DistroWatch Weekly, Issue 1081
Posted: 2024-07-29 00:06:42 Source: https://distrowatch.com/12207
The DistroWatch news feed is brought to you by TUXEDO COMPUTERS. This week in DistroWatch Weekly:
Review: SysLinuxOS 12.4
News: OpenBSD introduces hardware acceleration for video decoding, Slackware changes kernel naming format, Linux Mint publishes upgrade instructions
Questions and answers: Can problems like CrowdStrike bring down Linux systems?
Released last week: Linux Mint 22, MidnightBSD 3.2.0, Murena 2.2
Torrent corner: KDE neon, Linux....
Distribution Release: Vanilla OS 2
Posted: 2024-07-28 22:37:25 Source: https://distrowatch.com/12206
The DistroWatch news feed is brought to you by TUXEDO COMPUTERS. The Vanilla OS team have annoiced the second release of their distribution, which carries the codename Orchid. Vanilla OS 2 drops the Ubuntu base in favour of Debian and strives to provide a stable environment which can run packages in a variety of formates while also offering the....
6.11-rc1: mainline
Posted: 2024-07-28 21:19:55 Source: https://www.kernel.org/
| Version: | 6.11-rc1 (mainline) |
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| Released: | 2024-07-28 |
| Source: | linux-6.11-rc1.tar.gz |
| Patch: | full |
Podcast: Staff Engineer Promo, Observability, and Cloud Rants
Posted: 2024-07-28 05:00:21 Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cdZLitbCzuo
6.10.2: stable
Posted: 2024-07-27 09:40:43 Source: https://www.kernel.org/
| Version: | 6.10.2 (stable) |
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| Released: | 2024-07-27 |
| Source: | linux-6.10.2.tar.xz |
| PGP Signature: | linux-6.10.2.tar.sign |
| Patch: | full (incremental) |
| ChangeLog: | ChangeLog-6.10.2 |
6.9.12: stable
Posted: 2024-07-27 09:36:26 Source: https://www.kernel.org/
| Version: | 6.9.12 (EOL) (stable) |
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| Released: | 2024-07-27 |
| Source: | linux-6.9.12.tar.xz |
| PGP Signature: | linux-6.9.12.tar.sign |
| Patch: | full (incremental) |
| ChangeLog: | ChangeLog-6.9.12 |
6.6.43: longterm
Posted: 2024-07-27 09:34:32 Source: https://www.kernel.org/
| Version: | 6.6.43 (longterm) |
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| Released: | 2024-07-27 |
| Source: | linux-6.6.43.tar.xz |
| PGP Signature: | linux-6.6.43.tar.sign |
| Patch: | full (incremental) |
| ChangeLog: | ChangeLog-6.6.43 |
6.1.102: longterm
Posted: 2024-07-27 09:32:43 Source: https://www.kernel.org/
| Version: | 6.1.102 (longterm) |
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| Released: | 2024-07-27 |
| Source: | linux-6.1.102.tar.xz |
| PGP Signature: | linux-6.1.102.tar.sign |
| Patch: | full (incremental) |
| ChangeLog: | ChangeLog-6.1.102 |
5.15.164: longterm
Posted: 2024-07-27 08:46:22 Source: https://www.kernel.org/
| Version: | 5.15.164 (longterm) |
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| Released: | 2024-07-27 |
| Source: | linux-5.15.164.tar.xz |
| PGP Signature: | linux-5.15.164.tar.sign |
| Patch: | full (incremental) |
| ChangeLog: | ChangeLog-5.15.164 |
5.10.223: longterm
Posted: 2024-07-27 08:40:28 Source: https://www.kernel.org/
| Version: | 5.10.223 (longterm) |
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| Released: | 2024-07-27 |
| Source: | linux-5.10.223.tar.xz |
| PGP Signature: | linux-5.10.223.tar.sign |
| Patch: | full (incremental) |
| ChangeLog: | ChangeLog-5.10.223 |
5.4.281: longterm
Posted: 2024-07-27 08:39:00 Source: https://www.kernel.org/
| Version: | 5.4.281 (longterm) |
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| Released: | 2024-07-27 |
| Source: | linux-5.4.281.tar.xz |
| PGP Signature: | linux-5.4.281.tar.sign |
| Patch: | full (incremental) |
| ChangeLog: | ChangeLog-5.4.281 |
4.19.319: longterm
Posted: 2024-07-27 08:34:13 Source: https://www.kernel.org/
| Version: | 4.19.319 (longterm) |
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| Released: | 2024-07-27 |
| Source: | linux-4.19.319.tar.xz |
| PGP Signature: | linux-4.19.319.tar.sign |
| Patch: | full (incremental) |
| ChangeLog: | ChangeLog-4.19.319 |
SysAdmin Day 2024 - Appreciating Our System Administrators During a Crisis
Posted: 2024-07-27 04:20:04 Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_al3FRvZRms
Nvidia's Open-Source Linux Kernel Driver Performing At Parity To Proprietary Driver
