Time to make C the COBOL of this century
Lions juggling chainsaws are fun to watch, but you wouldn't want them trimming your trees. Nobody likes The Man. When a traffic cop tells you to straighten up and slow down or else, profound thanks are rarely the first words on your lips. Then you drive past a car embedded in a tree, surrounded by blue lights and cutting equipment. Perhaps Officer Dibble had a point.
Give Your Animal Crossing Villagers The Gift Of Linux
If you’ve played any of the versions of Nintendo’s Animal Crossing over the years, you’ll know that eventually you get to the point where you’ve maxed out your virtual house and filled it with all the furniture you could possibly want — which is arguably as close to “winning” the game as you can get.
openSUSE Spin Achieves 100% Bit-Identical Packages For Reproducible Builds
There is an openSUSE project called Reproducible-openSUSE "RBOS" working on a proof-of-concept for constructing openSUSE in a bit-identical manner as part of the broad Reproducible Builds effort to be able to reproduce builds bit-for-bit against what is being compiled by the distribution vendor or other software distribution. The openSUSE RBOS has achieved 100% bit-identical packages as a major milestone.
Cybersecurity Chief Says Musk Can Use Perloined IRS Data Against Taxpayers
“Musk needs to be arrested with no bail until he accounts for the information that he has stolen and tells where it has been stored and located,” Perez said. “Unfortunately, that is very unlikely to happen.”
KDE Plasma 6.3.1 Released with Plasma Discover Improvements and Many Bug Fixes
Today, the KDE Project announced the general availability of KDE Plasma 6.3.1 as the first maintenance update to the latest KDE Plasma 6.3 desktop environment series with an initial batch of bug fixes.
Ubuntu LTS Users Could Get More Intel GPU Updates
This week sees the (belated) release of Ubuntu 24.04.2 LTS, the first point release update in the noble series to bring an updated hardware enablement (HWE) stack with it.
Before It Even Gets a Stable Release, Serpent OS Changes Its Name To AerynOS
Any article about Serpent OS or Solus OS (or now, AerynOS), is first and foremost an article about Ikey Doherty.
KDE Plasma 6.3.1 Desktop Environment Released
Plasma 6.3.1, the first bugfix update to KDE's latest 6.3 series, addresses crashes, UI glitches, and display issues for a polished experience.
How to Use QEMU to Boot Another Operating System
That old legacy system is gone, never to be heard from again. Right? But what do you do on the fateful day that someone needs to access data that's trapped in an old legacy application? If modern applications can't read the data, you need to run the legacy system. And that's where system emulation comes in.
Limine 9.0 Bootloader Drops EXT4 File-System Support
Limine 9.0 is out today as the newest major release for this open-source modern multi-protocol bootloader and boot manager. Limine also boasts its own Limine Boot Protocol in addition to the native Linux support and chainloading/multiboot capabilities.
GNOME 48 beta is another nail in X11's coffin
Our first look at the default desktop for Fedora 42 and Ubuntu 'Plucky Puffin'. The next version of the default desktop for most of the big Linux distros is in beta. Here's what to expect next month, or soon thereafter.
Spring detox with Firefox for iOS
A fresh start isn’t just for your home — your iPhone or iPad deserves a privacy detox too. With Firefox for iOS, you can block hidden trackers, stop fingerprinting, and keep your browsing history more private with Enhanced Tracking Protection.
Mastering Kubernetes in the Cloud: A Guide to Cloud Controller Manager
Cloud Controller Manager is a crucial yet often overlooked Kubernetes component that streamlines cloud integrations. Here's why it matters and how to use it effectively.
Machine Learning in Linux: Serge - web interface for chatting
Serge is a chat interface crafted with LLaMA for running GGUF models.
You Can Now Install Linux Kernel 6.13 on Ubuntu, Here’s How
Linux 6.13 is now the latest stable kernel and Ubuntu users can install it on their machines via the official Ubuntu Mainline Kernel PPA archive. Here’s a quick tutorial on how to do that via graphical or command-line methods.
