New story! Asahi Linux loses another prominent dev as GPU guru calls it quits

Another developer has dropped out of Asahi Linux, the project to get Linux up and running on Apple silicon. On Tuesday, a developer going by "Asahi Lina" announced she would be pausing work on Apple GPU drivers indefinitely. Asahi Lina posted on Bluesky: "I no longer feel safe working on Linux GPU drivers or the Linux graphics ecosystem."

New story! Beyond The ROCm Software, AMD Has Been Making Great Strides In Documentation & Robust Containers

AMD recently allowed me some time with their AMD Accelerator Cloud (AAC) leveraging multiple Instinct MI300X accelerators. During this brief opportunity to try out their latest software advancements with the Instinct MI300X and the ROCm compute stack, one of the most striking takeaways was their documentation improvements compared to previous forays into ROCm+Instinct compute.

New story! CIQ Previews a Security-Hardened Enterprise Linux

CIQ continues to display its enterprise Linux chops with a new security-first Linux distribution.

New story! Best Free and Open Source Alternatives to Salesforce Heroku

  • LinuxLinks.com; By Steve Emms (Posted by sde on Mar 21, 2025 1:55 AM EDT)
  • Story Type: Roundups; Groups: Linux
Heroku is a cloud platform to build, deliver, monitor and scale apps. We recommend the best free and open source alternatives.

New story! Essential Tools and Frameworks for Mastering Ethical Hacking on Linux

In today's digital world, cybersecurity threats are ever-growing, making ethical hacking and penetration testing crucial components of modern security practices. Ethical hacking involves legally testing systems, networks, and applications for vulnerabilities before malicious hackers can exploit them.

New story! SOMDEVICES Expands SoM Lineup with µSMARC RZ/V2N for AI and Vision Applications

SOMDEVICES has introduced the µSMARC RZ/V2N, a System-on-Module based on the Renesas RZ/V2N processor. Designed for AI-driven machine learning, vision applications, and industrial automation, this module delivers high computational performance in a compact form factor.

New story! Kali Linux 2025.1 Ethical Hacking Distro Is Here with Xfce 4.20, Refreshed Theme

Offensive Security announced today the release and general availability of Kali Linux 2025.1 as the first update to this Debian-based distribution for ethical hacking and penetration testing in 2025.

New story! Fedora 43 Hopes To Set An Expectation That Package Builds Are Reproducible

  • Phoronix; By Michael Larabel (Posted by bob on Mar 20, 2025 10:26 PM EDT)
  • Story Type: News Story; Groups: Fedora, Linux
A change proposal filed for the upcoming Fedora Linux 43 development cycles hopes to establish an expectation that RPM package builds for the distribution are reproducible.

New story! Plasma 6 Finally Lands in Kali Linux 2025.1a

Kali Linux 2025.1a is here with Plasma 6.3, a refreshed theme, and major updates for Raspberry Pi, Xfce 4.20, and NetHunter.

New story! The Pebble Smartwatch is back with the Core 2 Duo and Core Time 2 models running PebbleOS open-source firmware

The Pebble Smartwatch was first introduced in 2012 with a black and white e-Paper display, a week of battery life, and an amazingly successful Kickstarter company that raised over 10 million dollars. It was followed by the Pebble Time with a color display in 2015, and the Pebble 2 & Time 2 watches followed in 2016.

New story! Linux Foundation's trust scorecards aim to battle rising open-source security threats

How do you tell the difference between trustworthy open-source developers and hackers? Here's one idea.

New story! Set an AppImage Application as Default App

Imagine you found a cool text editor like Pulsar and downloaded it in the AppImage format. You enjoy using it and now want to make it the default application for markdown files.

New story! Stealthy Apache Tomcat Critical Exploit Bypasses Security Filters: Are You at Risk?

By simply sending HTTP requests, attackers can trigger the deserialisation of malicious data in Tomcat's session storage and gain control.

New story! DRM Sync Object Optimizations Show Minor Benefit On The Steam Deck

Tvrtko Ursulin of Igalia has been working on some optimizations to the DRM synchronization object "drm_syncobj" code for slightly more efficient use on the CPU side.

New story! New to Git? Build These 7 Good Habits From Day One

From tracking a project’s history to consolidating code, Git has become a cornerstone of modern software development. As such, learning how to use Git properly is important for any developer looking to collaborate with others. In this article, I will go through some Git beginner’s tips to help you to build a good Git habit today.

New story! Choosing the Right Red Hat AI Solution: RHEL AI vs. OpenShift AI

Compare Red Hat Enterprise Linux AI’s simplicity with OpenShift AI’s scalability to make an informed decision about Red Hat's AI solutions.

