Tag: opensource
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Ubuntu Studio in beta: Easiest Creative Distro
Ubuntu Studio remains the quickest one-shot way to get at Linux and free software for music, sound, video, media, and 3D. And they deserve some extra love now, especially since Apple Silicon has slightly deflated desktop Linux attention. Here’s a look at the long-term support version that just hit beta, due later this month. Ubuntu…
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Linux 6.10 Preps Kernel ‘Panic Screen’ – like BSOD
Written by Michael Larabel in Linux Kernel on 19 April 2024 While systemd 255 last year introduced a “blue screen of death” inspired solution with systemd-bsod for presenting logged error messages full-screen, it’s not appropriate for all errors. Systemd-bsod can work out for presenting full-screen messages in case of boot failures and other problems where…
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Gentoo disallows AI generated contributions
Gentoo Linux tells AI-generated code contributions to “fork off.” AI-generated and assisted code contributions are no longer allowed in the Gentoo Linux distribution. A ban on AI-made code was originally proposed on February 27 by Michał Górny, a member of Gentoo’s council, an elected committee that governs the Linux distro. Górny argued for an AI…
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OpenRazer v3.8 for Razer devices on Linux
An essential tool for anyone wanting to configure their fancy Razer devices is OpenRazer, with version 3.8.0 just released bringing expanded support on Linux. You would use this when paired up with an application like Polychromatic or RazerGenie, to give you a proper UI to adjust everything like that fancy RGB lighting. Official packages are…
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German State Moving 30,000 PCs to LibreOffice
Following a successful pilot project, the northern German federal state of Schleswig-Holstein has decided to move from Microsoft Windows and Microsoft Office to Linux and LibreOffice (and other free and open source software) on the 30,000 PCs used in the local government. As reported on the homepage of the Minister-President: The term digital sovereignty is…
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Linux Kernel 6.7 Reaches End of Life
The Linux 6.7 kernel series will no longer receive bug and security fixes, which, in time, will become vulnerable to all sort of threats and attacks. Renowned Linux kernel maintainer Greg Kroah-Hartman announced today the end of life (EOL) for the Linux 6.7 kernel series, urging users to upgrade to the latest Linux 6.8 kernel…