CodeWeavers Hiring More Developers To Work On Wine s Proton
The friends at CodeWeavers have relayed work that they are looking to hire multiple Wine developers to join their paid team working on upstream Wine as well as their CrossOver products, Valve's Proton downstream for Steam Play, and related Wine-based tech.
Ezurio Veda SL917 Expands Industrial IoT Connectivity with Wi-Fi 6 and Bluetooth LE
The Veda SL917, developed by Ezurio and based on the Silicon Labs SiWx917 chipset, is a low-power wireless module designed for industrial IoT applications. It provides connectivity options, including Wi-Fi 6, Bluetooth Low Energy 5.4, and support for Matter and IP networking, providing secure cloud connectivity and efficient power management.
TigerVNC 1.15 Released with Improved Mouse Support
TigerVNC 1.15 cross-platform VNC client & server brings back/forward mouse button support, clipboard redirection, password security checks, and more.
Canonical Extends Kubernetes Distro Support to a Dozen Years
Vanilla Kubernetes offers 14 months of support; Canonical is now offering 10 times that support, starting with its latest version.
13 Best Free and Open Source Linux Video Converters
The best video converters make the process simple, and support a wide number of different codecs and formats.
5 reasons I can’t go back to Windows after trying Linux
Linux distros might be extremely popular in the server community, but they’re still a niche in the general computing sector, which the Windows lineup continues to dominate. Ever since I began my home lab obsession, I’ve spent more time with Linux than Windows – and let me tell you, Linux distributions have some game-changing features that are severely lacking in their modern Windows counterparts.
New "Faux Bus" API Merged For Linux 6.14 - Including Both Rust & C Bindings
A few weeks back the Linux kernel "Faux Bus" was proposed by Greg Kroah-Hartman as a "fake" bus solution for simple devices. Today ahead of the Linux 6.14-rc3 tagging, the faux bus code was merged and comes at the same time both with C and Rust language bindings.
Bad News for Older Computers! openSUSE Considers dropping Legacy BIOS Support
Just a few days ago, they revealed that Tumbleweed would be switching to SELinux, ditching AppArmor as the default MAC system, and now it looks like we may have yet another major move from them in the opening quarter of 2025.
ArcaOS 5.1.1 released
It’s been two years since the release of ArcaOS 5.1, which was a hugely important release because it brought UEFI support to this continuation of IBM’s OS/2, ensuring longevity for the project for years to come.
HandBrake Released 1.9.1 with Various Fixes Ubuntu PPA
HandBrake video transcoder released new 1.9.1 version a few days ago. Here are the changes and native .deb packages for Ubuntu users.
Linuxiac Weekly Wrap-Up: Week 7 (Feb 10 – 16, 2025)
Catch up on the latest Linux news: Plasma 6.3, Endeavour OS Mercury, GNOME's new website, Tumbleweed's move to SELinux, Serpent OS's change to AerynOS, and more.
ADLINK Introduces OSM MTK510 Featuring MediaTek Genio 510 COM with Yocto Linux Compatibility
ADLINK Technology Inc. has introduced the OSM-MTK510, a compact and rugged computer-on-module based on the MediaTek Genio 510 platform. Designed for efficiency, the OSM-MTK510 supports AI workloads while maintaining power efficiency and long-term availability for industrial and embedded applications.
Wayland Protocols 1.41 Released With Color Management Support
Wayland Protocols 1.41 is shipping today with the color management protocol added for enabling high dynamic range (HDR) support on the Wayland-powered Linux desktop.
LLM Slop is Now Filling the Web With Pure Fiction/Fabrication/Misinformation About Linux
Can this even be called "revisionism"? This is pure fabrication - in fact fabrication that can ruin the reputation of Linux.
9to5Linux Weekly Roundup: February 16th, 2025
The 227th installment of the 9to5Linux Weekly Roundup is here for the week ending on February 16th, 2025, keeping you updated with the most important things happening in the Linux world.
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