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      FreeBSD 14.5-RC1 Released With Several Security Fixes

      news.movim.eu / Phoronix • 19:16

    Ahead of FreeBSD 14.5-RELEASE hopefully debuting on 8 September, FreeBSD 14.5-RC1 is out today as the final scheduled development release...
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      Another x86 Advisory From Some Entity Other Than Intel Or AMD

      news.movim.eu / Phoronix • 16:24

    Last October I highlighted an interesting post on the Linux kernel mailing list around an x86 corporate entity other than Intel or AMD that left mysterious intrigue. The developer that detailed those x86 opcode/CPUID/MSR allocations back in July then detailed 16-tile and 32-tile AMX implementations again for something outside the current scope of Intel/AMD processors. Today another message is being relayed from that "corporate entity other than Intel/AMD."..
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      KDE Plasma 6.8 Improving Performance & Efficiency For Some Full Screen Content

      news.movim.eu / Phoronix • 14:48

    In addition to the Union QtWidgets initial release happening this week, a number of other improvements also landed in the past few days in making Plasma 6.8 all the more exciting...
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      ReactOS 0.4.16 Released With New Graphical Installer, Better Hardware Support

      news.movim.eu / Phoronix • 12:56

    ReactOS 0.4.16 released today as the newest major update to this "open-source Windows" project providing an open-source OS with Windows driver and application compatibility...
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      F2FS With Now Handle Multi-Device Flushes In Parallel With Linux 7.3

      news.movim.eu / Phoronix • 11:17

    Coming in as a late pull request ahead of the Linux 7.3 merge window closing this weekend were the Flash Friendly File-System (F2FS) updates that have now made it into Linux Git...
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      GNOME's Very Exciting Week From Flatpak Funding To Reset Recovery Plus Apps

      news.movim.eu / Phoronix • 11:02

    This week was extremely eventful in the GNOME space with GPU reset recovery for GNOME Mutter now largely wrapped up and the merge request opened to facilitate the code review. There was also the announcement of the half million Euro Sovereign Tech Agency investment into Flatpak. Plus on the application side were a few more interesting advancements this week.'..
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      California Passes AB-1856 For Open-Source Relief Over Age Verification

      news.movim.eu / Phoronix • 10:48

    As an update to the May story about California's age verification law may end up exempting most Linux distributions, that AB-1856 bill has finally passed!..
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      SteamOS 3.9 Preview Moves To Linux 7.2, KDE Plasma 6.7 Desktop

      news.movim.eu / Phoronix • 10:35

    In time for the weekend Linux gamers, Valve last night released the first preview of SteamOS 3.9 for the Steam Deck, Steam Machine, and other devices. This early preview comes with some exciting software updates...
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      Linux 7.3 UBI Adds Support For Per-Device Wear-Leveling Thresholds

      news.movim.eu / Phoronix • 10:21

    The Unsorted Block Images "UBI" layer in the Linux kernel for NAND flash memory tracking and wear leveling finally has the notion of per-device wear-leveling thresholds...