New story! New Sound Hardware Support In Linux 6.13

SUSE engineer and sound subsystem maintainer Takashi Iwai has submitted all of the sound driver updates for the Linux 6.13 kernel.

New story! invisCAM A Compact 2MP Camera for Low Light and Low Power Applications

This month, Arducam introduced the invisCAM, a compact imaging solution that integrates advanced functionality and precise engineering within a small form factor. The camera is designed to address the challenges of achieving high-quality imaging, functional versatility, and cost efficiency in a portable USB device.

New story! ESET Finds Rootkits, Does Not Explain How They Get Installed, Media Says It Means "Previously Unknown Linux Backdoors" (Useful Distraction From CALEA and CALEA2)

  • Techrights; By Roy Schestowitz (Posted by schestowitz on Nov 24, 2024 2:54 AM EDT)
  • Groups: Linux
They also misuse the term "backdoor" and try to imply that Linux itself has back doors.

New story! Warehouse Makes Managing Flatpak Apps on Ubuntu Easy

Flatpak is no longer just a promising format whose potential lay in the far future – it’s already the go-to way for developers to package and distribute their software on Linux, including to those of us using Ubuntu.

New story! Mastering Business Intelligence with Open-Source Tools: A Guide for Secure and Cost-Effective Linux Solutions

Business intelligence platforms are specific technologies based on creating a system that enables companies to monitor and analyze data like never before. What is the goal of these systems?

New story! Wine 9.22 Released with Display Mode Virtualization Support

  • Linuxiac.com; By Bobby Borisov (Posted by bobolin on Nov 23, 2024 10:47 PM EDT)
  • Story Type: News Story
Wine 9.22 is now available with Wayland driver enabled by default, DirectPlay network boosts, Unicode CLDR 46 updates, and display virtualization.

New story! Blender 4.3 released with Experimental Vulkan UI, Hardware Ray-tracing on Linux

In the new release, the real-time renderer EEVEE now supports Light Linking and Shadow Linking, which was previously available only in Cycles. It now has a new Metallic BSDF node in shader editor, and, new texture node that can create procedural Gabor noise for random interleaved bands with controllable direction and width.

New story! Check out the new trailer for Truckful, a driving adventure mystery game

Truckful was revealed back in July, and the idea of it had me really intrigued and now they have a new trailer up for this driving action-adventure mystery game. It will have Native Linux support at release.

New story! Linux CoC Announces Decision Following Recent Bcachefs Drama

Following the recent messaging from Bcachefs lead developer Kent Oversteet that Bcachefs changes for Linux 6.13 were rejected on the basis of his Code of Conduct, the Linux CoC committee has now formally announced their decision.

New story! Install WireGuard VPN on Debian 12

Wireguard is an open-source VPN protocol alternative to IPSec, IKEv2, and OpenVPN. This guide will show you how to install Wireguard VPN on the Debian 12 server and configure the Wireguard client on a Linux machine.

New story! 11 Best Free and Open Source File Sharing Tools

  • LinuxLinks.com; By Steve Emms (Posted by sde on Nov 23, 2024 3:57 PM EDT)
  • Story Type: Roundups; Groups: Linux
Many of the tools in this roundup are good replacements for AirDrop, letting you wirelessly send documents, photos, videos, websites, map locations, and more to a nearby device.

New story! Chinese APT Gelsemium Targets Linux Systems with New WolfsBane Backdoor

The China-aligned advanced persistent threat (APT) actor known as Gelsemium has been observed using a new Linux backdoor dubbed WolfsBane as part of cyber attacks likely targeting East and Southeast Asia.

New story! A year after Broadcom took control of VMware, it's in the box seat

Customers are 'all miserable' – but not yet deciding to bail. Analysis Broadcom completed its acquisition of VMware one year ago, on November 22, 2023. Has it been a success?

New story! Zrythm 1.0 Released For Powerful Open-Source Digital Audio Workstation

Zrythm 1.0 released today as a big milestone for this open-source digital audio workstation (DAW) software that caters from professional users down to beginners.

New story! Rhino Linux: The Unique Distro That Combines Ubuntu and Rolling Releases Needs Your Support!

Rhino Linux is a remarkable distribution that combines the goodness of Ubuntu with the advantage of a rolling release approach, the Unicorn Desktop, and the AUR-like package manager Pacstall.

