The Linux kernel has been accidentally hardcoded to a maximum of 8 cores for nearly 20 years (thehftguy.com)
I’m not smart enough to verify the accuracy of this claim, nor exactly what the implications are, but it seems like it might improve performance if fixed.
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS Committing Fully To Netplan For Network Configuration (www.phoronix.com)
The Canonical-developed Netplan has served for Linux network configuration on Ubuntu Server and Cloud versions for years. With the recent Ubuntu 23.10 release, Netplan is now being used by default on the desktop. Canonical is committing to fully leveraging Netplan for network configuration with the upcoming Ubuntu 24.04 LTS...
HyperbolaBSD (lemmy.ml)
Yes, Ubuntu Is Withholding Security Patches for Some Software (www.flu0r1ne.net)
A new pilot will investigate the use of Forgejo (A non profit FOSS alternative to github and gitea) in german schools (blog.codeberg.org)
An Untold History of Thunderbird (blog.thunderbird.net)
I created a shitty Python script to manage multiple SSH connections because I couldnt find a decent one (git.ohaa.xyz)
Firefox (finally) enables Wayland by default on their builds (phabricator.services.mozilla.com)
How a kernel developer made my styluses work again on newer kernels! (www.davidrevoy.com)
This blog-post is a follow-up post of “How a kernel update broke my stylus… Need help!” published 10 days ago. Please read it if you want to know more about the problem I had with the stylus....
Linus Torvalds Announces First Linux Kernel 6.7 Release Candidate (9to5linux.com)
Linus Torvalds Announces First Linux Kernel 6.7 Release Candidate (lkml.org)
“This is the biggest merge window we’ve ever had, with 15.4k non-merge commits" - Linus
Variable Refresh Rate - Roadmap (#3125) · Issues · GNOME / mutter · GitLab (gitlab.gnome.org)
KDE Frameworks 5.112 Improves Support for NetworkManager 1.44 (kde.org)
Canonical lifts lid on more Ubuntu Core Desktop details (www.theregister.com)
openSUSE - Usecase Survey Results - 2023 (en.opensuse.org)
Intel Begins Sorting Out SR-IOV Support For The Xe Kernel Graphics Driver (www.phoronix.com)
Updating Fedora the unsupported way (mjg59.dreamwidth.org)
OBS Studio 30 Released with Support for Intel QSV H264, HEVC, and AV1 on Linux (9to5linux.com)
AppStream 1.0 released! – Ximions Blog (blog.tenstral.net)
New Fedora Slimbook 14" joins the Fedora Slimbook 16" - Fedora Magazine (fedoramagazine.org)
We heard your feedback during the launch of the Fedora Slimbook 16 and, along with the folks from Slimbook, bring you the new Fedora Slimbook 14, a smaller, lighter, cheaper with even better battery life, version of the Fedora Slimbook, powered by an Intel CPU and GPU (unfortunetely no AMD version soon).
The Wine development release 8.20 is now available. (www.winehq.org)
The Wine development release 8.20 is now available....
Shadow Cast: GPU accelerated screen and audio recording for Linux (github.com)
I created Shadow Cast after becoming disillusioned with the lack of simple, performant display recording utilities for X11. All feedback welcome.