Linux 6.1 will tell you when your CPU is crocked
The latest Linux kernel update is set to help server users detect faulty CPUs......»»
Budding PS4 emulator starts to show progress, can run hundreds of games
PS4 emulation is starting to get real. Earlier this month, there was a new significant update to the promising closed source project called Spine, a PS4 emulator that runs on Linux and is in private development by Reddit user devofspine......»»
Linux For Apple Silicon Macs Gets Closer To Reality
"Asahi Linux for Apple M1 Macs is moving closer to reality," writes Slashdot reader TroysBucket. An Asahi developer posted a detailed status update on Twitter. Linux enthusiast Bryan Lunduke offers this succinct summary: - The Asahi Linux team ha.....»»
Linux Distros are So Much Better Than They Were 30 Years Ago
With the 30th birthday of Linux coming up, TechRepublic's Jack Wallen argues that its distros "are so much better today." I remember like it was yesterday. The very first time I booted into the Linux desktop. The distribution in question was Caldera.....»»
Slackware 15.0 RC1 Released
Long-time Slashdot reader ArchieBunker writes: Slackware, one of oldest Linux distributions, has just announced the long awaited version 15.0 RC1 is available for download from the usual mirrors. Here's the changelog. Phoronix points out it's been.....»»
Former Loki Developer Jerryrigs a Multiplayer Zork, Available Via Telnet
Programmer Ryan C. Gordon (also known as icculus) is a former employee at Loki Software, one of the first companies to port videogames from Microsoft Windows to Linux, according to his Wikipedia page. He's still hosting many Loki software projects at.....»»
New Linux Syscall Enables Secret Memory Even the Kernel Can"t Read
RoccamOccam writes: After many months of development, the memfd_secret() system call was finally merged for the upcoming 5.14 release of Linux. There have been many changes during this feature's development, but its core purpose remains the same: all.....»»
Google"s Fuchsia OS Is Rolling Out Widely To 1st-Gen Nest Hubs
More owners of the first-generation Nest Hub are receiving the update to Google's Fuchsia operating system as it expands beyond the Preview program. 9to5Google reports: Back in May, Google formally released Fuchsia, its effort to develop a "not Linux.....»»
Not-a-Linux distro review: SerenityOS is a Unix-y love letter to the ’90s
Although it's nowhere near ready for prime time, there's a lot to love here. If this desktop doesn't look hauntingly familiar to you, you either didn't live through the 1990s—or perhaps just.....»»
Not-a-Linux distro review: SerenityOS is a Unix-y love letter to the ‘90s
Although it's nowhere near ready for prime time, there's a lot to love here. If this desktop doesn't look hauntingly familiar to you, you either didn't live through the 1990s—or perhaps just.....»»
ByteDance, TikTok"s Parent Company, Joins the Open Invention Network
ByteDance, TikTok's parent company, has joined the Open Invention Network (OIN), the world's largest non-aggression consortium that protects Linux and related open-source software and the companies behind them from patent attacks and patent trolls. Z.....»»
Linux Glibc Security Fix Created a Nastier Linux Bug
A fix that was made in early June to the GNU C Library (glibc) introduced a new and nastier problem. Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols writes via ZDNet: The first problem wasn't that bad. As Siddhesh Poyarekar, a Red Hat principal software engineer wrote, "I.....»»
Debian 11 "Bullseye" Released As Stable
"One of the oldest and most renowned distributions of Linux has been released!" âwrites Slashdot reader Washuu2. Phoronix reports it took "just over two years in development." Debian 11 brings many new features as outlined this morning with the.....»»
Valve’s upcoming Steam Deck will be based on Arch Linux—not Debian
The best Linux gaming happens on the bleeding edge—just where Arch Linux shines. Enlarge / SteamOS is rebasing from Debian to Arch Linux for the Steam Deck. As long as Valve puts in plenty of ongoing maintenance work, we think it's a smart mov.....»»
All-Russian PCs featuring Arm SoC and Linux are now shipping
As reported by The Register, iRU's PCs come with ARM SoCs from Russian fabless semiconductor company Baikal. The Baikal-M chip isn't going to threaten Apple's similarly named M1 SoC. It features eight Arm Cortex-A57 cores running at up to 1.5GHz, an.....»»
Linux Trace Toolkit Next Generation 2.13 Facilitates Quick Reaction To Kernel/User-space Instrumentation Hits
LTTng has been called "the killer app for system-level debugging and performance tuning." And now long-time Slashdot reader compudj writes: It's the official release of LTTng 2.13 — Nordicité! LTTng is a kernel and user-space tracer for Li.....»»
Paragon Is Working To Get Its nfs3 Filesystem Into the Linux Kernel
Jim Salter writes via Ars Technica: In March of last year, proprietary filesystem vendor Paragon Software unleashed a stream of anti-open source FUD about a Samsung-derived exFAT implementation headed into the Linux kernel. Several months later, Para.....»»
Paragon is working to get its ntfs3 filesystem into the Linux kernel
Torvalds seems bullish on getting Paragon's project across the line eventually. Enlarge / Your hard drives and SSDs aren't any better than the filesystem you format them with. Paragon's ntfs3 driver combines decent performance with a fully featu.....»»
Firefox Lost Almost 50 Million Users In 3 Years
An anonymous reader quotes a report from It's FOSS, written by Ankush Das: Mozilla's Firefox is the only popular alternative to Chromium-based browsers. It has been the default choice for Linux users and privacy-conscious users across every platform......»»
AMD and Valve are developing an improved Linux CPU driver that will benefit the Steam Deck
When Valve announced the Steam Deck last month, it brought a lot of excitement among gamers who had been waiting for a way to play their favorite games from their Steam library wherever they want, without having to lug around a proper gaming laptop......»»
Steam Survey Shows Linux Marketshare Hitting 1.0%
According to Steam Survey numbers for July 2021, Steam on Linux hit a 1.0% marketshare, or a +0.14% increase over the month prior. Phoronix reports: This is the highest we have seen the Steam on Linux marketshare in a number of years and well off the.....»»