AlmaLinux Unveils New Hardware Certification Process
Posted: 2024-09-17 17:22:28 Source: http://www.linux-magazine.com/Online/News/AlmaLinux-Unveils-New-Hardware-Certification-Process
The AlmaLinux Hardware Certification Program run by the Certification Special Interest Group (SIG) aims to ensure seamless compatibility between AlmaLinux and a wide range of hardware configurations.
MX Linux 23.4 KDE overview | simple configuration, high stability, solid performance.
Posted: 2024-09-17 16:33:16 Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SKFT8kTJLHI
Wind River Introduces eLxr Pro Linux Solution
Posted: 2024-09-17 16:18:42 Source: http://www.linux-magazine.com/Online/News/Wind-River-Introduces-eLxr-Pro-Linux-Solution
eLxr Pro offers an end-to-end Linux solution backed by expert commercial support.
Bridging the Gap: The First Enterprise-Grade Linux Solution for the Cloud-to-Edge Continuum
Posted: 2024-09-17 16:00:00 Source: https://www.linuxjournal.com/content/bridging-gap-first-enterprise-grade-linux-solution-cloud-edge-continuum
The Growing Demand for Specialized Linux Solutions
As the Linux market is set to soar to nearly USD 100 billion by 2032,1 businesses are facing mounting challenges in managing increasingly complex workloads spanning from the cloud to the edge. Traditional Linux distributions are not built to meet the specific demands of these modern use cases, creating an urgent need for a more specialized, enterprise-grade solution.
Historically, enterprises have depended on general-purpose Linux distributions operating across racked servers and hybrid data centers to centrally store and process their data. But with the rapid rise of edge computing and the Internet of Things (IoT), real-time data processing closer to the source has become mission-critical. Industries like healthcare, telecommunications, industrial automation, and defense now require localized, lightning-fast processing to make real-time decisions.
This shift to edge computing and connected IoT has sparked a surge of use cases that demand specialized solutions to address unique operational requirements such as size, performance, serviceability, and security. For instance, the telecommunications sector demands carrier-grade Linux (CGL) and edge vRAN solutions with reliability requirements exceeding 99.999% uptime.
Yet, traditional enterprise Linux distributions—while robust for central data centers—are too general to meet the diverse, exacting needs of IoT and edge environments. Linux offerings are continuing to expand beyond conventional distributions like Debian, Ubuntu, and Fedora, but the market lacks a unified platform that can effectively bridge the gap between edge and cloud workloads.
Today’s Complex Computing Needs Demand a Unified Solution
To stay competitive, businesses need computing solutions that process time-sensitive data at the edge, connect intelligent devices, and seamlessly share insights across cloud environments. But no single Linux provider has yet bridged the cloud-to-edge divide—until now.
Introducing eLxr Pro: One Seamless Solution for All Enterprise-Grade Workloads
Wind River® eLxr Pro breaks new ground as the industry’s first end-to-end Linux solution that connects enterprise-grade workloads from the cloud to the edge. By delivering unmatched commercial support for the open source eLxr project, Wind River has revolutionized how businesses manage critical workloads across distributed environments—unlocking new levels of efficiency and scalability.
As a founding member and leading contributor to the eLxr project, Wind River ensures the eLxr project’s enterprise-grade Debian-derivative distribution meets the evolving needs of mission-critical environments. This deep integration provides customers with unparalleled community influence and support, making Wind River the go-to provider for secure, reliable, enterprise-grade Linux deployments.
Development Release: Fedora 41 Beta
Posted: 2024-09-17 13:59:47 Source: https://distrowatch.com/12240
The DistroWatch news feed is brought to you by TUXEDO COMPUTERS. The Fedora team have announced the release of a new development snapshot, Fedora 41 Beta. This development release removes Python 2, re-introduces the NVIDIA binary driver through the software centre, and upgrades the DNF package manager. "Although it can’t be part of Fedora Linux, we know that the....
BSD Release: FreeBSD 13.4
Posted: 2024-09-17 11:01:02 Source: https://distrowatch.com/12239
The DistroWatch news feed is brought to you by TUXEDO COMPUTERS. The FreeBSD team have announced the release of FreeBSD 13.4, a maintenance release for the 13.x series which features mostly security improvements and bug fixes. "The FreeBSD Release Engineering Team is pleased to announce the availability of FreeBSD 13.4-RELEASE. This is the fifth release of the stable/13 branch.....