Posted: 2024-07-27 00:02:00 Source: https://news.slashdot.org/story/24/07/26/2350248/nvidias-open-source-linux-kernel-driver-performing-at-parity-to-proprietary-driver?utm_source=atom1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed
Nvidia's new R555 Linux driver series has significantly improved their open-source GPU kernel driver modules, achieving near parity with their proprietary drivers. Phoronix's Michael Larabel reports: The NVIDIA open-source kernel driver modules shipped by their driver installer and also available via their GitHub repository are in great shape. With the R555 series the support and performance is basically at parity of their open-source kernel modules compared to their proprietary kernel drivers. [...] Across a range of different GPU-accelerated creator workloads, the performance of the open-source NVIDIA kernel modules matched that of the proprietary driver. No loss in performance going the open-source kernel driver route. Across various professional graphics workloads, both the NVIDIA RTX A2000 and A4000 graphics cards were also achieving the same performance whether on the open-source MIT/GPLv2 driver or using NVIDIA's classic proprietary driver. Across all of the tests I carried out using the NVIDIA 555 stable series Linux driver, the open-source NVIDIA kernel modules were able to achieve the same performance as the classic proprietary driver. Also important is that there was no increased power use or other difference in power management when switching over to the open-source NVIDIA kernel modules. It's great seeing how far the NVIDIA open-source kernel modules have evolved and that with the upcoming NVIDIA 560 Linux driver series they will be defaulting to them on supported GPUs. And moving forward with Blackwell and beyond, NVIDIA is just enabling the GPU support along their open-source kernel drivers with leaving the proprietary kernel drivers to older hardware. Tests I have done using NVIDIA GeForce RTX 40 graphics cards with Linux gaming workloads between the MIT/GPL and proprietary kernel drivers have yielded similar (boring but good) results: the same performance being achieved with no loss going the open-source route. You can view Phoronix's performance results in charts here, here, and here.
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How to install Linux Mint 22 “Wilma” Cinnamon
Posted: 2024-07-26 15:15:21 Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O5KWijrsmjo
next-20240726: linux-next
Posted: 2024-07-26 03:05:06 Source: http://www.kernel.org/
| Version: | next-20240726 (linux-next) |
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| Released: | 2024-07-26 |
BSD Release: OPNsense 24.7
Posted: 2024-07-25 20:56:37 Source: https://distrowatch.com/12205
The DistroWatch news feed is brought to you by TUXEDO COMPUTERS. OPNsense is a FreeBSD-based specialist operating system designed for firewalls and routers. The project's latest release focuses on performance improvements anda new dashboard. The release announcement shares details: "FreeBSD 14.1: Leveraging the latest FreeBSD 14.1, OPNsense 24.7 ensures a stable and secure foundation, significantly enhancing system performance and....
Distribution Release: Ubuntu Pack 24.04
Posted: 2024-07-25 19:22:38 Source: https://distrowatch.com/12204
The DistroWatch news feed is brought to you by TUXEDO COMPUTERS. Ubuntu*Pack is an Ubuntu remix built by Ukraine's UALinux, an official partner of Canonical. The project includes several editions (including Desktop, Education, Game, Server, and Rescue) and comes with extra applications, drivers and media codecs. The project's latest release, version 24.04, is avalable in ten editions, offering a....
Linux Mint 22 “Wilma” Cinnamon overview | Sleek, modern, innovative.
Posted: 2024-07-25 16:27:07 Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_fyOPIVB8Zw
Distribution Release: Linux Mint 22
Posted: 2024-07-25 16:03:43 Source: https://distrowatch.com/12203
The DistroWatch news feed is brought to you by TUXEDO COMPUTERS. The Linux Mint team have announced the launch of Linux Mint 22. The new version will be supported through to 2029 and focused primarily on updating language and hardware support: "Linux Mint 22 ships with modern components and the new Ubuntu 24.04 package base. To guarantee better compatibility....