New story! How to install Ubuntu on Windows

If you currently use Windows as your primary operating system, but feel that you are missing out on some important Linux features, it is possible to install Ubuntu on Windows through the WSL (Windows Subsystem for Linux) feature.

New story! ReiserFS Reaches Its Final Chapter

  • Linuxiac.com; By Bobby Borisov (Posted by bobolin on Nov 23, 2024 8:26 AM EDT)
  • Story Type: News Story; Groups: Linux
Linux kernel 6.13 says goodbye to ReiserFS. The filesystem is now history, with support removed. Here's more on that!

New story! Bcachefs Future in Linux Kernel Uncertain After Code of Conduct Dispute

Kent Overstreet, the lead developer of the Bcachefs file system, has publicly announced that the future of Bcachefs in the Linux kernel is uncertain due to an ongoing dispute with the Linux Kernel Code of Conduct (CoC) committee.

New story! Linux 6.13 SoC Updates Land With Initial Support For Many Older Apple Devices

The four pull requests adding various SoC and board/platform support have now been merged for the Linux 6.13 kernel.

New story! 3 Simple Ways to Install and Run a Virtual Machine on Ubuntu

Learn how to use VirtualBox, KVM, and virt-manager to create and manage virtual machines on Ubuntu, tailored to different expertise levels and use cases.

New story! How to resize ext4 root partition live without umount on Linux

  • Linuxconfig.org; By Luke Reynolds (Posted by linuxer on Nov 23, 2024 3:23 AM EDT)
  • Story Type: Tutorial; Groups: Linux
It is possible to resize the root partition in Linux, even if you are actively booted into the installation that resides on the partition. Ordinarily, hard drive partitioning changes should only be carried out on unmounted partitions and hard drive space that is not being actively used.

New story! Monster catcher Cassette Beasts adds Steam Workshop support and a new battle mode

Cassette Beasts from Bytten Studio is a brilliant spin on the whole monster catching genre, and a fresh update out now continues expanding it. Cassette Beasts has Native Linux support and is Steam Deck Verified. It's also just thoroughly cool, you should check it out.

New story! Installing the Much Hyped Hyprland on Linux

Hyprland is a dynamic tiling window compositor that is both highly customizable and provides plenty of eye candy. It is also very popular in Linux ricing groups these days. And why not? If you are into customizing the looks of your desktop, Hyprland is surely worth all the hype.

New story! ReiserFS Has Been Deleted From The Linux Kernel

  • Phoronix; By Michael Larabel (Posted by bob on Nov 22, 2024 11:36 PM EDT)
  • Story Type: News Story; Groups: Kernel, Linux
Linus Torvalds just merged the change to the Linux 6.13 kernel that goes ahead and deletes the ReiserFS file-system from the source tree. Removing ReiserFS from the Linux tree lightens the kernel by 32.8k lines of code.

New story! Using MAXQDA for Qualitative Data Analysis on Linux

Qualitative data analysis (QDA) is a cornerstone of research across various fields, from social sciences to marketing. It involves uncovering patterns, themes, and meanings within non-numerical data such as interviews, focus groups, and textual narratives.

New story! Ubuntu? That’s a Bullfinch, Not an Oriole

Here’s something lighthearted for you—unless you’re pedantic about ornithology, in which case you won’t be so chirpy: it seems a Bullfinch found its way into Ubuntu 24.10 ‘Oracular Oriole’.

New story! How to Install Latest Shotwell 0.32.10 in Ubuntu 24.04 | 22.04

Shotwell is a free open-source photo manager designed for the GNOME Desktop. It’s pre-installed and default in Ubuntu Desktop, when you installed the system with default or full installation mode.

New story! “Why I stopped using OpenBSD”

I’ve linked to quite a few posts by OpenBSD developer Solène Rapenne on OSNews, mostly about her work for and knowledge of OpenBSD. However, she recently posted about her decision to leave the OpenBSD team, and it mostly comes down to the fact she hasn’t been using OpenBSD for a while now due to a myriad of problems she’s encountering.

New story! Why I Ditched Linux for Samsung DeX

Canonical pursued convergence with the Ubuntu Phone, an effort to make a phone that was also a PC. Purism has promised this same thing with the Purism Librem 5.

New story! Khronos Announces Slang Initiative From Open-Source NVIDIA Code

On top of an exciting Vulkan spec update out today, The Khronos Group has announced the Slang Initiative based on NVIDIA's open-source Slang compiler code.

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