Open Source

elementary OS 8.1 Brings Bug Fixes, New Kernel + More
Didn’t get around to trying last year’s elementary OS 8.0 release? No bother as elementary OS 8.1 arrived this week, providing an opportune jumping-on point for new users. Based atop the recent Ubuntu 24.04.2 release, elementary OS 8.1 is powered b...
2025-03-20 22:10
elementary OS 8.0.1 Brings Bug Fixes, New Kernel + More
Didn’t get around to trying last year’s elementary OS 8.0 release? No bother as elementary OS 8.0.1 arrived this week, providing an opportune jumping-on point for new users. Based atop the recent Ubuntu 24.04.2 release, elementary OS 8.1 is powered...
2025-03-20 22:10
Intel Updates Advanced Performance Extensions "APX" Code For The Linux Kernel
In addition to Intel software engineers this week being busy doing a late restructuring of AVX10 support in moving away from possible 256-bit maximum vector register size (a great move and still so excited to see this materialize!), there are also Inte...
2025-03-20 20:59
Accelerating AI with open source machine learning infrastructure
The landscape of artificial intelligence is rapidly evolving, demanding robust and scalable infrastructure. To meet these challenges, we’ve developed a comprehensive reference architecture (RA) that leverages the power of open-source tools and cuttin...
2025-03-20 20:19
Memory safety for web fonts in Chrome: Google replaces FreeType with Rust-based alternative
There’s no escaping Rust, and the language is leaving its mark everywhere. This time around, Chrome has replaced its use of FreeType with Skrifa, a Rust-based replacement. Skrifa is written in Rust, and created as a replacement for FreeType to make f...
2025-03-20 19:51
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I think we need a bigger boot partition
Long ago, during the time of creation, I confidently waved my hand and allocated a 1GB ESP partition and a 1GB boot partition, thinking to myself with a confident smile that this would surely be more than enough for the foreseeable future. However, thi...
2025-03-20 19:10
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Reaching readers, one TikTok at a time
Spoiler: The internet’s not finished. Welcome to “Web in Progress,” a series celebrating the internet as a space you can shape, not just scroll through. Just as Firefox empowers you to take charge of your online experience, this series highlights...
2025-03-20 17:58
What’s new for developers? (March 2025)
From major court-side moments to major WordPress milestones, March is a time for big plays and fresh starts. With WordPress 6.8 on the horizon, there’s plenty to explore, test, and get ready for—so let’s dive in!
2025-03-20 16:34
The Most Interesting Linux 6.14 Features From NTSYNC To AMD Ryzen AI & Rust Abstractions
Barring any last minute issues or hesitation by Linus Torvalds, the Linux 6.14 kernel is aiming for releasing as stable this coming Sunday on 23 March. Here's a reminder about some of the most interesting changes to find with Linux 6.14...
2025-03-20 16:28
Ex-Sun CEO Scott McNealy reflects on Java’s founding
Languages such as Python and Rust get a lot of new attention these days, but Java is still going strong after three decades. With Java’s 30th birthday two months away, Scott McNealy, former CEO of Java founding company Sun Microsystems, and Oracle o...
2025-03-20 15:37
Ikey Doherty’s Serpent OS Changes Name to AerynOS
The Serpent OS distribution created by ex-Solus founder and Budgie desktop creator Ikey Doherty changed its name to AerynOS. Here's what you need to know! The post Ikey Doherty’s Serpent OS Changes Name to AerynOS appeared first on 9to5Linux - do not...
2025-03-20 14:34
Hardening automation for CIS benchmarks now available for Ubuntu 24.04 LTS
We’re pleased to release Ubuntu Security Guide profiles for CIS benchmarks.
2025-03-20 13:04
Mesa 25.0.2 Changes Range From Fixing Soft FP64 For Old AMD GPUs To RX 9070 Fixes
Even amid the ongoing FreeDesktop.org GitLab cloud/server migration, Eric Engestrom has managed to release Mesa 25.0.2 on schedule as the newest stable release for these open-source OpenGL and Vulkan drivers for Linux systems...
2025-03-20 12:30
Mesa RADV vs. AMDVLK Vulkan Driver Performance For The AMD Radeon RX 9070 Series
With my launch day testing of the Radeon RX 9070 graphics cards on Linux the Mesa RADV driver was used given that is what is predominantly used by Linux gamers/enthusiasts and is used out-of-the-box by all of the major Linux distributions. Last week AM...
2025-03-20 10:30
Arm Bringing Up Support For Newer Mali GPUs With The Open-Source Panthor Driver
Arm engineer Karunika Choo today sent out the latest patches developing a new GPU-specific initialization framework for the Panthor open-source kernel graphics driver as part of bringing up support for newer Mali GPUs...
2025-03-20 09:00
How to implement idempotent APIs in ASP.NET Core
When designing your APIs, you should make them idempotent to ensure that they are robust, reliable, and fault-tolerant. An operation is idempotent when repeating it will always result in the same outcome. For example, an elevator button is idempotent....
2025-03-20 09:00
TypeScript gets Go-faster stripes
Last week Microsoft announced a major shift in the architectural direction of its TypeScript language. Until now the TypeScript compiler, tsc, was written in TypeScript itself, compiled to JavaScript, and run on top of Node.js. However, it’s shiftin...
2025-03-20 09:00
Google Developing "Live Update Orchestrator" As New Means Of Live Linux Kernel Updates
While there is Kpatch, Ksplice, and other live patching solutions already in use for patching a running Linux kernel for deploying security updates without downtime, Google engineers are developing the Live Update Orchestrator as a new means of transit...
2025-03-20 07:11
DAMON Self-Tuned Memory Tiering Shows Nice Improvement For Linux Servers
Linux developer SeongJae Park has posted a set of patches for the Linux kernel's wonderful DAMON code to provide for self-tuned memory tiering that "just works" and is racking up some nice performance wins...
2025-03-20 06:52