Tag: open-source
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Kernel 6.12 is now LTS
It’s Official: Linux Kernel 6.12 Will Be LTS, Supported for “Multiple Years”The Linux 6.12 kernel series will receive maintenance updates with bug and security fixes at least until December 2026! Renowned Linux kernel developer Greg Kroah-Hartman announced today that the Linux 6.12 kernel series has been officially marked as LTS (Long Term Support) on the…
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Open Source Usage Trends and Security Report
SAN FRANCISCO – December 4, 2024 — The Linux Foundation, the nonprofit organization enabling mass innovation through open source, today announced the release of “Census III of Free and Open Source Software – Application Libraries” (Census III) in collaboration with the Laboratory for Innovation Science at Harvard. The study identifies the most widely-used free and…
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Test 71 Distros On Your Web Browser
You can test all the best Linux distros right in your web browser with this site!If you’ve ever wanted to see what Linux was all about but didn’t want to go through the steps of installing it, this site offers a great option. Want to give Linux a try but don’t have the spare hardware…
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KDE and GNOME to offer official distros
KDE and GNOME have decided that because they’re not big and complicated enough already, they might work better if they have their own custom distributions underneath. What’s the worst that could happen? A talk from this year’s KDE conference, Akademy 2024, looks like it’s going to become real. The talk, by KDE developer Harald Sitter,…
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New Blender Introduces Vulkan Backend
Author: by Marius Nestor The new Blender 4.3 Open-Source 3D Graphics App Introduces Experimental Vulkan Backend. This release also introduces multi-pass compositing support for EEVEE, ardware-accelerated ray-tracing on Linux, and much more. The Blender Foundation announced today the release and general availability of Blender 4.3 as a major update to this powerful, free, cross-platform, and…
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My Linux Predictions For 2025
What’s coming for the open-source operating system and why.Written by Jack Wallen for ZD Net. You might think it’s too early to ponder the possibilities 2025 holds, but it’s already the third week of November, which means it’s the perfect time to don my prediction cap for next year. With enough information, it can be fairly…