next-20240917: linux-next
Posted: 2024-09-17 05:55:14 Source: https://www.kernel.org/
| Version: | next-20240917 (linux-next) |
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| Released: | 2024-09-17 |
Linus Torvalds Muses About Maintainer Gray Hairs, Next 'King of Linux'
Posted: 2024-09-16 21:25:00 Source: https://linux.slashdot.org/story/24/09/16/2047217/linus-torvalds-muses-about-maintainer-gray-hairs-next-king-of-linux?utm_source=atom1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed
An anonymous reader quotes a report from ZDNet, written by Steven Vaughan-Nichols: In a candid keynote chat at the Linux Foundation's Open Source Summit Europe, Linux creator Linus Torvalds shared his thoughts on kernel development, the integration of Rust, and the future of open source. Dirk Hohndel, Verizon's Open Source Program Office head and Torvalds friend, moderated their conversation about the Linux ecosystem. Torvalds emphasized that kernel releases, like the recent 6.11 version, are intentionally not exciting. "For almost 15 years, we've had a very good regular cadence of releases," he explained. With releases every nine weeks, this regularity aims for timeliness and reliability rather than flashy new features. The Linux creator noted that while drivers still make up the bulk of changes, core kernel development continues to evolve. "I'm still surprised that we're doing very core development," Torvalds said, mentioning ongoing work in virtual file systems and memory management. [...] Shifting back to another contentious subject -- maintainer burnout and succession planning -- Hohndel observed that "maintainers are aging. Strangely, some of us have, you know, not quite as much or the right hair color anymore." (Torvalds interjected that "gray is the right color.") Hohndel continued, "So the question that I always ask myself: Is it about time to talk about there being a mini-Linus?" Torvalds turned the question around. True, the Linux maintainers are getting older and people do burn out and go away. "But that's kind of normal. What is not normal is that people actually stay around for decades. That's the unusual thing, and I think that's a good sign." At the same time, Torvalds admitted, it can be intimidating for a younger developer to join the Linux kernel team "when you see all these people who have been around for decades, but at the same time, we have many new developers. Some of those new developers come in, and three years later, they are top maintainers." Hohndel noted that "to be the king of Linux, the main maintainer, you have to have a lot of experience. And the backup right now is Greg KH (Greg Kroah-Hartman, maintainer of the stable Linux kernel), who is about the same age as we are and has even less hair." True, Torvalds responded, "But the thing is, Greg hasn't always been Greg. Before Greg, there's been Andrew {Morton) and Alan (Cox). After Greg, there will be Shannon and Steve. The real issue is you have to have a person or a group of people that the development community can trust, and part of trust is fundamentally about having been around for long enough that people know how you work, but long enough does not mean to be 30 years." Hohndel made one last comment: "What I'm trying to say is, you've been doing this for 33 years. I don't want to be morbid, but I think in 33 years, you may no longer be doing this?" Torvalds, making motions as though he was using a walker, replied, "I would love to still do this conference with you." The report notes the contention around the integration of Rust, highlighted by the recent departure of Rust for Linux maintainer Wedson Filho. Despite resistance from some devs who prefer C and are skeptical of Rust, Torvalds remains optimistic about Rust's future in the kernel. He said: "Rust is a very different thing, and there are a lot of people who are used to the C model. They don't like the differences, but that's OK. In the kernel itself, absolutely nobody understands everything. I don't. I rely heavily on maintainers of various subsystems. I think the same can be true of Rust and C. I think it's one of our strengths in the kernel that we can specialize. Clearly, some people just don't like the notion of Rust and having Rust encroach on their area. But we've only been doing Rust for a couple of years, so it's way too early to say Rust is a failure." Meanwhile, Torvalds confirmed that the long-anticipated real-time Linux (RTLinux) project will finally be integrated into the kernel with the upcoming release of Linux 6.12.
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Linux Kernel 6.11 is Out
Posted: 2024-09-16 19:28:00 Source: https://linux.slashdot.org/story/24/09/16/1928224/linux-kernel-611-is-out?utm_source=atom1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed
Linux creator Linus Torvalds has released version 6.11 of the open-source operating system kernel. The new release, while not considered major by Torvalds, introduces several notable improvements for AMD hardware users and Arch Linux developers. ZDNet: This latest version introduces several enhancements, particularly for AMD hardware users, while offering broader system improvements and new capabilities. These include: RDNA4 Graphics Support: The kernel now includes baseline support for AMD's upcoming RDNA4 graphics architecture. This early integration bodes well for future AMD GPU releases, ensuring Linux users have day-one support. Core Performance Boost: The AMD P-State driver now includes handling for AMD Core Performance Boost. This driver gives AMD Core users more granular control over turbo and boost frequency ranges. Fast Collaborative Processor Performance Control (CPPC) Support: Overclockers who want the most power possible from their computers will be happy with this improvement to the AMD P-State driver. This feature enhances power efficiency on recent Ryzen (Zen 4) mobile processors. This can improve performance by 2-6% without increasing power consumption. AES-GCM Crypto Performance: AMD and Intel CPUs benefit from significantly faster AES-GCM encryption and decryption processing, up to 160% faster than previous versions.
