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9to5Linux Weekly Roundup: October 20th, 2024
The 9to5Linux Weekly Roundup for October 20th, 2024, brings news about Solus 4.6, Clonezilla Live 3.2, KDE Plasma 6.2.1, fwupd 2.0.1, Ardour 8.10, Calibre 7.20, PorteuX 1.7, VirtualBox 7.1.4 adding initial Linux 6.12 support, as well as all the latest ...
2024-10-21 09:45
Microsoft shuts up Salesforce CEO with Copilot agents that are "the new apps for an AI-powered world" and run on OpenAI's latest models
The ability to create custom autonomous agents with Copilot Studio is now public preview.
2024-10-21 09:30
AMD Posts Linux Patches For EPYC To Further Enhance Performance-Per-Watt By Default
Making for an exciting Monday morning, AMD Linux engineers have kicked off the new week with a patch series introducing an exciting and long-awaited change: using the AMD P-State CPU frequency scaling driver by default for EPYC server platforms moving ...
2024-10-21 09:00
Intel IWD 3.0 Wireless Daemon Released For Linux Systems
Intel's iNet Wireless Daemon (IWD) for Linux systems is out with a v3.0 release for this featureful and modern alternative to WPA_Supplicant...
2024-10-21 08:40
New Rufus-like app brings simple Windows 11 24H2 unsupported PC (CPU/TPM) bypass
A new unofficial app is now available for download that makes bypassing Windows 11 (24H2) system requirements simple with just a few clicks. Read more...
2024-10-21 08:32
Linux 6.12's fourth release candidate didn't give Torvalds "the warm and fuzzies"
Linux 6.12 is due out next month, and this weekend, we got the fourth release candidate. Linus Torvalds, head of the Linux project, said this update didn't give him "the warm and fuzzies." Read more...
2024-10-21 07:42
Sonos may switch to high-end headphones after sluggish 'Ace' sales
Sonos is reportedly set to revamp its Ace headphones lineup with high-end products amidst sales struggle. Read more...
2024-10-21 07:06
Linus Torvalds Growing Frustrated By Buggy Hardware & Theoretical CPU Attacks
Over the past week Linux creator Linus Torvalds has been active on a Linux kernel mailing list thread around avoiding barrier_nospec() in copy_from_user() due to being "overkill and painfully slow." The conversation evolved into low-level discussions o...
2024-10-21 06:55
Nintendo's mystery playtest program details leaked by participants
Opposite to Nintendo's request to not discuss or disclose the details, participants have shared the details of the Nintendo Switch Online program. Read more...
2024-10-21 06:36
Hangover 9.20 Restores Support For Running Win64 Applications On ARM64 Wine
Building off Friday's release of Wine 9.20 for running Windows games/applications on Linux, Hangover 9.20 is now available for this extension of Wine that builds off that codebase while pairing it with an x86/x86_64 emulator for running Windows program...
2024-10-21 06:27
Unvanquished 0.55 Released With Big Performance Optimizations For Its Engine
The Unvanquished 0.55 open-source game that was recently teased for its OpenGL 4.6 renderer work is out today with its shiny new release. As it's been more than one and a half years since Unvanquished 0.54, this new beta comes with a load of improvemen...
2024-10-21 06:18
Meson 1.6 Build System Adds Support For Flang & OpenXL Compilers
Meson 1.6 was published on Sunday as the newest feature update to this popular cross-platform build system...
2024-10-21 06:08
Latest leak hints at upcoming Galaxy S25 series' almost bezel-less design
The upcoming Samsung Galaxy S25 series is shown to have minimal bezels and a large screen real-estate as per the latest leak. Read more...
2024-10-21 05:44
Samsung launches Galaxy Z Fold Special Edition with 200MP camera in South Korea
Samsung has launched the Galaxy Z Fold Special Edition in South Korea, featuring a slimmer design, larger screens, and a 200MP camera. Read more...
2024-10-21 05:24
OnePlus 13 gets spotted at a recent event in China ahead of its October 31 launch event
Ahead of its official debut very soon, the OnePlus 13 phone was seen in the hands of people at a recent event in China. Read more...
2024-10-21 05:08
GNU Boot uncovers non-free code in its software, warns other projects
The GNU Boot team has found non-free code in its software that it forbids for licensing and ethical reasons. It has fixed the issue but it now has to warn distributions to update. Read more...
2024-10-21 03:54
Ada Lovelace Day 2024 - Interview with some Women in Debian
Ada Lovelace Day was celebrated on October 8 in 2024, and on this occasion, to celebrate and raise awareness of the contributions of women to the STEM fields we interviewed some of the women in Debian. Here we share their thoughts, comments, and conce...
2024-10-21 00:01
Apple is seemingly all in on AI, and skipping an iPad 11 refresh this year is a sign of it
Apple refreshed the base iPad is over two years old, why is Apple leaving it outdated? more…
2024-10-20 22:24
Slackware-Based PorteuX 1.7 Launches with Linux 6.11, GNOME 47.1, and More
PorteuX 1.7 distribution is now available for download based on Slackware Linux, powered by Linux kernel 6.11, and featuring the GNOME 47.1 and KDE Plasma 6.2.1 desktop environments. Here's what's new! The post Slackware-Based PorteuX 1.7 Launches with...
2024-10-20 22:21
2TB Seagate Expansion SSD card for Xbox Series X|S back to just $200
You can upgrade the storage on your Xbox Series X|S console today by getting the 2TB Seagate Expansion Card for just $200. Read more...
2024-10-20 22:14