
Last week I began publishing the many exciting Panther Lake benchmarks under Linux from the interesting CPU performance and efficiency to the much anticipated Xe3 graphics with the Intel Arc B390 graphics. Up today is a look at how the out-of-the-box performance for the Intel Core Ultra X7 358H compares under Microsoft Windows 11 and the current Ubuntu Linux 26.04 development state.
Sudo, Heartbleed, and the Lessons We Still Haven’t Learned
We fixed Heartbleed. We didn’t fix the open source funding problem that still asks the people securing our infrastructure to volunteer while we overpay commodity app builders. The post Sudo, Heartbleed, and the Lessons We Still Haven’t Learned appeared first on FOSS Force.
Linux Kernel 6.19 Arrives! You Get Intel, AMD Improvements, and ASUS Armoury Support
Hardware support gets major buffs across multiple architectures.
Blender 5.1 Lands Raycast Nodes, Blender Adjusting Release Cycle Moving Forward
Two interesting bits of Blender news this week for those fond of this leading open-source 3D modeling software...
Debian's tag2upload Reaches GA For Improving Packaging Workflow
Debian's tag2upload has finally reached general availability "GA" status for helping Debian developers/maintainers with an improved Git-based packaging workflow...
GNU Linux-Libre 6.19 Deals With More Firmware Blobs In Intel Xe, IWLWIFI & NVIDIA Nova
Building off yesterday's Linux 6.19 release is now the GNU Linux-libre 6.19-gnu downstream release that strips out support for open-source drivers dependent upon binary-only microcode/firmware and other elements deemed against free software standards, removing the ability to load non-open-source kernel modules, and similar restrictions in the name of software freedom...
Linux Kernel 6.19 Released, This Is What’s New
Linux kernel 6.19 is now out, bringing updates to architectures, filesystems, networking, security, and the kernel’s internal systems.