New story! GNOME 48 Desktop Environment Released, Here’s What’s New

  • Linuxiac.com; By Bobby Borisov (Posted by bobolin on Mar 20, 2025 2:37 PM EDT)
  • Story Type: News Story; Groups: GNOME
GNOME 48 “Bengaluru” desktop environment brings notification stacking, performance boosts, new fonts, digital wellbeing tools, and more.

New story! Machine Learning in Linux: Stability Matrix - Package Manager for Stable Diffusion

  • LinuxLinks.com; By Steve Emms (Posted by sde on Mar 20, 2025 1:45 PM EDT)
  • Story Type: Reviews; Groups: Linux
Stability Matrix is a desktop application. It’s a multi-platform package manager and inference UI for AI image generation. It works with Stable Diffusion and Flux. Here's our verdict.

New story! Rising Malware Threats to Linux: Understanding Risks and Defenses

If you’ve been keeping up with the latest IT security news, you may have noticed the increase in the number of attacks on network security within Linux systems. Cloud Snooper, EvilGnome, HiddenWasp, QNAPCrypt, GonnaCry, FBOT, and Tycoon have become prime malware variants to be aware of as a Linux admin.

New story! Another Round Of Rust Compiler Improvements Merged For GCC 15.1

A few days ago there was a batch of 145 patches merged for the upcoming GCC 15 compiler release to enhance the Rust "gccrs" front-end. That big set of patches merged the Polonius borrow checker and made other notable improvements. Today another 144 patches for enhancing gccrs were merged ahead of the GCC 15.1 stable release due out in the coming weeks.

New story! Difference Between Su, Sudo Su, Sudo -i, and Sudo -s

There are tons of reasons to switch to another user’s or the root user’s account, however there are multiple ways to do so, which we are going to learn today.

New story! elementary OS 8.0.1 Released with Linux Kernel 6.11 from Ubuntu 24.04.2 LTS

elementary OS 8.0.1 arrived today as the first point release to the elementary OS 8.0 “Circe” series incorporating a newer kernel from the upstream Ubuntu LTS repos and various other improvements.

New story! At ATO AI, IBM Announces It’s Handing Three AI Projects to Linux Foundation

During a keynote address at All Things Open AI, IBM announced that three key AI tools it has developed are being donated to the Linux Foundation.

New story! 14 Awesome Games Linux Users Can Grab in Steam Sale (Ends 20 March)

Looking for the perfect game on Steam to play on Linux? These are some of the best ones available at a discount.

New story! RDK X5 Development Kit Featuring HDMI, MIPI CSI, and Gigabit Ethernet

The RDK X5 is a development kit designed for intelligent computing and robotics. It features a form factor similar to the Raspberry Pi single board computer but is powered by the 10 TOPS Sunrise 5 processor.

New story! Intel AVX10 Drops Optional 512-bit: No AVX10 256-bit Only E-Cores In The Future

Intel updated their AVX10 whitepaper and associated open-source compiler patches around this next Advanced Vector Extensions standard... While AVX10 had intended to allow either 256-bit or 512-bit modes depending upon processor capabilities, Intel has dropped the 256-bit-only approach and going for 512-bit everywhere.

New story! Ubuntu 25.10 plans to swap GNU coreutils for Rust

It's easier to replace bits of userland than the kernel. Efforts are afoot to replace the GNU coreutils with Rust ones in the version after next of Ubuntu, 25.10 – which also means changing the software license.

New story! HTTP 304 Not Modified Error: What is it and how to fix it

  • RoseHosting Blog; By Jeff Wilson (Posted by RoseHosting on Mar 20, 2025 5:08 AM EDT)
  • Story Type: Tutorial; Groups: Linux
This blog post will explain everything about the HTTP 304 status code. HTTP 304 Not Modified is a status code that indicates that the server has found no changes in the requested page since the last visit.

New story! The Fedora 42 Beta Is Here, Complete with a COSMIC Spin

Fedora Linux is one of the most popular desktop Linux distributions, and Fedora 42 is now available for beta testing. Fedora Workstation now has GNOME 48 and an updated installer, and there’s now an official version of Fedora with the COSMIC desktop environment.

New story! Vivaldi Browser 7.2 Boosts Performance with Faster Address Bar

  • Linuxiac.com; By Bobby Borisov (Posted by bobolin on Mar 20, 2025 3:23 AM EDT)
  • Story Type: News Story
Vivaldi 7.2 speeds up browsing with a faster address bar, improved page loading, and new customization tools.

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