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deepin 23 Quick Overview #shorts
Posted: 2024-09-16 16:37:26 Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jbG7GqGwalg
Distribution Release: SDesk 2024.09.16
Posted: 2024-09-16 16:06:27 Source: https://distrowatch.com/12238
The DistroWatch news feed is brought to you by TUXEDO COMPUTERS. SDesk is an Arch-based Linux distribution which strives for an easy to use, modern approach to desktop computing. The SDesk project ships up to date software and uses GNOME running on a Wayland session for its default desktop environment. The project's latest snapshot adds new drivers, especialy for....
Distribution Release: MX Linux 23.4
Posted: 2024-09-16 11:33:59 Source: https://distrowatch.com/12237
The DistroWatch news feed is brought to you by TUXEDO COMPUTERS. The MX Linux team have published an update to the distribution's 23.x series. The new version, MX Linux 23.4, includes several updates to the MX Tools suite and includes updated firmware for added hardware support. "Some highlights since our 23.3 release include: Update Xfce 4.18 core packages (Xfce....
next-20240916: linux-next
Posted: 2024-09-16 09:29:11 Source: https://www.kernel.org/
| Version: | next-20240916 (linux-next) |
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| Released: | 2024-09-16 |
DistroWatch Weekly, Issue 1088
Posted: 2024-09-16 00:08:47 Source: https://distrowatch.com/12236
The DistroWatch news feed is brought to you by TUXEDO COMPUTERS. This week in DistroWatch Weekly:
Review: PorteuX 1.6
News: Making NetBSD immutable, Slackware changes how it updates GRUB scripts, AlmaLinux offers hardware certification, Mint addresses out of date APT tools
Questions and answers: Migrating from Windows 10 to Linux
Released last week: Ubuntu 22.04.5, Kali Linux 2024.3, Redox OS 0.9.0
Torrent corner:....
Linux Developer Swatted and Handcuffed During Live Video Stream
Posted: 2024-09-15 20:56:00 Source: https://linux.slashdot.org/story/24/09/15/2052213/linux-developer-swatted-and-handcuffed-during-live-video-stream?utm_source=atom1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed
Last October Slashdot reported on René Rebe's discovery of a random illegal instruction speculation bug on AMD Ryzen 7000-series and Epyc Zen 4 CPUs — which Rebe discussed on his YouTube channel. But this week's YouTube episode had a different ending, reports Tom's Hardware... Two days ago, tech streamer and host of Code Therapy René Rebe was streaming one of many T2 Linux (his own custom distribution) development sessions from his office in Germany when he abruptly had to remove his microphone and walk off camera due to the arrival of police officers. The officers subsequently cuffed him and took him to the station for an hour of questioning, a span of time during which the stream continued to run until he made it back... [T]he police seemingly have no idea who did it and acted based on a tip sent with an email. Finding the perpetrators could take a while, and options will be fairly limited if they don't also live in Germany. Rebe has been contributing to Linux "since as early as 1998," according to the article, "and started his own T2 SD3 Embedded Linux distribution in 2004, as well." (And he's also a contributor to many other major open source projects.) The article points out that Linux and other communities "are compelled by little-to-no profit motive, so in essence, René has been providing unpaid software development for the greater good for the past two decades."
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6.11: mainline
Posted: 2024-09-15 14:57:56 Source: https://www.kernel.org/
| Version: | 6.11 (mainline) |
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| Released: | 2024-09-15 |
| Source: | linux-6.11.tar.xz |
| PGP Signature: | linux-6.11.tar.sign |
| Patch: | full |
Development Release: Haiku R1 Beta 5
Posted: 2024-09-13 18:00:41 Source: https://distrowatch.com/12235
The DistroWatch news feed is brought to you by TUXEDO COMPUTERS. Haiku is an open-source operating system, currently in beta development, that specifically targets personal computing. Inspired by the Be Operating System (BeOS), Haiku aims to become a fast, efficient, and simple to use. The project latest release, R1 Beta 5, introduces a number of performance improvements, particularly with....
How to install Linuxfx 11.22.04.1
Posted: 2024-09-13 15:32:53 Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CdQSG2fNlbQ
next-20240913: linux-next
Posted: 2024-09-13 09:11:18 Source: https://www.kernel.org/
| Version: | next-20240913 (linux-next) |
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| Released: | 2024-09-13 |
Distribution Release: Ubuntu 22.04.5
Posted: 2024-09-12 20:34:48 Source: https://distrowatch.com/12234
The DistroWatch news feed is brought to you by TUXEDO COMPUTERS. Paride Legovini has announced the release of Ubuntu 22.04.5 which is a minor update tothe 22.04 LTS branch. "The Ubuntu team is pleased to announce the release of Ubuntu 22.04.5 LTS (Long-Term Support) for its Desktop, Server, and Cloud products, as well as other flavours of Ubuntu with....