I started out on XFree86, now on X11. I'm wondering if there is a reason I would want to try Wayland. Or do I even want to spend the time to investigate. Good to see this about my distro. They may switch over to Wayland before I'm gone. The other switch years ago worked out okay.

14th August: [image: 1787919384226-f4652bcd-c833-4b59-b72c-124cf24ac76f-image.jpeg] @one_old_coder@piefed.social said: slop slop Whilst do understand that AI can be scary for some people, there's really nothing frightening about a birthday. Some people like to celebrate, not moan, on celebratory occasions. Maybe a brandy will lighten your mood? Tux―pictured below, one day after your expression of fear―is off duty this week, but I'm quite sure that he won't mind pouring a glass for you. Pouring, or should I say serving? The new Power to Serve. [image: 1787918793407-f2a865cd-6e75-4f51-89a3-65930beb9fab-image.jpeg] #elegance #harmony #camaraderie #Tux #Linux #FreeBSD #AI

https://modal.cx/blog/announcing-flatpak-sta/ @modal@mastodon.design We are excited to announce a significant investment of €508,640 by the German Sovereign Tech Agency, through its Sovereign Tech Fund (STF) initiative, into the development and stewardship of Flatpak. This two-year initiative, co-organized by Modal and with Para-Real Ltd. as supporting organization, will accelerate the evolution of Flatpak as a secure, sandboxed platform for packaging and distributing Linux desktop software. … https://mastodon.social/@openrisk/117172813501923122 Sovereign investment in #opensource software can be the most efficient use of public funds imaginable. Its not a panacea, its not without its own risks but it has been a blind spot for too long. … Announcing Sovereign Tech Agency Investment in Flatpak | Lobsters Sovereign Tech Agency Providing Massive Investment Into Flatpak - Phoronix | comments https://masto.ai/@phoronix/117170401738169097 Sovereign Tech Agency invests €500k in Flatpak | Hacker News

https://www.phoronix.com/news/Ubuntu-26.04.1-LTS-Released … their first point release in the long-term support series for the "Resolute Raccoon". Ubuntu 26.04.1 LTS ships with all of the bug and security updates collected as stable release updates (SRUs) since the April release of Ubuntu 26.04 LTS. This first point release doesn't contain any new hardware enablement "HWE" stack with newer kernel and the like … https://masto.ai/@phoronix/117170283935424930 It seems that I'm gaining 26.04.1 with Kubuntu through Discover: [image: 1787915183504-4b8690e6-31f8-4489-8c37-284dc026d5bf-image.jpeg]

26/07/20 ⇒ Linux 7.2 Improves Intel Panther Lake Xe3 Arc B390 Graphics Performance My testing of the in-development Linux 7.2 kernel continues in the lab. One of the latest promising findings from this kernel that will be released as stable in August is faster Intel Xe3 graphics performance on Core Ultra Series 3 "Panther Lake" hardware. https://www.phoronix.com/review/linux-72-panther-lake

26/07/10 ⇒ Linux 7.3 Enabling Second Graphics Pipe For Modern AMD APUs AMD on Thursday sent out another round of AMDGPU kernel graphics driver and AMDKFD kernel compute driver updates to DRM-Next of new feature material ahead of the Linux 7.3 merge window. https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-7.3-Second-Pipe-GFX11-APU 26/07/12 ⇒ Reworked System Call Entry Handling Slated For Linux 7.3 Stemming from looking at a proposed Linux kernel patch to alter the Linux kernel's system call number handling, veteran Linux kernel developer Thomas Gleixner went down a rabbit hole of the kernel's system call entry handling to make a number of clean-ups and improvements to the code. That rework to the system call entry handling is now expected to land for the Linux 7.3 kernel cycle. https://www.phoronix.com/news/Rework-Sysclal-Entry-Linux-7.3

Linus? Polished? Business like? I mean, he isn't Theo, but he has..... a way with people.

I'm revisiting amd64 assembly programming and came across this [1] great post on nasm programming on Linux. Sharing this in case anyone else is looking for information on the topic. [1] https://linuxvox.com/blog/basic-yet-thorough-assembly-tutorial-linux/

(06/15) ⇒ Linux Kernel 7.1 is a Feature Release That Could Be Useful For You Don't let the .1 fool you, this release has plenty to offer. https://itsfoss.com/news/linux-kernel-7-1-release/ ⇒ GNU Linux-libre 7.1-gnu Released With More Driver Deblobbing, Unhappy With i486 Removal Following yesterday's release of the upstream Linux 7.1 kernel release, GNU Linux-libre 7.1 is out with its new build for de-blobbing various drivers from loading non-free-software microcode/firmware and other sanitizing of the kernel code in the name of software freedom. https://www.phoronix.com/news/GNU-Linux-Libre-7.1

… Let's move on. It's still quite newsworthy; Cody Franklin used the phrase "recently". Until yesterday, I never heard anyone from TrueNAS or IXsystems talk about the transition. I learnt something new.

https://www.linuxfoundation.org/legal/generative-ai not dated first captured in the Wayback Machine in October 2023 mentioned in Policy for AI/LLM contributions (#697) · Issue · alpine/council

Linux Foundation Releases OpenMDW-1.1; NVIDIA Adopts OpenMDW for Cosmos, Isaac GR00T, Ising and Nemotron, AI Model Families Updated OpenMDW-1.1 license advances open model ecosystem through permissive licensing and intellectual property protections https://www.linuxfoundation.org/press/linux-foundation-releases-openmdw-1.1-nvidia-adopts-openmdw-for-cosmos-isaac-gr00t-ising-and-nemotron-ai-model-families

Let's Learn Linux: Customize and use the shell environment — Lesson 3/3 Learn how to customize and use the shell environment in Bash — this is lesson 105.1 from the LPIC-1 exam curriculum (102-500). https://watch.linuxrenaissance.com/w/dP34rjVzPGEVThnJgEQjc6

An open invitation to Linux users across the board, offering a closer look at the penguin and its iceberg, a walk across the ecosystems that make it possible, an exploration beyond one’s biome. https://club.unix.rocks/commentary/under-linux/ ping: https://framapiaf.org/@fcambus@mastodon.sdf.org/116557961134185563

After the Copy Fail, here the Dirty Frag: https://dirtyfrag.io https://github.com/V4bel/dirtyfrag https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/05/07/8 ping: https://framapiaf.org/@galaxis@mastodon.infra.de/116535002101324675

See: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Fedora-45-x86-64-v3-Undecided https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/Build_x86-64-v3_Packages

I hadn't come across this CVE. Thanks for the share!

@ratfactor@mastodon.art @r1w1s1@snac.bsd.cafe ah, oops, thanks for the correction, and thanks for sharing anyway