Linux.zip

Linux Mint has reclaimed its position as the top-ranked Linux distribution on DistroWatch, dethroning MX Linux. The latest page hit rankings, which reflect the popularity of distributions among DistroWatch users, place Linux Mint in first place with 2,412 hits per day. MX Linux, previously the reigning champ, now sits in second with 2,280 hits.

Linux Foundation has launched its India entity to boost open-source contributions from the South Asian nation, the second largest developer base after the U.S.

Leading Linux desktops boldly address the "not enough distros" non-problem

“Bootkitty” is likely a proof-of-concept, but may portend working UEFI malware for Linux.

High-capacity and high-speed SD and microSD cards will receive improved Linux support on the latest 6.11 kernel update.

Five local privilege escalation (LPE) vulnerabilities have been discovered in the needrestart utility used by Ubuntu Linux, which was introduced over 10 years ago in version 21.04.

Linux kernel 6.12 is one of the most significant releases of the year, delivering a feature nearly 20 years in the making: true real-time computing.

Kneejerk announcement or a serious plan, time will tell.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/25426678

This is not to be confused with systemd_bsod, which has a similar function but fails in scenarios that crash user space, unlike DRM_Panic.

A two-line comment about “various compliance requirements” spurred questions about sanctions policy and procedure on the Linux kernel mailing list.

Linux Creator Linus Torvalds recently expressed frustration with change proposals to the Linux kernel that are only "required" due to faulty hardware. Phoronix notes that Torvalds ranted on the Linux kernel mailing list over the last week, saying that buggy hardware should not be Linux's problem, suggesting kernel developers just say "no" and see what the "hardware people" say.

20 years of Linux on the Desktop (part 1) par Ploum - Lionel Dricot.

Asahi requires four translation layers to get x86 Windows games to work on Apple Silicon.

Yesterday when announcing the Linux 6.12-rc2 kernel, Linus Torvalds asked that the kernel maintainers do a better job moving forward with their commit messages.

SteamOS is built on top of Arch, and Valve is now providing a build service infrastructure and secure signing enclave for Arch.

Learning to love a Linux system that's more of a workhorse than an adventure.

Historic 4-bit microprocessor from 1971 can execute Linux commands over days or weeks.

Linus Torvalds says that despite longstanding reports of burnout in the open source realm, Linux is as strong as ever.

The current maintainer hopes to maintain support until 2029.

This is like vi vs Emacs with 'religious overtones,’ project chief laughs

Now you can run your space laser or audio production without specialty patches.

René Rebe, a 25-year veteran of Free and Open-Source Software development, was swatted and taken in for questioning.

How long can the C languages maintain their primacy in the kernel?

cross-posted from: https://lemy.lol/post/30414136

Mastodon.

Wedson removing himself as maintainer of the Rust for Linux project.

Linux Desktop Market Share Climbs to 4.45%